U/A Canada PT6A-60A
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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"
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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 CA081118001Relay · unserviceable(CAN) CREW DEFECT PILOT WINDSHIELD HEAT NOT WORKING, TROUBLESHOOT TO LOW HEAT RELAY, TERMINAL A2 MELTED OFF THE RELAY ASSY, DAMAGING WIRES ATTACHED TO THE TERMINAL APPROX 3 INCHES BACK THE WIRE COVER MELTED OFF. RELAY WAS REPLACED AND SYS OPERATES PROPERLY.SDR CA081125010Oil System · leaking(CAN) DURING CRUISE AT FL270, THE PILOT NOTICED OIL ODOR AND SMOKE IN CABIN. HE ELECTED TO SHUTDOWN THE ENG AND SHORTLY AFTER, PERFORMED A UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. POST FLIGHT INSP AND GROUND RUNS REVEALED OIL COMING OUT OF THE INLET AND COMPRESSOR BLSDR CA091027001Axle · damaged(CAN) OVERHAULED LANDING GEAR WAS BEING INSTALLED, UPON REMOVAL OF THE BOLT WHICH SECURES THE BRAKE ANTI-ICE ASSY TO THE GEAR, THE HOLE IN THE GEAR WAS FOUND TO BE ELONGATED BEYOND LIMITS AND WAS ASSEMBLED USING WHAT APPEARED TO BE STRUCTUAL ADHESIVE OR METALSDR 2008FA0000619Contact · erodedHAD 3 FAILURES OF THE SAME RELAY, FIRST RELAY LASTED 457 HOURS, SECOND RELAY LASTED 187 HOURS, AND THE THIRD RELAY LASTED 415 HOURS. MOST OF THE TIME THE FAILURE STARTS WITH THE 2 MICRO SWITCHES IN THE COVER GOING BAD. FOR HAVING RELATIVELY LOW TIME, THE MAIN SDR CA080912004Hinge Bracket · damaged(CAN) DURING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE REAR SPAR LT BRACKET, THE LT OTBD FLAP WAS REMOVED FOR ACCESS AND FOUND THE INBD HINGE OTBD BRACKET WITH DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE ROLLER BEARING FLANGE APROX 0.025 DEEP. DECIDED TO PERFORM DVI OF ALL REMAINING FLAP ROLLER ASSY SDR CA080917013Engine · malfunctioned(CAN) A YAW OF THE ACFT CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE PILOT AND A QUICK REVIEW OF THE COCKPIT GAGES REVEALED THAT THE RT ENGINE TORQUE WAS FLUCTUATING BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY 20% TO 40% WITH THE TEMPERATURE INDICATION RISING TO APPROXIMATELY 820 DEGREES. THE PILOSDR 2008FA0000613Clamp · failedPROPELLER UNIT WAS OVERHAULED ON JULY 28, 2008, WO 79785. THE PROPELLER WAS INSTALLED ON ACFT AUG 27, 2008. UPON RUN UP OF ACFT, THE MECHANIC NOTED A GREASE LEAK FROM THE PROPELLER BLADE. A CRACK WAS FOUND. O/H FACILITY WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FINDINGS. THE PROPELSDR CA080822016Gyro · failed(CAN) THE RT ATTITUDE INDICATOR IS AN AIR DRIVEN UNIT. THIS ACFT HAS HAD NUMEROUS FAILURES. INTERVALS RANGE FROM SEVERAL MONTHS OR MORE TO A FEW DAYS. GENERALLY IF ONE FAILS, THE NEXT ONE FAILS, AND THEN MAY LAST FOR MONTHS. THESE UNITS HAVE TYPICALLY COME FROSDR RU32008F00000Engine · failedCLIMBING THRU 7300`, AT CLIMB POWER, HEARD A PRONOUNCED POP, FELT THE ACFT YAW LT AND FELT A DECELERATION. THE PILOT FLYING CONFIRMED THAT THE LT ENGINE HAD SHUTDOWN AND THE PROP HAD FEATHERED. ATC WAS NOTIFIED AND EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. THE ENGINE FAILURE INSDR 2008FA0000590Strut · malfunctionedPOSITION OF THIS TORQUE LINK MOUNT RELATIVE TO THE SHIMMY DAMPNER ARMS HOLE ARE SUCH THAT THE TWO PARTS INTERFERE WITH EACH OTHER AND DON’T ALLOW THE STRUT TO COMPRESS CLOSER THAN 2 INCHES FROM FULLY COLLAPSED. (K)SDR 2008FA0000563Fuel Cell · pluggedPILOT REPORTED FUEL IMBALANCE OF 200 LBS AFTER TOPPING OFF TANKS. FUEL QUANTITY INDICATING AND FUEL VENT SYSTEM WERE CHECKED AND CONFIRMED GOOD. DURING DEFUEL, NOTED THAT LT WING TRANSFER TO LT NACELLE TANK WAS TOO SLOW TO ALLOW FULL SERVICING OF LT WING FUESDR 2008FA0000503Skin · damagedAIRCRAFT WAS BROUGHT IN FOR PHASE INSPECTION. DURING INSPECTION A DOUBLER ROW OF RIVETS AT WING STATION 209.016 WERE FOUND WITH PAINT POPPING OFF OF THE RIVET HEADS. USED BOROSCOPE TO INSPECT RIVET BUCKTAILS. FOUND ALL OF THE RIVETS IN THE DOUBLE ROW OF THESDR YAD2008F00000Switch · failedPILOT REPORTED NOSE GEAR UNSAFE WARNING AFTER VARIOUS ATTEMPTS AT GEAR EXTENSION. GREEN LIGHT CAME ON AT TOUCHDOWN. VERIFIED NOSE GEAR DRAG BRACE SWITCH PLUNGER WAS "STICKY" AND WAS DEFLECTING STRIKER PLATE INSTEAD OF DEPRESSING SWITCH PLUNGER. REPLACED FAISDR BQV2008F00000Brake · leakingUPON TAXI OUT AT AIRCRAFT LOST BRAKING ON RT MLG. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BROUGHT TO MAINTENANCE SEALS ON THE RT BRAKE ASSY WERE REPLACED SYS WAS BLEED AND SERVICED WITH FLUID. NO DEFECTS NOTED; AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (K)SDR CA080625007Bulkhead · cracked(CAN) MAINT WAS CARRYING OUT THE FIRST 1000 CYCLE REPETITIVE INSP AFTER INITIAL 10000 CYCLE STRUCTURAL INSP. FOUND A 4 INCH CRACK IN THE FS 280.275 BULKHEAD WEB, ON THE LT SIDE AT THE STRINGER NR 4 CUTOUT. THE BULKHEAD WAS CRACKED ALL THE WAY THROUGH. THICKNSDR 2008FA0000177Relay · burnedUPON LANDING A POWER/ TORQUE SURGE OF THE LT ENGINE WAS ENCOUNTERED. THE INCREASED THRUST FROM THE LT SIDE AND ICE COVERED RUNWAY CONDITIONS CAUSED AN OFF RUNWAY INCURSION. INVESTIGATION OF THE GROUND FINE SOLENOID SYSTEM RESULTED IN A BURNED K4 RELAY ON THESDR CA080211001Transducer · failed(CAN) THE AC WAS DISPATCHED ON A MEDIVAC FLIGHT AND UPON STARTING THE TAKEOFF ROLL AN UNCOMMANDED RUDDER INPUT WAS FELT BY THE PILOTS. THE AC RETURNED TO THE HANGER WHERE MAINT BEGAN TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LT RUDDER BOOST TRANSSDR LX5R200800007Windshield · crackedIT WAS REPORTED WHILE AT 15000FT IN CRUISE FLIGHT FROM KSPI TO KMDW ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WITH NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD, 10 MILES NORTH OF PONTIAC VOR. THE RIGHT HAND WINDSHIELD CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES ON THE OUTER PANE ONLY. AFTER REVIEWING THE ABNORMAL PROSDR CA080122009Antenna · corroded(CAN) GPS ANTENNA WAS REPLACED DUE TO NO SIGNAL TO UNS-1K FMS. UPON REMOVING ANTENNA FROM FUSELAGE (UPPER COCKPIT ROOF), FOUND HEAVY CORROSION ON ANTENNA AND SOME CORROSION ON FUSELAGE SKIN. A QUICK REVIEW OF THE RECORDS SHOWS THAT THIS ANTENNA WAS LIKELY INSTSDR HSYA20080102Rib · crackedDURING SCHEDULED MX - SIM TASK 55-30-00 (1200 FLT HR/ 24 MO) REF. B1900 STRUCTURAL INSPECTION MANUAL, MX PERFORMED A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS AND FOUND RIB, AT CANTED STAB. STA. 69.184, CRACKED ON THE RT SIDE FLANGE ATSDR CA080122011Wire · chafed(CAN) MAINT HAD TROUBLESHOT A GENERATOR PROBLEM. THE GENERATOR WOULD GO OFF LINE OCCASIONALLY. REPLACED PC CARD, REPLACED THE GENERATOR. THE PROBLEM WAS GONE FOR 3 WEEKS. IT RETURNED, MAINT REPLACED THE PC CARD, WITH A HARD FAULT. TESTED SERVICEABLE. NEXT MORSDR CA071218002Vane · debonded(CAN) ON THE RT ENGINE COWLING INTAKE DUCT THERE IS A VANE ASSY TO REDIRECT INTAKE AIRFOW. THE VANE ASSY WAS FOUND TO HAVE DEBONDED ITSELF FROM THE ATTACH BRACKETS. THE VANE WAS ALSO CRACKED COMPLETELY ALONG THE TRAILING EDGE AND A 4 INCH CRACK LOCATED ON THE SDR M001095Motor · seizedON NOVEMBER 30, AC WAS SIXTY MILES OUT ENROUTE AND THE CREW NOTICED AN ODOR IN THE CABIN. ON FINAL APPROACH, SMOKE BEGAN COMING OUT OF THE CABIN HEAT VENTS AND THE CREW EXPEDITED TO LANDING. UPON LANDING THE SMOKE DISSIPATED WITH WINDOW VENTS OPENED, BUT AS A SDR 2007FA0001058Connector · arcedPARTIAL ELECTRICAL POWER LOSS TO COMPONENTS FROM RT NR 1 AND NR 2 SUBPANEL CIRCUIT BREAKERS. FOUND RT CIRCUIT PANEL CONNECTOR SOCKET MODULE AND SOCKET RT 1B BURNED. REPLACED MODULE (NR 8 WIRE-4 SOCKET) AND 4 SOCKETS. REPLACED PINS (4). FUNCTION CHECK SATISSDR HSYA20071201Engine · reads highDURING CRUISE, THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE LT ENGINE INDICATED ABNORMALLY HIGH ITT. THE CREW ELECTED TO RETURN DEPARTURE AND LANDED WITH OUT INCIDENT. MX PERFORMED A LT ENGINE ITT THERMOCOUPLE LOOP RESISTANCE CHECK AND ADJUSTED. MX ALSO PERFORMED AND ITT CALISDR CA071130015Wire · burned(CAN) AFTER STARTING ENGINE FOR GROUND RUN, AVIONICS SWITCH WAS SELECTED ON. IMMEDIATELY SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM RT CB PANEL. ENGINES WERE IMMEDIATELY SHUTDOWN AND POWER WAS REMOVED FROM A/C. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT A FACE PLATE MOUNTING SCREW HAD SHORTESDR CA080122012Tube · leaking(CAN) CREW REPORTED A BLEED AIR FAIL ANNUCIATOR IN FLIGHT. TROUBLESHOOT AND FOUND A PIN HOLE IN THE BLEED AIR WARNING LINE. HOLE WAS NOT CAUSED BY A BLEED AIR LEAK, NOR BY MECHANICAL DAMAGE. LINE WAS ADEQUATELY SUPPORTED AND NO CHAFING WAS EVIDENT. SPLICED IN SDR 2008FA0000064Starter Gen · failedTHE NR 1 BEARING FAILED RESULTING IN A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE AND AN IN FLIGHT SHUTDOWN. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND SENT FOR REPAIR. DURING THE FAILURE INVESTIGATION, ELECTRICAL ARCING WAS FOUND ON THE NR 1 BEARING, INPUT SHAFT, AND STARTER/GENERATOR DRIVE GEASDR CA071116002Regulator Valve · inoperative(CAN) WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL230 THE FLIGHT CREW OBSERVED THE PNEUMATIC PRESSURE GUAGE RAPIDLY FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 18 AND 23 PSI. THERE WAS AN ASSOCIATED CHATTERING HEARD IN THE AIRFRAME, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FLUCTUATING INDICATOR. FLIGHT CREW DECIDED SDR 702DKControl Head · faultyBOTH NR 1 AND NR 2 TRANSPONDER DISPLAYS WENT OUT DURING FLIGHT ATC REPORTED TRANSPONDER FAULTS. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO POINT OF DEPARTURE WITHOUT INCIDENT. FAILURES TROUBLESHOT TO FAULTY TRANSPONDER CONTROL HEAD.SDR FAA010208002O-Ring · disintegratedAN EMERGENCY LANDING MADE, DID NOT GET A GREEN DOWN AND LOCK INDICATION FOR MLG. MADE SAFE LANDING. FOUND RT MLG NOT DOWN AND FULLY LOCKED. DISCOVERED BLOW DOWN BOTTLE FULLY DISCHARGED, DISCOVERED HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR EMPTY. JACKED ACFT & ATTEMPTED TO MANUSDR 2007FA0001012Transistor · failedPC BOARD IN ASSY PN HYLZ50336-001 HAD FAILURE, BURNED/ OVERHEATED TRANSISTOR. NOTE: FAN IN ASSY WAS WORKING. PC BOARD PN HYLZ 105-001. (K)SDR 2009FA0000304Windshield · crackedCO-PILOTS WINDSHIELD INSTALLED, OCT 25, 2001 AT ACFT TT 5173.4, LANDING 5598. WINDSHIELD CRACKED IN FLIGHT OCT 21, 2007. APPROX 30 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE RT WINDSHIELD EXPERIENCED SEVERE CRACKING. PILOT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. (K)SDR CA071015005Ignition Lead · damaged(CAN) WHILE CARRYING OUT A FUEL NOZZLE REPLACEMENT, FOUND A DAMAGED INSULATOR ON THE IGNITER END OF THE IGNITION LEAD. REPLACED IGNITION LEAD AND TESTED SERVICEABLE. (TC NR 20071015005)SDR 2007FA0000918Starter Gen · failedPILOT REPORTED LT GENERATOR GOING OFF-LINE ON APPROACH. FOUND STARTER/GENERATOR INOPERATIVE. UPON REMOVAL NOTICED EVIDENCE OF COOLING FAN TIPS RUBBING ON HOUSING, BEARINGS WORN (ARMATURE ASSY LOOSE).(K)SDR CA070918004Bracket · broken(CAN) THE AC WAS ON A RETURN LEG . UPON SELECTING THE LANDING GEAR TO THE DOWN POSITION, THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A DOWN AND LOCKED NOSE AS WELL AS THE (IN TRANSIT LIGHT) REMAINED ON IN THE GEAR HANDLE. THE CREW CARRIED OUT AN EMERGENCY LOWERING AND STILL NOSDR FMOR20070003Control Cable · frayedTHE ELEVATOR TRIM CABLE WAS FOUND TO HAVE SEVERAL BROKEN STRANDS AND BEGINNING TO UNRAVEL WHERE IT GOES AROUND THE ELEVATOR TRIM ACTUATOR CAPSTAND. THIS CONDITION WAS MOST LIKELY CAUSED BY AGE.SDR 2007FA0000752Engine · failedAIRCRAFT IN CRUISE AT 22,000 WITH ALL ENGINE INDICATIONS NORMAL. A LOUD NOISE FOLLOWED BY POWER LOSS AND REDLINE ITT ON THE LT ENGINE. THE CT BLADES, ITT PROBES, PT VANE AND PT BLADES ALL MELTED AND WENT THROUGH THE EXHAUST STACKS. COMPRESSOR STATOR AND SPASDR RU3A0706Unknown · warning lightDURING FLARE FOR LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT ABRUPTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING YAWED HARD RIGHT. TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED DURING THE GO-AROUND. THE PILOT NOT FLYING REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT PROP PITCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE EXCURSION. AFTER THE GO-AROUND,SDR 2007FA0000961Heater · leakingDURING OPERATION OF COMBUSTION HEATER, THE PILOT NOTED JET FUEL ODOR AND SMOKE IN CABIN. HEATER OPERATION WAS TERMINATED, CABIN WAS VENTED. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND AIRCRAFT LANDED AT NEAREST AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON REMOVAL, A FUEL LEAK WAS NOTED ASDR CA070711002Boot · damaged(CAN) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AND BEGAN TO CLIMB TO CLEARED ALTITUDE. AS THE AIRCRAFT PASSED 5500 FEET THERE WAS A VIBRATION OR BUFFETING FELT THROUGH THE CONTROL COLUMN. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE WITHOUT INCIDENT. A THROUGH INSPECTION WAS CARRIED OUT WHICH SDR CA070627001Downlock Switch · unserviceable(CAN) THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A RETURN LEG, WHEN THE CREW LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR THEY NOTICE AN UNSAFE INDICATION ON THE LT MAIN. THEY ABORTED THE LANDING AND INITIATED A (GO-AROUND) PROCEDURE. THE LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED TWICE MORE AND ON THE SECOND TRY A SAFE SDR CA070813004Display · loose(CAN) DURING TAKEOFF ROTATION THE MFD SLID OUT OF ITS RACK. THE DISPLAY WAS LIMITED IN MOVEMENT AFT BY THE F/O. THE UNIT WAS PUSHED BACK INTO PLACE AND THE FLIGHT CONTINUED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE MFD HAD RECENTLY BEEN REPLACED. UPON INVESTIGATION THE LOSDR 2007FA0000576Structure · misinstalledTHE AIRCRAFT ARRIVED NEW FROM THE FACTORY FOR AVIONICS MODIFICATIONS AND DURING OUR INCOMING INSPECTION A TECH NOTED MISSING RIVETS IN (2) STRINGER CLIPS. THE CLIPS ARE LOCATED AT FS 386 ON THE RT NR3 AND RT NR 5 STRINGERS AS NOTED USING THE UPPER CENTERLINE SDR 2007FA0000537Fcu · malfunctionedENGINE POWER LOSS AT ALTITUDE. ENGINE ROLLED BACK FROM 50 PERCENT. MFG TECH SUPPORT RECOMMENDS FCU REPLACEMENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. (K)SDR RU3A0703001Line · brokenAPPROXIMATELY 2 TO 2 1/2 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, NOTICED THE LEFT TORQUE GAUGE GOES TO APPROX 10 PERCENT OR LESS, FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT NO FUEL TRANSFER LIGHT ILLUMINATING, FOLLOWED BY THE AIRCRAFT YAWING TO THE LEFT AND THEN THE OTHER ENGINE GAUGES REFLECTING TSDR CA071011010Actuator · bypassing(CAN) WHILE CONDUCTING A LANDING, THE PILOTS NOTED THAT WHILE SELECTING THE GEAR DOWN THE GEAR MOTOR RAN LONGER THAN NORMAL. THEY THEN NOTED THAT THE RT GEAR INDICATION LIGHT HAD FAILED TO SHOW A DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. THEY TRIED AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSIONSDR CA070423009Cross Tie · cracked(CAN) THE INTERIOR WAS REMOVED FOR REFURBISHMENT. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED A CRACK IN THE CROSS TIE, A STRUCTURAL MEMBER AROUND THE EMERGENCY EXIT ON THE LT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. CONTACTED MFG FOR A REPAIR. (TC NR 20070423009)SDR CIEA200700003Cowling · bentDURING TAKEOFF ROLL OF THE AC, AT THE POINT OF LIFTOFF, THE PILOT NOTICED THE LT ENGINE UPPER AFT COWLING HAD COME OPEN. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND THE AC CAME TO A SAFE STOP ON THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT SHUTDOWN THE LT ENGINE AND TAXIED BACK TO THE HANGAR ON TSDR CA070329009Wire · chafed(CAN) 5 AMP ANNUNCIATOR INDICATION (CB4) POPPED IN FLIGHT AND THE CREW LOST THE GREEN AND WHITE ANNUNCIATOR LIGHTS. THE CREW ATTEMPTED TO RESET THE 5 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER, BUT COULD NOT BE RESET. PROBLEM WAS IN FOUND ON WIRE PIN D WIRE NR Q62A20 ON THE RT FUEL
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