Continental IO-540 series
Service difficulty reports · 270
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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 = 'IO540' 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 = 'IO540' 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 2008FA0000043Pushrod · corrodedTHE AREA IN WHICH THE CORRODED SECTION OF THE PUSHROD ASSY IS LOCATED IS PRONE TO EXHAUST CONTAMINATION SINCE IT IS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE ENGINE EXHAUST PIPE OUTLETS. AREA NEEDS TO BE KEPT CLEAN OF EXHAUST RESIDUE AND CORROSION PREVENTATIVE APPLIED. OLDER TUBESDR 2008FA0000044Pushrod · corrodedTHE AREA IN WHICH THE CORRODED SECTION OF THE PUSHROD ASSY IS LOCATED IS PRONE TO EXHAUST CONTAMINATION SINCE IT IS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE ENGINE EXHAUST PIPE OUTLETS. THIS AREA NEEDS TO BE KEPT CLEAN OF EXHAUST RESIDUE AND CORROSION PREVENTATIVE APPLIED. OLDERSDR 2007FA0000997Bearing · failedWHILE IN FLIGHT THE NOSE GEAR RETRACT CYLINDER PISTON ROD END FAILED, CAUSING IMMEDIATE EXTENSION OF THE NOSE GEAR.SDR 2007FA0000810Strut · leakingFOUND NOSE STRUT ASSEMBLY LEAKING. REMOVED STRUT ASSEMBLY FROM AIRCRAFT. ASSEMBLED WITH PN TCNS-1 SEAL KIT IWA SRM AND MM. RELEASED TO AC OWNER. OWNER FOUND FLUID NR 4 ON WHEEL FAIRING AFTER TAXI TO HANGAR. INSPECTION FOUND FLUID COMING FROM BEHIND NOSE GSDR 2007FA0000642Line · leakingFOUND HEAVY FUEL STAIN FROM OIL COOLER NR 5 INTAKE PIPE AND ON FIREWALL APPROVED TO BE NR 5 INTAKE PIPE. FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND NR 5 FUEL INJECTION LINE LOOSE AT INJECTOR. FOUND AND SNUGGED SEVERAL OTHER INJECTOR LINES AT INJECTOR AND FLOW DIVIDER AD-02-01SDR 2007FA0000492Bellcrank · brokenDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE (BELLCRANK ASSY) ON THE FLAP FEEDBACK LEVER, BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, WAS BROKEN IN TWO, IT CONSIST OF A PLASTIC BLOCK WITH A SLOT IN IT WHICH MOVES THE MICROSWITCH ASSY TO ACTIVATE, OR DEACTIVATE THE FLAP DRSDR CA070530007Elt · malfunctioned(CAN) WHEN TESTING ELT FOR THE REQUIREMENT OF CAR 571 APPENDIX G FOUND LITTLE OR NO AUDIO MODULATION. UNIT WAS TRANSMITTING RF CARRIER ONLY. (TC NR 20070530007)SDR 2007FA0000478Cylinder · erodedAFTER REMOVAL OF THE CYLINDER BARREL FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD, SEVER ERROSION WAS NOTED JUST ABOVE THE SEAL BAND AREA. IF THE BARREL HAD NOT BEEN REMOVED, THIS ERROSION WOULD HAVE BEEN UNDETECTED AND WOULD HAVE CAUSED A HEAD AND BARREL SEPERATION.SDR 2007FA0000491Servo · bindingPILOT/OWNER REPORTED TO MX THAT ON APPROACH AFTER DISENGAGING AUTOPILOT, AILERONS WERE DIFFICULT TO MOVE. NO WINDS AND STABLE APPROACH MINIMIZED PROBLEM. MX NOTED AILERONS WERE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MOVE, AND FURTHER MOVEMENT COULD HAVE CAUSED EVEN GREATER DISDR BUW2007F00002Fitting · looseDURING THE INSPECTION FOR SB 07-71-01 THE FUEL RETURN LINE AT THE FIREWALL BULKHEAD FITTING WAS FOUND LOOSE. (K)SDR UPX2007F00000Bearing · lack of lubeCLUTCH MAKING UNUSUAL NOISES ON COAST DOWN. UPON REMOVAL THE BEARINGS IN THE CLUTCH FELT ROUGH AND DRY. COMPONENT RETURNED TO MFG FOR O/H. (K)SDR 2007FA0000199Support · crackedFOUND BATTERY SUPPORT CRACKED. TOTAL AIRFRAME TIME 1075. THIS IS THE 3RD ONE THAT WE FOUND. SUPPORTS NEED TO BE BEEFED UP, THEY ARE TOO LIGHT FOR THE APPLICATION. (K)SDR 2007FA0000200Support · crackedFOUND BATTERY SUPPORT CRACKED. TOTAL AIRFRAME TIME 1716. THIS IS THE THIRD ONE THAT WE FOUND SUPPORTS NEED TO BE BEEFED UP, THEY ARE TOO LIGHT FOR THE APPLICATION. (K)SDR 2007FA0000231Hydraulic Line · chafedAIRCRAFT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM RT GEAR DOWN ALUMINUM LINE LOCATED UNDER COCKPIT FLOOR WAS CHAFING AGAINST CONTROL CABLE AND WAS PENETRATED CAUSING LEAK AND DEPLETION OF HYDRO FLUID WHICH RESULTED IN AIRCRAFT LANDING WITH UNSAFE NOSE GEAR AND DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT NOSESDR PNSA070107Engine · making metalDURING ROUTINE INSPECTION FOUND METAL IN FILTER. SUSPECT METAL FROM CAM AND LIFTERS. LYCOMING RECOMMENDED ENGINE BE REMOVED AND SENT TO FACTORY FOR WARRANTY. ENGINE OVERHAULED BY LYCOMING 3/10/06. TSO 384.3SDR 2007FA0000990Bearing · brokenNOSE GEAR EXTENDED SUDDENLY AND UNCOMMANDED IN FLIGHT, EXAMINED AND FOUND CYLINDER ROD END TO NOSE GEAR RETRACT ASSY WAS BROKEN.SDR 2007FA0000223Oil Filter · collapsedOIL LEAK NOTED AFTER OIL CHANGE. REMOVED OIL FILTER AND DISCOVERED PARTIAL COLLAPSE OF THE OIL FILTER ELEMENT. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE MOUNTED INTERNAL BY-PASS VALVES OPERATION. PREVIOUS TO THIS OCCURRENCE THE SB MENTION HAD NOT BEEN COMPLIED WITHSDR 2007FA0000069Relay · failedIT SEEMS THAT THE DEMAND OF THIS RELAY IN THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM IS GREATER THAN THE DESIGNED LOAD USEAGE OF THE CURRENT RELAY. WOULD RECOMEND A HEAVIER DUTY RELAY, WHICH MFG HAS SINCE MADE AVAILABLE. (K)SDR PNSA070106Engine · making metalDURING ROUTINE INSPECTION FOUND METAL IN FILTER. SUSPECT METAL FROM CAM AND LIFTERS. LYCOMING RECOMMENDED ENGINE BE REMOVED AND SENT TO FACTORY FOR WARRANTY. ENGINE OVERHAULED BY LYCOMING 1/27/06. TSO 813.1SDR 2006FA0001222Starter · malfunctionedSTARTER STUCK IN ENGAGED MODE.SDR 2006FA0001164Boot · leakingFLUID LEAKING FROM MAIN ROTOR BLADE PITCH BEARING HOUSING.SDR 2006FA0001167Boot · leakingFLUID LEAKING FROM MAIN ROTOR BLADE PITCH BEARING HOUSING.SDR 2006FA0001168Boot · leakingFLUID LEAKING FROM MAIN ROTOR BLADE PITCH BEARING HOUSING.SDR 2006FA0001169Boot · leakingFLUID LEAKING FROM MAIN ROTOR BLADE PITCH BEARING HOUSING.SDR 2006FA0001165Boot · leakingFLUID LEAKING FROM MAIN ROTOR BLADE PITCH BEARING HOUSING.SDR CA061218002Brush Block · worn(CAN) THE DISTRIBUTOR GEAR BRUSH WAS EXCESSIVELY WORN FOR HAVING 587.2 HOURS ON IT IN A COMPONENT DESIGNED WITH A 2000 HOUR TBD. BRUSH BUSHING AND MOUNT OF POOR QUALITY WHICH IF LEFT UNDETECTED WOULD RESULT IN FAILURE IN 2 OR 300 MORE HOURS IF BEARING AND BUSHSDR 2006FA0001144Muffler · crackedAIRCRAFT CAME IN FOR FIRST ANNUAL AFTER CERTIFICATION. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION FOUND A CRACK ADJACENT TO THE WELD ON THE GUSSET/DOUBLER LOCATED ON THE LOWER PORTION OF THE MUFFLER AT THE EXHAUST OUTLET. THE MUFFLER WAS PRESSURIZED AND VERIFIED THAT THE CRACK SDR 2006FA0001161Boot · leakingFLUID LEAKING FROM MAIN ROTOR BLADE PITCH BEARING HOUSING.SDR 2006FA0001166Boot · leakingFLUID LEAKING FROM MAIN ROTOR BLADE PITCH BEARING HOUSING.SDR 2006FA0001160Housing · leakingFLUID LEAKING FROM MAIN ROTOR BLADE PITCH BEARING HOUSING.SDR 2006FA0001145Drag Link · misinstalledAIRCRAFT CAME IN FOR FIRST ANNUAL AFTER INSTALLATION. ON INSPECTION FOUND MAIN GEAR DRAG LINK HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY SEALED AT THE LOWER END ALLOWING WATER TO ENTER THE ASSEMBLY. BECAUSE OF THE SEALANT WE ARE UNABLE TO TELL IF THE INSIDE OF THE TUBE HAS SOME SDR 2006FA0001146Fuel Tank · leakingAIRCRAFT CAME IN FOR FIRST ANNUAL AFTER CERTIFICATION, THE OWNER OPERATOR REPORTED FUEL STAINING ON THE RT WING, ON INSPECTION THE FUEL TANK WAS FOUND TO BE LEAKING. THE TANK WAS REMOVED AND UPON CLOSER INSPECTION 2 PIN HOLES WERE FOUND IN THE WELD SEAM, ONE SDR 2006FA0001149Hose · mismanufacturedAIRCRAFT CAME IN FOR FIRST ANNUAL AFTER CERTIFICATION. ON INSPECTION HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS FOUND TO BE COMING FROM THE FORWARD FUSELAGE DRAIN. UPON REMOVAL OF THE FLOOR THE INSULATION WAS FOUND TO BE SATURATED WITH HYDRAULIC FLUID. THE SYSTEM WAS REFILED AND SDR CA060920006Bolt · broken(CAN) UPON REMOVAL OF THE LT FINLET THE REAR ATTACH BOLT (P/N AN3-4A) BROKE. WHEN INSTALLING 4 NEW BOLTS IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE WASHER RODE UP ON THE RADIUS OF THE ATTACH BRACKET CAUSING STRESS ON THE BOLT. WHEN HOLE LOCATION WAS CHECKED AGAINST THE RT FINLETSDR 2006FA0000782Fitting · undertorquedAS REPORTED FROM THE PILOT, THE MAINTENANCE VENDOR FOUND NUMEROUS FUEL FITTINGS WHICH CONNECT THE FUEL LINES TO THE HEADER TANKS TO BE SEEPING FUEL. APPROXIMATE TIME OF SERVICE 532 HOURS. PIPE THREADED FITTINGS HAD NO THREAD LUBE/SEALANT. THE VENDOR NOTED THATSDR 2006FA0000861Hydraulic Line · chafedAIRCRAFT SUFFERED HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LOSS, FOUND LT RUDDER CABLE CHAFED THRU PRESSURE LINE BEHIND PILOTS LT SIDE WALL, AREA IS DIFFICULT TO INSPECT DUE TO SIDE WALL/INSULATION. LINE REPLACE, SYSTEM SERVICED OPERATES NORMAL. PLEASE FIND BELOW ADDITIONAL ITEMSSDR 2006FA0000660Bushing · failedMAGNETO'S DISTRIBUTOR GEAR BUSHING FAILED RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. MAGNETO LAST OVERHAULED EIGHT YEARS BEFORE. DFW06LA172SDR IPM2006F00001Magneto · separatedINSTALLED MAGENTO IAW MM AND GROUND CHECK OK. PILOT REPORTED HIGH CHT AND EGT NR 2 CYLINDER DURING CLIMB ON FIRST TAKEOFF. FOUND BODY OF MAGNETO SEPARATED FROM ITS MOUNT FLANGE (A PRESSFIT PART) ALLOWING MAGNETO TO BECOME LOOSE END ADVANCE. THIS IS CONSIDERSDR CA060518001Ring Gear · damagedTHE PILOT REPORTED DIFFICULTY STARTING THE AIRCRAFT. UPON INSPECTION TEETH WERE NOTED TO BE MISSING OFF THE STARTER RING GEAR. THE ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. THE STARTER DID NOT HAVE ANY DEFECTS ON THE DRIVE GEAR, AND WAS NOT REPLACED. ROBINSON KNOWS THERE IS SDR CA060424002Fly Wire · brokenTHE AIRCRAFT IS EQUIPPED WITH AEROCET 3450 AMPHIBIAN FLOATS. AFTER A TWO-HOUR FLIGHT AND AT 3000 FT ALTITUDE ON APPROACH FOR LANDING, THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD NOISE. NO TURBULENCE WAS NOTED AT THE TIME AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS COMPLETED. UPON GROUND INSPSDR 2006FA0000748Shaft · misrepairedRUDDER TRIM BUNGEE SHAFT ASSY PN 6282905, HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY REPAIRED BY PERSONS UNKNOWN CAUSING BUNGEE TO BOTTOM OUT WHEN RUDDER PEDAL DEFLECTED TO LIMIT WHICH IN TURN CAUSED UNDO PRESSURE ON RUDDER CONTROL ARM, PN 6345703, EVENTUALLY CAUSING ARM TO BREAK. SDR 2006FA0000386Cooling Fan · burnedAFTER STARTING ENGINES, THE PILOT SMELLED SMOKE AND OBSERVED FLAMES BEHIND CO-PILOTS INSTRUMENT PANEL. ENGINES WERE SHUTDOWN. WHEN MASTER SWITCH WAS TURNED OFF, THE FLAME WENT OUT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AVIONICS COOLING FAN HAD CAUGHT FIRE. (K)SDR 2006FA0000442Hydraulic Line · chafedCOMPLETE INTERIOR REFURBISHING WAS DONE. 100 HRS AFTER AC WAS RETURNED TO SERV, NOSE AND LT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK DOWN, PILOT LANDED WITH ONLY RT GEAR EXTENDED. HYD FLUID WAS DRIPPING FROM BELLY, UPON INVESTIGATION, ALUMINUM HYD LINE WAS CHAFED THROUGH BSDR CA060217003Elt · activatedELT ACTIVATED IN FLIGHT. ELT REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT.SDR 2006FA0000587Cylinder · unserviceableMLG HYD CYL, PN TB2047007/SN WO300497 WAS REMOVED AND SENT FOR INTERNAL LEAK AND A VERY STIFF SPOT ABOUT CENTER OF TRAVEL. CYL WAS RETURNED, REPAIRED, WARRANTY AS IS. INSTALL CYL ON LT MLG. INTERNAL LEAK NO LONGER EXISTED. UPON TESTING EMERGENCY EXTENSION SDR 2006FA0000439Intake Valve · disintegratedINTAKE VALVE DISINTEGRATED, FALLING INTO CYLINDER HEAD NR 3. VALVE BOUNCED AROUND, BEATING THE TOP OF PISTON AND CYL HEAD CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, FINALLY THE VALVE WAS SUCKED INTO THE INTAKE CAUSING A GAPPING HOLE ON THE INTAKE PORT. INTAKE VALVE FAILURE ISDR ZJW2006F00001Crankshaft · brokenPILOT REPORTED LT ENGINE QUIT ON SHORT FINAL. ENGINE FEATHERED ITSELF AND LANDED SAFELY. THE CRANKSHAFT AND CRANKCASE HAD BROKEN BETWEEN NR 4 AND NR 5 CYLINDER. THIS REAR PART OF THE ENGINE WAS SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THE ENGINE. (K)SDR CA051220009Housing · crackedMAGNETO WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT FOR ROUTINE INSPECTION. MOUNTING LUG FOUND CRACKED DURING 500HR MAGNETO INSPECTION. POSSIBLE BAD CASTING, OR OVERTORQUE ON HOLD DOWN NUT DURING INSTALLATION OF MAGNETO AT THE FACTORY.SDR CA051212005Bearing · spunDURING INSPECTION, THE TAIL ROTOR DRIVESHAFT DAMPER BEARING WAS NOTED TO HAVE MOVED ON THE TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT. THE WITNESS MARKS WERE MOVED ABOUT .250". THE BEARING FEELS FINE, AND THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY OTHER PROBLEMS. ROBINSON HELICOPTERS DOESDR CA051216001Servo · leakingHYDRAULIC LEAKS ON VARIOUS COMPONENTS IN THE SYSTEM. 3 SERVOS WERE REPLACED DUE TO LEAKING AROUND PILOT VALVES. HYDRAULIC PUMP D500-1 (TSN 805.3) WAS ALSO REPLACED BECAUSE OF LEAKING. DUE TO THE HYDRAULIC LEAKS ON THE FORWARD SERVOS, THE RUBBER TRANSMISSION
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