Continental 0-300-D
Service difficulty reports · 87
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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 = 'O300D' 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 engine_model_key = 'O300D' 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 2025FA0000733Filter Adapter · backed outOIL FILTER ADAPTER BECAME LOOSE FROM ACCESSORY CASE CAUSING LOSS OF ENGINE OIL AND SUBSEQUENT ENGINE FAILURE. ADAPTER IS SUBJECT TO AD 96-12-22 AND WAS RECENTLY INSPECTED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED, HOWEVER AN ENTRY WAS MADE IN THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS THAT THERE WAS ASDR 2023FA0000620Cylinder · damagedNUMBER 5 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE BROKE AT THE VALVE STEAM KEEPER. THE BRAKE WAS A CLEAN BRAKE, PICTURES
AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. THE CYLINDER WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED PISTON BUSTED IN HALF. THE CYLINDER P/N
658319A2BP HAD APPROXIMATELY 35HRS. FROM NEW. CUSTOMER SDR 2022FA0000728Exhaust Valve · stuckDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION COMPRESSION TEST, NONE FOUND IN #3 CYLINDER. DISASSEMBLED, DETERMINED EXHAUST VALVE STUCK IN GUIDE DUE CARBON BUILD UP. CLEANED VALVE AND GUIDE, RE-ASSEMBLED, RE-INSTALLED, OPERATION SATISFACTORYSDR 2022FA0000007Yoke · brokenDURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, WHILE PRACTICING STEEP TURNS, IT WAS NOTICED BY STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR THAT THEY HAD NO UP ELEVATOR CONTROL BUT DID HAVE DOWN ELEVATOR CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE FIELD, KAZC AND THE INSTRUCTOR WAS ABLE TO MAKE AN UNEVSDR 2020FA0000108Fuel Line · chafedDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION THE MAIN FUEL LINE IN THE COCKPIT BELOW THE COPILOT LEFT RUDDER WAS FOUND TO BE CHAFED BY THE RIGHT STEERING ROD. AS THE STEERING ROD STROKES TO COMMAND RUDDER AND NOSE WHEEL POSITION, THE ROD WEARS AGAINST THE FUEL LINE. OUR LINE WASDR 2018FA0000120Windshield · crackedENROUTE AT 4500FT TO KSNA FROM KSEE. APPROXIMATELY 10 NM OUT A CRACK APPEARED ON THE WINDSCREEN JUST ABOVE THE PILOT'S AIR VENT. THE CRACK APPEARED TO BE MOVING FROM LEFT SIDE OF THE WIND SCREEN TO RIGHT SIDE. SLOWED TO 90 KTS AND MONITORED THE CRACK. CLOSSDR 2017FA0000355Cylinder · failedNUMBER 3 CYLINDER FAILED. IT CAME APART ABOUT 1 1/2 INCHES UP FROM THE BASE. CYLINDER WAS FIRST INSTALLED ON 6-9-1997 AND RECONDITIONED AT 495 HOURS ON 6/2000. IT HAD 1686 HOURS SINCE NEW WHEN IT FAILED 4/2016.SDR 2016FA0000044Terminal Block · overheatedFOUND ALTERNATOR OUTPUT CONNECTION ON TERMINAL BLOCK, MS27212-2-4, OVERHEATED. THE IMBEDDED BASE OF THE THREADED POST HAD BECOME COMPLETELY LOOSE FROM THE TERMINAL BLOCK. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF OVERHEATING IN THE MOLDED MATERIAL AT THIS THREADED POST. IT WASSDR 2015FA0000410Clutch · failedSTARTER CLUTCH LOCKED UP AND THEN FAILED. UPON REMOVAL OF THE STARTER ASSEMBLY, THE SMALLER DRIVE GEAR COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED. THE GEAR PARTS FELL INTO THE ACCESSORY CASE. THE SCREENS SHOWED ALUMINUM CASTING PARTS AND GEAR PARTS. THE ENGINE DID NOT STOP SDR 2014FA0000268Cylinder Head · crackedNR 2 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE STUCK HARD AT FULL LIFT POSITION. REMOVED CYLINDER. FOUND CYLINDER HEAD CRACKED AND WAS BEYOND REPAIR. CYLINDER ASSY HAD 286 HRS OPERATION SINCE LAST REMOVAL AND SERVICE. CYLINDER ASSY HAD 999.6 HRS TT. CYLINDER ASSY WAS REPLASDR CA121105027Elt · no test(CAN) WHILE PERFORMING THE ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF THE ELT IAW CAR 571, APPENDIX G. THE PULSE REPITITION RATE OF THE UNIT WAS OK AT THE START OF THE TEST BUT DROPPED BEYOND SPECS BY THE END OF THE 3 MINUTES. ELT REMOVED FROM SERVICE.SDR CA121019005U Bolt · sheared(CAN) DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION OF MLG, NOTICED THAT MLG "U" BOLT HAD SHEARED AT THE POINT WHERE THE NUT MEETS THE MLG BLOCK.SDR 2012FA0000427Screen · separated100 HR INSPECTION. SCREEN IS SEPARATED FROM THE FITTING. THE BONDING JOINT FAILED. NEW PN 95-509F, LOT NR 11161106 ASSY INSTALLED. CARBURETOR WAS O/H 9/23/2005 IAW FORM 8130-3.SDR CA110817005Control Wheel · broken(CAN) DURING STALL PRACTICE, VERY LITTLE AFT PRESSURE APPLIED TO CO-PILOT YOKE (AS PILOT WAS ALREADY APPLYING MOST OF THE PRESSURE), AND IT SNAPPED OFF. UPON RETURN FROM FLIGHT, TECH ON GROUND WAS ABLE TO SNAP BROKEN PIECE AGAIN WITH LITTLE FORCE. COPILOT CSDR CA100602004Elt · failedWHEN TESTING ELT IAW CAR 571, APPENDIX G, THERE WAS NO TRANSMITTED POWER AND NO AUDIO MODULATION. ELT UNIT REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT.SDR 2010FA0000231Spinner · crackedWHILE INSPECTING THE FWD PROP SPINNER BULKHEAD, CRACKS WERE FOUND. LOOKING FURTHER IT WAS NOTICED THE CTR HOLE IN THE SPINNER DID NOT LINE UP WITH THE CTR OF THE PROP. AFTER REMOVING THE PROP, IT WAS FOUND THE EDGE DISTANCE FROM THE 6 BOLT HOLES TO THE CTR OSDR 2009FA0000937Yoke · brokenACFT EXPERIENCED A TOTAL SEPARATION OF THE WELD ASSY- YOLK (PN 0511782-16) APPROX 3 INCHES ABOVE THE ELEVATOR CONTROL ROD ATTACH POINT AT THE LOWER BEARING (PN AN200KS4). THIS SEPARATION RESULTED IN A TOTAL LOSS OF ELEVATOR CONTROL. THIS POTNETIALLY CATASTROSDR CA090512007Hinge Bracket · cracked(CAN) DURING A ROUTINE INSP THERE WAS SOME PLAY FOUND IN RUDDER HINGES AND AFTER A CLEANING AND CLOSE VISUAL INSP THERE WAS A CRACK OBSERVED IN THE LWR HINGE BRACKETS BOTH THE UPPER AND LOWER BRACKETS PN 0531018-1 AND 0531018-2. THE BRACKETS WERE REPLACED AND SDR 2008FA0000852Oil Filter · rupturedON 11/26/2008, APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE AFTER START-UP THE OIL FILTER RUPTURED RESULTING IN MASSIVE LOSS OF ENGINE OIL. THE OIL FILTER WAS THE LAST OF FOUR THAT WERE PURCHASED ON 10/05/2006. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN UPON NOTICE OF LOW OIL PRESSURE AND HAS BEENSDR 2008FA0000635Engine · power lossAC WAS NOT OPERATING UNDER PART 135, IT WAS UNDER PART 91 FLIGHT WHEN INCIDENT OCCURRED. PILOT STATEMENT "ENROUTE, AS WE CRESTED THE
MOUNTAINS, THE ENGINE STARTED SPUTTERING, AND RPMS WERE DROPPING. APPLIED CARB HEAT, TRIED SWITCHING BETWEEN FUEL TANKS, MAGNETSDR 2008FA0000371Engine · vapor lockAC WAS BEING FLOWN ON RT FUEL TANK. AFTER RUNNING TANK DRY, PILOT SELECTED RT FUEL TANK AND MOMENTS LATER THE ENG STOPPED PRODUCING POWER AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. AC FUEL SYS WAS INSPECTED FOR CONTAMINATES AND FAILURES, NONE WERE FOUND. POSSIBLE CAUSE ISDR CA080121006Cap · cracked(CAN) DURING ANNUAL INSP OF THE NOSE GEAR ASSY AND OLEO, THE OLEO CAP WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED. THE CRACK WAS LOCATED .1875 IN FROM THE RADIUS OF THE END FLANGE. THE CAP WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN THROUGH AND WAS REMOVED IN 2 PIECES. REVIEW OF THE TECHNICAL RECORDSSDR 2007FA0000818Rocker · misinstalledROCKER COVERS REMOVED DURING 100 HOUR INSPECTION TO INSPECT INTAKE AND EXHAUST ROCKERS FOR CORRECT INSTALLATION. FOUND NR1 AND NR6 CYLINDERS HAD INTAKE ROCKER (P/N 639614) INSTALLED IN THE EXHAUST VALVE POSITION. PARTS MANUAL CALLS FOR P/N 639615 ROCKER TO BE SDR 2007FA0000592Cylinder · separatedCYLINDER BARREL SEPARATED APPROXIMATELY 2 NR ABOVE THE CYLINDER BASE FLANGE.SDR 2007FA0000186Bushing · looseBRONZE BUSHING, VERY LOOSE IN DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK AND DISTRIBUTOR ARM WAS CONTACTING PINS IN BLOCK. MAG WOULD NOT OPERATE CORRECTLY. (K)SDR 2007FA0000210Rocker · incorrectPILOT REPORTED LOSS OF POWER (600 RPM DROP) SIGNIFICANT ENGINE ROUGHNESS DURING CLIMB. ENGINE RECOVERED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. PILOT ELECTED TO CONTINUE AND HAD SAME PROBLEM AGAIN DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. ENGINE RECOVERED ON ITS OWN ONCE AGAIN. PILOT SAID CARB HEAT SDR 2006FA0000499Cylinder · crackedNR 1 CYLINDER WAS REMOVED DUE TO A CRACK .75 AROUND STEEL BARREL. IT APPEARS THAT AN OIL CONTROL RING BROKE AND EVENTUALLY DESTROYED THE PISTON AND JAMMED BETWEEN THE PISTON AND CYLINDER. TT ON THE ENGINE IS 4156.9 HRS. SMOH IS 1432.9 HRS, THE CYLINDER WAS SDR 2007FA0000212Sump · leakingDURING NEWLY OVERHAULED ENGINE INSTALLATION AN OIL LEAK WAS DISCOVERED. WHEN BREAK-IN OIL WAS ADDED TO OIL SUMP FOR INITIAL ENGINE RUN, OIL WAS OBSERVED LEAKING ONTO NOSE TIRE. FURTHER EXAMINATION REVEALED OIL LEAK WAS ORIGINATING FROM LEFT REAR OF ENGINE WHSDR RTE2006F00001Bulkhead · crackedDURING ROUTINE SCHEDULED INSPECTION, FOUND FWD PROP SPINNER BULKHEAD CRACKED NEAR THE BOLT HOLES. NO APPARENT REASON COULD BE DETERMINED. THE PROP BOLTS WERE CORRECTLY TORQUED. THE PROP WAS CORRECTLY CLOCKED. GROUND AND FLIGHT CHECKS SHOWED NO ABNORMAL VIBSDR CA051221007Spar · crackedTHE STABILIZER FORWARD SPAR WAS CRACKED AND BUCKLED AT THE CENTER LIGHTENING HOLE. THERE WERE 2 SMALL CRACKS RADIATING OUTWARD. STABILIZER WAS REPAIRED AS PER CESSNA SEB94-8.SDR 2005FA0001316Cylinder · brokenENGINE CYLINDER NR 6, CRACKED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY AND FULLY SEPARATED BETWEEN THE 12TH AND 13TH COOLING FINS AS COUNTED FROM THE BASE OF THE CYLINDER CAUSING A COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.SDR CA050630001Bearing · mismanufactured(CAN) STARTER ADAPTER DISASSEMBLED FOR OVERHAUL. SHAFT GEAR REMOVED FROM BEARING WHEN NEEDLES FELL OUT, SUSPECT POSSIBLE UNAPPROVED PART. ENGINE HAD JUST BEEN INSPECTED. QUALITY AND WORKMANSHIP MADE ENGINE NON-AIRWORTHY IAW FINDING.SDR 2005FA0000366Spar · crackedDURING A BORESCOPE INSPECTION, A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE RT REAR SPAR AT THE IB FLAP TRACK ATTACH POINT. PROBABLE CAUSE IS FATIGUE. THIS IS A VERY HIGH TIME, AC WITH OVER 13, 000 HOURS TT. IT HAS ALSO BEEN USED AS A FLIGHT TRAINER FOR ITS ENTIRE LIFE. (K)SDR 2005FA0000387Spar · crackedDURING A BORESCOPE INSPECTION OF THE REAR WING SPAR, A CRACK WAS FOUND AT THE IB FLAP TRACK ATTACH POINT. PROBABLE CAUSE IS FATIGUE. THIS IS A VERY HIGH TIME AC WITH OVER 13,000 HOURS TT. IT HAS ALSO BEEN USED AS A FLIGHT TRAINER FOR ITS ENTIRE LIFE. (K)SDR 2005FA0000198Spar · crackedWHILE REPLACING THE FLAP TRACK ASSY, A CRACK APPROX 2 INCHES IN LENGTH AND RUNNING THROUGH THE LOWER RIVET HOLES WAS FOUND UNDER THE IB FLAP TRACK. PROBABLE CAUSE IS FATIGUE. RECOMMEND THESE AC WITH MORE THAT 8,000 HOURS TT BE INSPECTED BY BORESCOPE OR OTHERSDR 2005FA0000385Flap Track · wornWHILE FLAPS WERE BEING RETRACTED, THE LT IB FLAP ATTACH BRACKET CAUGHT ON THE WING COVE PANEL SUPPORT. THIS CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE COVE PANEL SUPPORT AS WELL AS THE ATTACH BRACKET. CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE WORN FLAP TRACKS. THE FLAP TRACKS AND RSDR 2005FA0000386Flap Track · wornDURING PREFLIGHT, THE LT OB FLAP TRACK WAS NOTICED TO HAVE DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT WAS IMMEDIATELY GROUNDED AND THE FLAP TRACKS AND ROLLERS WERE REPLACED WITH NEW PARTS. NO FURTHER DAMAGE HAD OCCURRED TO THE FLAP ASSY. SINCE MFG DOES NOT HAVE LIMITATIONS ON THEIR SDR 2005FA0000388Spar · crackedWHILE CHANGING THE FLAP TRACKS ON THE LT WING 2 SMALL CRACKS, .2500 INCH LONG, EACH WERE NOTICED ON THE IB AFT WING SPAR AT THE IB FLAP TRACK ATTACH POINT. PROBABLE CAUSE IS FATIGUE. THIS IS A VERY HIGH TIME AIRCRAFT WITH OVER 12,000 HOURS TT. IT HAS ALSO BSDR 2005FA0000389Spar · crackedDURING A BORESCOPE INSPECTION, A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE RT REAR SPAR AT THE IB FLAP TRACK ATTACH POINT. PROBABLE CAUSE IS FATIGUE. THIS IS A VERY HIGH TIME AIRCRAFT WITH OVER 12,000 HOURS TT. IT HAS ALSO BEEN USED AS A FLIGHT TRAINER FOR ITS ENTIRE LIFE. (KSDR CA040819001Carburetor · failed(CAN) ENGINE REPORTED RUNNING INTERMITTENTLY. MIXTURE OPERATES ONLY THROUGH LIMITED RANGE. INSPECTION REVEALS LARGE MOUSE NEST IN AIR BOX AND CARBURETOR AS FAR AS VENTURI. SEVEN DEAD INFANT MICE FOUND IN NEST. ENTRY TO CARB THROUGH CABIN HEATER DUCTING. AIRSDR 2004FA0000671Crankshaft · making metalENGINE WAS DISASSEMBLED AND INSPECTED. INSP REVEALED METAL CONTAM OF CRANKSHAFT MAIN, CONNECT ROD BRG INSERTS. ENGINE WAS REASSEMBLE WITH NEW BRG INSERTS AND REPLACEMENT STARTER ADAPTER, WHICH WAS DISASSEMBLED AND INSP BEFORE INSTALLATION ON ENGINE. DISCREPSDR 2004FA0000292Retainer · failedFOUND UPPER VALVE RETAINER ABOUT 09 PERCENT WORN THROUGH BY OUTER SPRING (PN 625958) BUT HAD NOT FAILED YET. PN 24077 UPPER VALVE SPRING RETAINER.SDR 2004FA0000293Retainer · wornFOUND PN 24077, UPPER VALVE SPRING RETAINER WORN OUT ALLOWING VALVE SPRING TO BYPASS IT. CAUSED LOSS OF STATIC RPM AND SOME ROUGHNESS OCCASIONALLY.SDR 2003FA0001140Bracket · brokenBADLY BROKEN BRACKET WAS HELD IN PLACE BY ONLY TWO RIVETS. TOTAL LOSS OF ELEVATOR WOULD HAVE BEEN FORTHCOMING HAD BRACKET NOT BEEN REPLACED. THIS WAS DIFFICULT TO DETECT BECAUSE CONTROL FUNCTION WAS NORMAL AND IS DIFFICULT TO VIEW (BEING BELOW THE FLOOR). ISDR 2003FA0000929Cam · crackedDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION MAGNETO WAS REMOVED FOR 500 HR INSPECTION. FOUND MAGNETO CAM PART NR 10-88543-1 TO BE CRACKED AND UNSERVICEABLE. MAGNETO WAS FUNCTIONING NORMALY DURING ENGINE RUN UP PRIOR TO ANNUAL INSPECTION. CRACK WAS NOT VISIBLE UNTILL THE MAGNESDR 2003FA0000207Alternator · inoperativeFAILURE OF THE SHAFT ON AN OVERHAULED ALTERNATOR. THE PILOT REPORTED AN AMMETER DISCHARGED WHILE CONDUCTING A PART 61 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE AT THE NEAREST AIRPORT. INSPECTION OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM INDICATED A FRACTURE OF SDR CA020102003Spar · cracked(CAN) AT ANNUAL INSPECTION THE CENTRE SECTION OF THE STABILIZER SPAR WAS FOUND TO BE BUCKLED AND CRACKED AT THE CENTRE LIGHTENING HOLE, WHERE THE TRIM CABLES RUN THROUGH. THERE WERE TWO CRACKS ABOUT 2 IN. LONG, RUNNING FROM THE BOTTOM RIGHT AND TOP LEFT SIDES SDR CA010727034Rheostat · failed(CAN) WHILE PERFORMING THE ANNUAL INSPECTION OF THE ELCTRICAL SYSTEM THE RHEOSTAT BEGAN SMOKING.SDR 2001FA0000139Piston · crackedDURING REPAIRS TO CYCL NR 4 FOR LOW COMPRESSION FOUND 1INCH CRACK IN PISTON SKIRT STARTING AT BOTTOM OF PISTON.SDR 20010503CW004Door Frame · misinstalledFUEL LINES RUBBING AND STRESSED DUE TO UPPER OUTBOARD DOOR FRAME PARTIALLY COVERING HOLE AND NOT ALLOWING CLEARANCE FOR FUEL LINE. CAUSE BY HOLE IN UPPER OB DOOR FRAMES NOT BEING CUT OUT TO ORIGINAL SIZE FOR CLEARANCE BY MFG. RECOMMENDATION IS TO ROUND OUT H
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