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 CA120119011Line · loose(CAN) THE OIL LINE THAT ATTACHES TO THE TOP OF THE TORQUE LIMITER LOCATED ON THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE BECAME LOOSE AND DISCONNECTED PERMITTING THE LOSE OF ALL ENGINE OIL. THE OIL LINE AND FITTING WAS LAST DISTURBED DURING AN ENGINE CHANGE THAT OCCUREDSDR CA120110004Limiter · leaking(CAN) TORQUE LIMITER UPPER FITTING CAP FOUND TO BE LOOSE CAUSING AN OIL LEAK. LOCKWIRE ON AFT ALLEN KEY SCREW FOUND BROKEN. LOCKWIRE HAD SEAL ON IT. LOCKWIRE WAS .020 AND SEEMED TO SMALL FOR LOCKING OF THE HARDWARE. ATTACHED IPC FIGURE TO SHOW WHICH PIECE WASDR CA120111011Actuator · failed(CAN) DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT AND FOLLOWING TAKEOFF THE RUDDER TRIM MOVED TO THE FULL LT TRIM POSITITION UNCOMANDED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED AND CONDUCTED AN OUT OF TRIM LANDING. TROUBLESHOOTING LATER THE FAULT WAS DUPLICATED ON THE GROUND. FOLLOWING THE AUTOPSDR CA120110003Stop · missing(CAN) ELEVATOR UP STOP MISSING. DURING PREFLIGHT INSPECTION IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE ELEVATOR WHEN PULLED FULL UP WOULD STOP AT THE CONTROL COLUMN BEFORE HITTING THE FULL UP STOP. UPON INSPECTION OF THE ELEVATOR CONTROL SYS THE UP STOP WAS FOUND TO BE MISSING.SDR CA120109009Switch · failed(CAN) PILOTS HAD NO LT GEAR DOWN INDICATION, ACFT DIVERTED AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THAT THE GEAR DOWN SWITCH HAD FAILED GIVING A FALSE INDICATION. GEAR ACTUATOR AND SWITCH WERE REPLACED AND OP`S CHECKED NORMAL.SDR 5APR0201210377103Display · faultyTHE COPILOTS EADI WAS REPORTED AS INOPERATIVE. THE COPILOTS EAD, WAS R & R USING A SERVICEABLE UNIT IAW AMM 12-A-34-26-03-00A-920A-A. THE SYS OPERATIONALLY CHECKED GOOD IAW AMM 12-A-34-26-00-00A-903A-A.SDR RMXA2011122893230Tire · failedON APPROACH, JUST AFTER TOUCH DOWN THE RT MAIN TIRE BLEW. THE ACFT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP WITHOUT DAMAGE. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE TIRE, IT WAS NOTED THAT THERE WAS A FLAT SPOT ON THAT TIRE AND HAD SEPARATED AT THE CENTER OF THAT FLAT SPOT. THE LT TISDR CA111213006Relay · fused(CAN) UNDERFLOOR HEATER RELAY K654, FOUND TO HAVE CONTACTS 1 & 2 FUSED TOGETHER.SDR CA111212010Heater · overheated(CAN) UNDER FLOOR HEATER, OVERHEATED CAUSING SMOKE IN CABIN. HEATER GOT HOT ENOUGH TO START MELTING THE HEATING ELEMENTS. THE THERMAL PROTECTION SWITCH DID NOT SHUT THE HEATER OFF & THE 70AMP CB DID NOT TRIP.SDR CA120206008Starter Gen · failed(CAN) NR 1 GENERATOR FAILED IN FLIGHT, FLIGHT CONTINUED TO DESTINATION ON SECOND GENERATOR POWER, MAINTENANCE FOUND BRUSHES BADLY DAMAGED, STARTER GENERATOR(S/G) REPLACED. SUBSEQUENT TO THIS OCCURANCE AN AUDIBLE NOISE COULD BE HEARD ON ENGINE SHUT DOWN. OIL ANSDR CA111020001Wire · burned(CAN) DURING A MAJOR INSPECTION, COCKPIT WINDSHIELDS WERE REMOVED FOR INSPECTION OF ASSOCIATED STRUCTURE. ON INSTALLATION OF NEW WINDSHIELDS, AIRFRAME WIRE CONNECTIONS FOR THE RT HEATED WINDSHIELD WERE TOO SHORT SO THEY WERE REMOVED FROM THE COCKPIT OVERHEAD SDR 5APR2011101477Y96Motor · faultyTHE VCCS SYSTEM WAS REPORTED AS BEING INOP. THE VCCS COMPRESSOR MOTOR WAS FOUND TO BE FAULTY, IT WAS R & R WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT OF THE SAME P/N IAW CMM 21-00-23, OPS TESTED GOOD.SDR 5APR20111013095Display · faultyTHE PILOTS EADI SCREEN FAILS INTERMITTENTLY AND IS "BLOOMING". THE EADI DISPLAY WAS FOUND TO BE FAULTY, IT WAS REPLACED WITH A SERVICABLE UNIT IAW AMM DMC-12-A-34-26-03-00A-920A-A AND TESTED SATISFACTORY IAW AMM DMC-12-A-34-26-00-00A-903B-A.SDR 5APR20111005094Fcu · faultyPILOT REPORTS PCL BINDING. THE FCU WAS FOUND TO BE AT FAULT. THE FCU WAS R & R WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT IAW AMM 12-A-73-20-01-00A-920A-A AND THE EMM 73-20-00, ALL REQUIRED TEST WERE ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.SDR 5APR20110922001Motor · faultyTHE COOLING UNIT CB KEEPS POPPING. THE COOLING UNIT MOTOR, PN 959.90.22.126 WAS REMOVED, AND A SERVICEABLE UNIT OF THE SAME PN WAS INSTALLED IAW ENVIRO SYSTEMS CMM 21-00-23, THE COOLING SYS WAS TESTED AND FOUND TO OPERATE NORMALLY IAW AMM 12-A-21-50-01-00A-92SDR 5APR577Y87Sensor · faultyPILOT REPORTS OVERHEAD PANEL DISPLAY READS 570 AMP CURRENT DRAW UPON TURNING ON NR1 BATTERY SWITCH. R & R BATTERY NR 1 CURRENT SENSOR PN 524.52.12.720 IAW AMM DMC-12-A-24-30-08-00A-920A-A. OPS CHECK NORMAL.SDR 5APR20110904001Disk · crackedTHE LT BRAKE ASSEMBLY WAS INSPECTED DURING A LINE CHECK AND FOUND TO HAVE A CRACKED ROTOR. THE LT BRAKE ASSEMBLY WAS R & R USING A SERVICEABLE UNIT OF THE SAME PN-959.56.01.512 IAW AMM 12-A-32-40-03-00A-920B-A.SDR 5APR20110902001AMotor · faultyVCCS SYS REPORTED AS INOPERATIVE, FANS BLOWING BUT AIR IS NOT COLD. THE VCCS COMPRESSOR MOTOR WAS FOUND FAULTY AND WAS R & R WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT OF THE SAME PN 959-90-22-126, IAW CMM 21-00-23 AND AMM 12-A-21-50-01-00A-920B-A.SDR 2011FA0000557Boot · failedAFTER INSTALLATION OF A FULL SET OF PNEUMATIC DEICE BOOTS ON THE ACFT, PROCEEDED TO PERFORM THE OPS TEST OF THE PNEUMATICE DEICE BOOT SYSTEM. AT WHICH TIME, IN THE APPROPRIATE TIME IN THE SEQUENCE OF INFLATION, THE RT WING INBD BOOT HAD INFLATED PROPERLY, BUTSDR XHCR20110831001Boot · failedAFTER INSTALLATION OF A FULL SET OF PNEUMATIC DEICE BOOTS ON THE ACFT, PROCEEDED TO PERFORM THE OPS TEST OF THE PNEUMATICE DEICE BOOT SYSTEM. AT WHICH TIME, IN THE APPROPRIATE TIME IN THE SEQUENCE OF INFLATION, THE RT WING INBD BOOT HAD INFLATED PROPERLY, BUTSDR 5APR20110829001Blades · erodedDURING A ROUTINE HOT SECTION BOROSCOPE INSP, SEVERAL COMPRESSOR TURBINE BLADES WERE FOUND TO HAVE EROSION THAT EXTENDED INTO THE BLADE TIPS. ENGINE PERFORMANCE RUNS AS WELL AS CURRENT ECTM GRAPHS WERE NORMAL, NO HOT SECTION DETERIORATION WAS OBSERVED. THE POWSDR LF1R2011082300001Pin · unsecureACFT OPERATOR TAXIED TO RUN UP AREA AND PERFORMED PREFLIGHT CHECKS. NOTED AUTOPILOT WOULD NOT PASS PREFLIGHT TEST. RETURNED ACFT TO SERVICE HANGAR. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING PROCESS, FOUND THAT PIN F AT TERMINAL BLOCK 290-02 WAS NOT FULLY SEATED. THIS CAUSED AN SDR CA110822005Actuator · inoperative(CAN) CREW REPORTED "A/P TRIM" MASTER WARNING FOLLOWED BY AN A/P DISCONNECT EVENT DURING DESCENT TO DESTINATION AIRPORT. AUTO PILOT WOULD NOT RESET/TEST. MX REVEALED A FAILURE OF THE ALTERNATE-AUTO TRIM PORTION OF THE STAB TRIM ACTUATOR ASSY. MAIN TRIM PORTISDR 5APR577Y81Attach Fitting · out of alignmentTHE HORIZ STABILIZER ATTACHMENT FITTING, WHERE THE PITCH TRIM ACTUATOR IS SECURED TO THE STABILIZER. EACH SIDE OF THE ATTACHMENT FITTING HAS 2 LUGS. ON THE LT SIDE, THESE 2 LUGS ARE SEPARATING. THE GAP WAS MEASURED WITH A FEELER GUAGE, AND FOUND TO BE .406MMSDR 5APR577Y79Control Panel · malfunctionedCREW REPORTED NR 1 AND NR 2 BATTERY VOLTAGE AND AMP METER FLUCTUATES WILDLY. THE OVERHEAD PANEL, WAS R & R IAW AMM 12-A-31-10-01-00A-920A-A, AND THE NR2 BATT CURRENT SENSOR PN 524.52.12.720 WAS R & R IAW AMM 12-A-24-30-08-00A-920A-A. ALL CHECKED SATISFACTORYSDR 5APR577Y78Sensor · faultyBEFORE DEPARTURE, CREW REPORTED ESSENTIAL BUSS-BATTERY CAWS & AURAL WARNING ON START. BATT 1 VOLTS FLUCTUATE BTW 17.5 AND 21.5, BATTERY 2 BTW 18.5 AND 23.5 AMPS ON BOTH -020 -002. CONFIRMED SECURITY OF RELAY K221 WITH NO DISCREPANCY'S. CONFIRMED SECURITY OF SDR 5APR577Y75Connector · damagedTHE PILOT REPORTED TORQUE INDICATION DROPPED OFF TO 0.2 - 0.3 PSI IMMEDIATELY AFTER ROTATION. THE ACFT CONTINUED CLIMBOUT, THE CREW INFORMED ATC THEY WERE RETURNING TO DEPARTURE AND LANDED SAFELY. REMOVED, CLEANED AND REINSTALLED TORQUE PRESSURE TRANSMITTSDR HDNA20110712Battery · dischargedAFTER TAKEOFF ABOUT 600 FT AGL, PUSHER CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FLAP CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. NR 1 RADIO INOPERATIVE & NR 2 RADIO COULD RECEIVE, BUT NOT TRANSMIT. INITIATED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. MLG SELECTOR PUT IN DOWN POSITION, 2 GREEN LIGHTS ON SDR CA110706009Latch · strippedTHE FWD LOWER LATCH ASSY FAILED DUE TO THE INTERNAL THREADS IN THE ALUMINUN FITTING PULLING OUT. THE METAL THREADS ON THE STUD HAVE NO APPARENT WEAR, HOWEVER THE THREADS IN THE FITTING ARE BEYOND LIMITS. IT IS ONLY UNDER LOAD THRU THE CAM ACTION OF LOCKING SDR 5APR577Y73Motor · faultyHYD CAWS ILLUMINATED ON GEAR RETRACTION, LANDING GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. THE HYD POWER PACK MOTOR WAS FOUND TO BE FAULTY. THE MOTOR WAS R & R WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT PN 960.30.02.104 IAW AMM 12-A-29-10-06-00A-920A-A. PERFORMED RETRACTIONS AND EXTENSIONS OF LANSDR 5APR577Y69Disc · crackedTHE LT BRAKE WAS INSPECTED DURING A LINE CHECK AND FOUND TO HAVE A CRACKED ROTOR. THE LT BRAKE ASSEMBLY WAS R & R WITH A SERVICEABLE BRAKE OF THE SAME PN 959560512 IAW 12-A-32-40-03-00A-920B-A.SDR CA110608003Computer · intermittentPILOT REPORTED THAT WHEN PERFORMING "STICK PUSHER TEST" THAT TEST WAS NOT CORRECT AND "PUSHER" CAWS LIGHT WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH. STICK PUSHER COMPUTER REPLACED, FUNCTIONAL TEST PERFORMED. STICK PUSHER SYS FUNCTIONED NORMAL.SDR ESMA06032011001Starter Gen · failedDEPARTED AND BEGAN CLIMB TO 11000 FT. ABOUT 20 MINUTES INTO FLT, RECEIVED A BATTERY LIGHT ON CAWS PANEL AND A MASTER CAUTION. CONFIRMED THAT THE NR 1 GENERATOR WAS NOT PUTTING OUT 28 VOLTS & BATTERY DISCHARGING. TURNED OFF ELECTRICAL AIR CONDITIONING & STOPSDR 2011FA0000346Starter Gen · malfunctionedDEPARTED AT 1643 AND BEGAN TO CLIMB TO 11000 FT. AT ABOUT 20 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, RECIEVED A BATTERY LIGHT ON THE CAWS PANEL AND A MASTER CAUTION. CONFIRMED THAT THE NR 1 GEN WAS NOT PUTTING OUT 28 VOLTS AND THE BATTERY WAS DISCHARGING. TURNED OFF THE ESDR CA110524001Accumulator · leakingACFT DEPARTED AND UPON SELECTING GEAR UP THE NOSE GEAR INDICATED UP/UNSAFE/UP/UNSAFE REPEATEDLY. THE HYD CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PULLED AND THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR DEPLOYMENT WAS USED SUCCESSFULLY. ACFT RETURNED. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SDR 5APR577Y68Fitting · separatedTHE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ATTACHMENT FITTING, WHERE THE PITCH TRIM ACTUATOR IS SECURED TO THE STABILIZER. EACH SIDE OF THE ATTACHMENT FITTING HAS 2 LUGS. ON THE LT SIDE, THESE 2 LUGS ARE SEPARATING. THE GAP WAS MEASURED WITH A FEELER GUAGE,AND FOUND TO BE .4SDR CA110511003Warning Message · false activation(CAN) FLAP CAWS IN FLIGHT AND ALSO WHEN FLAPS SELECTED FOR APPROACH.SDR RMXA360610Strake · crackedSTRAKE ATTATCHED TO THE T/E OF THE RUDDER TRIM TAB CRACKED ALONG RIVET LINE VERTICALLY TO APPROX 3 IN FROM THE BOTTOM, WHERE THE CRACK EXTENDED OUTWARDS TO THE LT EDGE. THE STRAKE IS APPROX 3 IN WIDE AND IS ATTACHED TO THE TABS T/E WITH A RIVET LINE AT THE CTRSDR 5APR577Y63Accumulator · faultyPILOT REPORTS THAT ON LANDING GEAR EXTENTION THE MAIN GEAR INDICATED GREEN AND THE NOSE WAS RED ACCOMPANIED BY HYD CAWS. EXTENDED GEAR MANUALLY. RESOLUTION TO CORRECT THIS SITUATION IS AS FOLLOWS: REMOVED MAIN HYD ACCUMULATOR PN OFF 70846, SN OFF 0851 AND INSDR 5APR577Y61Brake Disc · crackedRT BRAKE, OTBD DISC FOUND CRACKED DURING A LINE CHECK. THE RT BRAKE ASSY WAS R & R WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT IAW AMM 12-A-32-40-03-00A-920B-A.SDR 5APR577Y56Brake Disc · crackedDURING ANNUAL INSP, THE RT MLG BRAKE WAS FOUND TO HAVE A CRACKED DISC. THE BRAKE ASSY WAS REMOVED AND A SERVICEABLE BRAKE ASSY WAS INSTALLED.SDR CA110329004Barrel Nut · corroded(CAN) PILOT REPORTED THAT UPON GEAR RETRACTION THE NOSE GEAR IN TRANSIT INDICATION DID NOT EXTINGUISH. THE GEAR WAS CYCLED DOWN AND UP AND THE INDICATION WAS NORMAL. WHEN THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO BASE IT WAS PUT ON JACKS. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE NLG DID NOT EXSDR 5APR577Y52Pressure Switch · intermittentUPON LANDING GEAR RETRACTION ON CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF, LANDING GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. THE LANDING GEAR POSITION INDICATORS REMAINED RED, AND THE HYD CAWS ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT NOTIFIED TOWER THEY WERE RETURNING TO THE FIELD THEN FOLLOWED THE APPROPRIATE CHECKLSDR RMXA379348Tire · failedACFT LANDED SAFELY AT AIRPORT. DURING TAXI IN BETA MODE, ACFT WAS BREAKING AND PREPARING TO TURN LT ON TO TAXIWAY WHEN THE LT MAIN TIRE BLEW. THE TIRE PN 021-350-0, SN 0246S00343. THIS TIRE HAD A TOTAL OF 7 LANDINGS UNTIL IT FAILED. A NEW TIRE WAS INSTALLED SDR RMXA378132Latch · disengagedDURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE PILOT OBSERVED THAT THE FOWARD UPPER ENGINE COWLING WAS LOOSE. AFTER DIVERSION TO ELP AND SHUT DOWN, PILOT INSPECTED COWLING AND FOUND THE TWO RIGHT HAND SIDE LATCHES WERE DISENGAGED. A LOCAL TECHNICIAN WAS CALLED TO INSPECT COWLING STSDR CA110218001Brake Disc · brokenBRAKE SEIZED DURING GROUND HANDLING, FOUND BRAKE DISC BROKEN AND CRACKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES.SDR CA110225001O-Ring · leakingNEW BRAKE UNIT ASSY LEAKING FLUID FROM THE 1 OR MORE PISTONS. UNIT REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. NO FUTHER ACTION WAS REQUIRED.SDR CA110228008Engine · failed(CAN) ENGINE, RUNAWAY/IFSD SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE CREW REPORTED ENGINE UNCOMMANDED POWER INCREASE, THE POWER LEVER WAS RETARDED WITH NO EFFECT. THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO AIRPORT, SHUTDOWN ENGINE DURING APPROACH AND PERFORMED AN UNEVENTFUL DEAD STICK SDR MY5A20110218001Engine · overtorquedCLIMBED TO 200 FT AGL, BROUGHT GEAR UP. BEFORE GEAR UP, LIGHTS OUT 400 FT, HEARD A NOTICEABLE INCREASE IN NOISE FROM ENG AREA & NOTICED A SURGE & A MASTER CAUTION LIGHT, EIS CAUTION LIGHT & TOP ROW OF EIS FLASHING. RETURNED TO AIRPORT. MAXIMUM TORQUE OBSESDR QMLA2011011511008Unknown · odorPILOTS & CREW DETECTED AN UNUSUAL ODOR AFTER TAKEOFF, WHICH AFFECTED THE EYES. CHECKED ALL SYS WITH ACFT PLUGGED IN TO GPU. NO ODOR PRESENT. CHECKED & FOUND NO CIRCUIT BREAKERS POPPED. CHECKED FOOT WARMER & AUX HEATERS. NO ODOR PRESENT. VISUALLY INSPECTED
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