Continental IO-550-B
Service difficulty reports · 133
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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 = 'IO550B' 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 = 'IO550B' 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 2003FA0000621Cylinder · cracked6/1/02 SIX NEW ECI CYLINDER ASSY AEC631397STA INSTALLED. 11/15/02 NR 4 CYL CRACKED AFTER 171 HOURS OF SERVICE AND DAMAGED NR 2 CYL, BOTH OF WHICH WERE REPLACED. 2/20/03 NR 2 CYL CRACKED AFTER 79 HOURS OF SERVICE. 4/4/03 NR 4 CYL CRACKED AFTER 99 HOURS OF SESDR RE401338Lifter · chipped732 HRS TOTAL TIME, 622 HRS TIME SINCE OVERHAUL DUE TO PROP STRIKE. DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT, NUMBER 3 CYLINDER WAS REMOVED FOR LOW COMPRESSION 10/80. FOUND METAL, STEEL, ON SKIRT OF CYLINDER. NOTED VISUALLY THAT CAM WAS WORN DOWN IN CONTACT ARSDR AUS20021119Pump · leaking(AUS) ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP LEAKING. SUSPECT FAULTY SHAFT SEAL.SDR 2002FA0001171Channel · crackedDURING ROUTINE INSPECTION AFT RADIO (AVIONICS) SHELF ATTACH BRACKET WAS FOUND CRACKED AT AFT END IN BEND RADIUS. BRACKET IS LOCATED ON RIGHT SIDE BETWEEN BS 179.00 TO 207.00. VIBRATION AND TIME IN SERVICE IS PROBABLE CAUSE. AVIONICS SHELF ASSEMBLY ALSO FOUNSDR EWO2002F00001Lifter · spalledUPON REMOVAL OF NR 3 CYLINDER DUE TO LOW COMPRESSION. THE EXHAUST LIFTER AND CAMSHAFT WERE FOUND SEVERELY SPALLED. THE INTAKE LIFTER HAD MINOR SPALLING. THE LUBRICATION SYSTEM WAS FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH METAL. BOTH LIFTER HAD CORROSION ON THE SIDEWASDR 2002FA0000641Control Cable · failedEND OF THROTTLE CABLE CAME APART A SURAGE.SDR 2002FA0000670Magneto · shortedDURING ROUTINE INSPECTION WHITE POWDER WAS NOTICED AT LEFT MAGNETO VENT. REMOVED MAGNETO FOR INTERNAL INSPECTION AND FOUND COIL HAD SHORTED OUT, ARCING AND MELTING DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK AND GEAR ASSEMBLY. INSTALLED NEW MAGNETO ASSEMBLY.SDR 2002FA0000681Exhaust Valve · damagedNR 2 EXHAUST VALVE HEAD MISSING A SECTION (OVERHEATED AND TORCHED AWAY). TRACED TO EXCESSIVE VALVE STEM/GUIDE CLEARANCE. ALL OTHER CYLINDERS WERE REMOVED AND REPORTED TO HAVE EXCESSIVE WEAR, REQUIRING VALVE AND GUIDE REPLACEMENT. 655 HOURS SHORT OF TBO. PLSDR AU010245Cylinder · corroded(AUS) ENGINE CYLINDERS PNO 649358, LIFTERS PNO 646277 AND CAMSHAFT PNO649322A1 CONTAINED PITTING CORROSION. ENGINE HAS ONLY 242.6 HOURS TOTAL TIME SINCE NEW.SDR 20001016SH003Pump · leakingAT 80 HRS TT, FWD SEAL VENT LINE STARTED DISCHARGING SMALL AMTS OF OIL IRREG. OIL ON OUTSIDE OF LT COWL SUSPECTED TO BE RESIDUAL OIL VENTING FROM HEAT. NO BLUE FUEL STAINS EVIDENT. THERE WAS A LOW PRESSURE WHEN PRIMING WITH BOOST PUMP, NOT OUT OF NORMAL RANSDR 20001031SH016Pump · failedINTERNAL FAILURE, PUMP STOPPED BEFORE TAKEOFF. (X)SDR 20000828SH020Shroud · crackedPUSHROD SHROUD CRACKED AT INSIDE OF SPRING RETAINING CRIMP, AND ALLOWED THE OIL TO LEAVE ENGINE CAUSING ENGINE TO SEIZE. (X)SDR 20000613SH001Muffler · bulgedDURING A BASIC VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE, THE LEFT MUFFLER WAS NOTED AS HAVING SEVERAL BULGES. UPON REMOVAL OF THE MUFFLER AND HEAT SHIELD, THE MUFFLER HAD SEVERAL LARGE HOLES THAT WERE NOT VISIBLE UNTIL THE HEAT SHIELD WAS REMOVED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. SUBSDR 99ZZZX4433Points · looseFOUND STATIONARY CONTACT ON THE MAGNETO, BREAKER POINTS LOOSE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MOVE APPROXIMATELY .0625 INCH. THERE WERE 142.7 HOURS ON THE LT MAGNETO POINTS AT THE TIME OF DISCOVERY AND 157.1 ON THE RT MAGNETO POINTS. (THE CONDITION ON THE RT MAGNETSDR 99ZZZX4095Pan · crackedDURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, THE P/N 002-410014-3, 'PAN', LOCATED AT THE FORWARD NOSE COWL AREA BELOW THE ENGINE CRANKSHAFT FLANGE, AND ABOVE THE AIR FILTER, HAD LARGE CRACKS WITH A HOLE APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES BY 4 INCHES FROM WHERE CRACKED PIECES FELL/BROKE ASDR 20000622SH006Pan · crackedDURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, THE PN 002-410014-3 ''PAN'', LOCATED AT THE FORWARD NOSE COWLING AREA, BELOW THE ENGINE CRANKSHAFT FLANGE, AND ABOVE THE AIR FILTER, HAD LARGE CRACKS WITH A PIECE MISSING APPROXIMATELY 2 INCH BY 4 INCH. SUBMITTER SUSPECTED SOME TYSDR 99ZZZX2431Exhaust Pipe · crackedDURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, A CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE LEFT OUTBOARD EXHAUST PIPE AT NR 4 CYLINDER. THE CRACK SEEMS TO BE ABOUT 1.25 INCHES LONG. PILOT NOTICED NO ADVERSE EFFECTS. EXHAUST PIPE WAS REPLACED AND NO OTHER DAMAGE FOUND.SDR 99ZZZX931Line · looseAFTER AN OFF-FIELD LANDING AS THE RESULT OF A COMPLETE POWER FAILURE, FOUND FUEL PRESS LINE FROM FUEL MANIFOLD VALVE TO COCKPIT LOOSE AT A BULKHEAD FITTING ON THE REAR ENG BAFFLE. SUBMITTER STATED MAIN CAUSE OF POWER FAILURE WAS DUE TO LOOSE FUEL PRESS LINE,SDR 98ZZZX6Valve · wornCYLINDER NR 3 REMOVED DUE TO EXCESSIVE EXHAUST VALVE LEAKAGE DURING A COMPRESSION TEST. EXHAUST VALVE STEM WAS FOUND WORN .023 INCH AT TIP OF STEM TO ABOUT THE CENTER OF STEM. GUIDE WAS NOT WORN (NITRALOY). NR 2 CYLINDER WAS REMOVED FOR ANOTHER REASON AND TSDR 97ZZZX5098Pin Plug · brokenON REMOVAL OF NR 2 CYLINDER FOR LOW COMPRESSION, THE ONE-PIECE FORGED ALUMINUM PLUG IN THE CENTER OF THE WRIST PIN WAS FOUND BROKEN IN TWO, TWO INCHES FROM THE END.SDR CA971106002Connector · loose(CAN) DURING LANDING, NOSE WHEEL DOWN LOCK LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED A BULKHEAD ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FROM WHEEL BAY TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS DISCONNECTED EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IN PLACE. THE PLASTIC TAB SDR 97ZZZX1821Filter Adapter · plug looseWHEN THE OIL FILTER WAS REMOVED DURING AN ENGINE INSPECTION, DISCOVERED A PLUG THAT WAS PRESSED INTO AN UNUSED OIL PASSAGE IN THE OIL FILTER ADAPTER HAD COME LOOSE. THIS ALLOWED THE OIL FILTER TO BE BYPASSED AND FOR UNFILTERED OIL TO BE PUMPED IN THE OIL SYSTSDR 97ZZZX1838Cylinder · excess wornREMOVED ALL CYLINDERS FROM AN 850-HOUR FACTORY REMANUFACTURED (ZERO TIME) ENGINE DUE TO LOW COMPRESSION. FOUND ALL CYLINDERS WORN .009 INCH - .011 INCH OVER NEW SPECS. OPERATOR KEEPS OIL SAMPLES WITH NO INDICATIONS. NORMAL OIL CHANGES AND GOOD PILOT OPERATISDR 98ZZZX875Cylinder · crackedNR 5 CYLINDER HAD CRACK AT UPPER SPARK PLUG BOSS. THIS ENGINE HAS HAD C/W SID 97-2, SID 97-3, AND PROPER MAINTENANCE DURING ITS LIFE. BAFFLING, FUEL SYSTEM SETUP, AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY CONTROLLED ON THIS ENGINE.SDR 97ZZZX10O-Ring · missingFOUND CYLINDER BASE O-RING MISSING ON NR 5 CYLINDER. REMOVED NR 2 CYL. ALSO, NO O-RING ON CYL BASE. CHECK REMAINING CYLINDERS AFTER TALKING TO CONTINENTAL AND FOUND NO O-RINGS ON 3 CYLINDERS, NR 3 NR 4, AND NR 6.SDR CA960813005Fitting · worn(CAN) ON BOTH LEFT HAND AND RIGHT HAND ELEVATOR THE LOWER BOLT (P/N AN23-10A) COULD BE TURNED BY HANDSDR 95ZZZX6610Cylinder · guide wornPILOT REPORTED LOSS OF RPM, ENGINE ROUGHNESS IN CRUISE FLIGHT, CONFIRMED BY EXTREMELY HOT INDICATION ON AIRCRAFT EGT SCANNER. NR 6 CYLINDER POSITION, FOUND NR 6 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE BURNED THROUGH, SEAT DETERIORATED BEYOND LIMITS. REMOVED NR 4 CYLINDER TO SDR 95ZZZX6611Valve · burnedPILOT REPORTED LOSS OF RPM, ENGINE ROUGHNESS IN CRUISE FLIGHT, CONFIRMED BY EXTREMELY HOT INDICATION ON AIRCRAFT EGT SCANNER. NR 6 CYLINDER POSITION, FOUND NR 6 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE BURNED THROUGH, SEAT DETERIORATED BEYOND LIMITS. REMOVED NR 4 CYLINDER TO SDR 95ZZZX6922O-Ring · leakingFUEL STAINS NOTED ON OIL FILTER, LOWER LEFT FIREWALL. FUEL WAS LEAKING IN A HIGH PRESSURE STREAM FROM A BAD 'AN' 123956 O-RING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL INJECTOR PUMP HIGH PRESSURE METERING SCREW. THIS FUEL GLANCED OFF THE OIL FILTER, HIT THE LOSDR 95ZZZX3144Magneto · mistimedINVESTIGATED PILOT COMPLAINT OF EXCESSIVE RPM DROP OF RIGHT MAGNETO ON RUN-UP. FOUND LEFT MAGNETO TIMED AT 24 DEGREES BTC AND RIGHT MAGNETO AT 13 DEGREES BTC. REMOVED AND PARTIALLY DISASSEMBLED RIGHT MAGNETO. FOUND INTERNAL TIMING CORRECT AND VISUAL INSPECTSDR 95ZZZX2321Camshaft · lobes roundedPILOT COMPLAINED OF FOULED PLUGS. REMOVED NR 5 CYLINDER, FOUND CAMSHAFT LOBES ROUNDED AND FOLLOWERS SPALLED. ALSO, FOUND VERY VISIBLE WEAR OF THE PISTON PIN. FOUND SOME EVIDENCE THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME CORROSION ON PIN AND FOLLOWERS. HOWEVER, THE ENGINE WSDR 95ZZZX2323Bracket · brokenSEVENTH STUD, CYLINDERS 2 AND 4: BRACKET BROKEN IN HALVES. ONE ONE-HALF FOUND LYING NEXT TO KEEL, OTHER ONE-HALF MISSING. (ANNUAL 100-HOUR INSPECTION.) REPLACED BRACKET AND NUT, PN 646312. SUSPECT CAUSE: PROGRESSIVE CRACK LEADING TO ULTIMATE FAILURE.SDR 95ZZZX1253Crankshaft · brokenENGINE DISASSEMBLY REVEALED THE CRANKSHAFT HAD FAILED THROUGH THE NR 3 CRANK CHEEK. THE FRACTURE FACE WAS EXAMINED BY THE TCM METALLURGIST WHO CONFORMED THE FAILURE WAS IN BENDING OVERLAOD. THE NR 1 AND NR 2 MAIN BEARINGS WERE HAMMERED OUT TO EXTRUDE THE BEA
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