Pilatus PC-12/47E
Service difficulty reports · 211
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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 = 'PC1247E' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC"
Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
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 = 'PC1247E' 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 6CBA2016111516155Warning Message · activatedAFTER THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED, FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE FOR A SAFE UNSCHEDULED LANDING. ON ARRIVAL THE LANDING GEAR WAS INSPECTED AND EXTENSION AND RETRACTION SYSTEM WAS FUNCTIONALLSDR 2016FA0000496Relay · failedTHE AIRCRAFT HAD A PITCH TRIM RUNAWAY ON FINAL APPROACH, THE AUTOPILOT WAS DISENGAGED AND GEAR ALREADY DOWN. SELECTED THE TRIM INTERRUPT SWITCH WITHIN TWO SECONDS. THIS EXTINGUISHED THE RED PITCH TRIM CAS. EVALUATED THE PITCH TRIM FORCES AND DEEMED THE TRIM RSDR 2016FA0000497Circuit Breaker · trippedAUTOPILOT FAIL BLUE CAS ACCOMPANIED BY PITCH TRIM CIRCUIT BREAKER OPENED. ONE RESET, OPENED AGAIN, RAN QRH FOR AUTOPILOT FAIL BLUE CAS AND ONE A1 CIRCUIT BREAKER RESET ON GROUND OPENED AGAIN.SDR 2016F00183Relay · faultyALL POWER UP AND PREFLIGHT CHECKS WERE NORMAL AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS POWERED WITH A GPU PRIOR TO ENGINE START. THE CAPTAIN WAS HAND FLYING AND WAS LEVELING OFF AT 12,000FT WHEN A "MASTER WARNING" ILLUMINATED AND A AURAL WARNING OF "TRIM RUNAWAY" SOUNDED. THE PSDR 2016FA0000349Relay · failedCREW REPORTED AFTER TAKE OFF, THEY OBSERVED PITCH TRIM RUNAWAY CAS MESSAGE ON THERE LOWER MFD SCREEN. RAN THE QRH PROCEDURE AND CALLED TOWER FOR EMERGENCY LANDING BACK TO DEPARTURE.SDR 2016FA0000426Circuit Breaker · trippedPITCH TRIM CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED, AUTOPILOT FAIL CAWS ILLUMINATED.SDR 2016FA0000328Trim System · failedPILOT REPORTED RUDDER TRIM RUNAWAY AFTER TAKEOFF DURING CLIMB OUT.SDR 6CBA20160616151Circuit Breaker · poppedPILOT REPORTED ON DEPARTURE: GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT. CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON ARRIVAL TO THE ACFT, CONTRACT MAINTENANCE RESET THE LANDING GEAR POWER CIRCUIT BREAKER, PERFORMED EXTENSION/RETRACTIONSDR AMYR201606140001Bracket · crackedFOUND NOSE GEAR STEERING LIMIT INDICATING BRACKET, PN 532.20.12.310 CRACKED FWD OF THE MOUNTING HOLES. THIS IS THE 5TH BRACKET, ALL ON DIFFERENT ACFT, THAT WE HAVE FOUND CRACKED. ALL THE AFFECTED ACFT WERE EQUIPED WITH THE LED NOSE TAXI LIGHT ASSY, PN 972.87SDR 2016FA0000179Trim System · malfunctionedPILOT REPORTED A VERIFIED PITCH TRIM RUNAWAY DURING DESCENT WITH AUTOPILOT OFF AND NOT USING MANUAL TRIMS.SDR ZP8R20160318002Shimmy Dampener · jammedSHIMMY DAMPER WOULD NOT TEST PER CMM, INTERNALS JAMMED. UPON TEARDOWN INSPECTION SEVERAL DISCREPANCIES WERE DISCOVERED: MISSING PARTS WITHIN UNIT. DUE TO MISSING PARTS, ORFICE WAS JAMMED SIDEWAYS. INCORRECT RETAINER PIN INSTALLED. PREVIOUS REPAIR STATION USESDR ZP8R20160318001Strut · misoverhauledSTRUT PREVIOUSLY O/H AT ANOTHER REPAIR STATION. MULTIPLE DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND UPON TEAR DOWN. STAGE 2 HAD AN EXTRA PISTON, THE ORIGINAL PISTON WAS LEFT IN AND THE NEW PN PISTON SUPPLIED IN THE O/H KIT WAS INSTALLED BUT MISSING THE GUIDE RING. STAGE 2 VALSDR HDNA20160304002Switch · malfunctionedDEPARTED WITH 30 DEGREES FLAPS, WHEN I WENT TO RAISE THE FLAPS TO 15 DEGREES I GOT A FLAP FAIL CAUTION, THEN A PUSHER CAUTION, THEN A PUSHER SAFE CYAN CAS MSG. I RAN THE CHECKLIST & HAD NO POPPED CB IAW THE CHECKLIST CONTINUED THE FLIGHT & LANDED WITH FLAPS ISDR 3S4A2016FA0000106Control Valve · unresponsiveCRUISING AT FL 260, THE ACS LOW INFLOW CAS MESSAGE APPEARED AND THE CABIN ALTITUDE CORRESPONDINGLY BEGAN TO RISE. WE REFERENCED THE QRH AND ALERTED ATC THAT WE NEEDED LOWER. THEY INITIALLY GAVE US FL 240, AND AFTER A LITTLE PRODDING GAVE US 17000. BY THIS TISDR 3S4A2016F00077Relay · abnormalON THE FLIGHT, HAND FLYING IN CRUISE, ABOUT 9000. WHEN THE YAW TRIM RAN AWAY. ABLE TO INTERRUPT IT AND THEN RETRIM THE ACFT. ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN ABLE TO INTERRUPT IT AND THEN RETRIM IT. AT THIS POINT, DECLARED AN EMERGENCYSDR 6CBA20160226149Switch · faultyTHE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED WHILE ON APPROACH, RT MAIN GEAR, UNSAFE ON EXTENSION FOR APPROX 2 MINUTES. THE ACFT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE EXTENSION & RETRACTION SYS WAS INSPECTED & THE ACMF & FHDB FILES WERE SENT TO MFG FOR EVALUATION. IT WAS DETERMISDR 3S4A2016022400067Adapter · malfunctionedPILOT REPORTED THAT IN CRUISE WHILE PERFORMING A TURN, THE ELEVATOR TRIM STARTED TO RUNAWAY. PILOT WASN`T ABLE TO MANUALLY TRIM THE ELEVATOR BACK. HAD TO DISENGAGE AUTOPILOT SYS AND MANUALLY FLY THE ACFT, AND PERFORMED A LANDING BACK TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT. ONSDR CA160208011Warning Light · false activation(CAN) THERE WERE THREE OCCASIONS WHEN FLAP CAWS CAPTION WAS ON . FIRST CAWS FLAP CAME ON DEC 15, 2015, RESET WITH NO PROBLEM. SECOND TIME CAME ON JAN 07, 2016. RESET WITH ERROR CODE E310. NO PROBLEM THIRD TIME CAME ON FEB 05, 2016. WAS HARD TO RESET, WAS WSDR CA160208012Spring · broken(CAN) PILOT TRIED TO LOWER CARGO DOOR VIA ELECTRICAL MOTOR AND WAS OK BUT NOT OPERATING SMOOTH. SPIRAL SPRING HAD BROKEN MID WAY OF ITS LENGTH CAUSING THE RETRACT CABLE TO JAM AND OVERLAY ITSELF. DOOR WAS DIFFICULT TO OPEN. SPRING AND CABLE REPLACED WITH NESDR HDNA20160123089Governor · fluctuatesON THE INITIAL LEG, FOR PATIENT PICK UP THE PLANE PERFORMED FLAWLESSLY. ON THE DEPARTURE & CLIMB TO CRUISE WITH PATIENT ONBOARD THE ACFT PERFORMED FLAWLESSLY. DURING CRUISE EN-ROUTE AT FL180 & APPROX 50 MILES NE OF THE AREA THE NP RPM, PROP RPM, BEGAN TO BEHSDR CA160203027Actuator · sticking(CAN) HOLD NOSE UP WARNING, USING AUTOPILOT ON DESCENT, PILOT HAD TO HOLD CONTROL, DISCONNECT AUTOPILOT, TRIM NOSE UP AND CONTINUE WITHOUT AUTOPILOT. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SECONDARY MOTOR, USED BY THE AUTOPILOT, ON THE PITCH TRIM ACTUATOR WAS UNSERVICEABLE, VSDR 6CBA20160112148Proximity Switch · failedRIGHT MAIN GEAR INDICATES FAILURE TO RETRACT. THE ACFT RETURNED WHERE IT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE ACFT WAS THEN FERRIED FOR REPAIRS UNDER SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT DATED 1 13 2016. TROUBLESHOOTING & REPLACEMENT OF THE RT MLG DOOR PROXIMITY SWITCH PN SDR 6CBA20160107148Unknown · malfunctionedLANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT, 3 GREEN LIGHTS ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY ON DOWN INDICATORS. THE ACFT LANDED SAFELY. TROUBLESHOOTING WAS ACCOMPLISHED FOR A CAUSE OF THIS MALFUNCTION. SEVERAL EXTENSION RETRACTION TESTS WERE ACCOMPLISHED IAW AMM 12-B-32-30-00SDR 6CBA20160106147Indication Sys · reads lowCREW REPORTED LOW TORQUE INDICATION, APPROX 5.2-5.3 PSI.SDR CA160105010Switch · failed(CAN) CAS, DEICE BOOTS, ILLUMINATING IF DE-ICE BOOTS USED IN OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE LOWER THAN -20 DEGREES CELSIUS. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND MOISTURE IN PRESSURE GAGE SWITCH. SWITCH REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. SYSTEM SDR 3S4A2016F00041Warning Message · illuminatedDURING FLIGHT, ACS IN-FLOW CAS MESSAGE AND CABIN PRESSURE WAS RELEASED IN FLIGHT. CREW DIVERTED.SDR CA160105009Brake Assy · seized(CAN) AFTER AN EXTENDED TAXI AND SHUTDOWN OF ACFT, WHILE DEBOARDING PASSENGER PILOT HEARD A SUDDEN BLAST OF AIR COMING FROM RT SIDE OF THE ACFT. PILOT FOUND RT TIRE DEFLATED. WHEN INSPECTED BY ENGINEER, FOUND TIRE FUSE PLUGS MELTED AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY SEIZED. SDR CA151231002Static Inverter · failed(CAN) SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE, DURING CLIMB, APX 3000 FT, MEDICS ADVISED THE FLIGHT CREW OF STRONG ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR, FEW SECONDS LATER BOTH PILOTS NOTICED SAME. CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. DURING APPROACH PHASE, AT GEAR EXTENSION,SDR CA151218002Servo · failed(CAN) LT & RT WING DOWN HOLD CAS MSGS. AILERON, BANK CONTROL WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. REPLACED AILERON SERVO. FUNCTION TEST OF AUTOPILOT SYS COMPLETED. TESTED SERVICEABLE.SDR CA160212002Flap · cracked(CAN) CRACK ON OIL COOLER FLAP DETECTED DURING ROUTINE DAILY INSPECTION. FLAP REPLACED.SDR CA151127014Relay · failed(CAN) PILOT WAS CLIMBING OUT OF DEPARTURE AIRPORT TO DESTINATION, HAND FLYING, THE AIRCRAFT WITH AUTOPILOT DISENGAGED. WHILE TRYING TO TRIM THE ACFT HE NOTICED THAT THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS NOT RESPONDING. HE LOOKED AT THE PITCH TRIM BREAKER CB_LA1 AND SDR CA150917003Stop · dislodged(CAN) WHILE PERFORMING AN INSPECTION ON RUDDER HINGES NOTICED A TEFLON PIN OF SORTS LAYING AGAINST AFT PART OF HINGE. IT WAS THE ELEVATOR NOSE DOWN STOP HAD FALLEN OR DISLODGED FROM HOLE IN LEVER ASSY. REMOVED PIN FROM HINGE AREA, REINSTALLED ON LEVER ASSY ASDR CA150817021Pin · scored(CAN) THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND THE PILOTS TAXIED TO AMO SHOP FOR AN ANNUAL INSPECTION NO REPORTED ISSUES. OAT WAS +32 C THE MAINT CREW IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO PERFORM THE PRE ANNUAL INSPECTION RUNS FOR SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. REVERSE POWER WAS CHECKED FIRST, THEN SDR CA150713022Generator · failed(CAN) PILOT REPORT CAS MSG APPEARED, GEN 1 OFF, WHILE IN CRUISE. UNSUCCESSFUL RESET ATTEMPT, 25 MINUTES LATER COULD HEAR A FAINT GROWL & FEEL A SLIGHT VIBRATION. SCHEDULED LANDING PERFORMED. NR 1 GEN WAS REMOVED, AFT BALL BEARING HAD FAILED, COOLING FAN WASSDR CA130617004Adapter · intermittent(CAN) PILOT REPORTED THAT ACFT AUTOPILOT WAS KICKING OFF LINE, AT SAME TIME YAW DAMPER GREEN LIGHT WOULD DISAPPEAR. AUTOPILOT RESET SEVERAL TIME DURING FLIGHT. THEN AUTOPILOT WOULD NOT REMAIN ENGAGED. RUDDER TRIM WOULD NOT MOVE LT IF COMMANDED BY RUDDER TRIM SDR CA130605001Sensor · failed(CAN) AFTER LANDING, FLAP SYSTEM FAILED WHEN FLAPS SELECTED TO "0". GROUND RESET RESULTED IN FLAPS MOVING SMALL AMOUNT THEN FAILING ONCE AGAIN. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED RT ROTATION SENSOR TO BE FAILED. UNIT REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT, TESTED WITH NO FURTHESDR CA130531002Wire Harness · chafed(CAN) MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL NOTICED THAT THE RH LANDING LIGHT WAS U/S. THEY DETERMINED THE CAUSE TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH NO POWER AT THE LIGHT. THE UPPER RH WING FAIRING WAS REMOVED TO INSPECT THE WING ROOT WIRING CONNECTIONS. IT WAS AT THAT POINT THAT THEY FOUNSDR CA130502005Radar · malfunctioned(CAN) RADAR DOES NOT PAINT OBSERVED PRECIPITATION. REPLACED RT UNIT. GROUND TESTED SERVICEABLESDR CA130318012Nut Plate · broken(CAN) FUEL FOUND LEAKING FROM FUEL DRAIN RETAINING FLANGE AREA. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT 1 RIVET HEAD HOLDING RETAINING NUT PLATE HAD BROKEN OFF. THE NUT PLATE, LOCATED INSIDE THE WING`S FUEL BAY, HAD MOVE, BREAKING THE SEALANT, THUS THE LEAK.SDR CA130308012Hydraulic System · malfunctioned(CAN) PILOT REPORTED THAT 2.5 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, HYDRAULIC ADVISORY ILLUMINATED AND GONG HEARD. CIRCUIT BREAKER PULLED AND RESET MINUTES LATER. PILOT SAID THAT WHEN CB PULLED, LOAD ON GENERATORS DIMINISHED. WHEN CB RESET NOT RISE IN AMPERAGE ON GENERATOSDR CA130304008Ahrs · failed(CAN) GROUND TROUBLESHOOTING AND TEST FLIGHTS CARRIED OUT TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF RE-CURRENT, INTERMITTENT HEADING MISCOMPARES BETWEEN CHANNELS A & B AND SPLITS FROM THE STANDBY AHRS HEADING INDICATION DURING NORTHERN OPERATIONS. TEST FLIGHTS C/O WITH COMPONANTSDR CA130304006Module · failed(CAN) UNABLE TO DOWNLOAD ACMF FILES USING CMC TERMINAL OR SD CARD.SDR CA130228005Pressure Switch · failed(CAN) YELLOW HYDRAULIC CAUTION LIGHT CAME ON IN-FLIGHT, PILOT FOLLOWED APPROPIATE CHECK-LIST. EMERGENCY GEAR RETRACTION CARRIED OUT ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ACFT HYD SYS INSPECTED AND FOUND SYSTEM PRESSURE SWITCH TO BE UNSERVICEABLE AND MAX. HYDRAULIC SSDR CA130311024Relay · defective(CAN) DURING ACFT POWER UP PROCEDURE WITH STAND BY BUS ON. IMMEDIATELY AFTER SELECTION OF BATTERY 1 LOWER MFD SCREEN EXTINGUISHED, NO CURSOR CONTROL. ONLY SERVICEABLE ITEMS: COMM 2 AND NAV 2 IN CONJUNCTION WITH SCREEN, EXTINGUISHING A SOUND OF A JUNCTION BOXSDR CA130212023Ahrs · failed(CAN) PILOT NOTED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THE HEADING MISCOMPARE FLAG IN VIEW. IN CRUISE HEADING WOULD DRIFT ON THE CO-PILOTS PFD UP TO 14 DEGREES AND DRIFT BACK. WHEN COMPARING HEADINGS WITH THE STAND ALONE SAND INSTRUMENT, THE NR 1 SIDE, PILOT PFD, DID NOT DSDR CA130301006Motor · failed(CAN) ON ROUTINE ACFT POWER UP DURING MAINTENANCE, AME NOTICED GRINDING NOISES EMITTING FROM TAIL OF ACFT DURING HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TRIM SELF TESTS. INSPECTION REVEALED SECONDARY MOTOR CREATING NOISES, AND DEVELOPING HIGH TEMPERATURE DURING UP/DOWN CYCLES.SDR CA130301007Controller · failed(CAN) DURING ANALYSIS OF THE FAULT HISTORY DATABASE FILE, TECH ADVISED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL INTERMITTENT FAULTS WITH THE CPCS, CABIN PRESSURIZATION AND COMFORT SYSTEM. DIAGNOSTIC TESTING UTILIZING THE CMC PROGRAM REVEALED THE PRESSURE CONTROLLER TO BE AT FSDR CA130212007Limiter · leaking(CAN) THE PILOT REPORTED OIL MIST ON THE WINDSCREEN DURING APPROACH FOR LANDING. ON GROUND INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT OIL WAS MIGRATING FROM THE ENGINE TORQUE LIMITER. THE PART WAS CHANGED. IAW SERVICE ENGINEERING REQUEST, THE TORQUE LIMITER WAS SENT TO THESDR CA130301009Ahrs · failed(CAN) DURING ENGINE GROUND RUN, RN 1 AND 2 HEADING SPLIT 70 DEGREES AND ADAHRS HDG MISCOMPARE FLAG CAME ON. HEADING CAME TO APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES BY TIME FOR SHUTDOWN. REPLACED ADAHRS UNIT IAW MM PROCEDURES, AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA130301008Module · failed(CAN) DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, AND ON ACFT POWER-UP, AGM-1 FAIL WAS ANNUNCIATED ON THE CAS PANEL. THE NR 1 PFD AND UPPER MFD WERE "X". AGM CARD WAS REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT, AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
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