Bombardier ROTAX-912 F3
Service difficulty reports · 43
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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 engine_model_key = 'ROTAX912F3' 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 engine_model_key = 'ROTAX912F3' 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 CA180404021Riser · missing(CAN) REPORTED BY OPERATOR, EXPERIENCED VIBRATIONS DURING FLIGHT, PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO FIELD AND LAND, UPON INSPECTION ONE EXHAUST PIPE (RISER) WAS MISSING (CRACKED, SEPARATED) AND EXCESS HEAT PARTIALLY MELTED COOLANT RESERVOIR. (TC# 20180404021)SDR CA140925007Engine · seized(CAN) PILOT REPORTED SMELLING SMOKE, THEN NOTICED ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH, ENGINE STOPPED IN ABOUT 30 SECONDS. PILOT MADE SUCCESSFUL FORCED LANDING, AT THE AIRPORT. THEY WERE ENROUTE TO DO SOME TOUCH AND GOES.SDR CA140623002Riser · shearedPILOT REPORT A LOUD NOISE FROM ENGINE. ACFT RETURNED AND A VISUAL INSPECTION WAS CARRIED OUT. THE LT AFT EXHAUST RISER WAS FOUND SHEARED IN HALF. RT AFT RISER WAS FOUND WARPED. THE ENGINE HAS HAD PREVIOUS INDICATIONS OF HIGH CHT.SDR CA140505017Exhaust Duct · broken(CAN) AFTER TOUCHDOWN PILOTS NOTICE ERRATIC ENGINE INDICATIONS. DURING THEIR COCKPIT MANAGEMENT THE STUDENT NOTICE SMOKE FROM THE COWLING. THE PILOTS NOTIFIED TOWER AND EVACUATED THE ACFT AT WHICH TIME THEY SAW FLAMES FROM THE BOTTOM COWLING. THE PORTABLE EXSDR CA130716006Pedal · loose(CAN) DURING A 200 HR INSPECTION THE RT PEDAL WAS FOUND LOOSE. A MORE IN DEPTH INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BUSHING ON THE INSIDE OF THE LOWER PART OF THE ASSEMBLY WAS MISSING. THE TUBE ON THE INTERCONNECT DID NOT SHOW SIGNS OF WEAR. THE BUSHING WAS NOTSDR CA130221010Tube · split(CAN) AFT WAS FOUND WITH RT MAIN TIRE COMPLETELY FLAT DURING THE WALKAROUND. ACFT HAD ALREADY HAD 2 FLIGHTS THAT DAY. WHEEL REMOVED AND FOUND TUBE TO HAVE A .5" SPLIT IN IT. TUBE HAD BEEN IN SERVICE ONLY SINCE APRIL 2012. WE HAD BEEN HAVING A LOT OF TUBE FASDR CA130221011Tube · split(CAN) AFTER LANDING AND TAWIING DOWN TAXIWAY, PILOT NOTICED HE HAD A RT FLAT TIRE. ACFT WAS BROUGHT INTO HANGAR, WHEEL REMOVED AND FOUND TUBE WITH A .1250" LONG SPLIT IN THE TUBE. TUBE HAD BEEN IN SERVICE SINCE MARCH 2012. WE HAD BEEN HAVING TUBE FAILURES ASDR CA120404006Tube · split(CAN) ACFT TAXIED OUT TO RUNUP AREA AND THE RT MAIN TIRE SUDDENLY WENT COMPLETELY FLAT. UPON DISSASSEMBLY A .5" LONG SPLIT WAS FOUND IN THE SIDE OF THE TUBE. THIS WAS A TUBE AND THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FREQUENTLY THE LAST FEW YEARS. TUBE WAS REPLACED WITH ASDR CA120319007Tube · split(CAN) WHILE TAXIING OUT ON TAXIWAY THE RT TIRE SUDDENLY WENT FLAT. THE WHEEL AND TIRE WERE REMOVED AND DISSASSEMBLED AND THE TUBE WAS FOUND TO HAVE A 2" LONG SPLIT IN IT. NOTE:THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENNING A LOT WITH THESE TUBES IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. THIS IS A MFSDR CA111212002Tube · split(CAN) WHILE ACFT WAS TAXIING OUT ON TAXIWAY, THE LT MAIN TIRE WENT FLAT. WHEN WHEEL DISSEMBLED TUBE WAS FOUND TO HAVE A .5 INCH LONG SPLIT. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM IN THE LAST FEW YEARS IN THAT TIRES WILL ALL OF A SUDDEN GO FLAT FOR NO APPARENT REASSDR CA110607013Tube · splitAFTER LANDING PILOT DISCOVERED RT TIRE WAS FLAT. TIRE WAS REMOVED AND DISSASSEMBLED AND LARGE SPLIT FOUND IN TUBE (THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF PUNCTURE). THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENNING TOO OFTEN LATELY WITH THIS SIZE OF TIRE TUBE. IN MY OPINION THE TUBE IS MADE TOO SMSDR CA110601006Lifter · wornWHILE TROUBLESHOOTING HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION THE OWNER DISCOVERED UNUSUAL WEAR ON NR 2 EXHAUST LIFTER. THE LIFTER CONTACT SURFACE WAS FOUND TO BE WORN WITH PITTING MARKS. 2 OF THE OTHER LIFTERS APPEAR NORMAL IN WEAR PATTERN WITH NO PITTING BUT THE REST OF THE LSDR CA110516011Tube · failedAFTER A NORMAL LANDING, THE PILOT FOUND THE ACFT PULLING TOWARD THE RT AND ENDED UP STOPPING IN GRASS BESIDE THE RUNWAY. FOUND THAT THE RT MAIN TIRE WAS COMPLETELY FLAT. MX REPLACED THE TIRE AND TUBE AND FOUND THE TUBE HAD FAILED AND HAD A .2500" LONG SPLIT SDR CA110428015Support · wrong part(CAN) NEW STARTER SUPPORT, END CAP, PN 264135, WAS FOUND TO HAVE A NEEDLE BEARING INSTALLED IN THE INSIDE BORE. THIS PART IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE A BEARING AS THE ROTOR RIDES DIRECTLY ON THE ALUMINUM BORE. THE NEEDLE BEARING WAS FOUND TO BE TIGHT IN THE BORESDR CA110107005Pipe · wornDURING ROUTINE INSPECTION, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE SPRINGS, WHICH HOLD THE EXHAUST MUFFLER ON, WERE RUBBING AGAINST THE RIGHT RADIATOR PIPE. PIPE WAS REMOVED FOR FURTHER INSPECTION, AS IT IS IN A DIFFICULT AREA TO SEE AND IT WAS FOUND TO BE ALMOST CHAFED RIGHSDR CA101126004Ignition Switch · damagedENGINE STARTED WHEN PROP WAS ROTATED TO CHECK OIL LEVEL AS PER POH. IGNITION SWITCH WAS OFF AND KEY REMOVED. IGNITION SWITCH FOUND TO HAVE CARBON TRACKING BETWEEN CONTACTS. AIRCRAFT ARE SHUTDOWN USING IGNITION SWITCH, NO PROBLEMS WERE NOTED ON PREVIOUS SHUTSDR CA100729002Tube · cutFOLLOWING A NORMAL LANDING, THE ACFT SUFFERED A FLAT TIRE ON TAXI BACK TO THE RAMP. UPON DISASSEMBLY OF THE WHEEL, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE INNER TUBE WAS CUT BY A LOOSE CORD ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE. THIS IS THE 3RD SIMILAR INCIDENT WITHIN 6 MONTHS AT THSDR CA100726013Leg Assy · failedAFTER START-UP ON THE GRASS APRON, THE ACFT NLG FAILED AT THE AXLE WHILE TAXIING, 1 BLADE OF PROPELLER STRUCK GROUND AND TIP SEPARATED.SDR CA100907006Bolt · missingDURING ANNUAL INSP, DISCOVERED EXCESSIVE FORE AND AFT PLAY IN RT WING, PN 22-5708-00-00WIP. MX RECORD REVIEW INDICATED THAT THE RT WING WAS REPLACED ON 4/25/09. REMOVED WING TO INSPECT. DISCOVERED SPAR, MAIN BOLT, BUSHING, PN 20-5700-01-20 WAS NOT INSTALLEDSDR CA100601005Coupling · disconnected(CAN) PROP NOT CONTROLLABLE IN FLT AND WENT TO FULL COURSE. ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND ACFT LANDED WITH OTHER ENGINE OPERATING. TESTING FOUND GOVERNOR DRIVE COUPLING (P/N 847778) WOULD NOT TO MOVE WHEN PROP ROTATED. GOV DRIVE COUPLING BOLT (P/N 941521) FOUND SSDR CA100208008Bracket · loose(CAN) ELT DEPARTED MOUNTING BRACKET. THE CORRECT PIN BRACKET IS USED. MOUNTED IN THE FACTORY LOCATION. THE ELT WAS PLACED CORRECTLY IN THE BRACKET WITH THE LANYARD LOOPED AROUND THE TETHER PIN. DURING `NEGATIVE G` MANOUVERS THE ELT LIFTED OUT OF ITS BRACKET ANSDR CA100115003Housing · damaged(CAN) WHEN PERFORMING OTHER MX, OIL LINE FROM THE OIL PUMP TO THE GOVERNOR NEEDED TO BE LOOSENED. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTEN THE OIL LINE BANJO BOLT TO THE SPECIFIED TORQUE, ALUMINUM THREADS IN THE OIL PUMP HSG FAILED. (THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE ON ANOTHER ENGSDR CA091021013Throttle Cable · broken(CAN) TWO CONTROL CABLES ARE BOLTED TO A SINGLE THROTTLE CONTROL LEVER IN THE CABIN PEDESTAL. THESE INNER CABLES ARE THEN ROUTED THROUGH THEIR OWN RESPECTIVE OUTER SHEATHS AND CONNECTED TO EACH CARBURRETOR THROTTLE LEVER. THE RIGHT INNER CABLE BROKE AND SEPATSDR CA090806011Encoder · malfunctionedWHEN VHF COM WAS KEYED, THE MODE C ALTITUDE REPORTING WOULD JUMP BY 200 TO 500 FEET. REPLACED SSD120 ALTITUDE ENCODER WITH NEW SSD120 ENCODER CORRECTED DEFECT. PERFORMED TRANSPONDER AND DATA INTEGRATION TESTS IAW CARS STD 571 APPENDIX F. STATIC LEAK CHECK PSDR CA090812004Oil System · leakingA STUDENT PILOT PERFORMED AN OVERSHOOT OF THE RUNWAY AS REQUESTED BY TOWER AND EXPERIENCED ROUGH RUNNING ENG WHICH GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE UNTIL THE ENG QUIT, STUDENT WAS ABLE TO LAND ON THE RUNWAY. PRELIMINARY CAUSE OF ENG FAILURE WAS DUE TO LACK OF OIL. ENSDR CA081218001Skin · cracked(CAN) DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, A 1 1/2 INCH LONG CRACK WAS NOTICED IN THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. TAP TESTING INDICATED POSSIBLE DELAMINATION, SO THE STABILIZER WAS REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT AND SENT TO COMPOSITE REPAIR SHOP (XU AVIATION) FOSDR CA081212013Spline · chipped(CAN) METAL CHIP FOUND ON MAGNETIC PLUG DURING SERVICING. TRACED TO GEARBOX. GEARBOX REMOVED AND CHIP WAS FOUND TO BE FROM TOP SPLINE OF THE PROPSHAFT JUST ABOVE THE RING HALF. POSSIBLE CAUSE, COULD BE FROM A "STEP" WORN IN FROM RING HALF. IF RING HALF WASSDR CA070911014Rudder Pedal · worn(CAN) THE LT PILOT SIDE RUDDER CABLE PASSES THROUGH A TUBE ON THE PILOT RUDDER PEDAL. THIS TUBE WEARS AWAY DUE TO CHAFING AND IS UNDETECTABLE UNTIL THE CABLE HAS TOTALLY WORN THROUGH RESULTING IN BOTH PEDAL ASSY AND CABLE DAMAGE. (TC NR 20070911014)SDR CA060124005Arm · cracked(CAN) ENGINE RECIEVED FOR OVERHAUL WITH AIRBOX INSTALLED. THE CARB DRIP TRAYS ARE CONNECTED TO THE AIRBOX BY A SUPPORT ARM WITH TWO SCREWS HOLDING THE TRAYS ONTO THE SUPPORT ARM. THE DRIP TRAY SUPPORT ARM WAS FOUND CRACKED AT THE HOLES FOR THE SCREWS. (TC 200SDR CA050301002Sprag Clutch · loose(CAN) ENG WAS FOUND TO HAVE SEVERAL OIL LEAKS AND HARD STARTING. DURING INSP IT WAS NOTED THAT CRANKCASE SEALANT WAS NOT IAW MFG REC. SEALANT HAD RUBBERY/SILICONE COMPOSITION AS OPPOSED TO APPEARANCE OF CORRECT SEALANT. DURING COLD STARTS, STARTING SPRAG CLSDR CA041122002Engine · failed(CAN) SMOKE ENTERED COCKPIT. PILOT RETURNED TO BASE. ENGINE LOST POWER AND BEGAN TO MISSON FINAL AND WAS SHUT DOWN.SDR CA031223006Socket · cracked(CAN) A CRACKED DEVELOPED AROUND APPROX. .5000 THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE SOCKET ABOUT .2500 INCH BEYOND THE TREADS. THE LOCATION OF THE CRACK IS APPROX. COINCIDENTAL WITH THE START OF THE BEND IN THE SOCKET. COOLANT WAS NOTED LEAKING FROM THE CRACK.SDR CA031008003Diaphragm · swollen(CAN) WHEN THE CARB WAS DISASSEMBLED THE DIAPHRAGM WAS FOUND TO HAVE SWOLLEN AND WAS BUBBLED UP WHEN INSTALLED IN THE CARBURETOR. THE AIRCRAFT OPERATES PRIMARILY ON UNLEADED MOGAS WITH OCCASIONAL USE OF 100LL AVGAS.SDR CA031008004Diaphragm · swollen(CAN) WHEN THE CARBURETOR WAS DISASSEMBLED THE DIAPHRAGM WAS FOUND TO BE SWOLLEN AND WHEN INSTALLED IN THE CARBURETOR IT DID NOT SEAT PROPERLY. THE AIRCRAFT IS OPERATED PRIMARILY ON UNLEADED MOGAS WITH OCCASIONAL USE OF 100LL AVGAS.SDR CA030411006Control Cable · failed(CAN) WHILE INVESTIGATING A PREVIOUS RUDDER CABLE FAILURE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE OVAL SLEEVE ON THE LT OUTBOARD RUDDER CABLE, AT THE RUDDER PEDAL END, WAS IMPROPERLY SWAGED. NONE OF THE THREE COMPRESSIONS WERE SUFFICIENT. MAINTENANCE RECORDS DID NOT INDISDR CA030404010Sleeve · inoperative(CAN) WHEN RIGHT RUDDER WAS APPLIED TO RECOVER FROM A LEFT HAND SPIN A BANG WAS HEARD. THE PILOT FLYINGS (FROM THE RIGHT SEAT) RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL FOLDED TO THE FLOOR. SUBSTANTIAL SLACK WAS NOTED IN THE RIGHT HAND RUDDER CABLE WHERE IT MEETS THE PEDAL. THE PISDR CA030207006Cylinder · damaged(CAN) WHILE ESTABLISHED IN CRUISE FLIGHT A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD FOLLOWED BY SUBSTANTIAL ENGINE VIBRATION AND POWER LOSS. THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE READ 0 PSI. THROTTLE WAS REDUCED TO IDLE AND A FORCED LANDINGWAS CARRIED OUT.THE PROPELLER STOPPED ROTATING SHORTLYSDR CA021217003Spring · broken(CAN) THE RT SIDE CANOPY SPRING FAILED AT THE LOWER ATTACH POINT. THIS TYPE OF FAILURE HAS BEEN ROUTINELY OCCURING AROUND 800-1000 HOURS OPERATION.SDR CA021112005Clutch · slipped(CAN) AFTER TAKE OFF, ON GO AROUND ENG SEEMED TO SURGE & SLIGHTLY OVERSPEED. STARTED AS AN INTERMITTENT CONDITION AND DURING A COUPLE WEEKS DEGRADED. STARTED SURGING SLIGHTLY IN CRUISE. PROP & GOV WERE REPLACED FOR TROUBLESHOOTING. NO CHANGE. ALL OIL SUPPLY LISDR CA020514003Needle · worn(CAN) NEEDLE POSTION 3 WAS FOUND TO BE WORN TO 3/32 AN INCH.SDR CA020507003Engine · failed(CAN) -PILOT REPORTED 'PROP NOT CYCLING DURING RUN-UP, ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL'.- LINEMAN ATTEMPTED RUN-UP & TRIED TO REACH MAX RPM'S & CYCLE PROP. ENGINE REPORTEDLY LOST POWER & LINEMAN INCREASED THROTTLE, HE KEPT DOING SO UNTIL ENGINE RAN ROUGH, AT WHICH POISDR CA020409001O-Ring · failed(CAN) PROP REPLACED ON AIRCRAFT AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING PROPELLER CONTROL SYSTEM AND INSPECTING OIL PUMP AND LINES. NO DEFECTS FOUND IN PUMP, LINES OR WITH GOVERNOR ASSY. REPLACING PROP SOLVED PROBLEM. DISASSEMBLY REVEALED DAMAGED SEAL IN FRONT OF PITCH CHSDR CA020221019Exhaust Valve · chipped(CAN) AFTER TAKE-OFF IT WAS NOTED THAT THE ENGINE WAS NOT DEVELOPING FULL POWER. WHEN THE POWER SETTING WAS REDUCED TO ESTABLISH THE AIRCRAFT ON A DOWNWIND LEG A LOW FREQUENCY ENGINE VIBRATION WAS NOTED. A 1/4 INCH DIA CHIP WAS FOUND MISSING ON THE CIRCUMFER
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