THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AN ADEQUATE VISUAL LOOK-OUT DUE TO HIS SELF IMPOSED PRESSURE OF TAXIING, COMPLETING COCKPIT CHECKLISTS AND OBTAINING A CLEARANCE AT THE SAME TIME.
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A Series Turboprop Engines
Dec 31, 2002
Engine (PT6A-60A)Only with: Engines with turbine exhaust ducts P/N 3012290, 3031988, 3032117, 3035784, 3035786, 3105890-01, 3112167-01, or 3111780-01 installed.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (3)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
Engine · blades · crackedJun 14, 2019
DURING A HOT SECTION 3 CT BLADES WERE FOUND TO BE CRACKED AT THE FIR TREE.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Engine · turbine blades · looseSep 10, 2015
ON THE PILOTS PREFLIGHT, NOTICED A NOISE WHEN SPINNING THE RT PROP. THE ENG WAS INSPECTED, INSPECTION REVEALED THE POWER TURBINE BLADES WERE COMING LOOSE FROM THE POWER TURBINE DISK. THE ACFT WAS GNDED. A MORE IN-DEPTH INSPECTION WILL BE PERFORMED AT A LATER DATE.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
WHILE ON APPROACH INTO BTV, PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND NOTICED THAT THE INTRANSIT LIGHT REMAINED ON AND THE NOSE WHEEL LIGHT STAYED OFF. PILOT RECYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO CHANGE. PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST AND PUMPED GEAR DOWN. AFTER THIS PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.