Continental IO-520-M
Service difficulty reports · 187
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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 = 'IO520M' 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 = 'IO520M' 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 W1XA201806200001Gasket · collapsedAFTER TAKE OFF AND IN CLIMB OUT, THE TOWER REPORTED SMOKE TRAILING THE LEFT ENGINE. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE WITHOUT INCIDENT. REMOVED COWL AND FOUND OIL DRIPPING FROM THE NR 3 CYLINDER. FOUND THE GASKET ON THE NR 3 CYLINDER HAD COLLAPSED IN UPPER RIGHT CORNER.SDR CA150107011Magneto · failed(CAN) DURING 200HR INSPECTION OIL LEAK NOTICED ON LH SIDE OF ENGINE. AFTER CLEANING AREA WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WAS THE LH MAG GASKET LEAKING. MAGNETO WAS REMOVED AND MOUNTING FLANGE WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN. BROKEN AT THE POINT THE HOLD DOWN PLATE IS USED TO HOSDR 2014FA0000144Injector · dirtyPILOT REPORTED ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND MADE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. PILOT WAS ABLE TO INFORM MAINTENANCE OF THE CYLINDERS THAT WERE HAVING ISSUES FROM THE ENGINE MONITOR INDICATION. MAINTENANCE FOUND SMALL AMOUNTS OF DIRT IN THE INJECTORS OF THE AFFECTED CYLSDR CA130124008Bulkhead · cracked(CAN) DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION,THE REAR BULKHEAD WAS FOUND CRACKED AT TOP RT AND LT CORNERS WHERE THE RUDDER CABLES PASS THROUGH. A NEW REAR BULKHEAD WAS ORDERED AND WILL BE REPLACED BEFORE ACFT WILL BE RETUNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA130218012Lifter · failed(CAN) ENGINE WAS REMOVED FOR REPAIR AFTER FINDING METAL IN THE FILTER. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE 6 INTAKE LIFTERS WERE FAILED OR FAILING. THESE LIFTERS WERE PART OF A NEW CAMSHAFT AND LIFTER KIT. THESE LIFTERS WERE MFG JUST BEFORE MANDATORY SB 09-8A. AWD. 2SDR 2011FA0000585Crankshaft · brokenACFT LANDED AT AIRPORT WITH RT PROPELLER FEATHERED. PILOT STATED ENGINE QUIT SUDDENLY ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF AIRPORT. PILOT AUTHORIZED INSP TO DETERMINE PROBLEM. GROUND PERSONEL COULD NOT TURN ENGINE OVER WITH PROPELLER. OIL DRAINED AND FILTER INSPECTED. OILSDR CA110725008Engine · failed(CAN) AFTER TAKING OFF AND IN CLIMB, PILOT FELT SLIGHT VIBRATION IN LT SIDE OF ACFT. HE CHECKED HIS ENGINE GAUGES AND NOTED THAT THE LT ENGINE HAD NO OIL PRESSURE. HE SHUT DOWN THE LT ENGINE, FEATHERED THE PROP AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT. THE ACFT WAS PULLEDSDR CA101004011Control Cable · frayedON COMING INTO LAND, THE FLAPS WERE LOWERED TO 15 DEGREES, THE ACFT MADE A ROLL TO THE LT. PILOT CORRECTED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AME INSPECTED THE FLAP SYS AND FOUND THE RT FLAP RETURN CABLE HAD STARTED TO FRAY. WHEN THE FLAPS WERE LOWERED TO 15 DEGRSDR CA090320004Tube · split(CAN) AFTER LANDING, PILOT NOTICED ACFT DRAGGING TO ONE SIDE. ACFT WAS STOPPED, PILOT GOT OUT AND NOTICED LT TIRE WAS FLAT. MX WENT OUT AND REPLACED WHEEL ASSY. ACFT BROUGHT BACK TO HANGAR. TIRE WAS DISASSEMBLED, THE TUBE HAD SPLIT ON THE JOINT LINE. NO REASOSDR 2008FA0000911Rod End · crackedPILOT REPORTED NO LT GEAR DOWN LIGHT AND ALSO HEARD A LOUD BANG WHEN GEAR WAS RETRACTED. PILOT DID SEVERAL FLYBYS FOR MECHANICS ON GROUND, GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. PILOT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND STOPPED ON RUNWAY. GEAR WAS NOT COMPLETELY LOCKED. GEAR WASDR CA070927001Wheel · broken(CAN) DURING MAINT THE RT MAIN WAS FOUND WITH PART OF THE BEAD MISSING, PILOT SAID THE WHEEL WAS OK PRIOR TO DEPARTURE AND LANDING NORMAL. TOWER ADVISED AND CREW SENT OUT FOR INSP, NO PIECES FOUND. (TC NR 20070927001)SDR 2007FA0000685Oil Filter · contaminatedTHE ENGINE OIL SYSTEM WAS CONTAMINATED BY OIL FILTER SEAL DEBRIS. (K) ON DISASSEMBLY OF THE ENGINE RUBBER DEBRIS WAS FOUND: IN THE OIL PASSAGE THAT FEEDS THE STARTER ADAPTER WITH THE ADAPTER PILOT BEARING PLUGGED. UPON SPLITTING OF THE ENGINE CASE DEBRIS WASSDR CA070511002Torque Tube · broken(CAN) AFTER TAKE-OFF PILOT RETACTED GEAR ALL 3 GREEN LIGHTS WENT OUT AND UNLOCKED LIGHT WAS OUT. RADIO CALL FROM TOWER INFORMED PILOT THAT LT MAIN GEAR WAS NOT RETRACTED. PILOT PUT GEAR DOWN AND GOT ALL 3 GREEN LIGHTS. SHUT DOWN LT ENGINE IN CASE GEAR COLLAPSDR DFJ2007F00000Governor · malfunctionedPROPELLER STARTED TO SURGE ON RT ENGINE DURING CRUISE FLIGHT CONDITIONS. AC WAS LANDED AND THE PROPELLER GOVERNOR WAS REPLACED WITH AN OVERHAULED GOVERNOR. (K)SDR CA061019003Bolt · sheared(CAN) ON LANDING THE MAIN GEAR CAME DOWN AND LOCKED BUT THE NOSE GEAR STAYED UNLOCKED. THE AN5-17A BOLT CONNECTING THE DRAG LINK ASSY TO THE DRAG BRACE TRUSS ASSY. HAD FAILED CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR STRUT ASSY TO JAM AGAINST THE TRUSS ASSY HOLDING THE GEAR FROM SDR AU510001798Shear Pin · failedELEVATOR ACTUATOR DRIVE SHEAR PINS FAILED.SDR AU510001859Brush Block · damagedALTERNATOR HAD HIGH RESISTANCE IN BOTH BRUSH BLOCK CONNECTIONS.SDR AU510002129Downlock · faultyLT AND RT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWNLOCKS FOUND TO BE IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION.SDR DFJ2005F00000Bellcrank · brokenBELLCRANK BROKE DURING GEAR RETRACTION. PROBABLE CAUSE IS DUE TO FATIGUE AND STRESS. SUGGEST REMOVAL OF BELLCRANK AFTER 5,000 HOURS OF OPERATION, DYE CHECK, REINSTALL AND RIG GEAR DOOR SYSTEM IAW SRM. (K)SDR CA041119001Spar · crackedWHILE DOING A 100HR INSPECTION ON THE AIRCRAFT, AME'S NOTICED BELLY SKIN ON LOWER RT SIDE WRINKLED. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE WEB SKIN ON THE REAR OF THE FUSELAGE FRONT SPAR SKIN WAS CRACKED. THE PROTECTIVE TOP CAP OF CARPET WAS REMOVED AND IT WASSDR XIR2005F00000Bellcrank · corrodedPART SHOWED SIGNS OF INTERGRANULAR CORROSION AT BRAKE. (K)SDR 2004F00416Skin · crackedDURING MAINTENANCE WORK ON THE LT CENTER WING LOCKER BAY COMPARTMENT FUEL TANK, MAINTENANCE FOUND A WING SKIN CRACK OF 3.0 INCH AT APPROX WING STATION 60.00 AND FUSELAGE STATION 54.00. THE CRACK RUNS NEAR THE LT LANDING GEAR UP AND DOWN MECHANISM SUPPORT STRUCSDR 4016Magneto · failedIN ROUTE, PILOT NOTICED HI EGT AND ROUGH LT ENGINE, PILOT DID MAG CHECK RT MAGNETO DEAD, CONTINUED APPROACH, LT ENGINE QUIT, LANDED NO PROBLEM. CAUSE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.SDR CA040528008Pump · leakingDURING AIRCRAFT 100 HOURS INSPECTION, THE TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED A BLUE COLORED TRACE OF FUEL ORIGINATING FROM THE FUEL PUMP LOW-METERED ADJUSTMENT SCREW. PRESSURIZED THE FUEL SYSTEM AND NOTICED MORE FUEL LEAKING FROM THE ADJUSTMENT SCREW OF THE FUEL PUMP. THSDR AUS20040360Oil System · contaminated(AUS) METAL CONTAMINATION OF RT ENGINE OIL SYSTEM. THREE PIECES OF 0.812 MM (0.032IN) LOCKWIRE FOUND IN OIL FILTER. TWO MORE PIECES OF LOCKWIRE FOUND IN OIL PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE. ENGINE HAD 6 HOURS OPERATION SINCE OVERHAUL. PERSONNEL/MAINTENANCE ERROR.SDR AUS20040154Trunnion · cracked(AUS) NOSE LANDING GEAR TRUNNION CRACKED IN RADIUS LOCATED ON LOWER SIDE OF THE LT ATTACHMENT LUG. CRACK LENGTH APPROXIMATELY 12MM(0.472IN). THE TRUNNION WAS THE EARLIER PN 5842000-213 WITH SMALLER DIAMETER ATTACHMENT LUGS. FOUND DURING INSPECTION IAW MFG SB MSDR AUS20040125Wire · misrouted(AUS) WIRING IN BOTH LT AND RT WINGS CONTACTING FUEL VENT LINES LOCATED AT WS 145. PERSONNEL/MAINTENANCE ERROR.SDR 0408Bellcrank · brokenHAD NO NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCK LIGHT, PUT AIRCRAFT INTO NEG G'S NOSE GEAR CAME DOWN AND LOCKED OVER CENTER, LANDED OK. REMOVED AND REPLACED NOSE GEAR ACTUATING BELL CRANK. OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR AUS20031301Rod · fractured(AUS) RT MAIN LANDING GEAR AFT PUSH/PULL ROD ASSEMBLY FRACTURED.SDR AUS20031309Bulkhead · cracked(AUS) RT WING TIP TANK REAR ATTACHMENT BULKHEAD CRACKED.SDR CA031210002Cylinder · cracked(CAN) ON APPROACH TO LANDING RT ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH. PILOT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT WAS BROUGHT INTO THE HANGER AND A DP TEST WAS CONDUCTED ON THE ENGINE AND NR 6 CYLINDER WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED FROM THE TOP SPARK PLUG HOLE ALL THE WAY AROUNDSDR AUS20031184Seal · worn(AUS) BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER SEAL WORN.SDR AUS20031031Bolt · separated(AUS) NOSE WHEEL AXLE BOLT NUT SEPARATED ALLOWING AXLE CAP TO FALL OFF THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY. DURING LANDING THE NOSE WHEEL CAME OUT OF THE FORK AND WEDGED UNDER THE NOSE WHEEL FAIRING. THE NOSE WHEEL TIRE HAD BEEN CHANGED APPROXIMATELY 10 HOURS PREVIOUSLYSDR AUS20030934Wire · loose(AUS) LANDING GEAR SAFETY SWITCH WIRE LOOSE AT INLINE CONNECTOR.SDR BSY2003F00029Motor · malfunctionedLANDING GEAR SELECTED DOWN, NOTHING HAPPENED. HAND CRANKED GEAR DOWN LANDED, NO PROBLEM. MAINTENANCE CYCLED GEAR MANY TIMES, COULD NOT DUPLICATE. CHANGED LANDING GEAR MOTOR AS PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, OPS CHECKS GOOD.SDR AUS20030597Pin · mislocated(AUS) LANDING GEAR FORK BOLT CLEVIS PIN INCORRECTLY FITTED. CLEVIS PIN WAS FITTED BACK TO FRONT AND CONTACTED WHEEL WELL STRUCTURE CAUSING DAMAGE TO TORQUE TUBE SUPPORT BRACKETS PN 5027002-5. PERSONNEL/MAINTENANCE ERROR.SDR AUS20030641Injector · blocked(AUS) RT ENGINE OIL FILTER CONTAMINATED WITH METAL. INVESTIGATION FOUND NR 5 CYLINDER INJECTOR NOZZLE WAS PARTIALLY BLOCKED CAUSING TORCHING OF NR 5 PISTON.SDR CA030318015Tube · torn(CAN) A/C LANDED WITH NO PROBLEM, TAXIED TO RAMP AND PILOT NOTICE A LOT OF DRAG ON RT MAIN HEEL DISESSEMBLED AND FOUND TUBE WITH TWO TEARS APPROX 1/4 INCH.SDR AUS20030274Propeller · damaged(AUS) PROPELLER FAULTY. FOLLOWING FEATHERING CHECK IAW AD/PROP/2 AMDT2IT WAS FOUND THAT TWO BLADES COULD BE ROTATED BACK TO FULL FINE POSITION BY HAND.SDR 2003F00107Magneto · failedRECEIVED A FACTORY REBUILT ENGINE FROM TCM AND INSTALLED. DURING THE GROUND RUNS IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LT MAGNETO WAS DEAD. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THE PROBLEM TO BE IN THE MAGNETO ITSELF. A REPLACEMENT MAGNETO WAS ORDERED AND INSTALLED WHICH CHECKED SDR BSY2003F00010Motor · inoperativeGEAR WOULD NOT COME UP. CYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. REMOVED AND REPLACED GEAR MOTOR AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR BSY2003F00004Downlock Switch · inoperativeGOING INTO AIRPORT, LT MLG, NO DOWN AND LOCK INDICATION. TROUBLESHOT TO A BAD DOWN AND LOCK SWITCH, REMOVED AND REPLACED SWITCH. OPS CHECKED GOOD.SDR CA030122004Propeller(CAN) NUMBER 1 BLADE WAS LEAKING OIL FROM THE HUB. PROP WAS REMOVED AND SENT TO O/H SHOP. SEAL IN HUB WAS FOUND TO BE LEAKING. SEAL REPLACED -PROP WAS REINSTALLED.SDR AUS20021219Hub · worn(AUS) ALTERNATOR GEAR DRIVE HUB SLIPPING. FOUND DURING INSPECTION IAW MEB01-3.SDR AUS20021275Torque Tube · cracked(AUS) LH MAIN LANDING GEAR TORQUE TUBE CRACKED AND TWISTED.SDR CA021016036Exhaust Valve · stuck(CAN) VIBRATION ON RT ENGINE WITH FIRE, ENGINE FEATHERED. - FUEL LINE MANIFOLD VALVE TO NOZZLE BROKEN DUE TO STICKING EXHAUST VALVE ON CYLINDER NR 6. THE EXHAUST VALVE WAS DISMANTLED FOR CLEANING. A REEMER (PULL THROUGH) WAS PASSED THROUGH THE VALVE GUIDE ANSDR AUS20020742Landing Gear · misrigged(AUS) LANDING GEAR INCORRECTLY RIGGED. LANDING GEAR COMPONENTS DAMAGED DUE TO THE EXTENT THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS OUT OF RIG. THE DEFECTS INCLUDE BENT RETRACT RODS, DENTED AND BENT UNDERCARRIAGE DRIVE TUBES, CORROSION AND RUST ON DRIVE TUBES, SEIZED AND RUSTESDR AUS20020622Blade · corroded(AUS) PROPELLER BLADES CORRODED IN AREA OF BLADE SHANK RADIUS.SDR AUS20020719Governor · making metal(AUS) LT ENGINE GOVERNOR METAL CONTAMINATION.SDR AUS20021112Bolt · failed(AUS) NO6 CYLINDER UPPER THROUGH BOLT FAILED.
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