Continental IO-520-A
Service difficulty reports · 73
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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 = 'IO520A' 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 = 'IO520A' 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 CA970822005Fuel Pump · seized(CAN) ENGINE LOST POWER IN CRUISE DUE TO ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP FAILURE. THE PILOT COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE WITH THE AUXILIARY ELECTRIC PUMP AND LANDED IN OPEN WATER ON A LAKE. THE PUMP WAS REPLACED AT A MARINA. INSPECTION OF THE PUMP REVEALED A LARGE ACCUSDR 97ZZZX3093Hose · defectiveDURING A POST-ACCIDENT INSPECTION/DISASSEMBLY, A TSO'D HOSE ASSY FROM 'STRATOFLEX' WAS REMOVED FROM THE FUEL CONTROL TO THE FUEL INJECTION MANIFOLD. THIS HOSE WAS FOUND TO HAVE A SLIVER OF THE INNER WALL PROTRUDING BETWEEN THE INNER FERRULE AND THE NUT AT THESDR 97ZZZX2789Adapter · threads brokenCESSNA OIL FILTER TOWER INSPECTED IAW AD 96-12-22. FOUND ONE THREAD BROKEN AWAY .6250 INCH LONG. NO DAMAGE TO INTERNAL THREADS OF OIL PUMP HOUSING.SDR CA970520007Doublers · cracked(CAN) CRACKS FOUND ON AFT GEAR WELL BULKHEAD DOUBLERS LT AND RT WELLS. CRACKS EXTEND AROUND BOLT HOLES AND RUN VERTICAL ON DOUBLERS. DOUBLERS REPLACED.SDR AU970418Crankshaft · failed(AUS) ENGINE CRANKSHAFT FAILED FROM CRACKING AT THE REAR FILLET RADIUS OF NO2 MAIN BEARING JOURNAL DUE TO FRICTION FROM CONTACT WITH THE BEARING SHELLSSDR AU970066Crankcase · cracked(AUS) THE FOLLOWING DEFECTS WERE FOUND DURING ENGINE STRIP FOR OVERHAUL 1. CRANKCASE CRACKED IN NOSE AREA ADJACENT TO THROUGH STUDS 2. CRANKSHAFT CRACKED IN AREA AROUND FORWARD THRUST FACE3. STARTER SHAFT CRACKED4. OIL PUMP BODY AND GEARS WORN BEYOND LIMITSSDR 97ZZZX440Pump · failedPILOT REPORTED THAT ENGINE WOULD NOT RUN BELOW 1500 RPM ON START DUE TO FUEL PUMP INTERNAL FAILURE.SDR 96ZZZX4729Hose · deterioratedFUEL HOSES NON-OPERATONAL FOR 3 YEARS ALLOWING NON-PRESSURE SIDE OF FUEL HOSES TO DRY OUT AND INSIDE OF HOSE TO DETERIORATE. SMALL PIECES OF RUBBER HOSE BROKE OFF AND CLOGGED FUEL LINES IN FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM.SDR AU960946Stud · sheared(AUS) NO5 CYLINDER BASE STUD (1OFF) SHEARED OFF - STUD WAS FOUND IN BOTTOM COWLSDR CA960612018Hydpower Pack · contaminated(CAN) THE HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR WAS FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH A FILM OF SLUDGE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND TEFLON TAPE ON THE VARIOUS FITTINGS AND TEFLON CONTAMINATION THROUGHOUT THE UNIT.SDR CA960620009Gasket · leaking(CAN) SLIGHT LEAK AT FUEL PUMP BODY GASKET REPLACEDSDR CA960424023Bulkhead · cracked(CAN) DURING A 100 HOUR ANNUAL INSPECTION A CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE AFT BULKHEAD AT STA. 230.1. THE BULKHEAD IS AN ATTACH FOR THE VERTICAL FIN. THE CRACK IS LOCATED ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE FROM THE CUT OUT FOR THE RUDDER CABLES AND MIGRATES TOWARD THE LOWER RIGHSDR CA960424024Skin · cracked(CAN) SKIN AT STATION 59.7 FOUND CRACKED ON BOTH SIDES FROM THE LANDING GEAR CUTOUT TOWARDS THE DOOR FRAME. THE SUBMITTER STATES THAT THE CRACK APPEARS TO EXTEND THROUGH AT LEAST TWO SKINS ABOUT 1.5 INCHES LONG.SDR AU960378Pump · faulty(AUS) ENGINE LOST POWER - FOLLOWING FITMENT OF A NEW FUEL PUMP THE LOW POWER WAS STILL EVIDENT - ANOTHER FUEL PUMP WAS FITTED AND THE POWER LOSS RETURNED AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF OPERATION - A THIRD FUEL PUMP RECTIFIED THE POWER LOSS - INVESTIGATION OF THE FIRSDR 96ZZZX2150Cylinder · crackedNR 2, NR 6, NR 1, NR 3, AND NR 5 CYLINDERS WERE FOUND CRACKED AT INTAKE SEAT.SDR 96ZZZX2152Cylinder · crackedNR 3, NR 2, AND NR 5 CYLINDERS WERE FOUND CRACKED AT INTAKE SEAT.SDR 96ZZZX2151Cylinder · crackedNR 4 AND NR 1 CYLINDERS WERE FOUND CRACKED AT INTAKE SEAT.SDR 95ZZZX3524Cylinder · head separatedPILOT REPORTED A LOUD 'BANG' AND IMMEDIATE ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE 10 MILES OUT FROM LANDING. AIRPORT AND LANDING WERE MADE WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTION FOUND NR 5 CYLINDER HEAD HAD SEPARATED FROM CYLINDER BARREL. ANNUAL INSPECTION HAD BEEN COMPLETED 11 HOURS SDR 95ZZZX2270Crankshaft · out of balanceTHE CONNECTING ROD WEIGHTS ON THE LARGE END FROM THE LIGHTEST TO THE HEAVIEST WAS 57 GRAMS. THIS ENGINE HAS NEVER BEEN INSTALLED IN AN AIRCRAFT.SDR 95ZZZX2271Piston · ring brokenPISTON SCRAPER RING WAS BROKEN AT ASSEMBLY. PART OF THE BROKEN RING WAS IN THE OIL SUMP. THIS ENGINE HAS NEVER BEEN INSTALLED IN AN AIRCRAFT.SDR 95ZZZX2314Ring · brokenPISTON SCRAPER RING WAS BROKEN AT ASSEMBLY. PART OF THE BROKEN RING WAS IN THE OIL SUMP.SDR 95ZZZX2373Connect Rods · out of balanceTHE CONNECTING ROD WEIGHTS ON THE LARGE END FROM THE LIGHTEST TO THE HEAVIEST WAS 57 GRAMS.SDR 95ZZZX2378Cylinder · misinstalledTOTAL TIME 1067.8 SMOH. TIME SINCE TOP OVERHAUL 125.0. DURING MAINTENANCE TO REPAIR BURNED VALVES UPON CYLINDER REMOVAL, FOUND CYLINDERS GLUED ON AT BASE. (IT TOOK OVER AN HOUR USING AIR PRESSURE AND PULLING AND PRYING TO REMOVE ONE CYLINDER). IT SEEMS THA
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