Pilatus PC-12/45
Service difficulty reports · 982
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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 aircraft_model_key = 'PC1245' 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 aircraft_model_key = 'PC1245' 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 2026FA0000896Ehsi · shortedWHEN ENROUTE AT CRUISE OVER THE SLC, PILOT SUDDENLY NOTED AN ELECT BURNING ODOR, & NOTICED THE ELECTRONIC HSI SCREEN DARK. THE ODOR PERMEATED THROUGH ENTIRE CABIN, ALERTING PAX TO AN ISSUE. UNKNOWN WHETHER BURNING WIRES WERE TRANSIENT OR COULD ESCALATE, & OUTSDR QMLA2026091720070Ehsi · faultedFUMES IN CABIN DUE TO EHSI FAILURE. INSPECTED ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR, WIRING, AND ALL AREAS ADJACENT TO EHSI UNIT. ODOR OF ELECTRICAL BURNING WAS ISOLATED TO THE EHSI UNIT ONLY AND ALL SURROUNDING AREAS AND WIRING WERE NOT AFFECTED. DETERMINED EHSI UNIT FAILSDR 4DSR202609010001Selector Valve · leakingDURING O.R, FOUND HYDRAULIC LEAK UNDER AIRCRAFT ON PILOT SIDE AND FOUND FLUID LEAKING FROM BELLY PANEL THAT COVERS THE SELECTOR SERVICE VALVE FOR THE LANDING GEAR.SDR QMLA202608122057Wire · chafedERRONEOUS TORQUE INDICATIONSDR QMLA2026081320056Circuit Breaker · trippedBUS TIE CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED AS LANDING GEAR WAS BEING RAISEDSDR G1IA20260810115Warning Message · multiple indHIGH ITT INDICATIONS WITH SUBSEQUENT EIS IND, INCLUDING CAUTION, WARNING & FLASHING ITT TEMP. ITT TEMP INDNS FLUCTUATE BTWN 920 & 960, REGARDLESS OF TORQUE SETTING. NO SECONDARY INDNS IN COCKPIT TO INCLUDE OIL TEMP NORMAL AS WELL AS ALL OTHER ENG INSTS. NO NOTSDR G1IA20260725114Computer · failedPUSHER/SHAKER MALFUNCTION. CAWS PUSHER ADVISORY, AUDIO AND SHAKER ACTIVATED UPON TAKEOFF WITH AOA INDICATING "SLOW DIAMOND." PUSHER DID NOT ACTIVATE. ALL PERFORMANCE AND PROFILE NORMAL. FAULT CONTINUED UNTIL LANDING. PILOT ATTEMPTED PUSHER TEST IN FLIGHT AND PSDR 2026FA0000577Motor · wornDURING CRUISE FIGHT THE CREW RECEIVED A HYD CAWS ANNUNCIATION. THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT RESPOND TO THE NORMAL GEAR EXTENSION COMMAND. THE CREW EMERGENCY EXTENDED THE GEAR VIA THE MANUAL EXTENSION PUMP. DURING THE TROUBLE SHOOTING MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE HSDR 4DSR2026063001Selector Valve · leakingLANDING GEAR HYD. ACCUMULATOR MOTOR CYCLED IN FLIGHT CAUSING CAUTION TO COME ON. AIRCRAFT WAS JACK AND TROUBLESHOT, FOUND SERVICE SELECTOR VALVE TO BE LEAKING INTERNALLY. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS OCCURED IN TWO YEARS. REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH NEW VALVSDR QMLA2026060120034Heater · failedDURING CRUISE FLIGHT, CABIN FUMES WERE DETECTED, FOLLOWED BY VISIBLE SMOKE. THE FLIGHT CREW EXECUTED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND CHECKLISTS, WHICH INCLUDED SHUTTING DOWN ALL NON-ESSENTIAL SYSTEMS. TURNING OFF THE FOOT HEATER IMMEDIATELY AFTER DETECTING THE FUSDR QMLA2026052620032Unknown · odorPILOT SMELLED UNUSUAL ODOR/SMOKE IN COCKPIT DURING CLIMB OUTSDR Q5QA20260421002Aoa · failedTHE PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER DEPARTURE HE RECEIVED A SLOW SPEED INDICATION WITH AN ACCOMPANYING STICK SHAKER AND ORAL WARNING EVEN THOUGH HE WAS WELL ABOVE THE STALL SPEED FOR HIS CONFIGURATION, THE PILOT RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO HIS DEPARTURE POINT AND LANDESDR G1IA20260330107Altimeter · failedCLIMBING THROUGH 190 THE PILOT SIDE ALTIMETER FAILED, ON DECENT IT STARTED WORKING AGAIN UPON REACHING 17,000. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO ATC.SDR QMLA2026031820018Hydraulic System · lowLEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR IN-TRANSIT LIGHT ILLUMINATES IN FLIGHT. SERVICED HYD SYSTEM, RTS .SDR QMLA2026031620017Circuit Breaker · faultedRED A/P TRIM LIGHT WITH ASSOCIATED ALARMS & CHIMES. PITCH TRIM EXCURSIONS CAUSING ALTITUDE DEVIATION. RESET AP TRIM CB OPS CHECKED GOOD. RTSSDR G1IA20260212105Altimeter · inoperativeNR 1 ALTIMETER FAILED DURING DESCENT INTO GUP FROM FL230.SDR G1IA20260208104Relay · failedVFR LANDING PHASE, ON BASE LEG FOR RUNWAY 32 AT XWA. COMMANDED GEAR DOWN. MAIN GEAR LOWERED & LOCKED INTO PLACE. VERIFIED 2 GREEN LIGHTS. NOSE GEAR REMAINED RED, UNSAFE/TRANSIENT POSITION. TURNED ACFT TO FINAL APPROACH & NOSE GEAR REMAINED RED, & AMBER HYDSDR Q5QA20260206001Starter Gen · vibrationTHE PILOT NOTICED AN ENGINE VIBRATION ON DECENT INTO READING REGIONAL AIRPORT. THE #1 STARTER- GENERATOR PART NUMBER A 23085-025, SERIAL NUMBER Y0090 WAS FOUND TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE VIBRATION. THIS STARTER-GENERATOR WAS PREVIOUSLY OVERHAULED AND HAD BEEN IN SSDR Q5QA20251106002Starter Gen · inoperativeTHE PC-12 AIRCRAFT WAS IN TRANSITION FROM KGNV (GAINESVILLE FL) TO KVDF (TAMPA FL) WHEN THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF THE GENERATOR 1 BUSS, THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO LOAD SHED, THE PILOT LANDED AT KVEF AND CONTACTED MAINTENANCE. THE MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN FOSDR QMLA2025110320111Brake Sys · weakUPON LANDING THERE WASN'T ANY BRAKE PRESSURE.SDR UATA2025110300701Skin · wornTOP RUDDER STATIC WICK BASE DAMAGED (MAJOR REPAIR). REPLACED DAMAGED SKIN, SEE FORM 337 DATED 10/27/25 FOR FURTHER DETAIL. INSTALLED NEW STATIC IS CHARGE BASE P/N: 984.78.81.409 AND STATIC WICK UPPER RUDDER STATIC WICK ATTACH HOLES WORN BEYOND REPAIR LIMITS. RSDR QMLA2025102320107Fuel Filter · warning messageFUEL PRESS CAWS INDICATION DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THAT DID NOT EXTINGUISH. FUEL CAWS LIGHT , INSPECTED, REPLACED FUEL FILTER, RTS.SDR G1IA20250909096Circuit Breaker · trippedAFTER TAKEOFF, USED THE GEAR HANDLE TO PULL THE GEAR UP AND SHORTLY AFTER THE HYD CAWS MESSAGE ILLUMINATED AND THE NOSE GEAR INDICATOR WAS RED. RAN EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND RECEIVED 3 GREEN LIGHTS AFTER TWO PUMPS OF THE EMERGENCY GEAR HANDLE AND PROCEEDED TO LSDR QMLA202507262079Cowling · failedA HAMMER WAS DISCOVERED ON THE ENGINE COWING DURING TAKEOFF AS IT ROLLED ONTO THE WINDSCREEN DURING TAKEOFF. SDR FORM SUBMITTED ON 07/23/2025.SDR QMLA2025061620066Unknown · smokeSMOKE SMELL FROM BATTERY FROM BATTERY COMPARTMENT DURING PRE LAUNCH WALK AROUND, UNABLE TO DUPLICATE RTS.SDR 2025FA0000367Line · out of positionOUTBOARD DEICE BOOTS, RH WING INFLATING IN INCORRECT SEQUENCE. TWO DEICE HARD LINES WERE INSTALLED IN REVERSED POSITIONS DURING A RECENT WING REPLACEMENT. THE LINES BETWEEN THE FWD AND AFT SPARS WERE REVERSED (PILATUS P/N 530.14.12.111 & 530.14.12.113). (REF. SDR QMLA2025051920057Dampener · failedSHIMMY DAMPENER FAILURE UPON LANDING. REPLACED DAMPER.SDR 9CKC20250402001Windscreen · crackedON MARCH 7, 2025, AT ABOUT 17:30 LOCAL ALASKA TIME, WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL270 ENROUTE FROM SCAMMON BAY, AK, RETURNING TO ANCHORAGE, AK, PILATUS PC12-45 N304PT SUFFERED A CRACK IN THE CAPTAIN'S FWD MAIN WINDSCREEN. MOMENTS LATER, DURING THE DESCENT INITIASDR QMLA2025013020010Brake Assy · faultedLEFT BRAKE HAD GRINDING NOISE AND WAS GRABBING UPON BRAKE APPLICATION.SDR QMLA2025011020002Boot · failedHYDRAULIC LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING LANDING. PROP DE-ICE FAILED IN FLIGHT. - CHECKED FLUID LEVELS AND NITRO PSI. - CLEANED HYD. PSI TRANSMITTER / SWITCH CONNECTIONS. PROP DE-ICE INSPECTED WITH NO PROBLEMS NOTED.SDR 2024FA0000964Relay · failedDURING NORMAL APPROACH THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN, THE HYDRAULIC POWER PACK FAILED TO ENERGIZE RESULTING IN THE LANDING GEAR FAILING TO EXTEND. THE PILOT MANUALLY EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT NORMALLY RESULTING IN NO DAMAGE. THE SYSTEMSDR QMLA2024120320147Pressure Switch · faultedDE-ICE BOOT CAWS WARNING IN FLIGHT, ITEM IS MEL'D CURRENTLY. REMOVED AND REPLACED HORZ. STAB PRESSURE SWITCH WITH NEW UNIT.SDR QMLA2024111420143Propeller · faultedREPEATED PROP DE-ICE CAWS. AMTS HAVE CLEANED AND REPLACED BRUSH BLOCK, TESTED OAT PROBE, CHECKED WIRING AND PROBLEM KEEPS REPEATING. CHECKED WIRING AND CLEANED PROP BRUSHES AND SPINNER IAW PILATUS AMM 12-A-30-60-00-00A-903A-ASDR QMLA2024091920120Fusible Plug · failedLANDED ON A 10000 FT RUNWAY AND CLEARED OFF AT THE END. BRAKES WERE NOT USED. AFTER PARKED AND SHUTDOWN, THE CREW PUT THEIR EQUIPMENT INTO THE AMBULANCE AND LEFT. I WAS EXITING THE AIRCRAFT ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES AFTER SHUTDOWN AND HEARD THE AIR STARTING TO ESCAPESDR Q5QA20240918007Attach Bracket · crackedDURING A ROUTINE PILATUS 1200HR INSPECTION THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR UPPER ATTACH BRACKET (P/N 553.10.12.326) WAS FOUND CRACKED. THE PART WAS ORIGINAL WITH A TOTAL TIME OF 15,712.7 AND A CYCLE COUNT OF 17,880 BEFORE THE PART WAS FOUND DEFECTIVE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SDR QMLA2024090620107Warning Message · illuminatedDURING CLIMB FROM GJT, AT ABOUT 1000 AGL, I RECEIVED A MASTER WARNING ESSENTIAL BUS AND SEVERAL MASTER CAUTION LIGHTS GEN1, GEN2, AND BAT. THE QRH DOESN'T GIVE GUIDANCE ON THE SPECIFIC CONDITION I HAD (MULTIPLE BUS FAILURES SIMULTANEOUSLY). RETURNED TO BASE ASDR 2024F00242Starter Gen · failedROUGHLY 20-30 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT KBOI-KOGD, GEN 1 OFF AND N ESNTL BUS CAWS INDICATIONS ILLUMINATED. PILOT RAN QRH PROCEDURES BY RESETTING GEN 1, THEN PULLING THE STARTER CB AND RESETTING. NEITHER ACTION WAS SUCCESSFUL IN RE-ENGAGING GEN 1. AIRCRAFT IS EQUIPPESDR 2024F00241Starter Gen · failedROUGHLY 20-30 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT KBOI-KOGD, GEN 1 OFF AND N ESNTL BUS CAWS INDICATIONS ILLUMINATED. PILOT RAN QRH PROCEDURES BY RESETTING GEN 1, THEN PULLING THE STARTER CB AND RESETTING. NEITHER ACTION WAS SUCCESSFUL IN RE-ENGAGING GEN 1. AIRCRAFT IS EQUIPPESDR 2024F00240Starter Gen · failedROUGHLY 20-30 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT KBOI-KOGD, GEN 1 OFF AND N ESNTL BUS CAWS INDICATIONS ILLUMINATED. PILOT RAN QRH PROCEDURES BY RESETTING GEN 1, THEN PULLING THE STARTER CB AND RESETTING. NEITHER ACTION WAS SUCCESSFUL IN RE-ENGAGING GEN 1. AIRCRAFT IS EQUIPPESDR G1IA202409104066Buss Tie · failedDURING THE INITIAL APPROACH SEGMENT, A DUAL GENERATOR FAILURE OCCURRED - WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS TO RESTORE POWER FOLLOWING THE ESTABLISHED PROCEDURE THROUGH THE ELECTRONIC CHECKLIST PROVIDED ON THE COMPANY EFB. INITIALLY, POWER WAS ABLE TO BE RESTORED TO GEN 2 SDR QMLA2024081620101Control Valve · failedALL OF CREW NOTED A MELTING OR BURNING PLASTIC SMELL. WE WERE ABOUT TO BEGIN OUR DESCENT FOR BASE, AND WERE ONLY ABOUT 15 MINUTES OUT, WITH MULTIPLE ALTERNATIVE AIRPORTS BELOW/NEAR US IF THE SMELL GOT WORSE AND I BECAME MORE CONCERNED ABOUT AN IMMINENT CHANCE SDR QMLA2024072620091Circuit Breaker · trippedWE TOOK OFF ON A FLIGHT TO A SENDING FACILITY TO PICK UP A PATIENT. DURING CLIMB OUT, THE 'BUS TIE' CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED, ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED WARNINGS AND INDICATIONS. I CONSULTED THE APPROPRIATE SECTION OF THE QRH AND ATTEMPTED TO RESET THE BUS TIE CIRCUSDR QMLA2024072320090Brake Assy · lockedDURING TOWING OF THE AIRCRAFT THE RH BRAKE ASSEMBLY LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT ROTATE. THE BRAKE PLATE BROKE APART AND JAMMED THE WHEEL FROM ROTATINGSDR Q5QA20240715006Ecu · failedTHE AIRCRAFT WAS IN ROUTE TO KROA FROM KLZU AT AN ALTITUDE OF 25,000 ON JULY 13, 2024, WHEN THE PILOT EXPERIENCED AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL UNIT FAILURE MASTER WARNING (ECU FAILURE). THE PILOT CONFIRMED THE LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONINGSDR QMLA2024071620086Warning Horn · false activationESS BUS LT W/ ESS BUS BATTERY AUDIO INTERMITTENTLY COMES ON IN FLIGHT UNABLE TO DUPLICATE FAULT ON GROUNDSDR QMLA2024071920088Brake · unserviceableINSTALL OVERHAULED MAIN WHEEL BRAKE ASSEMBLY ON 07/02/2024. NO ISSUES FOR SEVERAL MISSIONS UNTIL SATURDAY 07/06/2024. PILOT SAID BRAKE PEDDLE SOFT, TECHNICIANS ON SHIFT PERFORMED BRAKE BLEED PROCEDURE AND RETURNED AC TO SERVICE. AIRCRAFT LEFT ON MISSION TO PUESDR Q5QA20240627005Ahrs · malfunctionedDURING FLIGHT THE AHRS SYSTEM RESET WHILE ENCOUNTERING SEVERE TURBULENCE REQUIRING EMERGENCY ACTION. ALL SYSTEMS EVENTUALLY CAME BACK ONLINE AFTER EXITING THE TURBULENCE AND THE FLIGHT CONTINUED WITHOUT FURTHER ISSUE.SDR QMLA2024062120065Relay · faultedAFTER TAKEOFF, RETRACTED THE GEAR AND TURNED ON YAW DAMPER, GOT THE RUNAWAY TRIM TONE AND AIRPLANE TRIED TO CLIMB 5000 + FT PER MIN, PUSHED THE TRIM INTERRUPT SWITCH, TURNED TOWARD THE RUNAWAY AND DECLARED EMERGENCY, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. DETERMINED THE MOSDR QMLA040820035Battery · failedBEEN RECEIVING BATTERIES (P N# RG-380E/44)FROM VENDOR ISATAIR IN FLORIDA AS BEING REPAIRED AND NONE ARE HOLDING APM,S WE ARE CONSTANTLY HAVING FLAP RESETS AND ON THE VERGE OF HAVING HOT STARTS. ORDERED NEW BATTERY AND HAVE NO PROBLEMS TILL THE 200HR CAP CHECKSDR G1IA20240312061Chip Detector · unserviceableDISCREPANCY: IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE CHIP CWAS LIGHT STARTED TO CONTINUOUSLY FLASH ON AND OFF, THIS CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE DESCENT. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH ATC, CONDUCTED APPROPRIATE CHECKLIST, AND LANDED AS SOON AS PRACTICAL. CORRECTIVE ACTION: FOUND BROKE
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