Continental IO-470-VO
Service difficulty reports · 31
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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 = 'IO470VO' 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 = 'IO470VO' 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 2021FA0000105Bolt · shearedDURING THE LANDING PORTION OF OUR FLIGHT ON THE ROLL OUT THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSE UNDERNEATH THE AIRPLANE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BOLT HOLDING THE FOLLOWING SIDE BRACE AND DOWN LOCK SHEARD CAUSING THE RIGHT SIDE BRACE LOCK LINK ASSESDR 2018FA0000111Idler Assy · brokenARM ASSY BELLCRANK IDLER BROKEN WHERE TUBE ASSY GEAR MAIN DRIVEIS BOLTED TO THE BELLCRANK.SDR CA140211008Bolt · sheared(CAN) DURING CPCP INSPECTION AND 1000 HR U-BOLT REPLACEMENT. RT GEAR U-BOLT WAS FOUND TO BE SHEARED AT BOTTOM OF REAR THREADS. SUSPECTED NUT WAS OVER TORQUED AND BOTTOMED OUT ON THREADS. TOTAL TIME ON U-BOLT IS UNKNOWN.SDR CA131219015Spar · corroded(CAN) DURING CPCP BASE CORROSION INSPECTION. WHILE ACCOMPLISHING SID 57-11-01 WING STRUCTURE INSPECTION. DURING CLEANING OF SPAR BLOCKS SEVERE EXFOLIATION CORROSION WAS FOUND ON 3 OUT OF 4 SPAR BLOCKS. CORROSION WAS LOCATED INSIDE RADIUS OF BLOCK WHERE AN BSDR 2012FA0000726Cylinder Head · separatedWHILE ON A 3 MILE FINAL, OIL STARTED APPEARING ON THE RIGHT ENGINE NACELLE AND THE PILOT REPORTED A VIBRATION. AFTER AN UN EVENTFUL LANDING, THE ACFT TAXIED BACK UNDER ITS OWN POWER. THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE RT ENGINE NR 2 CYLINDER HEAD WAS STARTING TO SESDR Y2GR201111333574Gear · damagedCRANKSHAFT GEAR WAS FOUND WITH FOUR TEETH MISSING FROM THE GEAR. THE CAMSHAFT GEAR THAT IT IS MESHED WITH STILL ROTATED AROUND THE GEAR AND MESHED WITH THE REMAINING TEETH. SB 08-12 DATED 9/9/08 SUPERSEDES THIS GEAR PN WITH A NEW HEAVIER GEAR PN 657175 AT THE SDR EAVR20110816001Cylinder Head · crackedAIRCRAFT LEVELED OFF FROM CRUISE CLIMB. ACFT WAS ALLOWED TO ACCELERATE TO CRUISE SPEED. POWER WAS SET TO CRUISE POWER SETTINGS OF 23/23 IN MP AND 2300/2300 RPM. FUEL FLOW WAS SET AT 12/12 GPH. APPROX 10 MINUES LATER, A SLIGHT JOLT WAS FELT WITH A CONTINUED SLSDR 2011F00142Mount · damagedLEFT AND RIGHT ENGINE, BOTH FRONT MOUNT UPPER HALVES COMPRESSED EXCESSIVELY. THE LT FRONT MOUNT ON THE LT AND RT ENGINE WERE EXPOSING .2500" OF INNER BARREL. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE LT ENGINE NR 6 CYLINDER HEADER TUBE RUBBED THE ENGINE BEAM EXTENSION. IT HAS NOT BESDR MLJG20010613Piston · brokenWHEN REMOVING RT ENGINE NR 4 CYLINDER DUE TO A CRACK, NR 4 PISTON SKIRT FOUND BROKE OFF AT THE 4TH RING LAND. ENGINE THEN REMOVED FROM ACFT FOR TEAR-DOWN INSPECTION. I HAVE FOUND BROKEN PISTON SKIRTS ON THIS PARTICULAR ACFT ON 3 DIFFERENT ENGINES.SDR CA100203013Piston · broken(CAN) DURING SERVICING, OIL PRESSURE SCREEN CHECKED AND FOUND TO BE FULL OF METAL. ENGINE SHIPPED FOR INSPECTION. ENGINE DISASSEMBLED AND FOUND 4 PISTONS WITH HALF OF THE SKIRT BROKEN OFF AT OIL SCRAPER RING GROOVE AND PIECES CONTAMINATED OIL. WHEN CYLINDERSSDR MLJ2008F00000Piston · failedTHE LT ENGINE WAS EXHIBITING LOW OIL PRESSURE. THE OIL FILTER WAS PULLED, CUT OPEN, AND INSPECTED. A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF METAL WAS FOUND. THE ENGINE WAS THEN TORN DOWN FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. CHUNKS OF PISTON SKIRTING WAS FOUND IN THE OIL PAN, NR 2 PISTOSDR MLJ2006F00000Clevis Pin · missingCOTTER PIN CAME OUT OF CLEVIS PIN ITEM NR 5 OR CLEVIS PIN FAILED ATTACHING NOSE GEAR DOOR PUSH PULL TUBE TO THE EYE BOLT ON THE LT NOSE GEAR DOOR. ON TAKE OFF THE LT GEAR DOOR BLEW SHUT. WHEN GEAR WAS RETRACTED THE NOSE GEAR JAMMED HALF WAY UP, BREAKING BELLSDR CA060602003Throttle Cable · broken(CAN) DOING UPPER AIR WORK, IT WAS NOTICED THEIR WAS NO THROTTLE RESPONSE FROM RT ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS RUNING NORMAL SO THE CREW RETURNED TO AIRPORT AND DID A NORMAL LANDING AND SHUTDOWN OF ENGINE ON TOUCHDOWN. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE THROTTLE CABLE BROKEN AT SDR CA050804003Line · clogged(CAN) EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF AN UNIDENTIFIED SEALANT WAS USED ON THE SPLIT-LINE CAUSING THE SEALANT TO SQUEEZE INTO THE ENGINE. A LOSS OF TORQUE WAS FOUND ON THE THRU-BOLTS AND CYLINDER BASE NUTS. THE OIL PICK-UP WAS CLOGGED WITH THE LOOSE SEALANT.SDR CA050224005Clamp · obstructed(CAN) WHEN THE AILERON CONTROL WAS MOVED TO THE EXTREME LT, THE CONTROL WOULD OCCASIONALLY CATCH MOMENTARILY AND THEN RELEASE. UPON FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE AILERON CONTROL SYSTEM, THE AUTOPILOT CLAMP ON THE LT AILERON CABLE WAS FOUND TO BE CATCHING ON THE DSDR 2004FA0000387Adapter · backed out2 FUEL INJECTION NOZZLE ADAPTERS BACKED OUT WITH FUEL NOZZLES.SDR CA040311001Switch · broken(CAN) UPON APPROACH THE LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN WITH NO GREEN LIGHT DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION ON THE RT GEAR. THE GEAR WAS CYCLED, THE MANUAL EXTENSION WAS PERFORMED ALL WITH THE SAME RESULT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AND UPON INVESTIGATION THSDR CA031127011Bulkhead · cracked(CAN) DURING THE 100 HOUR INSPECTION PLAY WAS NOTICED IN THE NOSE GEAR AREA. UPON INSPECTION THE LT NOSE SECTION BULKHEAD WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED VERTICALLY THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE LIGHTENING HOLE. DOUBLER PATCHES WERE INSTALLED AND RIVETED INTO PLACE AND SDR CA030520005Spring · broken(CAN) DURING WALK-AROUND PRIOR TO FLIGHT, PIC NOTICED DOWNLOCK SPRING HANGING FROM ONE ATTACH POINT AND UPON INSPECTION WAS FOUND BROKEN AT ATTACH POINT ABOUT 1/2 AN INCH ABOVE SPRING BODY. SPRING WAS REPLACED NEW.SDR CA030506001Actuator · cracked(CAN) AT 160 KTS DID NOT GET DOWN LOCKED IND ON RT MAIN. GEAR WAS SEL UP, TOP OF TRAVEL, GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD. GEAR SELECT WAS PLACED IN NEUTRAL, GEAR WAS HAND-CRANKED DOWN, A/C LANDED. RT MAIN GEAR DOOR WAS OPEN ABOUT 6 IN FROM NORMAL CLOSED GEAR DOWN POSDR CA030324003Bellcrank · cracked(CAN) UPON INSPECTION, FOUND STEERING BELLCRANK CRACKED IN RADIUS, SEVERAL LOCATIONS. NOTE: THE NEW BELLCRANK INSTALLED IS A HEAVIER UNIT.SDR CA030219004Piston · cracked(CAN) DURING COMPLETE REMOVAL AND NDT OF ALL LANDING GEAR PARTS BOTH LT & RT MAIN GEAR PISTON AND AXLE ASSEMBLIES (P/N S 5041000-77 & 5041000-76 RESPECTIVELY) WERE FOUND CRACKED AT THE SMALLER OF THE TWO TORQUE LINK ATTACH LUGS.THE RT WAS REPLACED WITH A USED SDR CA021118004Spring · broken(CAN) SUBSEQUENT TO THE RT MAIN GEAR FAILURE TO LOCK AND FINDING THE TORQUE TUBE CRACKED, THE DOWNLOCK SPRING WAS ALSO BROKEN. HAD THIS SPRING BEEN INTACT THE GEAR WOULD HAVE FREE-FALLEN DOWN AND LOCKED. THERE IS NO RIGGING OR ADJUSTMENT ON THESE SPRINGS. BOSDR CA021118003Torque Tube · cracked(CAN) ON T/O, A CLUNK HEARD NEAR END OF MLG TRAVEL DURING RETRACTION. NO DIFFERECE IN FLT CONTROL. PILOTS INFORMED RT MLG HANGING. MLG SELECTED DOWN STEEP BANKS & YAWS PERFORMED TO GET RT MLG LOCKED. NO DOWN & LOCKED IND EVIDENT, A/C LANDED UNEVENTFULLSDR CA011105006Link Rod · disconnected(CAN) ON APPROACH PILOT NOTICED ROUGHNESS FROM LEFT ENGINE AND UPON LANDING REPORTED THAT THE LEFT ENGINE WOULD NOT IDLE UNLESS MIXTURE PULLED BACK HALFWAY. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE COTTER PIN WHICH HOLD THE MIXTURE INTERCONNECT ROD TO THE THROTTLE VALVE HSDR BJ3RE000007Exhaust Valve · wornDURING AN IRAN INSPECTION, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE AMOUNT OF VALVE SHOWING ABOVE THE KEEPER WAS LESS ON ONE CYINDER THAN ON THE OTHERS. UPON DISASSEMBLY IT WAS FOUND THAT #3 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE WAS 1/16TH INCH SHORTER THAN THE OTHER VALVES. A SLIGHT MUSHROSDR CA001207020Tube · cracked(CAN) WHILE PERFORMING FLT TEST, GEAR SELECTED DOWN AND OVERSHOOT PERFORMED. GEAR SELECTED UP SUCCESSFULLY. A/C RE-JOINED CCT & ON APPROACH GEAR SELECTED DOWN WITH GREEN LIGHTS INDICATING GOOD MAINS BUT NOTHING ON NOSE. UPON LDG THROTTLES WERE PULLED BACK & IDSDR 96ZZZX6107Connect Rod · failedAFTER DEPARTURE, OIL PRESSURE ON RIGHT ENGINE DROPPED. ENGINE BEGAN TO SMOKE POSSIBLE BLEED OIL FIRE AND SMOKE WERE NOTED. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND FEATHERED. NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT RESTRICTED TO ENGINE AND PROP. FIRST INSPECTION REVESDR 96ZZZX2376Distributor Gear · brokenENGINE WOULD NOT RUN WHEN RIGHT MAGNETO SELECTED. INSPECTION REVEALED TEETH ON DISTRIBUTOR GEAR (PLASTIC) HAD SHEARED OFF. GEAR DID APPEAR TO BE YELLOWED FROM AGE AS IF IT HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED AT LAST OVERHAUL.SDR 95ZZZX6566Filter · defectiveFOUND MAGNETO FILTER DEFECTIVE WHEN SUBJECT TO MAGNETO P-LEAD VOLTAGE OR HIGH TENSION LEAD TESTER VOLTAGE. REGULAR OHM CHECK DID NOT PICK UP DEFECT. ENGINE WOULD RUN INTERMITTENTLY BAD ON THIS MAGNETO. THIS IS AN AFTER-MARKET PART INSTALLED IN LINE WITH P-LSDR 95ZZZX3657Cylinder · exitedTHE AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING WITH THE RIGHT ENGINE FEATHERED. THE COPILOT HAD NOTED NR 4 CYLINDER EXIT THROUGH THE SIDE COWLING IN A DOWNWARD DIRECTION. THE CONNECTING ROD WAS STILL ON THE CRANK, BENT SLIGHTLY AFT AND THE PISTON PIN BOSS WAS ELONGA
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