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 5APR577Y9Brake Disc · brokenDURING AN ANNUAL INSP, LT MAIN WHEEL ASSY WAS REMOVED TO REPACK THE WHEEL BEARINGS AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE OTBD BRAKE DISC ON THE LT BRAKE WAS CRACKED. THE BRAKE ASSY WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED.SDR CA090618003Wire · burned(CAN) BURNED WIRES AT CONNECTOR FOUND ON ANNUAL INSP. WIRES WERE SPLICED TO INSTALL A AW10 IN PLACE OF A AWG12 AT THE WINDSHIELD DE ICE CONTROLLER. THIS WAS DONE BY SB30-006. THE IN LINE SPLICE WAS PN 971.31.32.604.SDR 2009FA0000488Motor · intermittentON TAKE-OFF, MLG FAILED TO FULLY RETRACT. WHEN GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED IN THE "DOWN" POSITION, NLG DID NOT SHOW GREEN. CREW PERFORMED ALTERNATE EXTENSION PROCEDURE WITH HAND PUMP AND ALL 3 GEAR SHOWED "DOWN AND LOCKED". ACFT LANDED WITHOUT PROBLEMS. MX PUT ACSDR CA090526002Pressure Switch · leaking(CAN) HYD SYS LOW PRESSURE WARNING SWITCH LEAKING HYD FLUID FROM VENT HOLE ON SIDE OF SWITCH.SDR AJAA051809001Relay · defectiveAFTER NORMAL PREVIOUS FLIGHT AND NORMAL PREFLIGHT; AFTER TAKEOFF PILOT STATED HE HEARD AURAL WARNING FOR TRIM RUNAWAY. BEGAN TO ISOLATE AND FELT IT WAS STAB TRIM. TRIED ALT STAB TRIM WITH MINIMAL RESULT. ACFT CONTINUED WITH FLIGHT AFTER PROCEDURE CHECKS ACCOSDR CA090423006Balance Weight · corroded(CAN) AILERON INSP COMPLETED IAW ANNUAL INSP REQUIREMENTS. CORROSION DISCOVERED ON BALANCE WEIGHTS. BALANCE WEIGHTS REMOVED FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED CORROSION ON EACH ATTACH SCREW. CORROSION REMOVED FROM EACH BALANCE WEIGHT, NEW SCREWS INSTALLED AND SDR CA090423007Turbine · seized(CAN) PILOT REPORTED LOUD GRINDING AT CRUISE, SUSPECTED ECS TURBINE. INSP REVEALED ECS TURBINE SEIZED, UNABLE TO TURN. NO VISUAL EXTERNAL INDICATION ON TURBINE OR EXTERIOR OF ASSY. NO FOD FOUND. REFRIGERATION ASSY TO BE REPLACED.SDR 5APR577Y7Servo · stickingWHILE PERFORMING STICK PUSHER SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL CHECK DURING AND ANNUAL INSPECTION; DISCOVERED THAT THE STICK PUSHER SERVO (PN 978.61.11.103, AND PN 501-1684-04) WOULD NOT FULLY DISENGAGE DURING THE INTERRUPT PORTION OF THE CHECK, NOT ALLOWING "FREE" MOVEMENTSDR RMXAN317NA0492009Relay · faultyUPON APPROACH TO LANDING, THE ACFT BEGAN PITCHING UP WITH TRIM RUNAWAY CONDITION. AT THE SAME MOMENT THE TRIM BEGAN THE RUNAWAY CONDITION AN ELECTRONIC BUZZING NOISE WAS HEARD THROUGH THE PILOT'S HEADSET AND CONTINUED UNTIL THE STAB TRIM CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PUSDR 2009FA0000277Wire Harness · mismanufacturedBOTH PILOT AND CO-PILOT AIRSPEED INDICATORS DECREASED IN AIRSPEED INDICATION FROM 200 KTS TO 0 KTS AT RATE OF APPROX 4 KTS PER MIN. NOTICED WHEN VOLTMETER PROBE WAS ATTACHED TO CIRCUIT BREAKER LOAD SIDE, THAT THE WIRE ATTACHED TO THE RING TERMINAL OF THE LOASDR CA090415004Outflow Valve · out of limits(CAN) DURING THE PRESSURIZATION CHECK THE SAFETY VALVE WAS FOUND TO OPEN OUT OF LIMITS (6.4 - 6.45 PSI). THE SAFETY VALVE WAS REPLACED.SDR CA090415001Screw · corroded(CAN) AILERONS REMOVED AT ANNUAL INSP. MASS BALANCE WEIGHT SCREWS MS35207-XXX REMOVED ON BOTH AILERONS AND FOUND CORRODED. AREA INSPECTED FOR CORROSION AND NEW SCREWS INSTALLED.SDR 2009FA0000271Powerpack · crackedDISCOVERED HYDR FLUID LEAKING FROM LT UNDER WING TO FUSELAGE FAIRING. FOUND 7 INCH CRACK IN THE AFT FACE OF THE HYDR PUMP CASTING CAP ON THE NON-DRIVE END, ORIGINATING FROM LT SIDE OF CASTING AT APPROX THE 9 O'CLOCK POSITION, EXTENDING UP AND OVER THE REGULATOSDR 1PC2009F00000Warning System · malfunctionedFLAP AND PUSHER CAWS LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER TAKEOFF. PAGE 3-32 (A) OF PC12/45 POH REV 11 DATED MARCH 1ST, 2003 INDICATES POSSIBLE FLAP ASYMMETRY PAGE 7-5 OF PC12/45 POH REV 11 DATED MARCH 1ST 2003, THE ASYMMETRY MAY BE IN EXCESS OF 2 DEGREES. RESET FLAP CONSDR CA090402001Spacer · missing(CAN) BRUSH BLOCK RECEIVED WAS MISSING THE SPACERS BETWEEN THE BRUSH MODULES. THE BRUSHES WOULD NOT ALIGN WITH THE PROPELLOR DE-ICE RINGS. SPACERS REMOVED FROM WORN DE-ICE BLOCK AND REINSTALLED IN THE NEW.SDR CA090415005Actuator · failed(CAN) WHILE ON THE GROUND THE AILERON TRIM WAS RUN TO THE STOP. IT THEN FAILED AND INSP REVEALED THAT THE ELECTRICAL WIRE HAD SEPARATED AT THE TRIM ACTUATOR WHERE THE WIRE IS FLEXED BACK AND FOURTH AS THE ACTUATOR MOVES. THE ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED.SDR CA090415003Indicator · malfunctioned(CAN) DURING DESCENT THE AURAL AIRSPEED WARNING WOULD INTERMITTENLY SOUND WITH 30 DEGREES OF FLAPS. PILOT`S AIRSPEED INDICATOR REPLACED.SDR CA090415002Autopilot Sys · malfunctioned(CAN) WHILE IN CRUISE, THE AUTO PILOT TRIM AURAL WARNING SOUNDED, AND THE A/P TRIM WARNING INDICATION ON THE CAWS ILLUMINATED. TRIM ADAPTER REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. NO FURTHER PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED.SDR AJAA2009021700002Drag Link · brokenPILOT HEARD BUMP SOUND IN FLIGHT AT ALTITUDE. RED IN-TRANSIT LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR NOSE GEAR ONLY. COMPLETED CHECK LIST WITH NO PROBLEMS. BEGAN NORMAL DESCENT, OR ON SCHEDULE. PUT GEAR DOWN; GOT NORMAL INDICATIONS OF IN-TRANSIT LIGHT AND THEN 3 GREEN FOR DOSDR CA090206002Generator · failedON MORNING GROUND RUN NR 2 GENERATOR WOULD NOT TAKE A LOAD MORE THAN 60 AMPS AS READ OFF EIS. NR 2 GENERATOR WOULD GO OFF AND ON LINE BY IT SELF (FLASHING WARNING) ON ANNUNCIATOR PANEL AND OVERHEAD PANEL. REPLACED GENERATOR WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT, DEFECT GONESDR CA090205009Bushing · wornCREW REPORTS OF INTERMITTENT FLAP OVERSPEED WARNINGS WITH FLAPS UP. SOMETIMES ASSOCIATED WITH FLAP AND PUSHER WARNINGS. NO MAINTENANCE CODES WERE NOTED FROM FCWU. SLOTTED BUSHING IN FLAP DRIVE ARM ASSY WAS FOUND UNBONDED, UPON ROTATION, THE IMPROPER ORIENTASDR AJAA20090113Lead · brokenACFT HAD PROP DE-ICE FAILURE LIGHT. FLIGHT RETURNED TO MX BASE FOR REPAIRS. TROUBLESHOOTING INDICATED DE-ICE TIMER FAILURE. REPLACED AND GROUND RUN AND FUNCTION CHECKED CORRECT. NEXT DAY LEFT ON FLIGHT AND WITHIN 20-30 MINUTES SAME FAILURE INDICATION. DUESDR CA081217012Bearing · worn(CAN) RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SHOCK ABSORBER STRUT LOWER BEARING WORN AND LOOSE INTERNALLY. REPLACED WITH NEW.SDR CA081208007Starter Gen · malfunctioned(CAN) PILOT REPORTED WAS NR 1 GENERATOR WENT OFF LINE PRIOR TO TAKEOFF. WAS UNABLE TO RESET RETURNED TO BLOCKS. NR 1 GENERATOR REPLACED AND GROUND RUN PERFORMED, ALL FOUND SATISFACTORY. (TC NR 20081208007)SDR CA081121004Seal · split(CAN) THE AILERONS WERE REMOVED AT THE ANNUAL INSP FOR BEARING REPLACEMENT. A SMALL RIP WAS FOUND IN THE INNER SEAL OF THE LT AILERON WHICH ATTACHES BETWEEN THE WING AND THE AILERON BALANCE WEIGHT ATTACHMENT. WHEN THE MS35207-XXX SCREWS WERE REMOVED THE WERE FSDR CA081112012Drag Link · broken(CAN) ON CALL MAINT RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM CAPTAIN, PILOT REPORTED HEARING A LOUD NOISE FROM THE NOSE GEAR AREA WHEN DEPARTING THE NORTHERN AIRPORT. HE SAID THE NOSE GEAR TRANSIT LIGHT DID NOT EXTINGUISH AND HE THEN PROCEEDED TO RESWING THE GEAR WHICH THENSDR CA081105003Landing Gear · malfunctioned(CAN) WHILE TAXING FOR TAKEOFF, THE NOSE STEERING BECAME VERY STIFF. PILOT RETURNED TO THE RAMP AND MAINT DISCOVERED THAT WITH THE ACFT WEIGHT ON THE STRUT, AND EVEN WITH THE SCISSORS DISCONNECTED, THE STEERING WAS EXTREMELY HARD, AND MADE A RATCHETING SOUND. SDR CA080911004Barrel Nut · corroded(CAN) NLG OLEO WAS STICKING AND NOT EXTENDING WHEN GEAR UP WAS SELECTED. WITH THE TIRE FALLING SHORT OF THE BACK OF THE WHEEL WELL IT MAKE CONTACT WITH THE NOSE GEAR DOOR RODS. BOTH LT AND RT RODS BUSTED OFF LEAVING THE DOORS FLOATING. THE NOSE WHEEL BEING SHOSDR CA080904004Bolt · broken(CAN) ON TAKE OFF THE PILOTS NOTED AN AIR/GROUND LIGHT ON AND THE GEAR WAS UNABLE TO RETRACT. THE PILOTS RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND MX LOOKED AT THE PROBLEM. THE ACFT WAS PLACED UP ON JACKS AND UPON INSPECTION IT WAS NOTED THAT 1 OF THE WEIGHT ON WHEEL SWITCHSDR CA080902003Control System · malfunctioned(CAN) CREW REPORTED FLAPS MOVED ONLY A FEW DEGREES UP AFTER SELECTING "0" FROM TAKEOFF POSITION "15" IN THE INITIAL CLIMB PHASE. "FLAP" CAUTION ILLUMINATED. ACFT RETURNED TO BASE, TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED POWER DRIVE UNIT AT FAULT. PDU REPLACED, FUNCTION CHSDR CA080825002Pump · cracked(CAN) ON LANDING, HYDR PUMP CONTINUED TO CYCLE, AFTER LANDING WHEN ACFT PARKED, HYDR FLUID DRIPPING FROM FUSELAGE NEAR HYDR PUMP LOCATION. WHEN PUMP OPERATED FLUID SPRAYED FROM CRACK IN END PLATE OF PUMP, PUMP ASSY REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNIT.SDR CA080821013Altimeter · defective(CAN) PILOT REPORTED THAT AUTOPILOT CAUSING ACFT TO PORPOISE ON DESCENT FROM 18,000 FT (WHEN BARO RESET), THEN GOES AWAY. REPLACED ENCODING ALTIMETER AND PROBLEM SOLVED.SDR CA080819012Drive Shaft · sheared(CAN) LT INBD FLAP FLEXABLE DRIVE SHAFT SHEARED AT INBD DRIVE END.SDR CA080813007Cover Plate · damaged(CAN) PILOT INDICATES RUDDER MOVEMENT STIFF. MORE RT RUDDER REQUIRED AT TAKE-OFF. INSP BY MAINT REVEALED THAT THE COVER PLATE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RUDDER WAS BENT OUT OF SHAPE CAUSING INTERFERENCE WITH THE RUDDER MOVEMENT. INSP OF OTHER ACFT REVEALS THAT THISSDR CA080718002Drag Link · cracked(CAN) THIS IS THE 4TH LINK WE HAVE FOUND CRACKED IN OUR FLEET IN SAME LOCATION. PLEASE SEE PREVIOUS SDR`S FOR PICTURES.SDR CA080709002Drag Link · cracked(CAN) NLG DRAG LINK FOUND CRACKED DURING PREFLIGHT INSP. DRAG LINK REPLACED WITH NEW. THIS IS THE 3RD ONE FOUND CRACKED ON 3 DIFFERENT ACFT IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS IN THE EXACT SAME SPOT. ALL DRAG BRACES SENT TO MFG FOR INVESTIGATION.SDR CA080623007Heater · inoperative(CAN) ACFT RETURNED WHEN PITOT STATIC HEAT FAIL LIGHT CAME ON. FOUND RT PITOT TUBE NOT HEATING, REPLACED TUBE TESTED SYSTEM AND PERFORMED LEAK TEST ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA080623009Frame · corroded(CAN) CORROSION FOUND ON TOP SURFACE OF FUSELAGE FRAMES 21 AND 24 BETWEEN ALL 4 SEAT RAILS.SDR CA080623008Frame · corroded(CAN) CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE TOP SURFACE OF FUSELAGE FRAMES 21 AND 24 BETWEEN ALL 4 SEAT RAILS.SDR CA080616002Line · corroded(CAN) MX FOUND FUEL LEAKING FROM CENTER BELLY PANEL AND DURING INVESTIGATION FOUND A CORRODED FUEL LINE.SDR 5APR577Y1Brake Disc · brokenDURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL WAS REMOVED TO REPACK THE WHEEL BEARINGS WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE OUTBOARD BRAKE DISK ON THE RIGHT BRAKE WAS BROKEN INTO TWO PIECES. THE BRAKE ASSEMBLY WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED.SDR 2008FA0000332Brake Disc · brokenFLIGHT CREW REPORTS LEFT BRAKE GRABBING. REMOVED LEFT MAIN TIRE ASSEMBLY TO INVESTIGATE DISCREPANCY AND DISCOVERED THE OUTBOARD BRAKE DISC BROKEN INTO THREE PIECES. REPLACED THE LEFT BRAKE ASSEMBLY.SDR CA080408001Attach Fitting · crackedDURING 100 HOUR INSPECTION PASSENGER SEAT RECLINE HYDRAULIC MOUNT ATTACHMENT FOUND CRACKED. SEAT MANUFACTURER IS ERDA. NOT FOUND IN ASSEMBLY MANUFACTURER LIST. REPAIR INFORMATION REQUESTED THROUGH AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER, PILATUS.SDR CA080331008B-Nut · failed(CAN) FOLLOWING AN ANNUAL INSP AND A SATCOM AVIONICS UPGRADE IN THE INITIAL CLIMB PHASE OF A TEST FLIGHT , CABIN PRESSURE WAS INCREASING AT A MAXIMUM RATE. ECS WAS PROMTPLY SHUTDOWN ,CABIN DUMPED, AC LEVELED OFF AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT FOR LANDING. THE SENSE LSDR CA080314018Bearing · unserviceable(CAN) FORK BEARING ON NOSE LANDING GEAR STEERING FOUND TWISTED. THIS DEFECT WAS FOUND ON NOSE LANDING GEAR SHOCK ABSORBER REPAIR AND SERVICE. (TC NR 20080314018)SDR 2008FA0000236Pin · mismanufacturedDURING NOSE STRUT RESEALING, TORQUE LINKS WERE REMOVED. BEFORE REASSEMBLY THE PINS WERE CHECKED TO VERIFY GREASE WOULD PASS THROUGH. GREASE WOULD PASS THROUGH THE LOWER BUT NOT THE UPPER (UPPER AND LOWER PINS THAT CONNECT THE TORQUE LINKS TO THE GEAR ARE THESDR CA080225006Hub · leaking(CAN) PROPELLER REMOVED DUE TO EXCESSIVE GREASE LEAK FROM BLADE CLAMPS. (TC NR 20080225006)SDR CA080221013Altimeter · inoperative(CAN) FLAG CAME INTO VIEW IN PILOTS ENCODING ALTIMETER AND NEEDLE FROZE. RETURNED TO NORMAL MOMENTS LATER. MAINT WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE SNAG. THERE IS AN SDR 20070914001 PERTAINING TO THE SAME DEFECT ON THIS SN UNIT, AS INSTALLED IN A DIFFERENT PC12. THSDR CA080116002Drag Link · cracked(CAN) DURING DESCENT, THE INTRANSIT LIGHT CAME ON IN THE COCKPIT FOR THE NOSE GEAR. THE GEAR WAS THEN SELECTED DOWN AND LOCKED. THE CAPTAIN AND MAINT FELT THERE WAS MORE THEN JUST A SIMPLE INDICATION PROBLEM AND RETURNED THE AC TO THE HOME BASE. AS A SAFETY PRSDR CA080108005Hose · cracked(CAN) ON CLIMB OUT TO CRUISE ALTITUDE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE AC WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE, AND THERE WAS NO BLEED AIR HEAT. AC RETURNED TO BASE. FOUND BLEED AIR HOSE CRACKED. (TC NR 20080108005)
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