U/A Canada PT6A-60A
Service difficulty reports · 596
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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE engine_model_key = 'PT6A60A' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC"
Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE engine_model_key = 'PT6A60A' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
Run it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.
SDR CA120419002Boot · burned(CAN) DISCOVERED DURING NIGHTLY INSPECTION, DEICER WAS BURNED AT ROOT END NEAR WIRE ATTACH POINTS. PART IS AN OEM SUPPLIED UNIT ON A NEWLY O/H PROPELLER. FIRST DEFECT OF THIS KIND NOTED BY THIS OPERATOR. PART IS BEING RETURNED TO PROPELLER AMO FOR CONSULTATSDR QMLA2012040612051Fire Detector · inoperativeDURING CRUISE FLIGHT, MASTER WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH THE LT AND RT ENGINE FIRE LIGHTS. BOTH ILLUMINATED AT THE EXACT TIME WITHOUT ANY ABNORMALITIES IN ENGINE INSTRUMENTATION. PERFORMED A VISUAL OF BOTH ENGINES WITH NO POSITIVE SIGNS OF FIRE ORSDR CA120402004Fuel Control · malfunctioned(CAN) ACFT ABORTED TAKEOFF BECAUSE ENGINE POWER WAS UNMATCHED. CONDUCTED RUN-UP AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS, STATIC RUN ON GROUND ABLE TO ACHIEVE 95 PERCENT TORQUE AS WELL. STATIC POWER CHECK CONDUCTED AGAIN JUST BEFORE TAKEOFF WITH NO PROBLEMS. AT 2000 FT AGL THESDR CA120312005Engine · power loss(CAN) ON TAXIING OFF THE RUNWAY, CREW REPORTED DOUBLE ROLLBACK. THE LT ENGINE IMMEDIATELY REST BUT THE RIGHT ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND TO CONTROL INPUTS. CREW DECIDED TO SHUTDOWN ENGINES AND CALLED FOR A TOW BACK.SDR LX5R2012021400001Lockwasher · brokenON CLIMBOUT, TOWER REPORTED THAT THE LT MAIN GEAR WAS STILL EXTENDED. CREW NOTED THAT THEY STILL HAD THE "DOWN AND LOCKED" GREEN LIGHT FOR THE LT GEAR. PROCEEDED TO EXTEND THE GEAR AND TRYED TO RETRACT AGAIN WITH THE SAME RESULTS. THE RT & NOSE GEAR RETRACTSDR CA120206003Governor · malfunctioned(CAN) ON TAKEOFF, THE LT ENGINE WOULD NOT PRODUCE T/O POWER, ONLY GOT 40 PERCENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED RESET LINKAGE FOR BINDING NONE FOUND. RESET LINKAGE GAP FOUND TO BE SLIGHTLY UNDER MM SPECIFICATION AND RESET TO 0.10". LINKAGE LUBRICATED IAW MM. PROP GSDR CA120206002Switch · malfunctioned(CAN) SELECTING FLAPS APPROACH AND DOWN DID NOT ACTUATE FLAPS IN FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE FOUND LT ASSYMETRIC SWITCH, FLAP SAFETY SWITCH, WIRE TERMINALS TO BE IN POOR CONDITION, TERMINALS REPLACED AND WIRES SECURED FLAPS FUNCTION CHECKED NUMEROUS TIMES WITH NO FURTSDR J8UR20120118001Pressure Switch · failedPROPELLER AUTO-FEATHER DOES NOT TEST DURING GROUND AND PRE-FLIGHT ENGINE RUNS. GROUND IDLE SOLENOID FAILS TO OPERATE PROPERLY.SDR CA120119004Spar Cap · damaged(CAN) EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION WAS CARRIED OUT ON THE REMAINING REAR HORIZONTAL STABILIZER SPAR CAPS AND AS A RESULT OF THE NDI INSPECTION THE LEFT UPPER SPAR CAP WILL ALSO BE REPLACED. RESULT SHOWED 0.008 TO 0.020 DEPTH INTERGRANULAR CORROSION THROUGH THE LENSDR 2011FA0000813Socket · unsecureON APPROACH WITH THE LANDING GEAR SELECTED DOWN, THE RT MAIN GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR AGAIN AND STILL DID NOT GET A RT MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. THE LANDING WAS ABORTED. THE PILOT TAPPED ON THE LIGHT AND SDR CA111228006Indicator · malfunctioned(CAN) ACFT WAS ENROUTE, APPROXIMATELY 1 HR INTO THE FLIGHT THE LOW FUEL QTY LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE RT ENGINE IAW CHECKLIST THE AUXILIARY TRANSFER CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PULLED. NO CHANGE TO THE LOW FUEL LEVEL LIGHT. APPROXIMATELY 25 MIN LATER THE CREW NOTED FSDR CA111212017Bearing · broken(CAN) FOUND ON DISASSEMBLY, 2 PIVOT BEARINGS ON SAME FLYWEIGHT HAD FAILED INTO SEVERAL PIECES, NOT ALL PIECES WERE FOUND. OPERATOR NOTIFIED, NO REPORTED DIFFICULTIES REPORTED BY OPERATOR.SDR CA111124007Attach Fitting · cracked(CAN) DURING UNSCHEDULED NLG MAINTENANCE, IT WAS FOUND DURING LANDING RETRACTION AND EXTENSION TEST, THAT THE LT NLG DOOR WAS FOUND NOT FAIRING TIGHT TO THE FUSELAGE. ON INSPECTION, THE MIDDLE FITTING ASSY RE-INFORCING ATTACHMENT PLATE, WAS FOUND CRACKED. THESDR CA111114013Bracket · broken(CAN) DURING PHASE 2 INSPECTION, FOUND THE FLOW CONTROL UNIT UNSERVICEABLE. BLEED AIR FIREWALL SHUTOFF VALVE ACTUATOR BRACKET BROKEN. THE METAL BRACKET CRACKED AND BROKEN OFF SEEMS VERY POROUS IN NATURE.SDR YADA2011F00212Line · rupturedON A PREFLIGHT WALK AROUND INSPECTION OF THE ACFT, THE FLIGHT CREW NOTICED A PUDDLE OF HYD FLUID ON THE GROUND AROUND THE RT MLG. HYD FLUID WAS ALSO NOTED ON THE GEAR AND IN THE WHEEL WELL. ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE AND A FERRY PERMIT ISSUED FOR A FERRY FLIGHT SDR CA111019008Oil System · low(CAN) DURING THE FLIGHT, THE CREW RECEIVED A LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING. PILOT ELECTED TO SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND PERFORMED AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT OIL IN LT ENGINE. 6 QSDR VIB8101420110001Access Panel · corrodedREMOVED LT AND RT AUXILIARY FUEL TANK ACCESS COVERS FOR INSPECTION. FOUND CORROSION ON LT AND RT WING BONDED PANEL DISH FLANGES. RIGHT ACCESS COVER HAD SEVERE CORROSION AND WAS REPLACED WITH NEW. INSTALLED NEW GASKETS IAW RECOMMENDED SB 28-4059.SDR CA110930009Line · leaking(CAN) PILOTS REPORTED RT BLEED AIR WARNING LIGHT CAME ON IN FLIGHT AND COULD NOT EXTINGUISH THE LIGHT. TROUBLESHOOTING OF THE RT BLEED AIR WARNING SYS WAS CONDUCTED AND A HOLE IN THE WARNING LINE WAS FOUND AT THE WARNING TUBE CONNECTION ON THE BLEED AIR MANIFSDR CA110923004Solenoid · failed(CAN) DURING THE GROUND RUN, PRE-DEPARTURE CHECKS, THE TEST SOLENOID FAILED ON THE LT OVERSPEED GOVERNOR (OSG). SUBSEQUENT TESTS WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL. SECOND FAILURE OF THIS TYPE ON THIS PARTICULAR OSG. NO EFFECT IN FLIGHT AT ALL, BUT YOU CANNOT TEST THE SDR 2011FA0000584Indication Sys · malfunctionedRT MLG UNLOCKED INDICATION ON APPROACH. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND PERFORMED FLY-BY TO VERIFY GEAR DOWN. LANDED SAFELY. DETERMINED TO BE INDICATION PROBLEM. GEAR DEFERRED IAW MEL AND PINS INSTALLED TO LOCK GEAR.SDR CA111003014Armature · shorted(CAN) GENERATOR WAS TRIPPING OFF LINE, AND FAILED IN FLIGHT. ACFT RETURNED TO AIRPORT. STARTER-GENERATOR WAS REMOVED. INITIAL INSPECTION FOUND BRUSHES VERY WORN AND ARMATURE WORN WITH HEAT DAMAGE. THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE BRUSH DUST RESIDUE BLOWN OUT FROM ARSDR 2011FA0000670Exhaust Duct · brokenDURING SCHEDULED INSP, THE LT INBD EXHAUST DUCT THAT CONNECTS THE LT ENG COWLING`S INTAKE HEATED LIP TO THE EXHAUST PORT OF THE LT ENGINE`S INBD EXHAUST STACK WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN AND DETACHED FROM ITS MATING FLANGE. THIS, IN TURN, WAS ALLOWING EXHAUST GASESDR 2011FA0000521Restrictor · failedACFT WAS SQUAWKED FOR INSUFFICIENT FUEL TRANSFER OPERATION ON THE LT SIDE. BECAUSE THE PUMP WAS MAKING NOISE BUT THERE WAS MINIMAL FLOW, THE PUMP WAS REPLACED WITH AN O/H UNIT. THE O/H PUMP MADE THE SAME NOISE AND BEHAVED THE SAME. FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING (ANSDR CA110810003Line · crackedIFSD, DURING CRUISE JUST PRIOR TO DESCENT THE ACFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER FROM THE RT ENGINE AND A FLUID LEAK WAS SEEN COMING FROM THE ENGINE COWL. THE PILOT SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE AND PERFORMED AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. POST FLIGHT INSP REVEALED SDR 2011FA0000495Tube · collapsedDURING ROUTINE HEATER PRESSURE DECAY TEST HEATER WAS REMOVED AND INSPECTED. COMBUSTION CHAMBER/TUBE WAS FOUND CRUSHED INWARD ON ALL SIDES BUT NOT LEAKING. IF HEATER SHROUD WAS NOT REMOVED,CONDITION WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED.SDR CA110720003Engine · vibration(CAN) IFSD, SINGLE ENGINE, DURING FLIGHT, THE PILOT FELT HIGH VIBRATIONS AND THE ENGINE LOSS POWER. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A FIELD RESULTING IN VERY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ACFT.SDR CA110526006Drive Assy · detachedLEFT OTBD FLAP 30 DEGREE PLUS SPLIT FROM LT INBD FLAP CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN MX ACFT ROLL CONTROL. WITH FLAPS IN FULL DOWN POSITION, LT OTBD ACTUATOR "FREEWHEELED" TO UP POSITION WITH ONLY AIRLOAD INPUT. LT OTBD DRIVE ASSY FOUND DETACHED AND LOOSE FROM LEFT OSDR XPC2011F00000Lock Pin · failedLT MLG COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING. FOUND PIN (PN 40376-000) MISSING FROM LINK ASSY. PIN IS PRESSED FIT. PART WAS NEWLY INSTALLED, 2008 WITH 1450 HRS IN SERVICE.SDR RU3A1113Proximity Switch · defectiveIN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 16000 MSL, RIGHT PROP PITCH ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. NO OTHER INDICATIONS ON INSTRUMENTS. NO AFFECTS ON AIRCRAFT HANDLING WERE DETECTED IN FLIGHT. CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO HOME BASE. IN ANTICIPATION OF POSSIBLE ASYMMETRIC THRUST ON LANSDR CA110311004Bearing · worn(CAN) EXCESSIVE LATERAL PLAY DISCOVERED IN LH OB FLAP ASSY. FLAP REMOVED. ALL ATTACH POINT BRACKETS FOUND TO HAVE UP TO .050" WEAR CAUSED BY SPINNING BEARING SHOULDER. RH FLAP REMOVED & WEAR UP TO .020 WITH SAME CAUSE FOUND. (TC# 20110311004)SDR GNL2011F00000Controller · intermittentACFT CLIMBING THROUGH 12,000 FT, CREW NOTICED A HAZE IN THE CABIN FOLLOWING INCREASE IN CABIN TEMP. A DESCENT TO 11,000 FT WAS MADE. ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO STOP BOTH THE HEAT AND SMOKE. CABIN PRESSURIZATION "DUMP" SWITCH WAS SELECTED AND THE ACFT WAS LANDEDSDR 2010F00251Downlock Switch · intermittentON APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT, THE GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN BUT THERE WAS NO INDICATION THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. THE GEAR WAS CYCLED SEVERAL TIMES AND CYCLED MANUALLY ONCE BUT THERE WAS STILL NO NOSE GEAR DOWN INDICATION. THE ACFT RETURNED TO BASE. ON SDR CA101102004Torque Tube · corroded(CAN) DURING A ROUTINE PHASE INSPECTION, A BLACK OXIDE AROUND THE FASTENERS WAS DISCOVERED ON THE RT HORN OF THE RT ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE INDICATING WEAR. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE HORN AND THE ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE WAS APPARENT. THE MANUFACSDR 2010FA0001109Seal Ring · disintegratedENGINE ACCESSORY CASE INPUT SHAFT TEFLON WASHER (SEAL RING), PN 3118217-01, DISINTEGRATED AND WAS FOUND IN THE OIL SCAVENGE PUMP SCREEN DURING A SCHEDULED INSP. ACCESSORY CASE REMOVAL REQUIRED FOR WASHER REPLACEMENT.SDR CA100916004Bolt · shearedON APPROACH TO AIRFIELD, THE LANDING GEAR DEPLOYED WITHOUT INPUT FROM THE PILOTS. SHORTLY AFTER, THE PUMP RELAY CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. PILOTS USED MANUAL PUMP TO EXTEND THE GEAR TO A LOCKED POSITION AND LANDED. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE "MANISDR RU3A1019Shaft Seal · cutIN CRUISE AT 17,000 FT CREW MEMBER NOTICED OIL COMING OUT OF NUMBER 2 ENGINE. OIL PRESSURE WAS FLUCTUATING BELOW 60 PSI. ENGINE WAS SHUT AND CREW LANDED AIRCRAFT. MAINTENANCE FOUND PROP SHAFT SEAL CUT P/N AS 3209-041.SDR CA100902001Bypass Valve · bindingACFT WAS ON A ROUTINE FLIGHT AND DURING DESCENT THE FLIGHT CREW SELECTED A COOLER TEMP FOR THE CABIN. UPON THAT SELECTION CABIN TEMP ROSE AND THE CREW DECIDED TO INVESTIGATE. THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD POPPED WHICH ACCOUNTED FSDR CA100823005Switch · stickingIN PREPARATION FOR TOUCHDOWN THE FLIGHT CREW MOVED THE ENGINE POWER LEVERS AFT TO THE FLIGHT IDLE GATE, RESULTING IN THE PROPELLER GROUND LOW PITCH SOLENOIDS CHANGING THE PROPR BLADE ANGLES TO A FINER PITCH WHILE THE ACFT WAS STILL AIRBORNE. RESULTING IN A SSDR CA100804013Engine · inoperativeACCIDENT DURING SPRAYING OPERATIONS, ACFT IMPACTED THE GROUND INVERTED BETWEEN 2 ROWS OF TREES IN A SOYBEAN FIELD. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. FAA ARE REPORTING NO INDICATIONS OF ENGINE PRODUCING POWER AT IMPACT BASED ON PROPELLER SIGNATURES. ACFT WILL BE MSDR CA100903001Engine · failedACCIDENT THE ACFT CRASHED IN A FIELD UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES. THE NTSB HAS REQUESTED ENG MFG ASSISTANCE DUE TO A POSSIBLE ENGINE POWER LOSS. UPDATE NR1: ENGINE EXAMINATION TOOK PLACE. THE ENGINE DISPLAYED CONTACT SIGNATURES TO THE INTERNAL COMPONENTS CHARSDR CA100726006Engine · malfunctioned(SINGLE ENGINE): DURING REVENUE FLIGHT FROM ON DESCENT FROM 14,000FT TO 12,000FT, PILOT REPORTED NO RESPONSE FROM THE POWER LEVER. PILOT ADVANCED THE MANUAL OVERRIDE LEVER AND ITT STARTED TO INCREASE BUT THERE WAS NO POWER INCREASE. PILOT ELECTED TO SHUTDOWN SDR S9BA20100002Intercostal · corrodedAFTER REMOVING ACCESS COVER FOR AIR-CONDITIONING RELAYS, FOUND CORROSION ON SIDE WALL. REMOVED EXTERNAL POWER RECEPTACLE PLATE FROM INTERCOSTALS. REPLACED INTERCOSTALS. REPLACED POWER RECEPTACLE PLATE. NOTE: 533SW IS A SEAPLANE WITH A ELEVATED EXTERNAL POWSDR CA100806005De-Ice Valve · malfunctionedBRAKE DEICE VALVE OPENED SUPPLYING BLEED AIR TO BRAKE DEICE SYS WITHOUT BEING ELECTRICALLY ACTUATED VIA THE BRAKE DEICE SWITCH. (BRAKE DEICE INDICATION AND RT ENGINE TORQUE INDICATION CONFIRMED VALVE WAS OPENED.) ON CLIMB OUT, THE RT BRAKE DEICE ANNUCIATOR ILSDR CA100726004Engine · power lossDUAL ENGINE POWER LOSS: SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, POWER WAS LOST ON BOTH ENGINES. PILOT RETURNED TO AIRPORT AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. MFG WILL INVESTIGATE TO ESTABLISH ROOT CAUSE AND SUPPLEMENT THE REPORT ONCE THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.SDR CA100622018Engine · power loss(CAN) ACCIDENT DURING A SPRAYING OPERATION AT 70 FEET ABOVE GROUND THE ENGINE POWER ROLLED BACK. THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A RICE FIELD DURING WHICH THE A/C HIT A DITCH AND FLIPPED OVER. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE FROM THE PARTIALLY WATER SUBMERGESDR CA100725001Engine · power lossDURING A SPRAYING OPERATION AT 70 FT ABOVE GROUND, ENGINE POWER ROLLED BACK. PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A RICE FIELD DURING WHICH THE ACFT HIT A DITCH AND FLIPPED OVER. PILOT WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE FROM THE PARTIALLY WATER SUBMERGED COCKPIT WITH MINOR INJURIESDR CA100615003Windscreen · cracked(CAN) THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF ON A ROUTINE MEDIVAC FLIGHT. THEY LEVELED OFF AT FLIGHT LEVEL 260 AND APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD AND THE COPILOT NOTICED THE FRONT WIND SCREEN ON HIS SIDE HAD SEVERAL LARGE CRACKS ON THE OUTER PLSDR UVVR2010060700010Fitting · crackedRT ENGINE OTBD ENGINE MOUNT FITTING WAS FOUND CRACKED APPROX .20 INCHES IN LENGTH DURING INSPECTION.SDR UVVR2010060800011Fork · cracked((UVVR)) WHILE PERFORMING SUPPLEMENTARY INSPECTION DOCUMENT NR 32-20-02 A .25" CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE RT AXLE BORE OF THE NLG FORK ASSY.SDR UVVR2010060200008Skin · corroded((UVVR)) RT OTBD WING L/E SKIN CORRODED UNDER AERODYNAMIC FILLER AT SKIN SPLICE SEAM JUST OTBD OF NACELLE STRUCTURE. CORROSION IS AT LEVEL 3. IT APPEARS THAT MOISTURE HAS SEEPED UNDER DEICE BOOT AT SKIN SPLICE SEAM WHERE THE 2 SECTIONS OF L/E ARE SPLICED TOG
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