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 2003FA0000176Seal · leakingUNIT WAS INSPECTED DURING A 100 HOUR INSPECTION USING S/B. FUEL STAINS WERE FOUND, BAD NO FUEL, AROUND BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM GASKETS. UNIT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE.SDR 2003FA0000113Battery · corrodedSERIES 2000 AND 3000 BATTERY CORRODED FROM GASING BATTERY DISCOLORED SYTRAFOAM CASE, ALSO CAUSED DAMAGED TO ELT PLASTIC COVER. DISCOVERED AT ANNUAL INSPECTION. SUGGEST MORE FREQUENT INSPECTION.SDR FTU2003F00000Bracket · brokenDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION AND REMOVAL OF ENGINE FOR OVERHAUL, ALTERNATOR BELT TENSION BRACKET WAS FOUND BROKEN AT THE END THAT IS BOLTED TO THE ENGINE NOSE CASE. ON THIS INSTALLATION A VIEW OF THAT TEND OF THE BRACKET IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE, WHEN THE BRACKETSDR LC12003F00000Rib · crackedDURING COMPLIANCE WITH SB FOR ELEVATOR RIVET INSTALLATION, THE ELEVATOR TOP, BOTTOM, AND TIP SKINS WERE CRACKED AND THE TIPS COULD BE FLEXED EASILY UP AND DOWN. AFTER REMOVING THE PLASTIC TIPS TO ACCOMPLISH THE SERVICE BULLETIN, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE ELEVATORSDR ZKG2003F00000Points · damagedROUGH MAGNETO ON RUN UP, FOUND MAGNETO TIMING ON RT MAGNETO OFF. INSPECTED CONTACT POINTS AND FOUND FOLLOWER THAT RIDES ON CAM IN MAGNETO TO HAVE LOOSE RIVETS. REPLACED POINTS. REINSTALLED MAG AND RUNUP CHECKS WERE OK.SDR DY12002F00000Rod End · brokenAFTER AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING PILOT NOTICED THAT LEFT GEAR DOWN LIGHT WAS BLINKING ON AND OFF WITH SUBSEQUENT ACTIVATION OF GEAR WARNING HORN WHEN LIGHT WAS OFF. AC TAXIED TO HANGER WITHOUT INCIDENT. EXAMINATION OF LEFT GEAR REVEALED THAT THE GEASDR 2002FA0001205Bolt · defectiveFINAL TORQUE OF CRANKSHAFT BOLT COULD NOT BE REACHED, AFTER REMOVAL OF BOLT, IT WAS FOUND TO BE DEFFECTIVE, AND TAPPERED TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE SHANK.SDR AUS20021249Doubler · cracked(AUS) LT WING AFT SPAR OUTBOARD AILERON HINGE DOUBLER CRACKED FOR APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT OF ITS LENGTH.SDR CYM2002F00000Pin · corrodedRETAINING PIN FAILED CAUSING THE SPACER SUPPORTS, AND SHOCK STRUT ASSEMBLIES (RUBBER DONUTS) TO FALL OFF OF THE YOKE ASSEMBLY AS A RESULT OF THE RETAINING PIN FAILURE THE WHEEL WAS PERMITTED TO ENTER THE WHEEL WELL BEYOND ALLOWABLE LIMITS RESULTING IN THE FLOASDR LC12002F00000Ring · wornDURING INSPECTION THE NLG STRUT, HAD FORE AND AFT AND SIDE TO SIDE PLAY BETWEEN THE HOUSING AND INNER STRUT. DISASSEMBLED STRUT. TECH REP ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO PARAMETERS FOR THIS, REASSEMBLE AND CHECK THE STEERING ARM DIMENSIONS PER SM. IF GOOD THEN SDR SO52002F00000Line · corrodedPILOT REPORTED STRONG SMELL OF FUEL (AVGAS) IN COCKPIT. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND FUEL LINE FROM FUEL PRESSURE GAUGE TO FORWARD BULKHEAD AT STA 53.60 LEAKING. LINE WAS SEVERLY CORRODED IN A 1.5000 IN LONG SECTION APPROX. 3 INCHES SDR 2002FA0000787Mount · brokenFAILURE DURING LANDING. ENGINE MOUNT REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR, AFT ATTACH POINT, HAD SEPARATED FROM THE TUBE CLUSTER ON THE MOUNT ASSEMBLY.SDR 2002FA0000780Pump · failedPILOT REPORTS FUEL PRESSURE WAS LESS AND LESS WITH EACH FLIGHT. PILOT STATED: A PROGRESSIVE FAILURE MODE. INSTALLED NEW PUMP AND FOUND FUEL PRESSURE NORMAL.SDR 2002FA0000569Cotter Pin · missingPILOT REPORTED HE COULD NOT TRIM ALERIONS. REMOVED COVER AND FOUND BOLT HOLDING LARGE, GEARED TRIM WHEEL WAS MISSING COTTER KEY AND NUT HAD BACKED OFF, ALLOWING LARGE GEAR TO SLIDE TO SIDE ABOUT 3/8 IN. HAD TO COME FROM FACTORY THIS WAY. TIGHTENED NUT AND PSDR 2002FA0000593Indicator · malfunctionedON AN ILS FREQUENCY, WITH A VALID SIGNAL THE UNIT WILL PULL THE FLAG BUT GIVE THE FLY DOWN COMMAND ALL THE TIME, EVEN WHEN IT SHULD BE CENTERED.SDR BTH2002F00001Magneto · inoperativeMAGNETO RAN ROUGH ON RIGHT SIDE. DURING RUN, MAGNETO FOR INSPECTION OF PROBLEM FOUND HALF OF RIGHT SIDE GEAR DRIVE TEETH BROKEN OUT.SDR WXH2002F00000Strainer · damagedUPON REINSTALLATION OF FUEL STRAINER AFTER INSPECTION, STANDPIPE THREADS FATIGUED. FAILED WHEN STANDPIPE WAS TIGHTENED. INSPECTION REVEALED ONLY 1.5 TO 2 TURNS ENGAGEMENT THREADS, DO NOT GO UP TO THE TOP OF STANDPIPE AS IN 182 T MODELS WE THINK THIS IS A SASDR 2002FA0000019Bracket · crackedVERTICAL STAB BRACKET CRACKED, OCCURRED DURING NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS AND WAS DISCOVERED AT APPROX. 3130 ACTT.SDR 2002FA0000020Bracket · crackedVERICAL STAB BRACKET CRACKED, OCCURRED DURING NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS AND WAS DISCOVERED AT APPROX 3130 AC TT.SDR DO32002F00000Line · chafedHYDRAULIC PUMP PRESSURE LINE (PN790246-167) AND HYDRAULIC SUPPLY LINE (PN 790246-167). HYDRAULIC LINES ARE LOCATED FORWARD OF EACH MAIN LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY ON LOWER REAR F/W. LINES COME FROM ENGINE DRIVEN HYDRAULIC PUMP AND GO TO HYDRAULIC PRESSURE REGULATSDR 2001FA0000603Brace · brokenINSPECTION FOUND RIGHT NOSE GEAR DOOR BRACE CRACKED AT REAR ATTACH POINT. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOUND ON THIS MODEL AIRCRAFT.SDR 2002FA0000304Magneto · brokenDURING INSPECTION FOUND A DISTRIBUTOR GEAR TOOTH BROKEN AND LAYING IN MAGNETO CAP. THIS MAGNETO HAS PLASTIC GEARS AND HAS BEEN FOUND IN THIS CONDITION ON NUMEROUS MAGNETOS OF THIS TYPE.SDR 2001FA0000597Relay · failedLANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. CIRCUIT BREAKER FOUND OPEN. INVESTIGATION FOUND LANDING GEAR UP, RELAY POINTS WELDED CLOSED.SDR 2001FA0000629Brace · brokenINSPECTION FOUND RIGHT NOSE GEAR DOOR BRACE BROKEN AT REAR ATTACH POINT. ALSO CRACKED OUT FROM RIVETS AT AFT END OF BRACE.SDR 2001FA0000630Brace · brokenINSPECTION FOUND RIGHT NOSE GEAR DOOR BRACE BROKEN AT REAR ATTACH POINT. ALSO CRACKED OUT FROM RIVETS AT AFT END OF BRACE.SDR 2001FA0000411Switch · failedPUSH TO TALK SWITCH FAILED AFTER 1 HOUR OF OPERATION. HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES IN A ROW.SDR CA011003001Nut · misinstalled(CAN) THIS IS 2ND OCCURANCE OF PROBLEM. PROP INSTALLED ON OTHER ENGINE HAD SAME PROBLEM. BOTH PROPS WERE NEW WITH ASSY DATES OF 11-13-97&12-18-97, SHIPPED 4/16/98. PROP CHECKED AS PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE: NUT IS SOLID STEEL SELF LOCKING NUT, THAT HOLDS PISTON SDR 2001FA0000386Switch · inoperativeTHE PILOTS SIDE PUSH TO TALK SWITCH WENT BAD WITH ONLY 548.0 TACH TIME. REPLACE THE BAD SWITCH WITH A NEW ONE. THE NEW SWITCH WAS BAD ALSO, THEN REPLACED THE NEW SWITCH THE SECOND NEW SWITCH TESTED OK. WHEN INSTALLING SWITCHES, WAS CAREFUL NOT TO OVERHEAT SSDR PNS2001F00000Magneto · malfunctionedAIRCRAFT WOULD START ON LEFT MAGNETO BUT WOULD NOT RUN WHEN SELECTED TO THE LEFT MAGNETO. MAGNETO DISTRIBUTOR GEAR TO CAP SHOWS A LOT OF TIPPING PLAY WITHOUT DISASSEMBLY. GROUND RUN: RAN A LITTLE ROUGH AND THEN QUIT.SDR 2001FA0000564Downlock · brokenNOSE GEAR DROPPED OUT OF WHEEL WELL INFLIGHT. FOUND DOWNLOCK BROKEN WHERE NOSE ACTUATOR ROD ATTACHES. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION WITH SAME TYPE OF AIRCRAFT IN THE PAST. SUSPECT MFG. IS MAKING PART FROM SUBSTANDARD MATERIAL. THIS PROBLEM HASDR 2001FA0000355Control Cable · brokenCABLE BROKE JUST BELOW SWIVEL FITTING OR THE RIGHT WING FUEL TANK SELECTOR HANDLE. RECOMMEND THAT THE AD INCLUDE THE FUEL SELECTOR CABLE ALSO BE INSPECTED.SDR 2001FA0000331Bolt · brokenBOLT SHEARED IN HALF, ALLOWING RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE ON LANDING ROLL. BOLT SUSPECTED TO BE ORIGINAL.SDR 20010604CW016Hinge · failedPILOT DID NOT REPORT ANY ABNORMAL OPERATION. AIR BOX WAS REMOVED AT ANNUAL INSPECTION FOR SERVICING AND ALTERNATE AIR DOOR FELL ON FLOOR. ALL HINGE PIN SEGMENTS HAD FAILED.SDR FWRA2001002Switch · wornTHE CONTACTS INSIDE THE LANDING LIGHT SWITCH HOUSING WERE DIRTY AND WORN AND APPARENTLY CAUSED A HIGH RESISTANCE CONNECTION WHICH OVERHEATED AND BEGAN MELTING THE CASE OF THE SWITCH. THE PILOT TURNED OFF THE MASTER SWITCH UPON SMELLING SMOKE. SHE HAD THE LANSDR AUS20010482Hose · collapsed(AUS) ENGINE INDUCTION HOSE COLLAPSED.SDR 20010417AP003Canopy · failedCANOPY SHATTERED IN FLIGHT, DEPARTED AIRCRAFT AND HIT PROP, DESTROYING PROP. PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING. IT APPEARS THE LONG-EZ CANOPY FRAME LATCH PASSED THROUGH THE FRAME AND RESTED ON THE GLASS. THE GLASS SHATTERED.SDR 20010418CW007Sprocket · maladjustmentEXCESSIVE LEFT RUDDER PETAL PRESSURE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT. FOUND TRIM CHAIN TENSION ADJUSTMENT IDLER SPROCKET SLIPPED IN ADJUSTMENT SLOT. TRIM CHAIN JUMPED POSITION ON STEERING BUNGEE GEAR, CAMPING LIMITED LEFT RUDDER TRIM. RUDDER SDR 20010420CW008Latch · failedCANOPY DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WHILE IN FLIGHT. CANOPY LATCH FAILED.SDR 20010419CW016Trunnion · crackedCRACK ACROSS FRONT OF TRUNNION 1.5 INCHES LONG AND IN 3.6250 UP FROM BOTTOM.SDR 20010412CW010Engine · making metalAIRCRAFT LANDED. RIGHT ENGINE SHUTDOWN IN FLIGHT, DUE TO LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. INSPECTION REVEALED METAL CONTAMINATION.SDR 20010323CW011Cylinder · brokenSEAT LOCK CYLINDER PN C1650310101 ON PILOTS SEAT. THE SHAFT ON CYLINDER BROKE WHERE IT GOES INTO THE FORK THAT ATTACHES TO SEAT BACK.SDR 20010403CW013Wheel · brokenPILOT NOTICED RIGHT BRAKE GRABING WHILE TAXIING OUT FOR DEPARTURE. AFTER STOPPING TO INVESTIGATE, NOTICED A BULGE ON THE INSIDE RIGHT WHEEL HALF. WHILE TAXIING BACK TO THE HANGER, THE BEAD AREA LET GO AND THE TIRE DEFLATED. AN 8 INCH PIECE BROKE OFF AT THE SDR 20010319CW003Actuator · stuckAFTER OVERHAUL OF RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR AND DURING NORMAL GEAR EXTENSION THE RIGHT MLG DID NOT INDICATE LOCKED. AFTER CYCLING GEAR 3 TIME IT INDICATED LOCKED AND A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE. THE ACTUATOR WAS REMOVED AND SENT BACK TO THE OVERHAUL FACSDR 20010320CW001Actuator · stuckDURING NORMAL GEAR EXTENSION THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DID NOT INDICATE LOCKED. AFTER CYCLING THE GEAR AND FISH TAILING IT INDICATED LOCKED AND A NORMAL LANDING OCCURRED. THE ACTUATOR WAS CHECKED AND AN ADJUSTMENT OF THE SWITCH WAS MADE. THE ACTUATOR OPS SDR 20010322CW011Actuator · stuckDURING NORMAL GEAR EXTENSION THE RT MLG DID NOT INDICATE LOCKED. AFTER CYCLING THE GEAR & FISH TAILING IT INDICATED LOCKED & A NORMAL LANDING OCCURED. THE ACTUATOR WAS REMOVED AND DISASSEMBLED AND FOUND THAT ONE OF FOUR PAWLS THAT INTERALLY LOCK THE COLLAR WSDR 20010227CW010Light · inoperativePILOT/OWNER REPORTED THAT RADIO INDICATOR BACKLIGHTING AND RADIO CONTROL BACKLIGHTING HAD NOT WORKED SINCE AIRCRAFT DELIVERY. TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM, FOUND THAT PIN 1 OF JC005 WAS AT GROUND POTENTIAL, PREVENTING DIMMER POTENTIOMETER FROM FUNCTIONING AS IT IS SUPPSDR 20010402CW001Magneto · brokenRT ENGINE, LT MAGNETO POINT CAM FOLLOWER ARM BROKE AFTER 124.9 HOURS USE. MAGNETO OVERHAULED. INSTALLED 6-2-99 AT 2180.1 HOURS. FAILED AND REMOVED AT 2305.0 HOURS.SDR AU010286Regulator · malfunctioned(AUS) REGULATOR OVERVOLTAGE. CHARGING SYSTEM TRIPPED.SDR 20010228CW011Battery · corrodedUPON INSPECTION OF ELT AND BATTERIES, WERE FOUND TO BE CORRODED AND SWELLING, THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT IS WET WITH A LIQUID. COMPOSITION OF LIQUID UNKNOWN. ELT IS INSIDE TAIL SECTION OF AC AND NOT SUBJECT TO WATER EXPOSURE.SDR 20010323CW002Magneto · failedENGINE WAS REMOVED FOR TBO DUE WHEN INSPECTED MAGS FOR SERVICEABLILITY. CAN HEAR CLICK INTERNALLY. DETERMIND MAG TO BE UNSERVICEABLE. PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, SUSPECT LOOSE COIL DUE TO COIL WEAR AT POLAR SHOES.
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