Pilatus PC-12/47
Service difficulty reports · 273
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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 = 'PC1247' 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 = 'PC1247' 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 2026F00122Strake · crackedLH & RH STRAKES WERE REPLACED DUE TO CRACKED MOUNT SPIGOTS AT FRAME 40 ON 12/22/2025 AT TAT 11997.50 TAC 10962. SERVICEABLE UNITS WERE INSTALLED FROM PC-12/47 REG N851EB SN 851. AT TIME OF REMOVAL OF PN'S 553-26-12-375(LH) AND 553-26-12-376(RH) FROM N851EB TATSDR 2026FA0000239Wire · brokenPILOT REPORTED DURING DESCENT INTO PSO WHILE REDUCING POWER TO SLOW, ALL ELECTRICAL POWER WAS LOST FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 SECONDS. ALL SCREENS WENT BLACK. ALL INTERIOR LIGHTING TURNED OFF. INTERCOM TURNED OFF. WHEN EVERYTHING TURNED BACK ON, SYNTHETIC VISION SDR HVUA202605120811Outflow Valve · fodNEARING TOP OF CLIMB THE CABIN CONTINUED A SHALLOW CLIMB PAST THE SCHEDULED CABIN ALTITUDE. IN RESPONSE THE PILOT DONNED HIS OXYGEN MASK AND INSTRUCTED PASSENGERS TO DO THE SAME WHILE HE EXECUTED A NORMAL DESCENT. AN EMERGENCY DESCENT WAS NOT PERFORMED. THE MASDR QMLA2026010620001Relay · malfunctionedPRE-TAKEOFF, TAXI, & TAKEOFF NORMAL. AFTER LIFTING & CLIMBING, AUTOPILOT WOULD NOT ENGAGE WHEN TURNED ON. CONTINUED FLT. DURING CLIMB, DISPLAY 2 STARTED PULSING ON & OFF ABOUT A 2 SEC REP RATE. APPROACHING TARGET ALTITUDE, RUDDER TRIM OUT OF ALIGNMENT, RUSDR 4GIA2026012700000Bracket · crackedLEFT & RIGHT AFT MOUNT BRACKETS ON STRAKES CRACKED/BROKEN. LH PN: 553-26-12-375 RH PN: 553-26-12-376.SDR QMLA2025080520084Electrical Sys · failedELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE ON TAXI. BUS TIE OPENED, MULTIPLE SYSTEMS SHUT DOWN, CAWS, MASTER WARNING AND CAUTION ILLUMINATED. UPON SHUT DOWN, SMOKE AND FUMES FOUND COMING FROM THE TAIL CONE OF THE AIRCRAFT. BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED IN HOPES THAT IT WOULD STOP TSDR QMLA2025072620080O-Ring · pinchedCABIN PRESSURIZATION DUMPED WHEN CLIMBING THROUGH FL200. SYSTEM WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ANY INPUTS TO THE CONTROLLER. IS AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN RETURNED TO REVENUE SERVICE, REF # MEC-012747. REPLACED PINCHED O-RING ON INLET
TUBE TO COLD AIR UNIT, TEST FLIGHT WAS GOODSDR QMLA2025042020050Throttle · faultedDURING CLIMBOUT, AT 8,000 FEET MSL, THERE WAS NO THROTTLE RESPONSE FOR APPROXIMATELY THE LAST 20% OF THROTTLE LEVER TRAVEL. THE THROTTLE OPERATED NORMALLY THROUGH APPROXIMATELY THE FIRST 80% OF TRAVEL BUT TORQUE, TEMP, AND NG% WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ANY THROTTLESDR 2025FA0000315Engine · damagedTOOK 15 MINUTES TO CLIMB TO 17,000 AND WERE LEVEL FOR APPROXIMATELY 25 MINUTES WHEN A RAPID SERIES OF BLAST NOISES CAME FROM THE ENGINE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AMOUNTS OF SPARKS CONTINUOUSLY EMANATING OUT OF THE EXHAUST. OUR POWER SETTING WERE LIKELY 1.5PSI TO 2PSDR QMLA2025022720029Bleed Valve · malfunctionedUPON DEPARTURE, SET MY POWER TO ROUGHLY 34.5 TORQUE & AFTER ROTATION, ATTEMPTED TO ADD MORE POWER. WHEN ADDED MORE POWER NOTHING HAPPENED & TORQUE STAYED AROUND 34.5 AND THE ITT STAYED AROUND 680. PLACED PCL FULL FORWARD AND POWER NEVER INCREASED. AT THAT TIMSDR QMLA2025022120023Filter · bypassingAFTER TAKEOFF OUT KLBF, DURING THE CLIMB OUT, THE CAWS PANEL FUEL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. I RAN THROUGH THE QRH CHECKLIST FOR THAT ANNUNCIATOR WHICH EXTINGUISHED THE ANNUNCIATOR AND THEN IMMEDIATELY ASKED ATC FOR A RETURN TO KLBF. A THEN SAFE AND UNEVENTFUSDR Q5QA20250128001Actuator · failedTHE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO MAINTENANCE FOR A RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR INDICATION PROBLEM, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS INTERNAL TO THE ACTUATOR AND A REPLACEMENT ACTUATOR WAS ORDERED. DURING REMOVAL OF THE FAILED ACTUATOR, THE TECHNICIAN NOTICSDR QMLA2025010620001Pump · inoperativeLOW FUEL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT DURING DESCENT. PER QRH, TURNED BOOST PUMPS TO ON AND CONTINUED DESCENT TRYING TO GET TO WARMER AIR. LOW PRESSURE LIGHT TURNED OFF. GIVEN ALTITUDE AND PROXIMITY TO DESTINATION, CONTINUED AS THIS WAS ALREADY ROUGHLYSDR QMLA2024102220137Circuit Breaker · trippedAFTER TAKEOFF, THE LANDING GEAR REMAINED DOWN, I WAS CALLED BY THE CONTROL TOWER, I HAD 3 GREEN LIGHTS, AND THE LANDING GEAR LEVER WAS UP, I PROCEEDED TO MAINTAIN THE CLIMBING SPEED AND RAISED THE LEVER AGAIN STAYING DOWN, TO WHICH I DECIDED TO PROCEED TO THE SDR QMLA2024080220095Aoa · faultedIMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF THE STICK SHAKER ACTIVATED CONTINUOUSLY WITH THE PUSHER CAWS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. RETURNED TO AIRPORT FOR LANDING.SDR QMLA2024061020061Circuit Breaker · trippedDURING TAKE OFF THE GEAR DID NOT RETRACT SO THE FLIGHT WAS ABORTED AFTER FINDING THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS OUT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE HYD. CTR (NON ESSENTIAL BUS) POPPED. RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER, NO DEFECTS NOTED.SDR QMLA2024050120046Pump · faultedWE WERE AT FLIGHT LEVEL 210 IN NORMAL CRUISE. WE HAD BEEN AIRBORNE FOR 2+ HOURS. THE MASTER CAUTION ILLUMINATED SPORADICALLY SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE I COULD SEE IT WAS FOR A FUEL PRESSURE LOW LIGHT. THE CAUTION LIGHT ON THE CAWS PANEL EXTINGUISHED BUT I WENT THRUSDR 2024FA0000257Starter Gen · failed inspDURING VISUAL INSPECTION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE STARTER-GENERATOR BRUSHES WERE WORN TO NEAR 1/4 LIFE REMAINING MARKS. UPON REVIEWING THE HISTORY ON THIS STARTER-GENERATOR IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE COMPONENT HAD ACCRUED 362.8 HOURS SINCE OVERHAUL. THIS STARTER-SDR 2024F00040Starter Gen · failedDURING ENGINE START, STARTER-GENERATOR FAILED. STARTER-GENERATOR HAD 20.5 HOURS TSO. OVERHAUL WAS PERFORMED BY FREEDOM AERO, CRS 25FR283B, ON WORK ORDER W29131 DATED 03NOVEMBER2023.SDR 2024F00041Starter Gen · failedDURING ENGINE START, STARTER-GENERATOR FAILED. STARTER-GENERATOR HAD 675.4 HOURS TSO. BRUSHES WERE FOUND TO BE WORN TO LIMITS (PREMATURE FAILURE). OVERHAUL WAS PERFORMED BY AMETEK B&S, CRS NE2R028L, ON WORK ORDER BGN111474 DATED 03NOVEMBER2023.SDR 15DA2023100973501Unknown · unknownENGINE START AND TAXI WERE BOTH NORMAL IN GROUND IDLE. UPON ACCELERATION AND ROTATION IN FLIGHT IDLE, A DISTINCT SMELL OF "BURNING RUBBER" WAS NOTICED THAT PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE OVER THE NEXT 10 SECONDS. AT APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET, THE PILOT ELECTED TO DECLARSDR PCPR202308221Screw · corrodedDURING UNSCHEDULED REMOVAL OF LEFT AILERON FOUND BALANCE WEIGHT ATTACH SEVERELY TO MILDLY CORRODED. RIGHT AILERON BALANCE WEIGHT ATTACH SCREWS ALSO FOUND CORRODED.SDR QMLA2023073120057Unknown · unknownEN ROUTE TO HOME STATION, THE HYDRAULIC CAWS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. QRH PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS PUMPED DOWN MANUALLY. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER EVENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM NITROGEN PRECHARGE TO BE LOW, CAUSING THE SDR 2024FA0000187Starter Gen · failedCLICKING SOUND AND NO ROTATION UPON ATTEMPTED START. FOUND SPLINE SHART SLIGHTLY OUT OF ROUND AND BRUSHES WORN BEYOND LIMITS. FAILED STARTER-GEN WAS OVERHAULED BY AMETEK B&S, CRS NE2R028L, ON WORK ORDER BGN111086 DATED 23AUG2022. STARTER-GEN TSO AT FAILURE WASSDR QMLA2023062920051Unknown · unknownI TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 30 AT KLBF AND, AFTER GEAR AND FLAP RETRACTION AT ABOUT 500FT AGL, THE BUS TIE POPPED OFFLINE ALONG WITH THE NON ESSENTIAL BUS. AFTER RUNNING THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST I RESET THE BIS TIE CIRCUIT BREAKER PER THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE CHECKLSDR HVUA20210517001Control Panel · failed"GEN 1 OFF" "BAT OFF" CAWS WARNING WITH MULTIPLE OTHER CAWS WARNINGS FOLLOWED BY SMOKE AND BURNING SMELL FROM OVERHEAD CONTROL PANEL. GEN 1 WAS OFFLINE AND POSSIBLY BATTERY. PILOT WAS ON BASE TO FINAL VISUAL APPROACH AND CONTINUED LANDING WITHOUT ISSUE. FOUND SDR 2B5A719DEC20Brake · malfunctionedNO RIGHT HAND BRAKE ACTUATION WHEN APPLIED DURING TAXI.SDR 2B5A202010250001Ground Stud · corrodedINSPECTION REVEALED CORROSION AT THE BATTERY GROUND POINT. THIS IS THE THIRD ONE IN THE FLEET IN RECENT WEEKS. ONE WAS TOTAL ELECTRIC FAILURE IN FLIGHT.SDR 2B5A202010250002Ground Stud · corrodedTOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE ON APPROACH GEN 1 & 2 AND BATTERY WERE PROVIDING NO POWER TO THE AIRCRAFT. A SAFE LANDING WAS MADE. CORROSION WAS FOUND AT FRAME 38 UNDER THE BATTERY GROUND ATTACH BOLT.SDR 2B5A202009140001Bearing · seizedINNER WHEEL BEARING FAILED WHEEL BECAME LOOSE AND COCKED AND SLID BREAKING THE BEAD AND DEFLATING. AIRCRAFT STOPPED BEFORE ANY FURTHER DAMAGE.SDR FXGA20208173001Warning Message · false activation"HYDRAULIC" CAUTION ANNUNCIATOR CAME ON ABOUT 10 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT. HAD TO PUMP GEAR DOWN BY HAND. MAINTENANCE FOUND HYDRAULIC PUMP PRESSURE ABOVE MAX LIMIT ABOVE 3050 PSI. ADJUST PUMP PRESSURE TO 3000PSI. VERIFIED ACCUMULATOR PRESSURE WITHIN LIMITS. OPERATSDR Q5QA20200309303Control Cable · defectiveWHILE PERFORMING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THE TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED AN UNUSUAL SOUND COMING FROM THE LH FLAP DRIVE SYSTEM. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SOUND WAS COMING FROM THE OUTBOARD FLAP FLEX SHAFT WHICH WAS ALSO VISIBLY CHATTERING. REPLACING THE CABLE ELIMINSDR GBBR2019111105Drag Brace · damagedNOSE LANDING FAILED TO EXTEND TO DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. NOSE GEAR HUNG UP AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLESDR 2020FA0000020Boot · shortedPROPELLER DE-ICE BOOT SHORTED INTERNALLY. THE PROPELLER WAS REMOVED AND WAS SENT TO A HARTZELL SERVICE CENTER. THE BLADE REQUIRED REPAIR.SDR 9JLA2018091717806Timer · defectiveCREW REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT DE-ICE BOOT SYSTEM INOPERATIVE. THEY WERE UNABLE TO COMPLETE FLIGHT DUE TO ICING ALONG ROUTE OF FLIGHT. "DE-ICE" CAS MESSAGE IN FLIGHT, RAN CHECKLIST AND CAS MESSAGE WOULD NOT CLEAR. TROUBLESHOOTING OF THE DE-ICE BOOT SYSTEM FOUSDR 2018FA0000510Disc · failedPILOT REPORTED LH BRAKE PARTIALLY LOCKED UP DURING LOW SPEED ROLL OUT AFTER LANDING. LESS THAN 20 KTS. ALSO GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM BRAKES. UPON REMOVAL OF THE LH BRAKE ASSY FOUND ONE OF THE ROTOR DISC BROKEN IN FOUR SEPARATE PIECES. THIS BRAKE ASSEMBLYSDR 6CBA2018033018175Bulkhead · corrodedDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, CORROSION WAS FOUND ON FORWARD PRESSURE BULKHEAD, LT AND RT SIDE OF FRAME 15. THE CORROSION ON THE LT SIDE WAS LOCATED JUST INBOARD OF THE PRESSURIZATION SAFETY VALVE ABOVE THE LOWER FLANGE. ON THE RT SIDE THE CORROSION WAS LOCATEDSDR 6CBA2018032218174Unknown · odorPILOT REPORTED THAT DURING TAKEOFF, A STRONG ODOR FROM ECS. INSPECTED THE ENGINE INLET AND EXTERIOR FOR OIL LEAKS AND DEBRIS. NO LEAKS OR DEBRIS NOTED. REMOVED, INSPECTED, AND CLEANED THE WATER SEPARATOR AND HOUSING IAW AMM-12-A-21-40-02-00A-250A-A. PERFORMESDR 3SDR20180213005Spacer · chafedDURING LIFE EXTENSION INSPECTION IAW SB 04-009, FOUND CHAFE DAMAGE FROM AILERON CABLE CHAIN RUBBING THE CHAIN CONNECTING ROD AND ASSOCIATED SPACER. WITH AILERON CABLE TENSIONS SET IAW AMM, APPEARS TO BE EXCESSIVE SLACK IN CABLE CHAIN. ENGINEERING DOES NOT CSDR 3SDR20180212004Spacer · chafedDURING LIFE EXTENSION INSPECTION IAW SB 04-009, FOUND CHAFE DAMAGE FROM AILERON CABLE CHAIN RUBBING THE CHAIN CONNECTING ROD AND ASSOCIATED SPACER. WITH AILERON CABLE TENSIONS SET IAW AMM, APPEARS TO BE EXCESSIVE SLACK IN CABLE CHAIN. ENGINEERING DOES NOT CSDR QMLA2017100717113Heater · malfunctionedNOMINAL TAKEOFF RWY 30 LBF. DURING CLIMB, PASSING APPROXIMATELY 10,000' MSL BUS TIE CAWS LIGHT AND BUS TIE CB OPENED ALSO UF HEATER CB OPENED. NO SMOKE OR FUMES ACCOMPANIED THE EVENT. BUS TIE CB WAS RESET ONCE AS PER PIM 3-49. BUS TIE CB POPPED AGAIN PRIOR TO SDR 6CBA2017081517171Transponder · failedENROUTE, THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR, POSSIBLY TRANSPONDER, ATC CONFIRMED THAT THEY WERE NOT RECEIVING TRANSPONDER DATA. DIVERTED AND MADE A SAFE UNSCHEDULED LANDING. AVIONICS FOUND THE KT 70 TRANSPONDER FAULTY. VERIFIED THIS UNIT BSDR 6CBA2017063017168Skin · crackedRIGHT FLAP BOTTOM SKIN IS CRACKED BETWEEN TWO RIVETS ON FORWARD LAP JOINT BETWEEN FORWARD AND AFT FLAP SPARS, BETWEEN FLAP RIBS FIVE AND SIX. REMOVED DAMAGE AND INSTALLED DOUBLER AND FILLER IAW SRM 12-A-57-50-00-00A-664B-A.SDR 6CBA2017063017167Skin · crackedLEFT FLAP BOTTOM SKIN IS CRACKED BETWEEN TWO RIVETS ON FORWARD LAP JOINT BETWEEN FORWARD AND AFT FLAP SPARS, BETWEEN FLAP RIBS FIVE AND SIX. REMOVED DAMAGE AND INSTALLED DOUBLER AND FILLER IAW SRM 12-A-57-50-00-00A-664B-A.SDR 6CBA2017062217164Static Wick · damagedLEFT FLAP BOTTOM SKIN IS CRACKED BETWEEN TWO RIVETS ON FORWARD LAP JOINT BETWEEN FORWARD AND AFT FLAP SPARS, BETWEEN FLAP RIBS FIVE AND SIX. REMOVED DAMAGE AND INSTALLED DOUBLER AND FILLER IAW SRM 12-B-57-50-00-00A-664B-A.. LEFT ELEVATOR INBOARD STATIC WICK BASDR 6CBA2017050117160Structure · damagedDURING INSPECTION, DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON THE LT ELEVATOR TRAILING EDGE. THE ELEVATOR WAS REPAIRED IAW THE SRM 12-A-55-20-00-00A-664A-A .SDR PCPR201701171Bolt · shearedAFTER TAKEOFF PILOT COULD NOT RETRACT GEAR. DETERMINED BY MAINTENANCE CREW THAT THE LANDING GEAR HYDRAULIC POWER PACK MOTOR CAGE BOLT HAD SHEARED AND BACKED OUT INTO MOTOR FAN ASSEMBLY. MOTOR SEIZED AND SUBSEQUENTLY BURNED OUT. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE CAUSED TO LESDR 6CBA2016102416154Light · inoperativeAFTER DEPARTING FOK, FLT CREW REPORTED, WITH GEAR RETRACTION RED NOSE GEAR INDICATION DID NOT EXTINGUISH, WHEN GEAR WAS EXTENDED FOR LANDING WE DID NOT GET A GREEN LIGHT ON THE NOSE GEAR. WITH A LAMP TEST NO GREEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR NOSE GEAR. AC MADE AN SDR FXGA2016FA0000344Warning System · activatedREPEATED FLAPS CAWS WARNING ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATES. CAS ANALYST RECORDED THE RECURRING EVENT ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS. FLAPS CAWS WARNING LIGHT ON. ADJUSTED FLAPS IAW CH 27 -0-01 PAST SECTION 33. OPS CHECK SATISFACTORY. FLAPS CAWS LIGHT ON. RESET FLAP POSITSDR FXGA2016FA0000343Warning System · activatedREPEATED FLAPS CAWS WARNING ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATES. CAS ANALYST RECORDED THE RECURRING EVENT ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS. FLAPS CAWS WARNING LIGHT ON. DESCRIPTION OF FIX ADJUSTED FLAPS IAW CH 27-0-01, PAST SECTION 33. OPS CHECK SAT. FLAPS CAWS LIGHT ON. DESCRIP
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