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
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SDR 2021FA0000069Wire · overheatedOWNER COMPLAINED THAT PILOT'S WINDSHIELD HEAT WAS INOPERATIVE. ICE WOULD BUILD UP ON WINDSCREEN WHEN HEAT SELECTED TO ANTI-ICE. THERE WAS NO FAILURE INDICATION PRESENT IN THE COCKPIT. CONFIRMED THE WINDSHIELD WAS NOT HEATING IN THE HANGAR USING INFARED IMAGINGSDR G1IA2021022200001Warning Message · illuminatedDURING DESCENT THE [CABIN DOOR] CAWS CAPTION ILLUMINATED, ACCOMPANIED BY THE MASTER WARNING AND AURAL "WARNING, PASSENGER DOOR" CALLOUT WAS ANNUNCIATED AT APPROXIMATELY FL200 AND 4.5 CABIN PSID. THE WARNING INDICATION REMAINED UNTIL BELOW 10,000 FT MSL AND 3.SDR 2B5A202101240001Nut · missingLEFT MAIN WHEEL DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT LANDED DAMAGING THE LEFT BRAKE, DRAG LINK. DOOR WAS DAMAGED AS IT NO LONGER CLEARED THE GROUND IN THE OPEN POSITION.SDR G1IA2021010723801Landing Gear · malfunctionedLANDING IN KPHX PILOT NOTED AIRCRAFT PULL TO THE RIGHT AND RIGHT WING STARTED TO DROP. PILOT FLEW BACK TO CENTER LINE AND SLAPPED THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN. PILOT NOTED HE NEVER HEARD A GEAR WARNING TONE. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT SAFELY. POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION NOTESDR 2B5A202012010001Pin · bentUNABLE TO SELECT GEAR UP DUE TO THE SAFETY LOCK ON GEAR HANDLE REMAINING LOCKED. AIRCRAFT FLOWN TO DESTINATION AT REDUCED AIRSPEED AND LANDED WITH NO OTHER ISSUES. MAINTENANCE FOUND A BENT PIN THE THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR.SDR Q5QA2020110907Contactor · failedPILOT NOTED THE LANDING GEAR WARNING LIGHT ANNUNCIATOR WAS ON AND THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND TO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. PILOT EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR WITH THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION HAND PUMP AND LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. THE HYDRAULIC POWSDR 2020F00429Drag Link · brokenDURING CRUISE, THE LANDING GEAR RETRACT/EXTEND ACTUATOR HORN BROKE OFF THE UPPER DRAG LINK ASSEMBLY, RENDERING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR INOPERATIONAL WITH REGARDS TO HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. THIS LED TO AN UNCONTROLLED EXTENSION OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO THE DOWN-ASDR 2B5A202010130001Frame · corrodedFOUND CORROSION UNDER NUMBER ONE BATTERY GROUNDING LUG. THE FRAME THE LUG IS BOLTED TO REQUIRES REPAIR, PER PILATUS ENGINEERING PROVIDED REPAIR PROCEDURE.SDR Q6VA202006240002Valve · wornAFTER THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS MOVED TO THE DOWN POSITION BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED BY A GREEN LIGHT, HOWEVER THE NOSE LANDING GEAR INDICATION REMAINED RED. THE PILOT TERMINATED HIS APPROACH AND INITIATED A CLIMB TO EVALUATE THE SITUASDR Q5QA20200619506Barrel Nut · corrodedPILOT OBSERVED A NOSE GEAR UNSAFE (WARNING) INDICATION AFTER TAKEOFF. ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT A SECOND TIME WITH THE SAME RESULTS. THEN EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR TO A DOWN AND LOCKED CONDITION AND SAFELY RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AN ISDR G1IA20200617001Computer · intermittentPILOT REPORTED, DURING TAKEOFF OUT OF GPZ THE YAW DAMPER DID NOT ENGAGE WHICH WAS THE INDICATION OF AN AUTOPILOT FAILURE. WHEN AUTOPILOT WAS SELECTED IT ALSO DID NOT INDICATE THAT IT HAD ENGAGED EITHER. AUTOPILOT DID APPARENTLY ENGAGE IN THE BACKGROUND AND WOSDR 2020FA0000291Rod · crackedDURING A MAINTENANCE PRE-FLIGHT WALKAROUND, NOTED THE LH NOSE GEAR DOOR ROD ASSEMBLY CRACKED AT LOWER ROD END ATTACHMENT. INSTALLED PART APPEARS TO BE ORIGINAL TO AIRCRAFT. ROD END WAS NOT LOOSE IN ROD, BUT COULD BE COMPROMISED IF LEFT UNNOTICED. MAKE SURE TO SDR 7AJA20200311001Windshield · crackedCOPILOT'S WINDSHIELD CRACKED - THE OUTER PANE SHATTERED INTO MANY PIECESSDR ESMR202002000001Selector Valve · leakingAN INTERNAL LEAK ON THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR CAUSED THE FLUID TO CIRCULATE IN THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW SUFFICANT PRESSURE TO BUILD IN THE SYSTEM TO HOLD THE LANDING GEAR IN THE UP POSITION. THE LANDING GEAR SLOWLY CREPT DOWN IN FLIGHT ALERSDR Q5QA2020012701Terminal · burnedPILOT NOTED AFTER ENGINE START THAT GENERATOR 2 WAS TRIPPED OFF LINE. THE PILOT MEL'D GENERATOR 2 AND RETURNED TO HOME BASE. A TECHNICIAN NOTED UPON AN INSPECTION OF GENERATOR 2 THAT THE RING TERMINAL ATTACHED TO THE GENERATOR OUTPUT POST (B+) WAS SEVERELY SDR 2020FA0000059Axle · wornEXPERIENCING SEVERE WEAR ON NOSE GEAR OUTER AXLE DUE TO ROTATION OF THE RIGHT HAND SIDE GREASE SEAL. THIS CONDITION OCCURS ONLY WITH THE CLEVELAND NOSE WHEEL PN 40-423, AND HAS OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE AIRCRAFT.SDR 2019FA0000413Heater · faultedCREW REPORTED AOA PROBE HEAT INOPERATIVE. INVESTIGATED AND FOUND PROBE HEAT INOPERATIVE.SDR Q6VA20200319001Gps · malfunctionedDEPARTING KEKO HEADED TO KSLC CLIMBING THROUGH 8,000 FEET MSL ONE OF THE MEDICAL CREW MEMBERS REPORTED A BURNT SMELL. THEY DESCRIBED THE SMELL AS SOMETHING LIKE A BELT SLIPPING. THE PILOT INDICATED HE HAD NO INDICATIONS OF ISSUES UP FRONT AND COULD NOT SMELL WSDR Q5QA20191010205Duct · debondedPILOT REPORTED THAT THE CABIN ALTITUDE STARTED TO CLIMB HIGHER THAN SET UNCOMMANDED. DURING AIRCRAFT DESCENT, THE CABIN AIR INDICATION WOULD FLUCTUATE, CLIMBING AND DESCENDING. INSPECTION DISCLOSED A PRESSURIZATION DUCT IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT HAD SEPARATESDR HDNA201908290001Inverter · overheatedWHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE MEDICAL CREW REPORTED A "HOT ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT SMELL." THIS WAS NOT REPORTED AS VISIBLE SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THE MEDICAL INVERTER CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS FOUND TRIPPED AND THE INVERTER OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED.SDR QMLA2019080879065Battery · hotON CLIMB OUT ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN, THE ENTIRE CREW NOTICED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A BURNING SMELL THROUGHOUT THE AIRCRAFT. WE CANCELLED THE IFR FLIGHT PLAN AND ABORTED THE FLIGHT, TURNED TO RTB AND SECURED ALL UNNECESSARY CONSUMERS. UPON RETURN TO BASE, THE MESDR LF1R2019072200001Proximity Switch · failedTHE FLAPS FAIL CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED UPON RETRACTION FROM THE 15 DEGREE SETTING ON CLIMBOUT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHIN 2 – 3 SECONDS OF THE FLAP SELECTION. A RESULTANT PUSHER CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED APPROXIMATELY 3 – 5 SECONDS LATER. THE CLIMB WAS CONSDR QMLA2019060529052Wire · chafedAIR CONDITIONING WIRING TO PRESSURE SWITCH FOR THE COMPRESSOR MOTOR WERE CHAFED THROUGH, AND SHORTING TO THE MOTOR MOUNT. REPAIRED THE WIRING IAW AC43-13 AND PILATUS PC-12/45 WIRING DIAGRAM AND FUNCTION CHECKED PER PILATUS PC-12 AMM, WIRES WERE SECURED SO NOT SDR CA190614003Engine · reads high(CAN) THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF AND AT ABOUT 1,000 FT. ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, PILOT GLANCED DOWN AT THE EIS (ENGINE INDICATING SYSTEM). AT THIS TIME HE NOTED TORQUE WAS INDICATING ABOVE 60 PSI AND THE RED WARNING ANNUNCIATOR WAS FLASHING. HOWEVER, THE PILOT ALSO NOTESDR 7AJA20190507001Heater · malfunctionedAUXILIARY CABIN HEAT WAS TURNED ON IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL240. SOON THERE AFTER SMOKE AND FUMES STARTED DEVELOPING IN THE CABIN.SDR 8SMA201904190630Fitting · disconnectedDURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE PILOT OBSERVED THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPING AND OIL COMING FROM THE ENGINE COWLING. AS THE FLIGHT CONTINUED THE OIL PRESSURE KEPT DROPPING AND OIL CONTINUED TO STREAM OUT OF THE ENGINE. THE PILOT MADE THE DECISION TO DIVERT TO A DIFFERENTSDR 2019FA0000121Windshield · crackedPILOT SIDE WINDSHIELD CRACKED IN FLIGHT. PILOT REPORTED LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION.SDR TLOA20190415002Stop Fitting · out of positionON THE ABOVE DATE TAKE-OFF WAS ABORTED DUE TO CONTROL YOKE REFUSAL TO MOVE AFT. UPON TROUBLE SHOOTING DISCOVERED PART NUMBER 555.20.12.186 LEVER ARM FITTING PLASTIC STOP HAD EXITED THE LEVER ARM AND JAMMED THE ELEVATOR COUNTERWEIGHT, PART NUMBER 527.30.12.053,SDR TLOA20190415001Stop Fitting · out of positionON THE ABOVE DATE TAKE-OFF WAS ABORTED DUE TO CONTROL YOKE REFUSAL TO MOVE AFT. UPON TROUBLE SHOOTING DISCOVERED PART NUMBER 555.20.12.786 LEVER ARM FITTING PLASTIC STOP HAD EXITED THE LEVER ARM FITTING AND JAMMED THE ELEVATOR COUNTERWEIGHT, PART NUMBER 527.30SDR 201900165Stop Fitting · looseON THE ABOVE DATE TAKE-OFF WAS ABORTED DUE TO CONTROL YOKE REFUSAL TO MOVE AFT. UPON TROUBLE SHOOTING DISCOVERED PART NUMBER 555.20.12.786 LEVER ARM FITTING PLASTIC STOP HAD EXITED THE LEVER ARM FITTING AND JAMMED THE ELEVATOR COUNTERWEIGHT, PART NUMBER 527.30SDR CA190408007Bolt · broken(CAN) TAXIING OUT FROM THE HANGAR AND HEARD A LOUD BANG AS THEY WERE TURNING RIGHT. THE RIGHT HAND RUDDER PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO TURN RIGHT WITHOUT THE USE OF BRAKES. IT WAS ABLE TO TURN LEFT. THE CREW SHUT DOWN AND AIRCRAFT WASDR QMLA2018121438134Seat Track · corrodedDURING PHASE COMPLETION INSPECTION AMT FOUND CORROSION ON TOP SIDE OF SEAT TRACKS NEAR THE CARGO DOOR AND CREW DOOR.SDR HDNA2018120800001Attach Fitting · wornSTABILIZER PIVOT BOLT HAS DAMAGED THE FITTING AT LEFT PIVOT POINT FOR THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE FLAT THAT IS DESIGNED INTO THE PIVOT ATTACH FITTING ON THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER HAS BEEN WORN AWAY ALLOWING THE PIVOT BOLT TO ROTATE WITHIN THE ATTACH FITTINSDR QMLA2018073018090Skin · corrodedBELLY SKIN CORROSION FOUND UNDER BELLY PANELS 12AB AND 12BB AND 12CR. THIS AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY OUT OF SERVICE WHILE THIS DAMAGE IS EVALUATED BY THE MANUFACTURER, AND AN APPROVED REPAIR CAN BE PERFORMED.SDR QMLA2018071018078Unknown · malfunctionedAUTO PILOT DISCONNECTED PASSING ABOUT 11K FEET CLIMBING TO 15K FT. CLEAR SKIES AND NO TURBULENCE. ATTEMPTED RECONNECT AND IMMEDIATELY THE AUTO PILOT DISCONNECTED AGAIN. OBSERVED CONTROL WHEEL SHAKING INDICATED AIRSPEED ABOUT 150 KNOTS AND AOA INDICATOR PASSINGSDR QMLA20180516058Warning Light · false activationJUST AFTER TAKEOFF, THE RED CAUTION LIGHT FLASHED AND PILOT NOTED THE TORQUE INDICATION CLIMBED TO THE GAUGE HIGH SIDE STOP. NO OTHER INDICATIONS OR ENGINE SURGES WERE NOTED. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED ON THE SAME RUNWAY WITHOUT INCIDENT. PERFORMESDR QML201805108057Governor · intermittentON DEPARTURE PROPELLER RPM WAS VERY LOW. 1635 VS 1700 GOOD TORQUE, PLANE ACCELERATED RPM STARTED TO INCREASE AND YELLOW LIGHT WENT OUT BUT STILL LOW. MOVING TOO FAST TO ABORT AND UNSURE THE REVERSE WOULD EFFECTIVE, ELECTED TO TAKE IT IN FLIGHT AND HANDLE AS ANSDR K5SR2018041228705Evaporator · bindingNO AIRFLOW COMING FROM COCKPIT GASPERS. TROUBLESHOT TO LEFT EVAPORATOR ASSEMBLY FAN STOPPING INTERMITTENTLY IN FLIGHT. INSTALLED NEW EVAPORATOR ASSEMBLY. OPERATIONAL CHECKED SATISFACTORY.SDR QMLA2018020118012Hinge · crackedON ENTRY TO THE AIRCRAFT, THE ATTACH LUG FOR THE LANYARD THAT HOLDS THE CREW ENTRANCE STEPS UP WAS CRACKED AND BROKE CREATING EXCESSIVE DOWNWARD FORCE AND CAUSING SEVERAL OTHER CRACKS ON THE AIRFRAME SIDE OF THE DOOR HINGE.SDR QMLA2018010818003Starter Gen · failedPRIOR TO DESCENT, PILOT REPORTED A GENERATOR 1 FAIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PERFORMED GENERATOR 1 FAIL EMERGENCY PROCEDURE. THE NR 1 GENERATOR WOULD NOT RESET. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND COMPLETED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION AND LANDED.SDR LF1R2017092800001Contactor · openNR 2 BATTERY WOULD NOT CHARGE WHEN THE NR 2 GENERATOR SELECTED TO ON. THE GENERATOR VOLTMETER INDICATED PROPER OUTPUT AND THERE WAS NO ASSOCIATED FAILURE INDICATION. CYCLING THE NR 2 GENERATOR WOULD RESOLVE PROBLEM. DETERMINED HIGH RESISTANCE PRESENT ON MAINSDR 2017F00182Stick Shaker · false activationPILOT REPORTED THE AUTOPILOT DISENGAGED AND THE STICK SHAKER ACTIVATED. THE POWER LEVER WAS AT OR CLOSE TO FLIGHT IDLE. THE SHAKER CONTINUED TO ACTIVATE INTERMITTENTLY WITH PUSHER CAUTION. THE TECHNICIAN ARRIVED AND COMPLETED THE SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL CHECKS. NO SDR G7FA2017053010026Engine · malfunctionedDURING DESCENT, AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED SHAKING AND ITT SPIKED. PILOT IMMEDIATELY SHUTDOWN ENGINE AND PREPARED FOR LANDING. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HALFWAY DOWN RUNWAY AND PROCEEDED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY 1/2 TO 3/4 MILE. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. NO DAMAGESDR QMLA2017041717041Fitting · looseOPE ECS/PRESSURIZATION FAIL ON CLIMB AT APPROXIMTELY 13000 FT, ALSO FAILED HOLDING CABIN PRESSURE ON MANUAL MODE. OPEN ACCESS PANEL BELOW COPILOT SEAT. FOUND A AN FITTING SLIGHTLY LOOSE ON CHECK VALVE NEXT TO EJECTOR, JET. REMOVED CHECK VALVE BY REMOVEING THESDR 4DSR APRIL 4Intake · crackedDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, WHILE ACCOMPLISHING "TASK 30-20/156 ENGINE AIR INTAKE DE-ICE LIP- LOOK FOR SIGNS OF GAS LEAKS", FOUND SIGNS OF LEAKAGE (LIGHT SOOT). REMOVED LIP ASSEMBLY AND UPON REMOVAL OF INSULATION A 3 INCH CRACK WAS OBSERVED ALONG WITH HEAVY SOOTSDR Q5QA2017011607Transmitter · faultyPILOT REPORTED A FLAPS FAILED INDICATION. INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THE RT FLAP POSITION TRANSMITTER WAS FAULTY. INSTALLED A NEW TRANSMITTER. SUBSEQUENT FLAP OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE SATISFACTORY. NO FURTHER ACTION WAS REQUIRED.SDR 2016FA0000573Brake Disc · brokenDURING A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE RIGHT BRAKE WEAR INDICATOR, A BROKEN BRAKE CARRIER AND LINING WAS DETECTED. HALF OF THE BRAKE CARRIER DROPPED OUT OF ITS NORMAL POSITION WHEN THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS REMOVED FOR THE BRAKE WEAR INSPECTION. THE BRAKE WEAR WAS SSDR QMLA2016100716116Warning Light · illuminatedPILOT REPORTED THAT THE FUEL LOW PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHTSDR Q5QA2016FA0000355Wire · meltedDURING A MFG MINI PROGRESSIVE INSPECTION, THE TECH NOTED THAT THE PILOTS WINDSHIELD WOULD NOT WORK ON THE LOW OR HIGH SETTING. THE HEADLINER WAS REMOVED AND HE DISCOVERED THAT THE POWER AND GROUND WIRES HAD MELTED THEMSELVES TOGETHER AND THE GROUND WIRE WAS BSDR Z3TA201606040001Aoa · burnedAOA DEICE, CAWS MESSAGE IN FLIGHT. DETERMINED RT AOA PLATE NOT HEATING. UPON REMOVAL OF RT AOA TRANSMITTER, FOUND WIRING HARNESS GOING TO THE AOA PLATE HEATING ELEMENT TO BE CHARRED WITH WIRES EXPOSED WHERE HARNESS ENTERS AOA PLATE, EVIDENCE OF SMOKE AND/OR
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