Piper PA46-500TP
Service difficulty reports · 99
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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 = 'PA46500TP' 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 = 'PA46500TP' 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 2024FA0000373Valve · faultedWE RECENTLY HAVE EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE IN THE FREQUENCY OF REPLACEMENT AND SHORTER LIFE OF THE LANDING GEAR EMERGENCY RELEASE VALVES (PN: 101758-802 OR 101758-002). THE FAILURE HAS BEEN WITH THE REPLACEMENT VALVES. WE INSTALLED A NEW/OVERHAULED VALVE IN N510SDR GSAA2024050101Skin · dentedAIRCRAFT SUFFERED A BIRDSTRIKE ON CLIMB OUT FROM KCXY. ACFT CLIMBING THRU 2000 FT MSL WITH AUTOPILOT ENGAGED. CLIMB SPEED 140 KTS INDICATED CLIMB RATE APPROX 1700 FPM. ACFT ON AN APPROX HEADING OF 260 WHEN ATC ASSIGNED A LT TURN TO 180 FOR OUR CLIMB TO 8000 FSDR 2024FA0000054Valve · unknownMALIBU AEROSPACE IS A SHOP THAT WORKS EXCLUSIVELY ON THE PA46 AIRCRAFT. WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING AN INCREASE IN THE FREQUENCY OF REPLACEMENT AND AND EXTREMELY SHORT LIFE OF THE LANDING GEAR EMERGENCY RELEASE VALVES (PN: 101758-802). THE FAILURE HAS BEEN WITH SDR 2023FA0000737Valve · faultedMALIBU AEROSPACE IS A SHOP THAT WORKS EXCLUSIVELY ON THE PA46 AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT THAT IS BEING DISCUSSED IN THIS REPORT IS ONE OF OUR CUSTOMERS. THIS AIRCRAFT HAD THE EMERGENCY RELEASE VALVE (PN: 101758-802 / SN: 0402) REPLACED JUST AFTER THE ANNUAL INSPECSDR 2022FA0000680Squat Switch · intermittentSQUAT SWITCH INTERNAL CONTACTS BTWN PIN 7 AND 9 DEVELOPED A HIGHER LEVEL OF RESISTANCE THAN THE OTHER INTERNAL PINS, CAUSING THE PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM TO SENSE A WEIGHT ON WHEELS SCENARIO, DEPRESSURIZING THE CABIN IN LEVEL FLIGHT. THE PILOT DROPPED FROM FLT LVSDR 2022FA0000449Lead · openPILOT REPORTED THE PROPELLER DEICE OPERATION WAS INTERMITTENT. OPERATION WAS NOT CONSISTENT IN ANY PHASE OF FLIGHT OR GROUND MANEUVERING. PERFORMED A FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF PROP HEAT IN HANGAR AND CONFIRMED NOT ALL BLADES WERE HEATING. REMOVED SPINNER AND INSPECSDR LF1R202108200001Wire Harness · chafedPILOT REPORTED THE PROPELLER HEAT CB OPENED AND A PROP HEAT FAIL MESSAGE ILLUMINATED ON THE MFD. ATTEMPTED ONE RESET OF CB WITHOUT SUCCESS. REMOVED SPINNER FOR VISUAL INSPECTION AND FOUND 4 OUT OF 5 PROPELLER HEAT HARNESSES HAD CHAFED THROUGH THE INSULATION CASDR VPEA202107300001Brake Sys · pressure lossLOSS OF PILOT SIDE BRAKES. PILOT NOTICED IN FLIGHT THAT BRAKES HAD LOSS PRESSURE. MAINTENANCE IN DURANGO CO, INSPECTED SYSTEM AND DETERMINED THERE HAD BEEN AN AIR BUBBLE IN THE SYTEM THAT WORKED ITS WAY TO THE PILOTS MASTER CYLINDERS CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKES. THSDR VPEA2021073000280Brake Sys · failedTOTAL LOSS OF PILOT SIDE BRAKES. DISCOVERED DURING FLIGHT.SDR LF1RN600PZ071621Sensor · shearedOWNER REPORTED AN EMERGENCY AUTOLAND WHEEL SPEED SENSOR DEGRADE MESSAGE ILLUMINATING ON LANDING. REMOVAL OF HUBCAPS FOR INSPECTION REVEALED THE RH WHEEL SPEED SENSOR HAD FAILED. THE SENSOR SHAFT HAD SHEARED BELOW THE ENGAGEMENT FITTING. NO CLEAR CAUSE NOTED FOSDR LF1RN325ST060321Transducer · shearedOPERATOR HAD AN "EAL ( EMERGENCY AUTO LAND) DEGRADE " MESSAGE AND A "CHECK WHEEL SPEED SENOR" ILLUMINATE UPON LANDING. INSPECTED BOTH MAIN GEAR WHEEL AXLES AND FOUND THE RH MLG WHEEL SPEED SENSOR HAD FAILED MECHANICALLY. THE ACTUATOR SHAFT HAD SHEARED RESULTISDR LF1R20210215021Horn · excess playDURING COMPLIANCE WITH PIPER SB 1350A, FOUND ONE BOLT LOOSE ON THE NOSE GEAR STEERING HORN ASSEMBLY. THE ORIGINAL ISSUE OF PIPER SB 1350 HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY COMPLIED WITH AT ANOTHER FACILITY. THE BOLT WAS FOUND TO BE SAFETIED, BUT THE SAFETY WIRE WAS ACTUALLY SDR 2020FA0000509Timer · inoperativeOWNER REPORTED THE PROPELLER HEAT CONSTANTLY FAILS WITHIN 30 SECONDS OF SELECTING PROP HEAT TO ON. A PREVIOUS SHOP HAD CHECKED PROP HEAT BOOT RESISTANCE, SLIP RING CLEANING, RELAY OPERATION AND TIMER OPERATION. THE DE-ICE BRUSHES AND TIMER WERE REPLACED AND SDR 2020FA0000425Gearbox · corrodedWHILE PERFORMING POST MAINTENANCE ENGINE RUNS, THE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. INSPECTION OF OIL AND FOUND IT TO BE CLOUDY. REMOVED OIL FILTER AND FOUND EVIDENCE OF WATER AND VERY FINE GRIT MATERIAL. REMOVED REDUCTION GEARBOX CHIP DETECTOR, NO CHIPS NOTED. OILSDR 2020FA0000409Steering Unit · failedEXPERIENCED A LOSS OF NOSE WHEEL STEERING CONTROL ON LANDING.SDR CA190207012Guard · out of alignment(CAN) DURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF THE AILERON CABLE AND BELL CRANK IN ACCORDANCE WITH SL 1327 THE AILERON CABLE GUARD WAS OBSERVED TO BE BINDING ON THE AILERON CABLE AT THE BELL CRANK. THIS RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE CABLE AND BELL CRANK. PICSDR 2020FA0000075Tube · brokenON TAKEOFF FROM KEDC, SELECTED GEAR AND FLAPS UP. AIRCRAFT STARTED ROLLING TO THE LEFT HAVING TO USE FULL AILERON TO KEEP IT STRAIGHT, AT THIS POINT PILOT NOTICED RIGHT FLAP WAS DEPLOYED AND LEFT FLAP UP. SELECTED FLAPS DOWN AND WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL ONSDR 2017FA0000531Hinge · crackedDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CENTER AILERON HINGE HORN ATTACH BRACKETS, ON THE RIGHT WING, WERE CRACKED OUT TO THE POINT THAT IT HAD ALMOST SEPARATED FROM THE REAR WING SPAR. DURING REMOVAL OF THE RIGHT AILERON, IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THESDR 2017FA0000041Elevator · frozenAFTER BEING IN THE COLD, THE ELEVATOR CONTROL BECAME INCREASINGLY HARD TO CONTROL SUSPECTED GREASE IN THE COLD TEMPS.SDR 2016FA0000606Radio · defectiveABOUT EVERY 6TH OR 7TH START THE NR 1 RADIO GOES INOP I HAVE GONE THROUGH 3 RE-PROGRAMS. WITH 2 DIFFERENT FBO'S MANUFACTURER HAS NO FIX AND THE PROBLEM PERSIST. THE SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FINEST AVIONICS SYSTEM AVAILABLE. THIS IS A 2013 MODEL AIRCRAFT WISDR 2016FA0000564Housing · leakingAIRCRAFT LOST OIL PRESSURE DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, RESULTING IN AN ENGINE SHUTDOWN PRIOR TO LANDING AT CLOSEST AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITH NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES. ENGINE WAS REMOVED FOR INSPECTION AND FOUND THE AFT REDUCTION GEARBOX HOUSING HAD SEVERE CSDR C41R2016051800246Control Module · burnedFOUND 25 AMP PITOT HEAT REMOTE SWITCH MODULE SHORTING AND ARCHING BEHIND PILOT SIDEWALL. MODULE LOAD SIDE ATTACHMENT STUD FELL FROM UNIT AFTER WIRE REMOVAL. MODULE BUS SIDE ATTACHMENT WIRE WAS BURNED AND ARCHING CASE OF UNIT. REPAIRED WIRING AND INSTALLED NEW SDR CA160216012Engine · power loss(CAN) CUSTOMER REPORTS ON TAKE-OFF ENGINE ROLLED BACK ON POWER. CUSTOMER INSTANTLY REDUCED POWER AND ABORTED TAKEOFF AND DID NOT SEE WHAT INSTRUMENTATION WAS READING. NO DAMAGE, INJURIES OR INCIDENT REPORTED.SDR CA160120004Oil System · low pressure(CAN) WHILE IN CRUISE THE PILOT NOTED THE OIL PRESSURE WENT INTO THE YELLOW BAND (60 TO 99 PSI). FLIGHT WAS DIVERTED TO AN ALTERNATE AIRPORT AFTER LANDING WHILE TAXIING, THE OIL PRESSURE INDICATION STARTED TO FLICKER BETWEEN YELLOW AND RED AND THE PILOT SHUT TSDR CA150728006Horn · dented(CAN) DURING A ROUTINE 100 HRS INSPECTION, WE FOUND THAT THE NOSE GEAR STEERING HORN WAS RUBBING WITH THE FRONT ENGINE MOUNT. HORN AND RUB BLOCK WERE REMOVED AND TRIMMED TO ENSURE CLEARANCE BETWEEN ENGINE MOUNT AND STEERING HORN. ENGINE MOUNT DAMAGE INSPECTESDR C41R201506190001Rib · crackedAIRCRAFT WAS UNDERGOING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION AND A CRACK WAS DISCOVERED AT LT INBD BOTTOM AFT WING, WS 66.5. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION 2 PARTIAL RIBS, PN 83079-002, 83294-002 WERE FOUND CRACKED. INSTALLED NEW PARTIAL RIBS AND REPAIRED SKIN CRACK IAW DER DRASDR G9CR201506020001Encoder · bindingTHE ENCODER FOR CABIN PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM LOCATED FORWARD OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND ABOVE THE PEDESTAL, SEPARATED FROM THE MOUNTING BRACKET AND LODGED IN THE ELEVATOR CONTROL QUADRANT, RESULTING IN LIMITED ELEVATOR CONTROL FOR THE PILOT ON APPROACH TO LANDSDR CA150518007Engine · malfunctioned(CAN) THE PILOT REPORTED AN OIL CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT, LOW MOP & HIGH MOT. THE EVENT OCCURRED WHILE PERFORMING NEGATIVE ACCELERATION FLIGHT TESTING. THIS IS A PRODUCTION ENG OFF M600 PROTOTYPE ACFT. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED RBG METALLIC DEBRIS IN OIL, BRONZE.SDR CA150224010Engine · malfunctioned(CAN) THE PLANE CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AS A RESULT OF A REPORTED TECHNICAL ISSUE. PRELIMINARY INFORMATION IS STATING ENGINE TROUBLE OCCURRED JUST AFTER TAKEOFF AND THE CRASH IS DESCRIBED AS A FORCED LANDING.SDR CA150120002Engine · making metal(CAN) DURING TAKE OFF, THE AIRCRAFT HAD AN OIL PRESSURE DROP FROM 48 PSI TO 28 PSI. THE PILOT DECLARED AN IFSD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON LANDING, THE OIL PRESSURE RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED METALLIC DEBRIS IN THE OIL FILTER.SDR YN8R11142014BHSkin · crackedDURING START OF ANNUAL INSPECTION, VISUALLY SAW THE LOWER OUTER AFT SKIN OF THE ELEVATOR, PN 102051-803 WAS CRACKED ALONG THE FORWARD RIVET ROW AT THE SPAR FROM LT ELEVATOR STATION 58.5" TO 62.5". WE REMOVED THE ELEVATOR AND REMOVED AND REPLACED THE SKIN. INSDR CA140826017Engine · power loss(CAN) DURING TAKE-OFF ROLL ENGINE SUFFERED A POWER ROLLBACK. AWAITING FURTHER DETAILS FROM FSR. SERVICE INVESTIGATION PROPOSED TO RETURN THE FCU TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.SDR CA140721005Engine · power loss(CAN) PRIOR TO TAKEOFF, THE PILOT OBSERVED A LOW PROPELLER SPEED FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF POWER. FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS REPORTED WHICH HAD EXTINGUISHED BEFORE THE FIRE DEPT ARRIVED.SDR CA140619016Engine · malfunctioned(CAN) PILOT STARTED THE ENGINE AND NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND TO POWER LEVER INPUT. PILOT ELECTED TO USE EMERGENCY MANUAL OVERRIDE LEVER TO TAXI FOR TAKE OFF. PILOT APPLIED EMERGENCY MANUAL OVERRIDE LEVER FOR TAKEOFF AND DURING TAKEOFF ROLL HE NOTSDR 9PMA201304240001Resistor · burnedFOUND EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON BUT SWITCHES WERE OFF. PULLED CIRCUIT BREAKERS, LIGHT WENT OUT. SEVERAL HOURS LATER, ON PREFLIGHT, DISCOVERED BLACK SOOT COMING OUT OF ENGINE COWLING. DISCOVER WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE HAD OCCURRED. APPEARS THAT ASDR CA130430012Engine · power loss(CAN) DURING A SIMULATED FORCED LANDING, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE CLIMBED TO FL35 AND INITIATED SPIRAL TURNS FOR A LT TRAFFIC APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY. DURING FINAL APPROACH, THE ACFT STARTED DESCENDING AT A HIGHER RATE THAN EXPECTED. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO INSDR CA130118008Check Valve · failed(CAN) FUEL PURGE TANK CHECK VALVE FOUND TO BE UNSERVICEABLE DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION/FUNCTION CHECK.SDR CA120917003Engine · malfunctioned(CAN) DURING DESCENT, AFTER THE PILOT RETARDED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE, REALIZED THAT THE TORQUE INDICATION WAS AT ZERO. THE PILOT CLOSED THE BLEED AIR AND THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND PUSHED THE THROTTLE LEVER TO MAX. POSITION WITH NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENGSDR 2012FA0000579Scissor Link · detachedAFTER TAKEOFF, LANDING GEAR RETRACTED, PILOT NOTED THAT THE "HYD PUMP" ANNUNCIATOR STAYED ON. ON ARRIVAL AT DESTINATION, PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND ALL THREE GREEN LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. SOMETHING DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT WITH THE ACFT AND A FLY-BY OF THE CONTROL TOSDR CA120717012Display · malfunctioned(CAN) ON A ROUTINE FLIGHT, THE PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED A NEW SCREEN ON THE MULTIFUNCTION DISPLAY, THE KNOB TURNED AND THE MULTI FUNCTION DISPLAY LOST ALL INFORMATION. THE PILOT LANDED THE ACFT SAFELY USING BACK UP INSTRUMENTATION. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THSDR 2012FA0000140Cotter Pin · backed outOWNER NOTICED A VIBRATION SHORTLY AFTER LANDING. FOUND NLG CENTER TORQUE LINK HARDWARE MISSING AND NLG MISALIGNED. COMPLETED INSPECTION OF NLG ASSY AND FOUND BOLT, NUT, WASHER, AND COTTER KEY MISSING FROM CENTER TORQUE LINK AND NLG TIRE WAS LIGHTLY FLAT SSDR 2012FA0000071Connector · corrodedWATER IN ELT CONNECTOR CAUSING CORROSION BETWEEN PINS, CAUSING ELT TO TURN ON, COULD NOT RESET.SDR CA111012008Actuator · inoperative(CAN) RT MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR UNLOCKED TWICE & GEAR STARTED RETRACTING WHEN ACFT WAS TOWED ON RAMP.SDR CA110711007Engine · power loss(CAN) NO RESPONSE FROM THROTTLE AFTER TAXIING AND PREPARING FOR TAKEOFF, THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE INCREASE. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE ENGINE EVENTUALLY RESPONDED. THE FLIGHT WAS CANCELLED.SDR CA110613003Engine · power loss(CAN) POWER ROLLBACK THE TEST ACFT EXPERIENCED A POWER ROLL BACK DURING TAKEOFF. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. UPDATE NR 1: CONTRARY TO EARLIER INFO, THE POWER ROLL BACK OCCURRED AT IDLE, ON THE GROUND DURING TAXI PRIOR TO T/O.SDR CA110516009Engine · flamed out(CAN) FLAMEOUT, SINGLE ENGINE, DURING LANDING ROLL, THE ENGINE ROLLED BACK AND FLAMED OUT. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO TAXI OFF THE RUNWAY AND THE ACFT WAS TOWED TO THE HANGER. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR, THIS IS THE 3RD SUCH EVENT ON THIS ENGINE AND HE ALSO HAD ESDR CA110711006Engine · unknown(CAN) NO RESPONSE FROM THROTTLE DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT, IN THE APPROACH PHASE AT 700` AGL AND AFTER RETRACTING THE FLAPS IN ORDER TO PRACTICE A FLAPLESS LANDING, THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND TO POWER LEVER ADVANCE. THE LEVER WAS RETARDED TO IDLE AND ADVANCED SDR CA101115001Engine · power loss(CAN) ACCIDENT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT MADE A CRASH LANDING IN A FIELD AND HIT A POLE WITH THE RIGHT WING. ALL ON BOARD ESCAPED WITH MINOR INJURIES.SDR CA101025003Engine · power lossPOWER LOSS (SINGLE ENG) AFTER T/O AT 300 FT ALTITUDE, THE ENGINE POWER ROLLED BACK. THE PILOT USED THE MANUAL OVERRIDE LEVER AND AFTER HEARING "BACK FIRES" HE WAS ABLE TO RE-GAIN ENGINE POWER. HE DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT FOR A SAFE LANDSDR CA100720005Timer · failed(CAN) PROPELLER DE-ICE TIMER HAD INTERNAL FAILURE AND BURNED OUT.
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