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 FMMA2016052700260Rivet · looseREMOVED EIGHT LOOSE RIVETS ON LT FLAP NR 2 RIB AND INSTALLED 8 NEW RIVETS IAW SRM 12-A-51-40-03-00A-041A-A.SDR QMLA2016052216053Bolt · looseAFTER TAXIING INTO THE RAMP, THE PILOT DISCOVERED THAT THE LT MAIN TIRE WAS FLAT, TRIED TO AIR THE TIRE TO MOVE THE PLANE INTO THE HANGAR. IT WOULD NOT HOLD PRESS. THE WHEEL HALF BOLTS HAD LOST ALL TORQUE. THE BOLT HEADS HAD CONTACTED THE BRAKE TORQUE TUBE SDR TWYA20160413001Seal · looseAFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT SAW THE COPILOT WINDSHIELD OUTER SEAL COMING LOOSE FROM THE WINDSHIELD & RETURN TO LAND.SDR QMLA2016033016030Unknown · malfunctionedPILOT REPORT THAT LG WOULD NOT RETRACT & HAD HYD WARNING LIGHT ON CAWS. PILOT EXTENDED GEAR USING EMER PROCEDURES & RETURNED TO BASE. PERFORMED EXTENSION & RETRACTION IAW AMM CH 32-30-00 & ALL FUNCTIONS WERE SATISFACTORY. COULD NOT DUPLICATE ERROR.SDR ESMR2016031131116Transducer · erraticACFT LINED UP FOR TAKEOFF. AFTER SETTING POWER AT 43 PSI TORQUE, A STANDARD TAKEOFF OCCURRED. AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FT AGL, THE MASTER CAUTION ILLUMINATED AND SAW THE TORQUE GAUGE SURGING BACK AND FORTH FROM 35-51 PSI, ABOVE MAX LIMITATIONS, WITHOUT ANYONE TOSDR QMLA2016030616021Motor · failedAFTER TAKEOFF, WENT TO BRING THE GEAR UP & NOTICED THE INTRANSIT LIGHTS STAYED LIT. THE HYD CAWS LIGHT CAME ON INDICATING THERE WAS A FAILURE OF THE SYS. CLIMBED UP TO 6000 FT, BEGAN TROUBLESHOOTING. ATTEMPTED RECYCLING THE GEAR, BUT WAS ONLY ABLE TO GET 2 SDR HDNA20160304003Aoa · out of adjustON DOWNWIND BEFORE LANDING, THE STICK SHAKER ACTIVATED. THE ACFT WAS WELL ABOVE THE SPEED WHICH THE STICK SHAKER SHOULD HAVE ACTIVATED. ADJUSTED AOA.SDR ESMR688D3716Windshield · crackedAPPROXIMATELY 40 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT WITH 2 PASSENGERS, AT 16,000 FT THE COPILOT SIDE WINDOW OUTER LAYER CRACKED. WE WERE IN IMC CONDITIONS FOR THE ENTIRE FLIGHT WITH SOME RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW. THE CRACKING WAS PRECEEDED BY SOME ELECTRICAL ARCING ON THE CRASDR G7FA20160202001Trim Switch · brokenDISCONNECTED AUTOPILOT IN FLIGHT. PILOT TRIED TO ADJUST ELEVATOR TRIM UP TRAVEL, BUT TRIM TRAVELED IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION. TRIED TO CORRECT THE ISSUE, BUT WOULD NOT TRAVEL THE OPPOSITE WAY. FOUND DURING SYS TROUBLESHOOTING THAT 4 DIRECTION MOMENTARY TRIM HATSDR QMLA2016012516003Warning System · activatedNOSE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR INDICATED NOSE GEAR UNSAFE & CAWS INDICATED HYD FAILURE. THE PILOT ACTUATED THE LG HYD HAND PUMP UNTIL ALL LG INDICATORS WERE GREEN. ONCE ON THE GND, PERFORMED A FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF THE LG EXTENSION & RETRACTION SYS. FOUR GEAR SSDR 2015FA0000639Rudder · malfunctionedDURING CLIMBOUT, WITH YAW DAMPER ENGAGED, THERE WAS A RUDDER TRIM RUNAWAY. PILOTS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED.SDR CA151204004Outlet · failed(CAN) GPU WAS TURNED ON TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE ON ACFT. ONCE POWER WAS ON THE GPU CABLE SURGED. IMMEDIATELY TURNED GPU OFF AND INSPECTED THE ACFT`S EXTERNAL POWER OUTLET. IN DOING SO FLAME WAS NOTICED COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE OUTLET, FROM THE VOLTAGE PROSDR 6CBA20151202146Unknown · malfunctionedDURING APPROACH, THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED, NOSE WHEEL RED INDICATOR ON EXTENSION. HAD TO HAND PUMP FOR 3 GREEN HYD CAWS. THE ACFT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE ACFT THEN FERRIED FOR REPAIRS. THE HYD POWER PACK PN 960.30.01.154, SERVICE SELECTOR VLV PSDR 2015FA0000616Connector · wrong partAUTOPILOT UNCOMMANDED ROLL OSCILLATION EXCEEDING BANK LIMITS. FOUND OPEN ROLL LOW SIGNAL BETWEEN NR 1 AHRS AND AUTOPILOT COMPUTER. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED INCORRECT SOCKET INSTALLED IN P909, PIN 77. INSIDE DIAMETER WAS TOO LARGE, .063 VS. REQUIRED .040, SDR Z3TA20151123001Efis · failedFLYING AT AN ALTITUDE OF 20,000 FEET DURING NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, AN ELECTRICAL ODOR WAS SENSED IN THE COCKPIT. THE COPILOT'S EADI SHUT DOWN AND THE EFIS 2 EADI CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. THE ELECTRICAL ODOR WAS BRIEF. NO SPARKS OR FLAMES WESDR QMLA2015110415103Unknown · odorPILOT REPORTED HOT METAL SMELL WITH ECS CAUTION LIGHT, 25 MIN FROM LANDING. CHECKLIST CORRECTED PROBLEM, BUT IT CAME BACK ABOUT 5 MIN FROM LANDING. ANOTHER HOT METAL SMELL & GETTING WARM IN COCKPIT & CABIN & ECS CAUTION LIGHT.SDR CA151029028Line · leaking(CAN) LANDED AND PILOTS NOTED THAT THE RT BRAKE FELT SOFT AND DURING THE POST WALK AROUND NOTED THERE WAS FLUID ON THE GROUND. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE RT GEAR. AND FOUND THE RT BRAKE LINE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE GEAR RUBBING ON THE MAIN WHEEL TIRE. THIS SDR Q5Q2015F00003Computer · malfunctionedCLIMBING THROUGH 10,000 FT, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED NON-COMMANDED STICK SHAKER & PUSHER ACTUATIONS AT SPEEDS AT THE ABOVE 150 KIAS. THE STICK SHAKER & PUSHER OSCILLATIONS CONTINUED UNTIL THE SYS WAS DISABLED. PROBLEM WAS DETERMINED TO THE RESULT OF A FAULTY STSDR 2015FA0000380Shimmy Dampener · lockedWHILE TAXING OFF THE RUNWAY THE NOSE GEAR STEERING WAS LOCKED IN THE FULL LT POSITION. BY WORKING THE NOSE GEAR BACK AND FORTH THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO TAXI TO THE PARKING AREA. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE SHIMMY DAMPER WAS LOCKING AFTER USING FUSDR 5APR20150604125Autopilot Sys · faultyON DESCENT, THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED: AUTOPILOT DISCONNECTED IN FLIGHT FOLLOWED BY ELECTRICAL ODOR AND SMOKE IN COCKPIT". THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, THE ACFT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT INCIDENT. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING,THE AUTO PILOT MODE CONTROLLER WAS FOUNDSDR HDNA2015F00074Probe · out of adjustSTICK SHAKER ACTIVATED ON TAKEOFF AT 600 FT AGL. PILOT INTERRUPTED THE SYS USING THE YOKE MOUNTED INTERRUPT BUTTON, DECREASED AOA, INCREASED AIRSPEED AND OPENED THE STICK SHAKER CIRCUIT BREAKER AS A PRECAUTION. ONCE AT A SAFE ALTITUDE RAN INADVERTENT SHAKER OSDR CA150515007Crank Assy · corroded(CAN) AS A RESULT OF CONDUCTING SB 52-007 INSPECTION OF PAX DOOR SHOOT BLOCKS FOR CORROSION & RESULTING REPLACEMENT OF CORRODED SHOOT BOLT BLOCKS, THE DOOR OPERATING MECHANISM WAS DISASSEMBLED TO PERMIT REPAIRS. FOLLOWING DISASSEMBLY IT WAS NOTED THAT THE UPPSDR QMLA2015032715021Unknown · odorA MEMBER OF THE MEDICAL CREW NOTICED AN UNIDENTIFIABLE ODOR SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. PIC DID NOT SMELL ANYTHING, BUT CLEARED OTHER MEDICAL MEMBER OUT OF HIS SEAT TO INVESTIGATE. HE DID NOT FIND ANYTHING BURNING OR SMOKING, BUT BEGAN TO NOTICE THE ODOR HIMSELF.SDR CA150325020Engine · power loss(CAN) THE OPERATOR REPORTED INTERMITTENT EVENTS WITH ACHIEVING RATED POWER AT DIFFERENT SETTINGS INCLUDING CLIMB AND CRUISE. THE PROPELLER GOVERNOR IS SUSPECTED.SDR ESMR20150323001Position Sensor · malfunctionedTWO CREW & TWO PAXS, CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 3L, AT APPROX 800 FEET AGL. CALLED FOR FLAPS TO BE MOVED FROM 30 DEGREES TO 40 DEGREES. A FEW SECONDS LATER WE RECEIVED A FLAPS & PUSHER ANNUNCIATOR FOLLOWED BY AN AURAL, FLAP ASYMMETRY, WARNING. AT THAT POINTSDR TWYA201502183241Screw · failedPITCH TRIM BRACKET SCREWS FAILED INTERNAL.SDR CA150107002Bolt · wrong part(CAN) UPON REPLACEMENT OF HYDROLOK SEAT BACK ADJUSTMENT, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT BOLT INSTALLED WAS TOO SHORT I WRONG P/N. AS A RESULT THE BOLT THREADS WERE NOT IN SAFETY OR FULLY ENGAGING NUT. ALL SEATS ON AIRCRAFT FOUND WITH SAME DEFECT. ONE SEAT BACK BOLTS SDR GQRR2014FA0000673Exhaust Stack · crackedENGINE DEICE HOT AIR OUTLET CRACKED.SDR TWYA20141031001Efis · inoperativeDURING CLIMB OUT THE PILOT'S SIDE EADI WENT BLANK & THE CREW SMELLED THE ODOR OF SMOKE CAUSING THEM TO RETURN.SDR C41R201410270001Diode · burnedAIRCRAFT WAS UNDERGOING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION. OWNER REPORTED CABIN LIGHTS INOPERATIVE AT 50 PERCENT. TROUBLESHOT CABIN LIGHTNING SYSTEM. FOUND DIMMING INTERFACE UNIT INOPERATIVE. INSTALLED NEW INTERFACE UNIT. AFTER 10 MINUTES OF FUNCTIONAL CHECKS THE INTERFSDR CA141006018Shaft · sheared(CAN) CREW REPORTED FLAP CAWS WHEN SELECTING FLAPS FROM 0 DEGREES TO 15 DEGREES. THE CREW WAS UNABLE TO RESET THE THE FLAP CAWS. FLAP FAULT ISOLATION PROCEDURE CARRIED OUT AND FOUND THE RT FLAP WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN USING THE FLAP MAINTENANCE SWITCH. THE RT FLSDR QMLA2014072514091Unknown · odorAFTER ENG STARTUP & DURING TAXI TO RUNWAY, PILOT & MEDICAL CREW SMELLED A BURNING WIRE SMELL. PILOT TURNED AROUND BEFORE TAKEOFF & RETURNED TO HANGAR WITH NO OTHER INCIDENCE. A 15 MINUTE GND RUN UP WAS PERFORMED WITH THE ACFT IN FULL TAKEOFF CONFIGURATION. SDR 3S4A20140612807Relay · failedDURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE PITCH TRIM WENT TO THE FULL NOSE DOWN POSITION, THE ACFT GAVE THE CREW AN AUDIBLE TRIM RUNAWAY WARNING. BY THE TIME THE CREW DETERMINED THE PROBLEM THE TRIM HAD GONE TO THE FULL FWD POSITION & THEY HAD LOST 3,000 FT BELOW THEIR ASSIGNSDR 3S4A2014F00108Relay · intermittentDURING FLIGHT THERE WAS A STABILIZER TRIM RUNAWAY, NOSE DOWN. REPLACED RELAY.SDR CA140530001Pdu · seized(CAN) FLAP PDU SEIZED, WILL NOT TURN, DRAWS EXCESSIVE ELECTRICAL LOAD. UNIT REPLACED WITH NEW AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA140520008Yoke · fractured(CAN) DURING TAXI FOR TAKEOFF, THE CREW WAS TURNING THE ACFT AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY TO LINE UP FOR TAKEOFF WHEN THE LT YOKE ASSY FRACTURED AT THE LUG FITTINGS FOR THE TRAILING LINK AXEL ATTACHMENT. THE TRAILING LINK PARTIALLY SEPARATED FROM THE GEAR AND THSDR QMLA2014050114047Unknown · malfunctionedAFTER TOUCHING DOWN, REVERSE WAS SELECTED. THE PROPELLER INITIALLY WENT INTO REVERSE NORMALLY, AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE PROPELLER THEN WENT TO FLAT PITCH, RESULTING IN LOSS OF REVERSE EFFECTIVENESS.SDR CA140411003Wire Harness · broken(CAN) WIRE HARNESS BROKEN APPROXIMATELY 6" FROM CONNECTOR PLUG P057 FOR DOWN LOCK SWITH ON RT MLG ACTUATOR CAUSING NO GREEN INDICATION WITH GEAR DOWN.SDR CA140224012Engine · power loss(CAN) THE CUSTOMER REPORTED A TORQUE POWER ROLLBACK RT AFTER TAKEOFF. AFTER EVALUATION, CREW ELECTED TO CONTINUE THEIR MISSION AND ONCE LEVELED, THE TORQUE STABILIZED. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS PERFORMED. THE CREW DID NOT HAVE TO USE ANY EMERGENCY PROCEDURESDR CA140131004Drive Assy · sheared(CAN) THE FLAP SYSTEM WAS BEING ADJUSTED AND FUNCTION TESTED ON THE GROUND AFTER HEAVY MAINTENANCE AND ACFT IMPORT AS PART OF THE RETURN TO SERVICE CHECKS WHEN THE FLAP COMPUTER RECORDED A FAULT AND SHUTDOWN OPERATION OF THE FLAP SYSTEM. AT THIS TIME DURING GSDR 9PER2014012160326Duct · crackedNOTICED BLACK STREAKS ON ENGINE INLETS AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE BURNS AFT OF ENGINE HEATED INLET LIP ASSEMBLY. FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND BLEED LEAK TO BE COMING FROM A WELD CRACK ON THE LT SIDE BLEED PORT FOR THE DEICE LIP ASSEMBLY.SDR CA131223006Arm · cracked(CAN) FLAP ARM FOUND CRACKED DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.SDR CA131223008Arm · cracked(CAN) FLAP ARM FOUND CRACKED DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.SDR CA131223007Arm · cracked(CAN) FLAP ARM FOUND CRACKED DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.SDR QMLA2013121913177Control Valve · intermittentFLIGHT NURSE NOTIFIED PILOT OF A BURNING SMELL IN BACK OF CABIN. NO FIRE WARNING INDICATIONS OR ENG INSTRUMENT IRREGULARITIES WERE SHOWING & NO SIGNS OF BURNING SMELL OR FIRE IN COCKPIT UNTIL SEVERAL MINUTES LATER. PILOT WAS BESIEGED WITH A NOXIOUS, CHEMICALSDR CA131223010Arm · cracked(CAN) WHILE COMPLETING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION OF THE ACFT AND INSPECTING THE FLAP SYSTEM GENERAL INSPECTION A CRACK WAS NOTED ON THE LT INBD FLAP DRIVE ARM IN THE WEB RADIUS. THE CRACK WAS CLEARLY VISIBLE WITHOUT THE NEED FOR NDT. THE DRIVE ARM WAS R & R WITH ASDR CA131205008Connector · worn(CAN) DURING CLIMB THE CREW NOTED THAT THE TORQUE INDICATION FLUCTUATED AND THEN DROPPED TO ZERO. ALL OTHER ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. THE TORQUE INDICATION CONTINUED FLUCTUATING INTERMITTENT AND THEN APPEARED NORMAL DURING LANDING. ONCE THE ACFT RETURNSDR QMLA2013120413172Flap · malfunctionedON APPROACH TO LANDING BELOW 163 KIAS SELECTED FLAP POSITION TO 15 DEGREES. FLAPS FAILED TO MOVE, MASTER CAUTION & AMBER FLAP CAWS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. COMPLETED NO FLAP LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.SDR 3S4A2013121600058Bearing · looseDURING A ROUTINE 100 HOUR INSPECTION A TECHNICIAN OBSERVED VISUAL RUBBING DAMAGE TO THE STATION 8 FLAP TORQUE TUBES ON BOTH THE LT & RT FLAPS. THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY THE FLAP STATION 8 CTR BEARING'S & BECOME LOOSE FROM ITS STAKE'S. THIS ALLOWED THE FLAPS TSDR 6CBA20131311129Structure · damagedLEFT FLAP HAD DAMAGE THAT REQUIRED MAJOR REPAIR. THE FLAP WAS REPAIRED AND SKIN REPLACED USING THE SRM 12-A-57-50-00-00A-664B-A,12-A-51-40-03-00A-041A-A,12-A-57-50-00-00A-664C-A,AND 12-A-51-20-00-00A-663A-A.
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