Continental IO-240-B
Service difficulty reports · 346
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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 = 'IO240B' 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 = 'IO240B' 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 CA121118001Washer · damaged(CAN) DURING INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE 2 LOWER WASHERS, PN MS21306-1C OF THE ENGINE MOUNT TO FIREWALL ATTACHMENT WERE CUPPED IAW SB DAC1-71-02, REV 0, NEW, PN 22-7100-00-05 WASHERS WERE INSTALLED.SDR 2012FA0000757O-Ring · leakingFLUID LEAKED PAST BRAKE CALIPER O-RING CAUSING FAILURE OF BRAKE AND SUBSEQUENT EXCURSION FROM TAXIWAY. NO DAMAGE OCCURED. O-RING ON REMOVAL WAS STIFF AND SQUARED OFF.SDR CA121022014Indicator · inaccurate(CAN) DURING AN APPROACH, THE STALL WARNING HORN WAS ON CONTINUOUSLY ALTHOUGH THE AIRSPEED WAS INDICATING WELL ABOVE STALL SPEED. THE STALL HORN SYS WAS INSPECTED WITH NO FAULTS BEING FOUND. WHEN THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR WAS CHECKED THE AIRSPEED WOULD NOT RETUSDR CA121021001Bolt · broken(CAN) IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE ALTERNATOR BELT APPEARED TO BE RUBBING ON THE BOLT INSIDE THE COWLING. THE ALTERNATOR PIVOT BOLT WAS FOUND BROKEN AND LOOSE TO THE POINT THAT THE HEAD WAS CONTACTING THE ALTERNATOR BELT. ALTHOUGH THE LOCK WIRE WAS STILL ATTACHSDR CA121009016Bolt · broken(CAN) WHILE INSPECTING THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT IN COSIDERATION OF APPLYING AN INSPECTION EXTENSION TOLERANCE, THE ALTERNATOR PIVOT BOLT WAS FOUND BROKEN AND LOOSE TO THE POINT THAT THE HEAD WAS CONTACTING THE ALTERNATOR BELT. ASSY WAS DISSASSEMBLED INSPECTED SDR CA120917011Washer · damaged(CAN) DURING ENGINE CHANGE, THE ENGINE MOUNT WAS REMOVED TO FACILITATE REPAINTING OF FIRE PAINT. IT WAS NOTED THAT OPTIONAL SB DAC1-71-02, REV 0 WAS NOT INCORPORATED ON THE LOWER MOUNT ATTACHEMENT, AND THAT THE MS21306-1C WERE CUPPED. SB COMPLIED WITH, NEW WSDR CA120918001Tension Spring · detached(CAN) PILOT COMPLAINED OF LOOSE RUDDER CABLE IN COCKPIT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT 1 OF THE CABLE TENSION SPRINGS HAD BECOME DETACHED FROM THE UPPER WASHER OF THE RUDDER PEDAL. THE LOOP THAT HOLDS THE SPRING IN THE WASHER WAS OPEN MORE THAN NORMAL ALLOWING THE SDR CA120918002Indicator · out of adjust(CAN) PILOT COMPLAINED OF LOW OIL PRESSURE INDICATION. GAUGE WAS FOUND TO BE READING 10 TO 15 PSI LOWER THAN A CALIBRATED MASTER GAUGE. NEW OIL PRESSURE KIT WAS INSTALLED AND TESTED WITH NO FURTHER FAULTS.SDR CA120918009Pump · leaking(CAN) THERE WAS A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL AFTER LANDING. THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP, BELLY, WAS FOUND TO BE LEAKING FUEL FROM THE DRAIN TUBE AND SPREADING ON THE BELLY. THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED WITH NO FURTHER FAULTS FOUND WITH THE ACFT.SDR CA120825001Bracket · loose(CAN) DURING 300 HR INSPECTION THE FLAP BELLCRANK ATTACHMENT BRACKET ATTACHMENT BOLTS WERE FOUND LOOSE. NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED AND HARDWARE WAS RE-TORQUED.SDR CA120828002Hook · cracked(CAN) ACFT SNAGGED FOR CANOPY WARNING LIGHT NOT TURNING OFF WITH CANOPY LATCH HANDLES IN LATCHED POSITION. MAINTENANCE FOUND HOOK PORTION OF LT CANOPY LATCH ASSY CRACKED.SDR CA120815005Rivet · loose(CAN) NEW MAGNETO RETURNED FROM CUSTOMER. DURING BENCH TEST IT WOULD ONLY FIRE AT HIGH RPM. DURING THE INTERNAL INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE POINT RIVET ON THE CONTACT ASSEMBLY WAS LOOSE.SDR CA120906001Pump · malfunctioned(CAN) ACFT WAS SNAGGED DUE TO ENGINE NOT SHUTTING DOWN PROPERLY, DURING INSPECTION, FOUND THAT THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP WAS PRODUCING A HIGHER PRESSURE ON THE LOW SETTING AND AT SHUTDOWN THE FUEL WAS BYPASSING THE MECHANICAL FUEL PUMP AND NOT ALLOWING THE ENGINESDR 2012FA0000501Valve · stickingACFT ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. A REPORT WAS MADE THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND IT FELT LIKE IT WAS RUNNING ON 3 CYLINDERS. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, DIVERTED MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. AN INSPECTION PERFORMED BY MECHANICS VERIFIED A VALVE WAS STICKING INSDR CA120715001Pin · missing(CAN) DURING INSPECTION, ENGINE CONTROL CHECK, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE MIXTURE STOP PIN WAS MISSING. THE PIN IS FRICTION FIT ONLY, INSPECTION OF THE HOLE WITH A 10X MAGNIFIER REVEALED NO DAMAGE TO THE HOLE. A SERVICEABLE PIN REMOVED FROM ANOTHER PUMP WAS INSSDR CA120511001Pedal · cracked(CAN) DURING A 1500 HR INSPECTION, THE BRAKE PEDAL, INSTALLED ON CO-PILOT SIDE ON THE RT BRAKE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL INSTALLED ON THE PILOT SIDE ON THE LT BRAKE WERE BOTH FOUND CRACKED THE PIVOT TUBE. THE PEDALS WERE NOT SEIZED AND NO ABNORMAL WEAR WAS FOUND. SDR 2012FA0000304Tube · mismanufacturedACFT DEPARTED ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. ACFT LANDED AND EXPERIENCED A DEFLATION OF THE LEFT TIRE. MECH REPLACED TIRE AND WHEEL ASSY. WHEN DISASSEMBLED AT MX FACILITY, A SMALL HOLE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE SIDE OF THE TIRE TUBE. THIS WAS DETERMINED TO BE A MFG DEFESDR CA120406001Hinge · cracked(CAN) DURING SCHEDULED 300 HR INSPECTION 1 OF THE CORNER WELDS OF THE RUDDER HINGE TOWER WAS FOUND CRACKED, NEW PART INSTALLED.SDR 2012FA0000245Tube · failedACFT LANDED AFTER A TRAINING MISSION. THE NOSE TIRE WENT FLAT ON OR DURING THE LANDING AND SUBSEQUENT ROLLOUT. THE ACFT WAS INSPECTED (NOSE TIRE AND WHEEL ASSY) AND IT WAS VERIFIED BY MX THAT THE NOSE TIRE WAS IN FACT DEFLATED. THE REPAIR EFFORTS BY MX CONSSDR CA120203006Pedal · cracked(CAN) DURING SCHEDULE INSPECTION, RUDDER/BRAKE PEDAL WAS FOUND CRACKED ON THE PIVOT TUBE HOUSING, PEDAL WAS REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA120215001Bracket · cracked(CAN) DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION, NOTED THAT THE ALTERNATOR ADJUST BRACKET WAS CRACKED, BUT STILL HOLDING. UPON DISASSEMBLY THE BRACKET WAS FOUND COMPLETELY BROKEN. NEW BRACKET INSTALLED.SDR CA120116008Crankshaft · corroded(CAN) CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE CRANKSHAFT AND THE CRANKCASE FLANGE. THE CORROSION WAS DETERMINED TO BE MORE THAN SURFACE CORROSION. TECH SERVICES WERE CONSULTED AND THEY ADVISED THAT NO SURFACE PITTING IS ALLOWED.SDR CA120112005Line · leaking(CAN) PILOT REPORTED A STRONG FUEL ODOR IN THE COCKPIT DURING FLIGHT. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING REMOVED THE FIREWALL SHUTOFF COVER AND FOUND FUEL STAINS AROUND THE PRESSURE FEED HOSE FROM THE FUEL TANK. THERE WERE STAINS ON THE FITTING AND ON THE CONNECTOR OF THSDR CA120110001Cable · binding(CAN) DURING AIRCRAFT START-UP THE PILOT TRIED TO MOVE THE MIXTURE KNOB FROM IDLE CUT-OFF TO FULL RICH AND THE CABLE WOULD ALWAYS SPRING BACK TO THE LEAN POSITION. AIRCRAFT WAS BOUGHT IN FOR INSPECTION AND THE SNAG WAS CONFIRMED, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTSDR CA111219005Arm · damaged(CAN) PILOT REPORTED EXPERIENCING ENGINE POWER LOSS ON FINAL APPROACH. HE ALSO STATED THAT WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY MORE POWER THE ENGINE STARTED BACKFIRING AND WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE INPUT. INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE MIXTURE CONTROL ARM, WHICSDR CA111121007Bracket · cracked(CAN) DURING 300 HR INSPECTION ALTERNATOR MAIN ATTACHMENT BRACKET WAS FOUND CRACKED, ALTERNATOR BELT TENSION WAS STILL GOOD. NEW BRACKET WAS INSTALLED AND ACFT WAS RETURN TO SERVICE.SDR CA111121006Structure · cracked(CAN) DURING A 300 HR INSPECTION, THE BOTTOM RUDDER ATTACHMENT TOWER WAS FOUND CRACKED IN THE TWO BOTTOM CORNERS. REMOVED AND A NEW AND IMPROVED PART INSTALLED. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA111101005Bolt · undertorqued(CAN) DURING INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BOLTS WHICH ATTACH THE MLG AXLES ON BOTH SIDES HAD LOST THEIR TORQUE. BOTH ASSEMBLIES DISASSEMBLED AND INSPECTED, NO DAMAGE FOUND. THE WHEEL FAIRING PLATES WHICH WERE INSTALLED AT THOSE LOCATIONS WERE REMOVED, (WHSDR CA110915004Fork · cracked(CAN) DURING INSPECTION, NOSE GEAR FORK WAS FOUND CRACKED JUST AFT OF NOSE FAIRING SUPPORT SCREW HOLE. SCREW WAS FOUND INSTALLED AS RECOMMENDED BY MFG SERVICE INFORMATION LETTER NR SIL20C1-005. A NEW FORK WAS INSTALLED.SDR CA110902005Throttle Cable · broken(CAN) WHILE IN FLIGHT, AFTER RECOVERING FROM A STALL, A STUDENT PILOT WENT TO THROTTLE BACK TO CRUISE AND DISCOVERED THEY WERE UNABLE TO. ENGINE REMAINED AT FULL THROTTLE DESPITE THE THROTTLE LEVER BEING PULLED TO IDLE. AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING, WHERE THE PILOSDR CA110906001Fork · cracked(CAN) DURING INSPECTION, NOSE GEAR FORK WAS FOUND CRACKED JUST AFT OF NOSE FAIRING SUPPORT SCREW HOLE. SCREW WAS FOUND INSTALLED AS RECOMMENDED BY MFG SERVICE INFORMATION LETTER SIL20C1-005. NOSE GEAR FORK REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT FROM ANOTHER ACFT, NESDR CA110907002Skin · damaged(CAN) FINE CRACKS WERE DISCOVER IN TOP OF L/E OF BOTH WINGS BY PILOT ON WALK AROUND. MFG RECOMMENDED A COMPLETE INSPECTION OF WINGS INCLUDING VISUAL INSPECTION OF WING INTERIOR AND TAP TEST OF COMPLETE WING. ALSO FUSELAGE TO BE INSPECTED. IF ANY FURTHER DAMSDR CA110815015Fork · cracked(CAN) DURING AN INSPECTION THE NOSE GEAR FORK WAS FOUND CRACKED IN 4 LOCATIONS JUST FWD OF THE WHEEL FAIRING ATTACHEMENT SCREWS. WHEEL FAIRING WERE NOT BEING USED AT THE TIME. ALTHOUGH THESE FORKS ARE PRONE TO CRACKING, THIS ASSY IS 1 OF THE WORSE WE HAVE SESDR 2011FA0000563Pump · leakingENGINE SHUTDOWN IN FLIGHT. UPON INSPECTION, FOUND A FINE DARK PARTICULATE CONTAMINATING FUEL SYS. AIRFRAME BOOST PUMP APPEARED TO BE SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION. THE AIRFRAME BOOST PUMP WAS LEAKING FUEL FROM ISOLATION CHAMBER BETWEEN PUMP AND MOTOR SECTIONS OF SDR CA110718001Valve Seat · missingACFT WAS SNAGGED FOR LOW OIL PRESSURE, AFTER INSPECTION, NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A SMALL CHIP ON THE OIL PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE SEAT THAT WAS MISSING. O/H REAR ACCESSORY CASE WAS INSTALLED AND OIL PRESSURE FOUND TO BE WITHIN MFG LIMITS.SDR 2011FA0000359Attach Fitting · damagedWING MOVEMENT FOUND IN 3 ACFT DURING INSPECTION. MEASUREMENT OF THE AFT ATTACH LUG FOUND SIGNIFICANT ELONGATION OF THE AFT WING ATTACH LUG ON THE SPACE FRAME AT THE 0 AND 180 DEGREE POSITIONS. IN THE FIRST INSTANCE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IMPROPER REAMING ANDSDR CA110614006Control Cable · stuckON START-UP THE PILOT WAS NOT ABLE TO MOVE THE MIXTURE CONTROL FROM IDLE CUT OFF, ACFT WAS SNAGED AND INSPECTED AND MIXTURE CABLE WAS FOUND STUCK. AFTER MOVING THE CONTROL A FEW TIMES THE CABLE WAS ABLE TO MOVE AND WAS STILL VERY STIFF, NO SHARP BENDS WERE NOSDR CA110531005Tube · wornPRIOR TO START-UP THE PILOT NOTICED THAT HE WASN`T ABLE TO ADJUST THE RUDDER PEDALS, AFTER A VISUAL INSPECTION THE AME NOTICED THAT THE LT PILOT SIDE RUDDER PEDALS "S" TUBE HAD THE RUDDER CABLE PROTRUDING FROM ONE OF THE BEND. BOTH PILOT SIDE RUDDER PEDALS WESDR CA110512001Lever · wornDURING CRUISE FLIGHT PILOT REPORTEDLY TRIED TO REDUCE POWER TO IDLE, WAS UNABLE, RETURNED TO HOMEBASE AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY USING MIXTURE IDLE CUT-OFF. UPON INSP OF THROTTLE LINKAGE IT WAS DISCOVERED SPLINES ON THROTTLE LEVER AND SHAFT WORN. IT IS SPECULATESDR CA110417001Bracket · loose(CAN) FOUND MIXTURE CONTROL BRACKET ON ENGINE FRONT BAFFLE LOOSE, 2 MISSING RIVETS, SCREW AND SHEARED RIVET. NEW FASTENERS INSTALLED IAW IPC AND SB.SDR CA110330006Fork · cracked(CAN) NLG FORK ASSY WAS INSPECTED DURING A ROUTINE 100 HR INSPECTION. SEVERAL SMALL CRACKS WERE NOTED NEAR THE NOSE WHEEL AXLE BOLT. THE FORK ASSY WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW, SUPERSEDED, PN 20-3220-08-00-1-MOD PROVIDED. EXPERIENCE SHOWS THAT IF CRACKS GO UNDETESDR CA110317001Tachometer · faulty(CAN) TACHOMETER UNDER READING RPM.SDR 2011FA0000232Gear · crackedDURING MAG PARTICLE INSP, DISCOVERED MULTIPLE (3) CRACKS RUNNING FROM ROOTS OF OUTSIDE GEAR TO ROOTS OF INSIDE GEAR CONTINUING TO FADEC TIMING HOLES IN GEAR DISC. OF 3 GEARS OF THIS PN, INSPECTED WITHIN LAST 2 WEEKS, 2 HAVE EXHIBITED IDENTICAL CRACKS. THIS PSDR 2011FA0000233Gear · crackedDURING MAG PARTICLE INSP, DISCOVERED CRACK RUNNING FROM ROOT OF OUTSIDE GEAR TO ROOT OF INSIDE GEAR CONTINUING TO FADEC TIMING HOLE IN GEAR DISC. OF 3 GEAR OF THIS PN INSPECTED WITHIN THE LAST 2 WEEKS, 2 HAVE EXHIBITED IDENTICAL CRACKS. THIS PN WITH FADEC TISDR CA110210004Support Tube · splitDURING TAXI, PILOT NOTED THAT THE LT RUDDER PEDAL FELT SPONGY AND RETURNED TO HANGAR. UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE WELD BETWEEN THE SUPPORT TUBE AND RUDDER PEDAL HAD STARTED TO SEPARATE AND THE SUPPORT TUBE ITSELF WAS SPLIT AT THE INBD END OF THE SDR CA110120002Shock Absorber · missingTHE PILOT NOTICED EXCESSIVE VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF THE NOSE STRUT WHEN POSITIONING THE ACFT FOR STARTUP. THE PILOT CANCELLED THE FLIGHT AND REPORTED THE DEFECT TO MX. MX DISCOVERED THE LOWER "DONUT"/RUBBER DAMPER PN: DV2-9032-23-02 OF THE ASSY WAS MISSING. NO SDR CA110112008Exhaust Riser · crackedEXHAUST RISER NR 1 FOUND CRACKED AT CYLINDER FLANGE DURING INSPECTION. PART REPLACED.SDR CA101125003Circuit Breaker · corroded(CAN) WHILE INVESTIGATING ENGINE OPERATION FUEL PRESSURE VARIANCES AND WHY A NEWLY REPLACED ELECTRIC PUMP WAS NOT WORKING ON THE LOW SETTING, A 3 VOLT VOLTAGE DROP WAS NOTED FROM THE MAIN ELECTRICAL BUSS INPUT FEED TO THE ELECTRIC BOOST PUMP. INVESTIGATION FOSDR CA100927007Fork · crackedBOTH ARMS ON FORK THAT LEAD TO THE WHEEL, APPROX 1.5 INCHES FROM WHEEL THROUGH BOLT, CRACKED ON UPPER AND LWR SURFACES.SDR 2010FA0001049Data Card · failedGPS IFR DATA CARD FAILED IN FLIGHT. THE G430 USES A DATA CARD REFRESHED BY THE OPERATOR EVERY 28 DAYS. THE GPS UNIT ACCESSES THE CARD CONTINUOUSLY. IF THE CARD IS REMOVED OR FAILS, THE UNIT PROVIDES LAT/LONG ONLY. NO OTHER GPS NAVIGATION FEATURES ARE AVAIL
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