U/A Canada PT6A-65B
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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 = 'PT6A65B' 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 = 'PT6A65B' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR JIKA2013022101Unknown · malfunctionedON DESCENT INTO KJAC THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HIS LEFT ENGINE POWER LEVER WOULD REDUCE POWER, BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE LEFT ENGINE WHEN THE PILOT ADVANCED THE LEFT POWER LEVER. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT SDR CA130225004Oil System · low pressure(CAN) LT ENGINE SUFFERED AN IN-FLIGHT SHUTDOWN DUE TO LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. THE ACFT RETURNED TO AIRPORT WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING WAS MADE. TROUBLESHOOTING ONGOING.SDR CA130206002Engine · failed(CAN) ON THE CLIMBOUT AT APPROXIMATELY 7000 FT, THE ACFT EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN RT ENGINE FAILURE. NEITHER FILGHT CREW HAD NOTICED ANY INDICATION OF AN ONCOMING ENGINE PROBLEM PRIOR TO A SUDDEN LOUD POPPING NOISE AND THE ACFT YAWING TO THE RT. THEY INSTANTLY ISDR YADA2013F00016Circuit Breaker · trippedCREW ON FLT 145, DISCOVERED ON APPROACH THAT THE AIRPLANE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. TOWER WAS NOTIFIED. INITIATED MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES, WHICH WERE SUCCESSFUL. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX FOUND THE 60 AMP LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER IN LTSDR CA121231001Relay · failed(CAN) GEAR WAS UNSAFE GOING INTO DESCENT, DIDN`T GET 3 GREEN SO DID AN OVERSHOOT, VFR AND CYCLED THE GEAR IAW CHECKLIST. THE NEXT STEP WAS TO MANUALLY PUMP THE GEAR SO THE CREW OPTED TO GO DIRECT TO THE MAINTENANCE BASE. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DISCOVERED THATSDR CA121214003Handle · frozen(CAN) ON ARRIVAL, AFTER SHUTDOWN, THE FLIGHT CREW ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE MAIN CABIN DOOR BUT THE DOOR HANDLE WAS FROZEN IN POSITION, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CREW TO OPEN THE DOOR, OR DISEMBARK THE PASSENGERS. ANOTHER PERSON OUTSIDE THE AIRPLANE HAD TO MOVSDR 2012F00266Bracket · bentAIRCRAFT DEPARTED, ON REACHING AN ALTITUDE OF 20,000 FT THE FORWARD ENTRY DOOR WARNING ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CREW BURNED OFF EXECESS FUEL AND RETURNED TO BASE. MX PERSONNEL FOUND THE UPPER DOOR AJAR WARNING SWITCH BRACKET WAS BENT. THE BRACKET WAS STSDR CA121206011Door · binding(CAN) ON ARRIVAL, AFTER SHUTDOWN THE FLIGHT CREW ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE MAIN CABIN DOOR, MCD, BUT THE DOOR HANDLE WAS FROZEN IN POSITION, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CREW TO OPEN THE DOOR, OR DISEMBARK THE PASSENGERS. PERSON OUTSIDE THE AIRPLANE HAD TO MOVE TSDR CA121207007Mechanism · frozen(CAN) UPON ARRIVAL THE FLIGHT CREW COULD NOT OPEN THE MAIN CABIN DOOR. THE MECHANISM INSIDE THE DOOR WAS FROZEN, SO THE DOOR HANDLE COULD NOT BE TURNED FROM THE INSIDE. A PERSON STANDING OUTSIDE THE AIRCRAFT HAD TO OPERATE THE OUTER DOOR HANDLE IN TANDEM WISDR EPUA20121212001Shroud · dislodgedDURING DESCENT ON LAST FLIGHT OF DAY, ENGINE TORQUE BEGAN TO DROP OFF. THIS CAUSED THE ACFT TO YAW TO THE RT. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX INSPECTED THE ENGINE AND DETERMINED THAT A COMPRESSOR TURBINE SHROUD SEGMENT HAD BECOME DISLODGED FROM THE SHROUD ASDR CA121203020Compressor · seized(CAN) DURING SCHEDULED INSPECTION ON THE RT ENGINE, THE AIR CONDITIONING, A/C COMPRESSOR DRIVE BELT WAS FOUND BROKEN WITH SIGNIFICANT HEAT DAMAGE AND SPREAD LIQUID RUBBER THROUGHOUT THE BACK OF THE ENGINE. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF THE A/C COMPRESSOR SDR CA121120004Washer · misinstalled(CAN) DURING DISSASSEMBLY AT O/H, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE INTERNAL WASHERS ON THE MAIN ARMATURE SHAFT WERE INSTALLED INCORRECTLY, ALLOWING THE ARMATURE, AND MAIN CONDENSOR BLOWER FAN TO VIBRATE, CAUSING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE FAN CASE. THIS WAS A NEW PART, PURSDR CA121120003Indicator · damaged(CAN) DURING START, THE CREW NOTICED ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR IN COCKPIT, START ABORTED WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATED AND DISCOVERED THE TCAS/VSI INDICATOR FAILED THE SYS TEST, AND SMELLED OF ELECTRICAL BURNING. TCAS/VSI INDICATOR REPLACESDR CA121023007Relay · failed(CAN) ON APPROACH, THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT DEPLOY, AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS THE GEAR EXTENDED ON ITS OWN. THE AIRCAFT LANDED UNEVETFULLY. UPON INSPECTION THE LANDING GEAR RELAY WAS FOUND TO BE FULL OF WATER, FREEZING AT ALTITUDE CAUSING THE RELAY TO FAIL UNTSDR CA121022023Line · cracked(CAN) DURING CRUISE, THE CREW SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE IN FLIGHT AFTER GETTING THE LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING IN THE COCKPIT. THE ACFT RETURNED SAFELY TO BASE. UPON INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE, THE OIL LINE RUNNING FROM THE TORQUE MANIFOLD TO THE ENGINE REDUCTION GEASDR YADA2012F00188Indicator · false indicationON DEPARTURE, PILOT EXPERIENCED A FUEL IMBALANCE THAT REQUIRED FULL AILERON TRIM TO CORRECT. ACFT RETURNED TO BASE, MX DETERMINED 1 FUEL QUANTITY INDICATOR WAS INDICATING INCORRECT FUEL QUANTITY. THE FUEL TANKS WERE SUMPED AND THE FAULTY GUAGE THEN INDICATEDSDR JIKA2012101001Sense Line · crackedAT APPROX 900 FT DURING CLIMBOUT FROM KSAT, RT ENGINE FAILED AND AUTOFEATHERED. ENGINE TORQUE, RPM AND PROP RPM ALL DROPPED. SECURED ENGINE PER THE CHECKLIST, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO KSAT. MX DISCOVERED OIL RESIDUE IN THE EXHAUST AND ON THE 2NSDR CA121022007Oil System · low pressure(CAN) IT WAS REPORTED THAT JUST AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT NOTICED A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE, AUTOFEATHER AND SHUTDOWN. GROUND INSPECTION REVEALED NO METAL CHIP AND OIL IN THE EXHAUST. TROUBLESHOOTING IN PROGRESS, WILL INVESTIGATE TO ESTABLISH ROOT CAUSE AND SUPPSDR YADA2012F00156Windshield · crackedON CLIMBOUT, PASSING THROUGH 500 FT, THE OUTER PLY OF THE PILOT'S WINDSHIELD CRACKED FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED BY MX.SDR CA120802011Compressor · fluctuates(CAN) DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT, THE CREW WAS CONDUCTING A SIMULATED ILS APPROACH AT THE AIRPORT. DURING THE INTERMEDIATE APPROACH, 5 NM FINAL. THE NR 2 ENGINE BEGAN TO SURGE WITH FLUCTUATING TORQUE AND COMPRESSOR SPEEDS. A PRECAUTIONARY SHUTDOWN WAS COMPLETSDR CA120717004Engine · power loss(CAN) DURING FLIGHT, A NOISE WAS HEARD FOLLOWED BY SOME SMOKE IN THE CABIN AND LOSS OF POWER. THE ENGINE WAS SECURED AND AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING FOLLOWED. THE ENGINE INVESTIGATION MADE BY THE OPERATOR FOUND A FRACTURED NR 1 BEARING.SDR CA120420002Door Frame · cracked(CAN) CRACK FOUND ON CABIN DOOR FRAME CENTER LOCATION. THIS AREA IS NOT SPECIFIED TO INSPECT IN THE MFG INSPECTION PROGRAM. THIS LOCATION CAN BE SEEN WITH THE USE OF A BORESCOPE.SDR CA120502012Mount · delaminated(CAN) DURING SCHEDULED INSPECTION OF ENGINE MOUNT RUBBERS IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RUBBERS WERE SEPARATING FROM THE METAL THAT THEY ARE ATTACHED TO AND ON SOME OF THEM ALMOST THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE MOUNT. THE MOUNTS HAD ONLY BEEN INSTALLLED FOR 4 MONTHS ASDR CA120412005Landing Gear · unknown(CAN) LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT FULLY AFTER TAKEOFF. GEAR MANUALLY EXTENDED SUCCESSFULLY LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.SDR CA120413005Bracket · bent(CAN) WHILE COMPLETING THE LT ENGINE REMOVAL, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL NOTED A FUEL DRIP COMING OUT OF THE LT WING ROOT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE BLEED AIR LINE CLAMP HAD CHAFED THROUGH THE FUEL CROSSFEED TUBE IN 2 PLACES. THE BRACKET THAT HOLDS THESDR CA120411014Starter Gen · seized(CAN) DURING TAXI, WE HAD A STARTER GENERATOR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATE ON THE NR 1 ENGINE. THE PILOTS SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE AT THE APRON AND CALLED MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE STARTER/GEN FAN SHROUD HAD COME LOOSE DUE TO, 2 OUT OF THE 4 SCREWS FALLSDR CA120418007Oil System · low pressure(CAN) AFTER AROUND 40 MINUTES IN CRUISE ABOVE FL220, RT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPS FROM 130 PSI DOWN TO 110 PSI AND FLUCTUATES ACCOMPANIED BY OIL LOSS. AS SOON AS THE ALTITUDE GOES DOWN BELOW FL220, OIL PRESSURE GOES BACK TO NORMAL. AFTER PERFORMING ALL TROUBLSDR CA120323005Starter Gen · failed(CAN) IN FLIGHT FAILURE OF LY STARTER GENERATOR. THE PILOTS FOLLOWED SOP`S FOR A FAILED GENERATOR AND CONTINUED TO DESTINATION. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED MFG INSPECTIONS FOLLOWING A STARTER GENERATOR FAILURE. STARTER GENERATOR REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT.SDR CA120321001Gear · failed(CAN) WHILE CARRYING OUT A 200 HR DETAILED INSPECTION, THE LT CHIP DETECTOR WAS REMOVED AND A SMALL BALL BEARING WAS FOUND ATTACHED TO 1 OF THE PROBES. IT WAS TOO SMALL TO BRIDGE THE GAP TO SHORT OUT THE CHIP DETECTOR. 2 BEARING RETAINERS WERE FOUND IN THE RESDR JIKA12022301Valve · leakingAPPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE, THE PILOT REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT COMING FROM THE CONDITIONED AIR VENTS. THE PILOT SHUTOFF THE LEFT AND RIGHT ENGINE ENVIRONMENTAL BLEED AIR AND DUMPED THE CABIN PRESSURIZATION, SMOKE DISSIPATED. PILOT RETURNEDSDR CA120221002Compressor · cracked(CAN) FOLLOWING REMOVAL OF ACM DUE TO INABILITY OF RETAINING OIL, THE COMPRESSOR HOUSING INLET TUBE WAS FOUND CRACKED AROUD THE WELDED BASE ON APPROXIMATELY 200 DEGREES OF CIRCUMFERENCE. WAITING REPLACEMENT ACM FOR INSTALLATION.SDR YADA2012F00054Reduction Gb · making metalDURING FLIGHT 765, ENROUTE, THE PILOT OBSERVED TORQUE SURGES OF 400 FT LBS. TO 1,000 FT LBS. ON THE NR 1 ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND THE FLIGHT CONTINUED ON TO ANC. ON LANDING, MX FOUND THE OIL FILTER CONTAMINATED WITH METAL DEBRIS AND CHUNKS OF WHATSDR HSYA201202121Engine · failedDURING CLIMB OUT FOR A STAGING FLIGHT, CREW PULLED THROTTLE BACK AT APPROX 4000 FT, NR 1 ENGINE MADE A POPPING NOISE, FOLLOWED BY TORQUE DECREASING TO 2100 FT LBS, FOLLOWED BY AN ADDITIONAL POPPING NOISE FROM THE NR 1 ENGINE. THE CREW PULLED THE POWER ON THESDR CA120222008Oil Cooler · failed(CAN) OIL COOLER HAD ONLY BEEN INSTALLED THE MONTH BEFORE AND FAILED IN THE SAME AREA AS THE PREVIOUS COOLER LEADING TO AN INFLIGHT SHUTDOWN OF THE ENGINE. THE PROPELLERS WERE BALANCED, ENGINE ATTACH STRUCTURE INSPECTED, OIL COOLER MOUNTING INSPECTED ETC. BUTSDR YADA201201170001Wire Harness · corrodedON CLIMB OUT, THE PILOT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR BUT THE RED "GEAR INTRANSIT LIGHT" IN THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE NEVER EXTINGUISHED. THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND THE ACFT WAS LANDED AND RETURNED TO BASE. MX PERSONNEL FOUND THE A CONNECTOR PLUG AND WIRISDR CA120202002Blade · damaged(CAN) EIR PT6A 2012-005, CT BLADE TIPS DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF SHROUD MOVEMENT.SDR CA120125006Oil Cooler · leaking(CAN) PILOTS NOTICED OIL PRESSURE DECREASING DURING CRUISE AND SHUTDOWN ENGINE AND LANDED AT NEAREST AIRPORT. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED OIL UNDERNEATH THE PLANE IN THE GEAR WELL AREA AND THE OIL LEVEL WAS LOW AS WELL. GROUND RUNS INDICATED THAT THE OIL COOLER WASSDR CA120103021Relay · damaged(CAN) ON APPROACH, THE CREW SELECTED GEAR DOWN. THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND, AFTER SOME TIME, ABOUT 5 MINUTES, THE GEAR EXTENDED ON IT`S OWN. THE ACFT LANDED SAFELY, NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. UPON INSPECTION, TECH DISCOVERED THE MLG RELAY WAS FILLED WSDR JIKA11122301O-Ring · wornON CLIMBOUT THE PILOT REPORTED THAT VISIBLE SMOKE AND A SLIGHT OIL SMELL WAS PRESENT WHEN HE TURNED THE BLEED AIR ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM ON. THE PILOT SHUT OFF THE ENVIRONMENTAL BLEED AIR SYSTEM AND RETURNED TO KPHX AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSDR CA111228001Shaft · sheared(CAN) REPORT EIR 2011-145, O/H SHOP DISCOVERED THAT THE SPLINED END OF THE COMPRESSOR ROTOR STUB SHAFT HAD SHEARED OFF AND THE AGB COUPLING SHAFT WAS SEVERELY DISTORTED WHEN THE AGB WAS REMOVED FROM THE GAS GENERATOR SECTION. THE AGB COUPLING SHAFT, THE STARTSDR CA111108008Bearing · failed(CAN) STARTER GENERATOR DRIVE END BEARING SUFFERED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. BEARING IS INSTALLED IN A STARTER GEN WITH A 1500HR TBO, BEARING FAILED AFTER 370HRS SINCE NEW.SDR CA110916005Wire Harness · damaged(CAN) THE WIPER CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS TRIPPING. WE FOUND THE DAMAGED WIRING IN THE OVERHEAD PANEL LOCATED IN THE COCKPIT BETWEEN THE PILOT AND CO-PILOT SEAT.SDR FFSA2011F00000Door Frame · crackedDURING THE 3RD, 200 HR INTERVAL, DETAILED INSP, A CRACK WAS DISCOVERED IN THE UPPER FWD CORNER OF THE AFT CARGO DOOR FRAME. THE CRACK WAS LOCATED IN THE UPPER LEG OF THE DOOR FRAME STARTING AT FS 458.3 AND EXTENDED AFT HORIZONTALLY ABOUT 4". THE CRACK WAS JUSDR FFSA2011F00001Spar Cap · corrodedHORIZONTAL STABILIZER REAR SPAR, RT LOWER CAP, FOUND CORRODED INBD AND OTBD OF THE HSS 66.0 CENTER ELEVATOR HINGE LOCATION.SDR YADA060311001Altimeter · inoperativePILOT REPORTED HIS ENCODING ALTIMETER WAS INOPERATIVE ON TAKEOFF. THIS SITUATION ALSO RENDERED THE ALTITUDE ALERTER AND TRANSPONDER MODE C INOPERATIVE. EXCESS FUEL WAS BURNED OFF AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO BASE. MX REPLACED THE PILOT'S ENCODING ALTIMETER, PERSDR CA110627001Turbine Blades · fracturedPOST FLIGHT INSPECTION DISCOVERED THERE WAS 1EA 2ND STAGE PT ROTOR BLADE SEPARATED FROM THE MIDDLE SPAN OF BLADE. THE PILOTS REPORTED EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL DURING THE FLIGHT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED BLADE FRACTURED BY FATIGUE. MFG RECOMMENDS THE SDR BE CLOSEDSDR CA110601007Bearing · failedELECTRIC LANDING GEAR MOTOR FOR THE GEAR HYDRAULIC POWERPACK ASSY WAS FOUND WITH INTERNAL BEARING DAMAGE AND ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL. PART REPLACED. NO FURTHER ISSUES.SDR CA110506002Cable · failed(CAN) AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED OUTSIDE OVERNIGHT IN THE RAIN. THE FOLLOWING DAY WHILE FLYING AT FL240, THE CREW REPORTED ELEVATOR FROZEN. MAINTENANCE GAINED ACCESS TO TAIL SECTION AND FOUND ELEVATOR AUTO PILOT SERVO CABLE DRUM FROZEN FROM RAIN INGRESS INSIDE TAIL CSDR CA110414004Bolt · failed(CAN) COMING OUT OF AIRPORT THIS MORNING THE CREW SELECTED GEAR UP AND THE RT STAYED GREEN WITH A RED HANDLE. THE CREW CONFIRMED VISUALLY THAT THE GEAR HADN`T MOVED WHILE THE OTHER 2 WERE UP. THEY CYCLED THE GEAR AGAIN AND IT CAME UP NORMALLY. WE DECIDED TSDR CA110324003Stud · burned(CAN) WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING A PROPELLER DE-ICE SNAG, THE MAINTENANCE CREW FOUND THE RT DC POWER PANEL START CABLE STUD TO BE BURNED. POWER PANEL WERE REPLACED.
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