Continental A-65-8
Service difficulty reports · 19
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Query with SQL
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 = 'A658' 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 = 'A658' 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 CA141001011Strut · corroded(CAN) SEE ATTACHED FOR DIAGRAM FRONT WING STRUT LOWER END - LOWER SIDE RUST HOLE - HAD PROPER DRAIN HOLE SL 72.SDR CA071204011Attach Fitting · broken(CAN) WHILE INSTALLING NEW STRUTS IAW APPLICABLE STC, THE LT REAR ATTACH FITTING SEPERATED (BROKE IN HALF) AS VERY SLIGHT DOWNWARD PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE LIFT STRUT. INSPECTION OF THE FAILED PART SHOWED A PRE EXISTING CRACK UNDER THE LOCKNUT. (TC NR 2007SDR CA061018006Spar · cracked(CAN) CRACKING AT REINFORCING PLATES. PREVIOUS DAMAGE AT TIP. HAD PREVIOUS REPAIR. REPLACED BOTH FRONT AND REAR SPARS. (TC NR 20061018006)SDR 2005FA0000094Carburetor · obstructedPILOT REPORTED POWER LOSS IN CRUISE FLIGHT AND COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE ON HIGHWAY, MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT; NO INJURIES TO PILOT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED A WAS OF STEEL WOOL IN THE VENTURI OF THE CARBURETOR. STEEL WOOL HASDR CA020730005Spar · cracked(CAN) WING SPARS, RIGHT FRONT WING WITH SMALL CRACKS FROM NAIL HOLES VARIOUS LOCATIONS. RIGHT REAR SPAR WITH CRACK FROM TIP DAMAGE PREVIOUS.BOTH SPARS REPLACED.SDR CA020506005Spar · cracked(CAN) UPON CLOSE VISUAL INSPECTION A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE CENTRE OF THE BUTT OF THE RIGHT FRONT SPAR. THE CRACK RUNS AT LEAST AS FAR AS THE BUSHING AT THE WING ATTACH BRACKET, BUT IS HIDDEN FROM THE FRONT AND BACK BY THE DOUBLER PLATE. WING TO BE REMOVED FORSDR 100000Wire · chafedDURING TAKE-OFF THE ENGINE QUIT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. INVESTIGATION BY THE FAA INSPECTOR PROVED THAT THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS ATTRIBUTED TO BOTH MAGNETO P-LEAD WIRES BEING GROUNDED OUT AGAINST A SCREW THAT SECURED THE LEFT-HAND INNESDR CA001229006Contactor · failed(CAN) SOLDER CONNECTIONS ON SPRING STEEL BATTERY TERMINAL BREAK OFF.IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO GET A GOOD SOLDER JOINT, TRYING TO SOLDER TO STEEL. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER WHO HAS NO ANSWER EXCEPT TO RETURN TO FACTORY.SDR CA000801003Spar · cracked(CAN) DURING INSPECTION OF WING FOLLOWING WIND DAMAGE, CRACK FOUND IN UPPER EDGE OF LEFT REAR SPAR, OUTBOARD OF STRUT ATTACH PLY PLATES. SPAR REPLACED.SDR 20000417SH018Rocker · brokenPILOT REPORTED A REDUCTION IN POWER. AFTER INVESTIGATING, THE ROCKER ARM HAD BROKEN AT THE CENTER. THIS IS THE OLD TYPE WHICH DOES NOT HAVE AS MUCH MATERIAL AS THE NEW TYPE. (X)SDR 99ZZZX1196Piston Pin · mismanufacturedA65-8 ENGINE INSTALLED IN A LUSCOMBE MODEL 8A. WHILE IN-FLIGHT, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO MISFIRE AND RUN ROUGH. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO MAKE A FORCED LANDING WITH ONLY MINOR INJURIES TO HIMSELF AND PASSENGER. POST-ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THE NRSDR 98ZZZX3423Gear · wornGEAR TEETH WORN IN MAGNETO.SDR CA980302004Fastener · missing(CAN) ON INSPECTION RIB TO SPAR NAILS MISSING. FABRIC REMOVED AND IT APPEARS THAT THE FRONT SPAR HAD BEEN REPLACED AND THE NAILS WERE NOT INSTALLED.SDR 98ZZZX1457Engine · malfunctionedPILOT REPORTED ENGINE QUIT IN-FLIGHT, PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY OFF-AIRPORT LANDING. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. ENGINE INSPECTED, BUT NOT DISASSEMBLED, ENGINE OIL WAS CLEAN, NO METAL FOUND IN OIL, 6 GALLONS OF FUEL (APPROX) FOUND IN TANKS, ENGINE COMPRESSIOSDR 97ZZZX2045Crankshaft · fracturedCRANKSHAFT FRACTURED IN AFT CHEEK OF NR 2 THROW CAUSING ENGINE TO STOP. THE CRANKSHAFT WAS IN THE 0.010 INCH UNDER CONDITION. THE ORIGIN OF THE FRACTURE MAY HAVE BEEN THE AFT RADIUS OF THE NR 2 CRANK PIN. THE CRANKSHAFT WAS MAGNAFLUXED AT OVERHAUL. SUBMITTSDR CA970319008Spar · cracked(CAN) FOUND REAR WING SPAR CRACKED AT TOP OUTER STRUT ATTACH PLATE. THE CRACK WAS ONLY VISIBLE WHEN A LOAD WAS APPLIED TO SPAR TIP.SDR 96ZZZX4013Gasket · mismanufacturedNEW EXHAUST GASKET IS MISMANUFACTURED .032 INCH LARGER THAN ORIGINAL. IT WILL FIT OK ON CYLINDERS 1 AND 4, BUT DUE TO CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR FIT, IT IS TOO LARGE FOR CYLINDERS 2 AND 3.SDR 96ZZZX177Coil · crackedWHILE DETERMINING C/W TELEDYNE AD 94-01-03R2, FOUND RIGHT MAGNETO TO HAVE AN UNAIRWORTHY COIL. UPON REMOVAL, COIL WAS FOUND CRACKED IN TWO PLACES ORIGINATING FROM THE CORE ON THE GROUND LEAD END. LOG ENTRY OF 2-20-88 INDICATES THIS MAGNETO COIL WAS CHANGED TSDR 95ZZZX578Elbow · bogus partOIL PRESSURE LINE LEAKING AT 45 DEGREES, ELBOW EXITING THE CRANKCASE. REPLACED AUTOMOBILE FITTING WITH MS20823-4D FITTING WITH A NR 60 RESTRICTOR. ALSO, REPLACED OIL PRESSURE LINE FROM CRANKCASE TO FIREWALL.
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