Continental IO-550-N
Service difficulty reports · 335
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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 = 'IO550N' 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 = 'IO550N' 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 CA190618010Pin · loose(CAN) ON THE RETURN LEG OF A CHARTER, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ELEVATOR TRIM WOULD NOT MOVE. HE REPORTED THAT HE HAD FULL ELEVATOR AUTHORITY BUT COULD NOT ADJUST THE TRIM. AFTER LANDING MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT THE TWO GROOVE PINSSDR L9OR2020012900100Housing · crackedAIRCRAFT CAME IN WITH ONE DEAD MAGNETO. MAGNETO WOULD NOT TIME TO ENGINE, FOUND E GAP MISALIGNED WITH DISTRIBUTOR GEAR. OPENED MAGNETOS FOR INSPECTION AND FOUND MAGNET HOUSING CRACKED AND MAGNET HAD SHIFTED/ROTATED TO DRIVE SHAFT.
SDR 6KYR2020012900092Air Filter · failedDURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, WHILE CHANGING THE INDUCTION AIR FILTER IT WAS DISCOVERED THE FILTER BASKET HAS STARTED TO COME APART. THERE ARE SEVERAL PIECES OF THE BASKET MISSING. THE BASKET APPEARS TO BE MADE OF STAINLESS STEEL. THE BASKET SETS IN THE INDUSDR 2019FA0000072Fuse · missingDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, FOUND CAPS FUSE HOLDER ON MCU MISSING THE CAP AND SLOW BLOW 5 AMP FUSE MISSING. UNKNOWN REASON OF WHY IT WAS MISSING, SUSPECT IT VIBRATED LOOSE.SDR 2019FA0000042Nut · crackedDURING MAINTENANCE TO TROUBLESHOOT A FAILED NR 2 ALTERNATOR, WE NOTICED A THRU-BOLT NUT MISSING FROM NR 4 TOP CYLINDER AND THE THRU-BOLT MIGRATED OUT ONTO THE NR 5 CYLINDER. THE NUT WAS FOUND IN THE BAFFLING BENEATH THE CYLINDER AND IT HAD FAILED BY CRACKING.SDR B90A201902060001Engine · vibrationDURING PART 91 FLIGHT, PILOT NOTICED SMALL VIBRATION AT ENGINE UPON DECENT. PILOT ASKED ATC FOR MOST DIRECT ROUTE TO KCLW AND TOLD ATC HE DID NOT HAVE AN EMERGENCY AT THAT TIME. WHEN NEARING KCLW, PILOT HAD A WARNING FOR #3 CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURE OF 450 DESDR 2018FA0000479Drive Gear · damagedINTERNAL ENGINE DAMAGE TO CRANKCASE GEAR REQUIRING ENGINE TEAR DOWN AND INSPECTION. DURING ROUTINE ENGINE OIL CHANGE, SMALL OIL DRIP FROM NR 1 ENGINE-DRIVEN ALTERNATOR WAS NOTICED. ALTERNATOR REMOVED FOR REPAIR. INVESTIGATION REVEALED ALL TEETH ON ALTERNATOR DSDR 2018FA0000206Gear · failedATTEMPTED TO START THE AIRCRAFT, ON STARTER ENGAGEMENT A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE ENGINE SEIZED. UPON INITIAL INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT ROTATE EITHER DIRECTION. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT MULTIPLE TEETH WERE MISSISDR BIER20180711001Bracket · crackedAIRCRAFT WAS CONFIGURED WITH NOSE IN THE AIR (NOSE STRUT WAS REMOVED FOR REPAIRS), TAIL WAS SECURED WITH TAIL TIE-DOWN WEIGHT AS PER CIRRUS SR22 M/M. AIRCRAFT WAS RESTING WITH BOTH MLG WHEELS ON THE GROUND AND CHOCKED. NO MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE WORKING THESDR 2018FA0000354Fuel Rail · corrodedCUSTOMER EXPERIENCED A SLIGHTLY ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE WITH SHORT INTERRUPTIONS/SHAKINGS DURING SEVERAL FLIGHTS. T/S REVEALED THE LT & RT DECK REFERENCE RAILS P/N 633397 WITH HEAVY INTERNAL CORROSION. RUST PARTICLES COMING FROM THE DECK RAILS WERE ALSO FOUND IN SDR 2018FA0000067Magneto · brokenROUGH ENGINE AND SLIGHT LOSS OF POWER ON 3RD TAKE OFF OF THE DAY. NR 6 CYLINDER TEMPERATURE JUMPED CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN THE REST OF THE CYLINDERS BUT STILL IN THE "GREEN", MADE PLENTY OF POWER TO CLIMB AND RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. LEFT MAGNETO REPAIRED WITSDR 2018FA0000002Brake Disc · crackedDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, THE BRAKE DISC WAS DISCOVERED TO HAVE A CRACK RUNNING APPROXIMATELY 220 DEGREES AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE FLANGE WHICH BOLTS ONTO THE WHEEL. THE CRACK IS RIGHT AT THE 90 DEGREE CHANGE FROM THE DISC BODY TO BOLT FLANGE. SEVERAL SDR IVLA201710030001Trim Motor · looseFOUND EXCESSIVE PLAY IN ELEVATOR. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND PITCH TRIM MOTOR ROTATING SLIGHTLY WHEN MOVING ELEVATOR. REMOVED PITCH TRIM MOTOR ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLED MOTOR FROM BRACKET. DISCOVERED 2 OF THE 4 ATTACH SCREWS BACKED OUT COMPLETELY, ANDSDR 2017FA0000590Piston Pin · brokenDURING THE COURSE OF AN ANNUAL INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT CYLINDER NR 5 HAD LOW COMPRESSION. IT WAS DECIDED TO PULL THE CYLINDER FOR REPAIR AND IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE CYLINDER THE PISTON PIN WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN IN HALF. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATIOSDR 2017FA0000351Engine · damagedON LONG FINAL AFTER A BANG AND A SHUDDER, PILOT NOTED A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE THEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WITH A FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT, AIRCRAFT SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.SDR P9KA2017032801Oil Cooler · crackedDURING A ROUTINE 100 HOUR INSPECTION, THE OIL COOLER FORWARD DIAGONAL SUPPORT BAR WAS FOUND BROKEN IN TWO, WITH THE LOWER HALF LYING ON THE ENGINE BAFFLING. UPON REMOVAL OF THE COOLER, 2 OTHER CRACKS WERE FOUND NEAR THE MOUNTING BOLT HOLES. THE COOLER WAS REPLSDR 2017FA0000010Pitot Head · blockedASI FAILURE (BLOCKED PITOT) LEADS TO CASCADE FAILURE OF THE SAM STANDBY ATTITUDE INDICATOR. ATTITUDE INDICATOR INDICATES RED X ON STANDBY INSTRUMENT.SDR 2016FA0000513Bolt · shearedDURING START FOR MAINTENANCE THE PROPELLER JERKED TO A STOP. SUBSEQUENT START ATTEMPTS SHOWED NO MOVEMENT OF PROPELLER WHILE STARTER WAS RUNNING. REMOVAL OF THE STARTER AND STARTER ADAPTER REVEALED ALL SIX BOLTS THAT ATTACH THE LARGE GEAR TO THE CRANKSHAFT HADSDR IVLA2016F00193Nut · loosePILOT EXPERIENCED A LACK OF THROTTLE RESPONSE UPON SHORT FINAL. FOUND NUT SECURING THROTTLE LEVER LOOSE.SDR BIER20160531001Strut · crackedCUSTOMER REPORTED A NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY AND ARRIVED AT REPAIR STATION ON 5/26/2016. ACFT ENTERED INTO REPAIR STATION AND ACFT JACKED. ALL LANDING GEAR WHEELS AND AXLES INSPECTED FOR SECURITY, NO DEFECTS NOTED ON MAIN LANDING GEAR. FOUND PLAY IN NOSE LANDING GEASDR LC1R201605230001Piston · damagedDURING A PREPURCHASE INSPECTION, A BORESCOPE INSPECTION OF ALL CYLINDERS WAS PERFORMED. FOUND EVIDENCE OF AN EXHAUST VALVE STRIKE ON THE PISTON OF NR 5 CYLINDER. NOTED NO OTHER DAMAGE IN NUMBER 5 CYLINDER AND ENGINE OPERATION WAS ACCEPTABLE DURING PRE-INSPECSDR P9KA2016070701Crankcase · crackedDURING A ROUTINE ANNUAL INSPECTION, AN ONGOING OIL LEAK WAS TRACED TO A CRACK IN THE RIGHT HALF OF THE CRANKCASE BETWEEN THE NR 5 CYLINDER AND THE ALTERNATOR MOUNTING BOSS. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED.SDR 2016FA0000185Case · crackedENGINE WITH STC SE10589SC, FOUND CASE CRACKED BETWEEN CYLINDER 2 AND CLYINDER 4.SDR YD5R201604068441Manifold · crackedCRACK IN A WELD ATTACHING AN EXHAUST DUCT TO THE RT WASTE GATE. THIS ACFT HAS AN ENGINE THAT WAS MODIFIED BY STC SE10589SC AND INSTALLED ON THE ACFT UNDER SA10588SC. PAST EXPERIENCE ON MULTIPLE ACFT HAS SHOWN THAT THIS VERSION OF THE EXHAUST ASSEMBLY IS PRONSDR YD5R201604068442Manifold · distortedDISTORTION AND BULGE IN LT EXHAUST MANIFOLD. THIS ACFT HAS AN ENGINE THAT WAS MODIFIED BY STC SE10589SC AND INSTALLED ON THE ACFT UNDER SA10588SC. THIS REPORT IS TO GIVE MY OPINION THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FAILURE OF THIS EXHAUST ASSY AND THAT SI11-01 SDR YD5R2016033017830Manifold · failedSIGNIFICANT DISTORTION AND HEAT STRESS IN THE LT EXHAUST MANIFOLD BETWEEN CYLINDERS 2 AND 4. DAMAGE OF THIS TYPE IS FREQUENTLY FOUND IN THIS GENERAL AREA ON ENGINES MODIFIED WITH STC SE10589SC. WE HAVE ANOTHER SIMILARLY MODIFIED ACFT WITH SIMILAR DAMAGE IN TSDR EVGR201602180001Crankcase · crackedCRACKED CRANKCASE, LT SIDE BETWEEN CYLINDERS NR 2 AND NR 4 INTO THE NR 2 CYLINDER APERTURE. CRACKS WERE DISCOVERED AT A ROUTINE 50 HOUR INSPECTION AND SERVICING WHILE TRYING TO ADDRESS AN OIL LEAK.SDR PAIR2015010801496Crankcase · crackedPILOT NOTED OIL LEAK FROM ENGINE AFTER LANDING. MAINTENANCE FOUND A CRACK, APPROXIMATELY 1" LONG, IN THE LT SIDE CRANKCASE APPROXIMATELY 1" AFT OF THE 7TH STUD FOR THE NR 2 CYLINDER WHICH IS LOCATED BEHIND THE OIL COOLER. UNABLE TO SEE THIS CRACK WITH THE OISDR CA160106008Distributor Gear · failed(CAN) DISTRIBUTION GEAR ON RT MAGNETO FAILED IN FLIGHT.SDR CA160115002Distributor Gear · broken(CAN) ENGINE WOULD NOT RUN ON RT MAGNETO. INSPECTION OF MAGNETO REVEALED NYLON DISTRIBUTOR GEAR NOT TURNING WHEN MAGNETO ROTOR TURNED. FOUND 8 TEETH BROKEN OFF OF THIS GEAR. TEETH FOUND INSIDE MAGNETO, NEAR GEAR. NO REASON FOR FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE CONDITSDR CA151217013Oil Cooler · cracked(CAN) WE CONTINUE TO HAVE ISSUES WITH THIS TYPE OF OIL COOLER ON CONTENTIAL IO-550-N ENGINES. THE COOLERS ARE CRACKING ON THE BAFFLE FLANGE AND MORE CRITICALLY ON THE MOUNTING FLANGE. NO OIL LEAK HAD DEVELOPED YET, BUT THE MOUNTING FLANGE CRACK WAS NEAR A MAINSDR BIER20151124466Fuse Link · arcedACFT ARRIVED FOR ANNUAL INSPECTION. DURING PRE-INSPECTION GROUND ENGINE RUN TO VERIFY SYSTEM OPERATION, NOTICED ERRATIC AMP INDICATIONS. WITH LT ALTERNATOR "OFF", CROSSTIE SWITCH "ON" AND RT ALTERNATOR "ON", NOTICED INDICATIONS OF 32 AMPS ON LT SYSTEM AND 28.SDR YD5R2015102000497Dipstick · mismarkedTHIS ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE CENTER FOR A REPORTED EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE. THROUGH INVESTIGATION AND VISUAL COMPARISON, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE OIL LEVEL DIPSTICK WAS INCORRECTLY MARKED. COMPARING TO ANOTHER DIPSTICK FROM THE SAME MODEL ENGINE, THE 2SDR 2015FA0000473Adapter · failedFAILED SLIPPING STARTER ADAPTER.SDR NF2R201812210004Lifter · galledREMOVE AND INSPECT ALL VALVE LIFTERSSDR 2015FA0000306Crankcase · crackedIN THE PREVIOUS SEVERAL WEEKS, AN OIL LEAK WAS IDENTIFIED COMING FROM SOMEWHERE BEHIND THE OIL DIPSTICK/FILLER TUBE. IT WAS THOUGHT THAT A GASKET BETWEEN THE TUBE ASSEMBLY AND THE CRANKCASE WAS LEAKING SO IT WAS REPLACED. OIL CONTINUED TO LEAK SO THE NR 2 CYLISDR IVLA2015FA0000191Display · intermittentPILOT DEPARTED. AFTER DEPARTING, THE PERSPECTIVE PFD SHUTDOWN AND THE MFD WENT INTO REVERSIONARY MODE. THE PILOT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE.SDR 1TWR20150417001Adapter · damagedAIRCRAFT CAME INTO MAINTENANCE WITH AN OIL PRESSURE INDICATION FLUCTUATION. ON COWLING REMOVAL, FOUND OIL LEAKING ON AFT EXHAUST CROSSOVER TUBE. FOUND STARTER ADAPTER PULLEY ABOVE THIS TUBE BROKEN AND MISALIGNED. SHAFT PULLEY IS MOUNTED ON APPEARS TO BE STRAIGSDR 2015FA0000088Scavenge Pump · looseACFT WAS COMING OUT OF ANNUAL INSPECTION. LOW ALTITUDE FUNCTIONAL FLIGHT CHECK INDICATED NO ABNORMALITIES. HIGH ALTITUDE FUNCTIONAL FLIGHT CHECK INDICATED SMOKING EXHAUST PIPE AND LOSS OF TURBO SYSTEM. DECOWLING SHOWED OIL SPRAY. TRACED BACK TO FITTING ON SCASDR 2015FA0000081Injector · brokenDURING FLIGHT THE FUEL INJECTOR BROKE IN HALF. ONE PORTION WAS IN THE NR 1 CYLINDER AND THE OTHER WAS ATTACHED TO THE FUEL LINE FROM THE SPIDER. LUCKILY THERE WAS NOT A FIRE.SDR 2015FA0000070Distributor Gear · brokenENGINE SUDDENLY BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND LOSING POWER AT CRUISE POWER SETTING. PILOT EXECUTED PARTIAL POWER LOSS EMERGENCY PROCEDURE AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE FOR UNEVENTFUL LANDING. ENGINE LOG DATA SUGGESTED IGNITION PROBLEM, TRACEABLE TO RT MAGNETO, CAUSINGSDR X3MY2015FA0000006Coupling · failedFOUND THAT IT WOULD TAKE 3-5 MINUTES OF RUNNING BEFORE THE ALTERNATOR WOULD COME ONLINE. AT THAT POINT THE VOLTAGE OF 28.6-28.7 V. CHANGING THE REGULATOR DID NOT AFFECT THE SYMPTOMS AND ONCE THE ENGINE WAS WARM ALL SEQUENTIAL STARTS WERE NORMAL. SUSPECTED TSDR I2JR20141119001Magneto · inoperativeOPERATOR REPORTED ROUGH ENGINE DURING CLIMBOUT NEAR 300 FT. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. OPERATOR REPORTED PREFLIGHT ENGINE RUN UP AND MAGNETO CHECKS WERE NORMAL. UPON INSPECTION MECHANIC NOTED LT MAGNETO MODEL: S6RSC-25, PN: 10-500556-1 WAS INOPERATIVE. VISUALSDR S7HR201412050002Magnet · failedNOTED CAST PERMANENT MAGNET ASSEMBLY HAS ROTATED ON ROTOR SHAFT. IMPULSE COUPLING APPEARS TO HAVE ENGAGED AT HIGHER RPM; FLYWEIGHTS DAMAGED. TORSION SHOCKING DUE TO UNDERWEIGHTED PROP.SDR 5CSR2015FA0000046Cylinder · leakingAIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED TO BE CONSUMING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL AFTER FLIGHT, ESTIMATED AT 1 QT PER HOUR. AIRCRAFT BELLY WAS HEAVILY COVERED IN OIL AND APPEARED TO BE COMING FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. PERFORMED BORE SCOPE INSPECTION AND FOUND CYCLINDERS 1, 3,SDR 2014FA0000550Pump · leakingFUEL PUMP LEAKING FROM THE MIXTURE CONTROL SHAFT. THE AMOUNT OF FUEL LEAKING WAS ENOUGH THAT THERE WAS SOME BLUE STAINING OF THE ENGINE CASE UNDER THE PUMP. ACFT HAS THE TURBO NORMALIZING SYSTEM INSTALLED UNDER STC SA10588SC AND SE10589SC. SB12-02, THAT ADDSDR 2014FA0000552Pump · leakingFUEL PUMP LEAKING FROM THE MIXTURE CONTROL SHAFT. THE AMOUNT OF FUEL LEAKING WAS ENOUGH THAT THERE WAS SOME BLUE STAINING OF THE ENGINE CASE UNDER THE PUMP. THIS AIRCRAFT HAS THE TORNADO ALLEY TURBO NORMALIZING SYSTEM INSTALLED UNDER STC SA10588SC AND SE1058SDR 2014FA0000574Adapter · damagedSTARTER ADAPTER HAS THREE MISSING TEETH AND A CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE CRANK SHAFT GEAR.SDR CA140711007Dipstick · broken(CAN) THE ENGINE OIL DIP STICK CAME APART DURING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE. THE DIP STICK IS MADE UP OF A CAP, A FLEXIBLE PORTION THAT RESEMBLES A CABLE AND A SOLID END PORTION THAT HAS THE OIL LEVEL MARKINGS ETCHED INTO IT. THE END PORTION IS BONDED TO THE CABLE. SDR 2014FA0000380Distributor Gear · looseDISTRIBUTOR GEAR ROTOR CAME LOOSE FROM GEAR AND INTERFERED WITH ALL SIX BLOCK TERMINALS CAUSING BRASS DUST TO BE GROUND FROM TOWERS AND CONTAMINATED MAGNETO INTERNALLY. BRASS DUST WAS VISIBLE THROUGH TIMING PLUG ACCESS HOLE DURING ROUTINE MAGNETO TO ENGINE TI
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