Continental IO-520-D
Service difficulty reports · 283
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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 = 'IO520D' 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 = 'IO520D' 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 CA060515005Spar · cracked(CAN) 1) SPAR (P/N 0732602-2 2) REINFORCEMENT (P/N 0732603-1 3) BRACKETS (P/N 0732101-4 ALL 3 OF ABOVE ITEMS WERE FOUND CRACKED AND REPLACED. (TC NR 20060515005).SDR 2006FMAA02Reinforcement · crackedFOUND A .5 INCH LONG CRACK IN THE IB ANGLE-TAILCONE REINFORCEMENT LT FROM TOP OF ANGLE DOWN TO WITHIN .25 INCH OF IB HORIZONTAL MOUNTING BOLT HOLE. (K)SDR CA060425002Rib · crackedRIGHT WING RIB AT STN 40.125 AFT UPPER FLANGE CRACKED ALONG BEND RADIUS.SDR CA060514004Cylinder Head · cracked(CAN) CYLINDERS 3, 1, AND 3 REPLACED DUE TO CRACKED CYLINDER HEAD. ALL CYLINDERS ON THIS ENGINE WHERE REPLACED AT 347.7 HRS SINCE OVERHAUL IAW E.C.I. SB 04-1. (TC NR 20060514004)SDR HXR2006F00000Cylinder · crackedNR 2 CYLINDER CRACKED. NR 6 CYLINDER CRACKED AND HAS A HOLE IN IT. (K)SDR HXR2006F00001Cylinder · crackedNR 2 CYLINDER CRACKED. NR 6 CYLINDER CRACKED AND HAS A HOLE IN IT. (K)SDR CA060619001Blade · crackedPROPELLER D2A34C58, SERIAL NR 705814, WORK ORDER NR T68807, C-FYJJ. PROPELLER RECEIVED FOR 10 YEAR OVERHAUL. LAST OVERHAUL MARCH 1996, NOW 800.5 HOURS SINCE OVERHAUL. FOUND BLADE S-90AT-4, SERIAL NR C75151YS, CRACKED IN BLADE THREADS, FOUND WITH EDDY CURRENSDR CA060619003Hub · cracked(CAN) PROPELLER D2A34C58-NO, SERIAL NR 705814, WORK ORDER NR T68807, C-FYJJ. PROPELLER RECEIVED FOR 10 YEAR OVERHAUL. LAST OVERHAUL MARCH 1996, NOW 800.5 HOURS SINCE OVERHAUL. FOUND HUB D4716, SERIAL NR 705814, CRACKED IN THREADS THAT THE BLADE RETENTION NUSDR CA060116007Bracket · brokenUPON APPROACH TO LAND ON LAKE, FLAPS 10 SELECTED. A/C IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO ROLL TO LT, RETURNED FLAPS TO ZERO, A/C RETURNED TO LVL FLT. TRIED TO DEPLOY FLAPS AGAIN (SLOWLY) AND OBSERVED RT FLAP DEPLOYED NORMALLY, LT FLAP DID NOT MOVE, A/C THEN RETURNED TO WSDR CA051221001Hinge · misrepairedUPON INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DISCOVERED SEVERAL PLACES WHERE NAILS AND LOCK PINS WERE USED IN PLACE OF THE PROPER NAS561 PINS. SAFETYING METHOD WAS "BENT OVER" INSTEAD OF LOCK WIRE. LOCATIONS WERE TRIM WHEEL, SEAT BACK HINGE POINTS AND SEAT LOCK MESDR 2006FA0000052Blade · fracturedPILOT TOOKOFF, DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, SEVERE VIBRATION OCCURRED FROM ENGINE. ENGINE PULLS BACK TO IDLE AND EMERGENCY LANDING MADE ON ROAD . UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THERE WAS 7.5 INCHES OF BLADE TIP MISSING. SERIAL NR OF BLADE IS NOT ACCESSIBLE AT TSDR CA051108008Injector · contaminated(CAN) FULL POWER NOT AVAILABLE FOR TAKEOFF. STATIC RPM 150 RPM LOW. ENGINE SLIGHTLY ROUGH. REMOVED INJECTORS AND FOUND UNIDENTIFIED PARTICLE IN NR5 INJECTOR. REMOVED PARTICLE AND ENGINE RAN NORMALLY.SDR 2005FA0001079Magneto · damagedPERFORMED MAGNETO CHECK AND FOUND LT MAGNETO DROPPED 500 RPM. REMOVED MAG AND FOUND IMPULSE COUPLING RIVETS SHEARED, DRIVE GEAR BUMPER RETAINER BROKEN AND BUMPERS DAMAGED. REMOVED OIL FILTER AND FOUND METAL SHAVINGS.SDR CA050815002Line · corroded(CAN) DURING TROUBLESHOOTING, FOUND FUEL CROSS-FEED LINE ROUTED THROUGH RT DOOR POST WEEPING FUEL. PORTION OF LINE REMOVED AND UPON FURTHER EXAMINATION A PIN-HOLE CAUSED BY CORROSION WAS FOUND UNDER PLASTIC ANTI-CHAFE MATERIAL. SUSPECT CONDENSATION OVER MANY YSDR CA050712002Bearing · unserviceableWHILE FUNCTION CHECKING THE AILERON CONTROL SYSTEM PRIOR TO FLIGHT THEY BECAME HARD TO OPERATE. THE CO-PILOT'S CONTROL COLUMN BEARING ON OUTER SURFACE OF FIREWALL WAS FOUND TO BE UNSERVICEABLE. THE NEEDLE BEARINGS HAD DEPARTED THE CAGE. THE BEARING WAS REPLSDR CA050615009Cylinder Head · cracked(CAN) AS PROPELLER WAS ROTATED, AIR WAS HEARD ESCAPING FROM NR 2 CYLINDER. A CYLINDER LEAKAGE CHECK WAS CARRIED OUT TO CONFIRM LEAKAGE, AND A SOAP/WATER SOLUTION USED TO LOCATE THE CRACK. CRACK WAS LOCATED IN CYLINDER HEAD ABOVE EXHAUST VALVE AREA. CYLINDER SDR CA050630004Battery Cable · failed(CAN) BATTERY DISCHARGE - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TURNED OFF. NORMAL LANDING. BATTERY REMOVED/CHARGED/REPLACED.SDR 2005FA0000873Engine · making metalFACTORY REBUILT ENGINE WAS INSTALLED ON THE AIRFRAME. DURING THE GROUND RUNS, LEAK CHECKS AND FINAL ADJUSTMENTS, THE MECHANIC NOTED THE PROP GOVERNOR WAS NOT CONTROLLING THE PROP AS IT SHOULD. AFTER PERFORMING CHECKS RECOMMENDED BY THE MFG, PROP WAS REMOVED SDR CA050614009Crankshaft · fractured(CAN) CRANKSHAFT FRACTURED AT NR 2 MAIN BEARING JOURNAL FILLET NEXT TO NR 3 CHEEK. FAILURE IS IN LINE WITH NR 2 CONNECTING ROD JOURNAL IN AREA WHERE CRANKSHAFT IS INSPECTED FOR SUB-SURFACE CRACKS BY UT. MAIN BEARINGS WERE POUNDED TO VERY THIN METAL PIECES. NSDR CA050616002Oil Cooler · cracked(CAN) DURING INSPECTION OIL WAS NOTICED TO BE LEAKING, THE SOURCE OF WHICH WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE OIL COOLER AS THERE WAS A CRACK ON THE WELD ALONG THE UPPER OUTER CORNER OF THE OIL COOLER. THE OIL COOLER WAS REPLACED WITH AN OVERHAULED UNIT.SDR CA050413004Alternator · unserviceable(CAN) UPON CLIMB-OUT AFTER DEPARTURE NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE LT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE SMELL OF BURNING IN THE COCKPIT. NOTIFIED THE TOWER OF THE EVIDENCE OF SMOKE AND RETURNED TO LAND UNEVENTFULLY. UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS REVEALED THE ALSDR CA050316005Hub · cracked(CAN) MCCAULEY PROPELLER D2A34C58, WORK ORDER NR T 65243 C-XX PROPELLER RECEIVED FOR 10 YEAR OVERHAUL. LAST OVERHAUL MAR 1989. 5 YEAR CORROSION INSPECTION JUNE 1994, 259.9 HOURS SINCE OVERHAUL. NOW 889.2 HOUR SINCE OVERHAUL. FOUND HUB CRACKED IN ONE BLADE SSDR CA050320001Bracket · cracked(CAN) DURING INSPECTION SHEARED RIVETS WERE FOUND. THE RIVETS WERE REPLACED AND THE BRACKET WAS LPID IAW THE SRM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO A REPAIR FACILITY ON A FERRY FLIGHT PERMIT.SDR CA050317005Hub · corroded(CAN) PROPELLER DISMANTLED FOR 10 YEAR O/H. 1-S90AT-4 BLADE, 1 C58 HUB AND 2-A3054 FERRULES U/S DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION. PROPELLER HAS EXCEEDED THE MANUFACTURERS RECOMENDED CALENDAR TBO BY 4 YRS.SDR CA050329012Battery · shorted(CAN) AFTER TAKEOFF FROM AIRPORT THE PILOT SMELLED THE BATTERY OVERCHARGING, HE NOTICED THE ALTERNATOR AMPMETER CHARGING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 AMPS. THE PILOT TURNED OFF THE ALTERNATOR AND MASTER SWITCHES AND PROCEEDED INTO THE AIRPORT USING HIS CELL PHONE AS CSDR CA050225003Reinforcement · cracked(CAN) BOTH STABILIZER HINGE REINFORCEMENT FOUND CRACKED WHILE PERFORMING ANNUAL INSPECTION. REPLACEMENT PARTS ORDERED FROM MFG. THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON TO FIND CRACKS IN THIS AREA. PROBABLE GROUND HANDLING LOADS OR MISFIT ON INSTALLATION. NOTE THAT STABILIZER HSDR L1K2005F00000Master Cylinder · contaminatedAC LANDING AT BELOW FREEZING TEMP, HAD BRAKES LOCKING UP (FROZE UP) ON LANDING. INSP AFTER INCIDENT FOUND DIRT AND DEBRIS ALONG WITH CONTAMINATED FLUID (WATER) IN BOTTOM OF BOTH RT AND LT BRAKE MASTER CYL PN 0541139-22 WHEN REMOVED. CYL BODIES SHOWED NO SIGNSDR FMAA200501Engine · failedENGINE FAILED TO PRODUCE OIL PRESSURE CAUSING INTERNAL BEARING DAMAGE. EXTENT OF DAMAGE AND CAUSE IS PENDING ENGINE TEARDOWN. (K)SDR CA041222010Nut · cracked(CAN) RETENTION NUT THREAD CRACKED, 3 INCHES IN LENGTH, . DISCOVERED DURING OVERHAUL L.P.I. INSPECTION.SDR CA041026008Cylinder Head · separated(CAN) NR 3 ALUMUNUM HEAD SEPERATED AT 3RD FIN ABOVE BARRIER. ALL 6 CYLINDERS REPLACED. CYLINDERS THAT WERE REMOVED SENT BACK TO MFG FOR MATERIAL EXAMINATION.SDR CA041017001Crankcase · cracked(CAN) THE CESSNA 185 WAS RETURNING TO HOME BASE FROM THE HUNTING CAMP, WHEN IN CRUISE,WITH ALL ENGINE PARAMETERS INDICATING NORMAL,THE ENGINE STOPPED IN FLIGHT AND T HE SEASONED PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE ENGINE SUFFERD TWO CRACKS TO THE CRANSDR CA041001011Magneto · arced(CAN) PILOT REPORTED A 200 RPM DROP ON RT MAGNETO. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THAT TOP IGNITION WIRE ON NR 5 CYLINDER WAS UNSERVICEABLE. WHEN HARNESS WAS REMOVED FROM MAGNETO, EVIDENCE OF HEAVY ARCING WAS NOTED IN THE NR 5 LEAD OUTLET AREA OF THE DISTRIBUTOR BLSDR CA040921005Cylinder · cracked(CAN) CYLINDER ASSEMBLY FOUND CRACKED FROM SPARK PLUG HOLE.SDR CA040728003B-Nut · separated(CAN) PILOT WAS UNABLE TO HAVE GEAR DOWN INDICATION WITH BOTH ELECTRIC AND MANUAL EXTENSION. WHEEL RETRACTED BACK INSIDE WHEEL WELL ON LANDING. INSPECTION FOUND HYDRAULIC LINE INSIDE THE AIRFRAME BELLY TO RT FLOAT HAD BROKEN OFF FROM THE B-NUT. IT APPEARED SDR CA040922003Pulley Bracket · failed(CAN) AFTER TAKE-OFF, WHEN RAISING FLAPS FROM 100 TO 00, PILOT FELT A RELEASE OF TENSION AND A/C BANKED LT, UNTIL FLAP HANDLE LOCKED IN AT 00 POSITION. PILOT CHECKED FLT CONTROLS & ALL APPEARED NORMAL, PILOT SUSPECTED SOMETHING WRONG WITH FLAPS. A/C FLOWN TO BSDR CA040709002Cylinder Head · cracked(CAN) CRACKED COMPLETELY THROUGH FROM ONE SPARK PLUG HOLE TO THE EXHAUST VALVE SEAT TOTHE OTHER SPARK PLUG HOLE. CYLINDER WAS REPAIRED 25.6 HOURS PREVIOUS. (DUE TO EXHAUST VALVE PROBLEMS) NOTE: LOGBOOK INCORRECTLY STATED CYLINDER WAS OVERHAULED. CYLINDER WAS ASDR CA040525005Shoulder Belt · inadequateIT WAS NOTED DURING INSPECTION, THAT THE REAR SEAT SHOULDER HARNESSES WERE NOT INCOMPLIANCE WITH AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE 86-26-04. THIS DIRECTIVE IS SERIAL NUMBER SPECIFIC AND SHOULD NOT APPLY TO THIS AIRCRAFT. IT APPEARS THAT THESE HARNESSES WERE RECYCLED BSDR CA040519008Battery · leaking(CAN) DURING ANNUAL PERFORMANCE TEST IT WAS NOTICED THAT DURACELL MN1300 BATTERIES DATED MAR 2010 WERE LEAKING WHAT APPEARED TO BE BATTERY ACID. WHEN THE VOLTAGE OF THE BATTERIES WAS CHECKED IT WAS FOUND THAT THE AFFECTED BATTERIES WERE BELOW TWO VOLTS. ELT BASDR CA040512002Control Cable · frayed(CAN) FRAYED AT PULLEY WING ROOT, PULLEY NOT SEIZED.SDR CA040512003Control Cable · frayed(CAN) FRAYED AT WING ROOT PULLEY.SDR CA040825002Bracket · cracked(CAN) REPAIRED HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. AFT ATTACHMENT POINT REINFORCEMENT BRACKETS 0732101-4 AND 0732106 REPLACED WITH NEW PARTS. ADJACENT RIVETS REPLACED. TAIL REASSEMBLED.SDR 2004FA0000215Valve Guide · looseMFG CYLINDER (109.9HRS) DISASSEMBLED FOR REASONS NOT RELATED TO THIS REPORT. INTAKE VALVE GUIDE FOUND TO BE ONLY FINGER TIGHT, NO INTERFERENCE FIT. P005 FOUND STAMPED NEXT TO GUIDE.SDR CA031215002Control Cable · frayed(CAN) CABLE INSPECTION REVILED WEAR & FRAYING AT THE POINT WERE THE CABLE CHANGES DIRECTION ENTERING THE FUSELAGE.SDR CA040105007Control Cable · frayed(CAN) CABLE INSPECTION REVEALED WEAR AT THE POINT WHERE THE CABLE CHANGES DIRECTION ENTERING THE FUSELAGE.SDR CA040506001Spar · crackedREMOVED HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. REAR SPAR REINFORCEMENT PART NUMBER 0732603-1 CHANGED. AFT ATTACHEMNT POINT REINFORCEMENT BRACKET RT PART NUMBER 0732101-4 REPLACED WITH NEW. ADJACENT RIVETS REPLACED. SERVICE KIT SK185-27 INSTALLED TO FACILITATE SCREW JACK RSDR AUS20031064Hub · cracked(AUS) PROPELLER HUB CRACKED IN THREADED AREA. FOUND DURING EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION IAW AD/PMC/47 AMDT1.SDR CA031001005Cylinder Head · separated(CAN) IN FLIGHT SEPARATION OF CYLINDER HEAD (POSITION NR 2), VIBRATION AND LOST OF POWER. CYLINDER PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED MAY 23/03, AIRCRAFT TIME 3792.1 HOURS AND ACCUMULATED 119.4 HOURS OF FLIGHT AT TIME OF SEPARATION. CYLINDER REPLACED WITH SA ME MODEL AND SDR CA030827004Tube · pinched(CAN) AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A SHIMMY IN THE AIRFRAME WHILE TAKING OFF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STOPPED AND SHUTDOWN THE AIRCRAFT. THE NOSE WHEEL WAS FOUND TO BE FLAT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPLACED NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. THE FLASDR CA030805002Line · plugged(CAN) AIRCRAFT IS EQUIPPED WITH AN AFTERMARKET 6 CYLINDER EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE ENGINE MONITOR. DURING BREAK-IN PERIOD FOR FACTORY REMANUFACTURED ENGINE, NR 4 CYLINDER EGT RAN 200 DEGREES F HIGHER THAN THE OTHER FIVE CYLINDERS. TROUBLESHOOTING EVENTUALLY FOUSDR CA030731004Pushrod Tube · stuck(CAN) ELEVATOR CONTROL JAMMED ON PREFLT FUNCTION TEST. COMPLETE SYSTEM INSPECTED FOR FAULT. FINDINGS: LOOSE NUT (FOD) NR NAS 697A6 FOUND STUCK ON TOP OF ELEVATOR PUSH ROD NR 0510111-10 AT BELLCRANK ASSEMBLY NR 0761202-50 ATTACHMENT. RESTRAINING ELEVATOR MOVEME
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