Continental IO-550-N
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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 2014FA0000260Bracket · crackedNR 1 ALTERNATOR BRACKET FOUND CRACKED DURING ROUTINE 50 HOUR INSPECTION. THIS IS THE 6TH WITHIN A YEAR.SDR 2014FA0000248Adapter · slippedA REBUILT STARTER ADAPTER, WAS INSTALLED AT 336.8 HRS. AT 818 HRS, STARTER ADAPTER BEGAN SLIPPING DURING START, REPAIRED.SDR S8YA2014031300086Bolt · shearedAIRCRAFT ENGINE WOULD NOT START. STARTER NOISE COULD BE HEARD BUT THE PROPELLER DID NOT TURN. FLIGHT THE PRIOR DAY HAD BEEN NORMAL WITH NO ANOMALIES. DURING INVESTIGATION, FOUND THE BOLTS WHICH HOLD THE ACCESSORY GEAR DRIVE TO THE BACK OF THE ENGINE CRANK SSDR 2014FA0000153Transducer · malfunctionedDURING CRUISE, SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE, PILOT NOTICED A FLUCTUATION IN THE OIL PRESSURE INDICATION. THE PRESSURE WAS INDICATING IN THE 40 PSI RANGE THEN WOULD DROP TO THE LOW 20'S OVER A FEW SECONDS THEN RETURN BACK TO THE 40'S. AS A PRECAUTION THE PILOT RETSDR IVLA20140124003Magneto · damagedAFTER TAKEOFF AT PDK THE PILOT REPORTED A SUDDEN POWER LOSS & ROUGHNESS SHORTLY AFTER SWITCHING TO DEPARTURE CONTROL. PILOT ALSO STATED THAT ENG WOULD RUN SMOOTHLY ON THE LT MAGNETO, BUT WOULD QUIT ON THE RT MAGNETO. UPON REMOVING THE RT MAGNETO, TURNING THESDR IVLA20140206004Starter · malfunctionedPILOT STATED THAT ENG WOULD NOT START & STARTER WOULD NOT ENGAGE. ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS ONLY A CLICKING SOUND WHEN START WAS SELECTED.SDR 2014FA0000041Engine · power lossENGINE LOSS OF POWER ON CLIMB.SDR CA131018013Cylinder · cracked(CAN) ENGINE RECEIVED FOR PROP STRIKE INSPECTION. DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT ALL 6 OF THE CYLINDERS AND PISTONS EXHIBITED STRESS CRACKING. THE CRACKING IS NOT CONDUCIVE WITH PROP STRIKE DAMAGE, BUT RATHER WITH OVER-BOOST OR OVER-STRESS OF THSDR 2013FA0000635Attach Fitting · wornEXCESSIVE WEAR NOTED AT SLAVE, RT, WASTEGATE BUTTERFLY SHAFT CONTROL ATTACHMENT TAB. WEAR ON ATTACH POINT OF ACTIVATOR LINKAGE ALSO. ENGINE HAS BEEN ALTERED STC SE10589SC TORNADO ALLEY TURBO INSTALL. NEED TO REQUIRE RECURRING DETAILED INSPECTIONS OF THIS ASDR CA131008012Piston Pin · broken(CAN) DURING NR 3 CYLINDER DISASSEMBLY PISTON PIN PLUG WAS FOUND BROKEN IN HALF INSIDE PISTON PIN. PLUG ENDS WERE SLIGHTLY PEENED FROM IMPACTING CYLINDER WALLS, NO DAMAGE WAS CAUSED TO CYLINDER WALLS.SDR CA131008014Oil Cooler · cracked(CAN) ENGINE OIL COOLER FLANGE FOR ATTACHING ENGINE BAFFLING FOUND CRACKED. NO OIL LEAKS FROM OIL COOLER FOUND AS THIS IS AN EXTERNAL FLANGE FOR BAFFLING MOUNTING ONLY. CRACK LENGTH 75 PERCENT OF FLANGE. MOUNTING LUGS ALSO FOUND TO BE DEVELOPING SMALL CRACKSSDR MAOA2013FA0000432Support · brokenAIR FILTER SUPPORT, MADE OF A CYLINDRICALLY SHAPED WIRE SCREEN WAS FOUND TO HAVE THE SCREEN MATERIAL BREAKING AT THE JUNCTION OF THE RADIAL TO VERTICAL WIRES. CAUSING, IN SEVERAL INSTANCES, TO SHED SECTIONS OF THE WIRE, UP TO AN INCH LONG. WHEN THESE WIRES SSDR 2013FA0000449Structure · corrodedDURING A PRELIMINARY MX INSPECTION, FOUND ACFT TO HAVE EXCESSIVE CORROSION ON AIRFRAME. MOVED THE RUDDER FULL DEFLECTION AND CONTROL ROD END ON PUSH PULL TUBE SNAPPED AT EXPOSED THREADED PORTION. FOUND SEVERAL STEEL PARTS THAT HAVE CORROSION, ALONG WITH THESDR 2013FA0000316Gascolator · looseDURING ANNUAL CONDITION INSPECTION, GASCOLATOR FILTER WAS NOT REMOVABLE, CUP COULD NOT BE SEPARATED FROM BODY. ENTIRE ASSY WAS REMOVED INCLUDING A MOUNTING BRACKET AND COOLING SHROUD. WHEN REMOVED, INLET TO GASCOLATOR HELD BY FOUR HEX-HEAD COUNTERSUNK SCRSDR 2013FA0000332Wire · arcedPILOT REPORTED BURNING OR HOT ODOR ON SHORT FINAL. WHEN ACFT WAS SHUTDOWN, PILOT OBSERVED THE FLAP POSITION LED AND THE KEYPAD BACKGROUND LIGHTS WERE STILL ILLUMINATED AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS FOR THE NR 2 BATTERY, YAW SERVO AND AUTOPILOT CONTROL/KEYPAD WERE TRIPSDR 2013FA0000234Gear · damagedAPPEARS CAMSHAFT GEAR HAD A TOOTH FAILURE WHICH LED TO A FAILURE OF THE CRANKSHAFT AND CAMSHAFT COMBINED GEAR FAILURES.SDR CA130725003Brake Caliper · damaged(CAN) BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT HAND BRAKE CALIPERS HAD A PIN HOLE FLUID LEAK. BOTH CALIPERS WERE LEAKING ON THE OUTSIDE SURFACE IN THE CORNER OF WHERE THE RAISED CIRCLE ACROSS FROM THE BRAKE PISTON BORE IS. BOTH WERE ON THE SIDE CLOSEST TO THE BLEEDER SCREW. THSDR 2013FA0000221Drive Gear · brokenNYLON GEAR HAS EIGHT BROKEN TEETH RESULTING IN LOOSING LT MAGNETO ON CLIMBOUT. THE MAGNETO HAD 430 HRS SINCE THE LAST 500 INSPECTION, WITH 865 HRS TT.SDR 2013FA0000222Exhaust Duct · crackedTHE LT EXHAUST SYS DEVELOPED CRACKS DURING A RECENT INSPECTION AT 825 HRS TT. THE NEW STYLE EXHAUST KIT WAS INSTALLED.SDR 2013FA0000223Spark Plug · damagedAFTER HAVING CRACKED INSULATOR ON RHB32S SPARK PLUGS AND SB 11-05, WHICH HAD A MANDATORY REPLACEMENT OF FINE WIRE SPARK PLUGS, INSTALLED MASSIVE SPARK PLUGS. NOW, 13 MONTHS AND 310 HRS LATER, THE ENGINE IS MISFIRING IN CRUISE. ONE CYLINDER AT A TIME RUNNINGSDR 2013FA0000218Bearing · roughNOTICED WHEN TURNING PROP OVER TO DO COMPRESSION TEST, THERE WAS A CLUNKING/TICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. TRACED IT TO THE STARTER ADAPTER. REMOVED ADAPTER AND FOUND THAT THE BEARING ON THE DRIVE SHAFT THAT GOES INTO THE ENGINE IS VERY ROUGH AND JERSDR IVLA20130209002Cartridge · bindingROLL TRIM CARTRIDGE CAUSED AILERON NOT TO RETURN TO NEUTRAL POSITION. FLIGHT CONTROL WAS STILL MOVEABLE. WAS FOUND ON PREFLIGHT. BELIEVE DIRT ON ACTUATION ARM CAUSED THE PROBLEM.SDR CA130211010Gear · failed(CAN) MAGNETO FAILED INTERNALLY. SEVERAL TEETH ON NYLON GEAR WERE BROKEN AND FOUND LYING IN THE BOTTOM OF THE MAGNETO.SDR IVLA20130109001Injector · brokenON 01/01/2013 DURING TAKEOFF PILOT NOTICED ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH, RETURNED TO AIRPORT FOR LANDING. (NO EMERGENCY DECLARED) ON 01/02/2013 A MECHANIC INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND SUSPECTED FOULED SPARK PLUGS, AFTER CLEANING SPARK PLUGS THE MECHANIC TEST RAN THE AISDR IVLA20121210001Fuel Line · brokenDURING NORMAL OPERATION, ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH, PIC MADE A SAFE EMERGENCY LANDING AND INSPECTED THE ACFT. DURING INSPECTIN FOUND THE NR 6 FUEL INJECTOR LINE BROKEN WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO RUN ROUGH.SDR IKBR20121205002Filter · splitSEVERAL INDUCTION AIR FILTERS SPLIT DOWN THE SEAM. RECENTLY STARTED HAPPENING WHERE AS THEY WERE NEVER SEEN IN THE PAST. SUSPECT POSSIBLE BAD BATCH OF FILTERS. WHEN THE FILTER IS SPLIT IT ALLOWS FREE INGESTION OF DIRT, FLUIDS AND FOD. SUGGEST MORE FREQUENTSDR 2012FA0000789Camshaft · brokenAFTER ENGINE FAILURE. REMOVED COWLING, PERFORMED VISUAL INSPECTION OF ENGINE, FOUND NR 3 EXHAUST VALVE PUSH-ROD TUBE HOUSING BROKEN AND PUSH-ROD BENT. REMOVED TOP SPARK PLUGS, THEY APPEARED NORMAL. COMPRESSION CHECK DETERMINED 3 & 5 AND 2 & 4 TO HAVE NO COMSDR IKBR20121107001Wire · looseDURING INSPECTION, FOUND THAT METAL WIRES ON THE BA-111 BRACKET ASSY, WERE LOOSE.SDR 2012FA0000744Spark Plug · faultyPILOT REPORTED ENGINE WOULD FEEL LIKE IT WAS GETTING A MISS IN FLIGHT. PERFORMED A RESISTANCE CHECK OF THE PLUGS AND FOUND HALF OF THEM TO BE AT LEAST 10 TIMES OVER THE SERVICE LIMIT RESISTANCE VALUES FOR THE SAME PN FOR A TEMPEST PLUG. THE ENTIRE SET OF SPSDR CA130402005Hinge · corroded(CAN) ALL FLAP HINGES HAVE INTER GRANULAR AND EXFOLIATION CORROSION ON UPPER HALF OF HINGE: NEW HINGES INSTALLED, PN 14571-008, 14571-007, 14572-004 AND 14573-004.SDR 2012FA0000743Spark Plug · faultyPILOT REPORTED ELEVATED NR 3 CYLINDER CHT WHILE ALL OTHER PARAMETERS REMAINED NORMAL. PLANE WAS BROUGHT TO US AFTER FAULT COULD NOT BE FOUND BY LOCAL SHOP. WE PERFORMED A RESISTANCE CHECK OF THE PLUGS ON THE SUSPECT CYLINDER AND FOUND 1 TO HAVE INFINITE RESISDR 2012FA0000700Fuel Control · leakingTHIS ACFT HAS A TURBO NORMALIZING SYS INSTALLED UNDER STC'S SA10588SC AND SE10589SC. DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION USING SB11-02, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP WAS LEAKING PAST THE MIXTURE CONTROL SHAFT. ON ACTUATION OF THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP IT SDR 2012FA0000688Manifold · crackedTHIS AIRCRAFT HAS A TURBO NORMALIZING SYS INSTALLED UNDER STCS SA10588SC & SE10589SC. THE FAILURE OCCURRED IN ONE OF THE COMPONENTS INSTALLED WITH THE STC. DURING A 500 HR IN SERVICE INSPECTION IAW SI11-01, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LT EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS SDR 2012FA0000689Fuel Control · leakingAIRCRAFT HAS A TURBO NORMALIZING SYS INSTALLED UNDER STCS SA10588SC & SE10589SC. FOUND FUEL STAINS ON SEVERAL COMPONENTS IN THE REAR SECTION OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED A SIGNIFICANT LEAK FROM THE MIXTURE CONTROL SHAFT ON THE ENGINE DRSDR 2012FA0000690Exhaust Pipe · crackedFOUND THAT THE RT TAIL PIPE HAD CRACKED COMPLETELY IN HALF ALONG THE FORWARD EDGE OF THE CABIN HEAT EXCHANGER WELDMENT.SDR YWYR201209149366Spark Plug · crackedPILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, HE FELT AN OCCASSIONL VIBRATION AND SURGE IN POWER. PILOT ALSO NOTICED THAT HIS NR 3 CYLINDER EGT WOULD FLUCTUATE ABOUT 20 DEGREES AND ENGINE RPM WOULD FLUCTUATE BY APPROXIMATELY 30 RPM. CHANGES IN FUEL MIXTURE, PRSDR 2012FA0000632Bearing · failedNOTICED WHEN TURNING PROP OVER TO DO COMPRESSION TEST THAT THERE WAS A CLUNKING AND TICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE MOTOR. TRACED IT TO THE STARTER ADAPTER. REMOVED ADAPTER AND FOUND THAT THE BEARING ON THE DRIVE SHAFT THAT GOES INTO THE ENGINE IS VERY ROUGH ASDR 2012FA0000659Nut · failedENGINE UNABLE TO MAINTAIN MANIFOLD PRESSURE IN THE CLIMB. ON GROUND RUNS THE MECHANIC REPORTED THAT THE LT TURBOCHARGER AUDIBLY HAD A DIFFERENT PITCH THAN BEFORE. REMOVAL OF THE INDUCTION SYS REVEALED THAT THE LT TURBOCHARGER COMPRESSOR WHEEL RETAINING NUTSDR 2012FA0000598Spark Plug · destroyedENGINE ROUGH IN CLIMB TO FL140. COULD NOT SET 17,5 GPH FOR CRUISE, HAD THAT SAME PROBLEM ONCE MORE, BUT NOW ONLY VERY LEAN. CHT IN SECONDS TO 480 FROM 340 AND ABOVE ON CYLINDER NR 1. NORMAL EGT , HIGH AND RISING TIT ON TURBO 2 FROM 1600 TO 1750. WHEN THE OIL PSDR CA120919008Housing · failed(CAN) MAGNETOS WERE R & R WITH O/H UNITS AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING AND FINDING A NO SPARK CONDITION. UNSERVICEABLE MAGNETOS WERE SENT TO AN O/H FACILITY AS CORES. UPON TEAR DOWN IT WAS FOUND THE MOLDED ALUMINUM HOUSING CONTAINING THE ROTATING MAGNETS SUFFERED FROMSDR 2012FA0000435Fuel Nozzle · contaminatedFINDING UPPER DECK LINE RUSTING INTERNALLY ON TORNADO ALLEY TURBO EQUIPPED ACFT. THE RUST CONSISTS OF BOTH LARGE AND SMALL PARTICLES THAT ARE EASILY DISLODGED. ACFT THAT HAVE THIS CONDITION EXHIBIT RUST STAINS ON AND AROUND THE FUEL INJECTORS FOUND WHEN THE ISDR LC1R201206200001Magneto · fracturedDURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, NOTICED THE RT MAGNETO LEAKING SOME OIL AND NOT SEATED FULLY. FURTHER EXAMINATION SHOWED THE MAGNETO FLANGE COMPLETLY BROKEN OFF UNDER THE HOLD DOWN CLIP.SDR 2012FA0000367Exhaust Header · blisteredDURING A PRE-BUY INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE LT EXHAUST MANIFOLD ASSY WAS BLISTERED AND CRACKED IN 2 PLACES BETWEEN THE NR 2 AND NR 4 CYLINDERS.SDR 2012FA0000578Spark Plug · crackedENGINE START NORMAL. MAGNETO CHECK ON RUNUP REVEALED ROUGH RUNNING AND MAG CHECK FAILED ON SEVERAL CYLINDERS. REMOVED THE PLUGS - CRACKS FOUND ALL AROUND THE INSULATOR. RHB32S IS CURRENTLY IN THE ENGINE. HAVE BEEN FINDING SEVERAL OF THESE ON MULTIPLE AIRCSDR 2012FA0000290Seal · leakingFUEL LEAKING PAST MIXTURE CONTROL SHAFT SEALS. ACFT AND ENGINE HAS A TURBO NORMALIZING SYS INSTALLED. WHEN ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP OPERATED ON BOOST (LOW), ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP HAD A LEAKAGE RATE OF FUEL OF ABOUT 1 DRIP EVERY 1.5 TO 2 SECONDS.SDR CA120510002Alternator · leaking(CAN) A CREWMAN REPORTED A SMALL OIL LEAK FROM THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE AFTER HIS POST FLIGHT INSPECTION. THE CAUSE WAS A BROKEN MOUNT LUG ON THE ALTERNATOR, 1 OF THE 4, USED TO BOLT THE ALTERNATOR TO THE ENGINE. THE REASON FOR THE BREAKAGE IS UNDETERMINED.SDR 2012FA0000323Alternator · wrong partBROKEN MOUNTING FLANGE OF ALTERNATOR HOUSING AND IMPROPER ALTERNATOR INSTALLED IAW SN OF ACFT AND ENGINE.SDR IVLA2012FA0000195Attach Bolt · wornFOUND ALTERNATE AIR FLAPPER BOLT THREADS STRIPPED FROM VIBRATION.SDR 2012FA0000196Attach Bolt · wornFOUND ALTERNATE AIR FLAPPER BOLT THREADS STRIPPED FROM VIBRATION. FOUND AS A RESULT OF PREVIOUS INCIDENT.SDR 2012FA0000268Attach Bracket · crackedINVESTIGATING A NR 2 ALTERNATOR NO OUTPUT CONDITION. FOUND THAT THE NR 2 ALTERNATOR ATTACH POINT CRACKED THRU. SUSPECT DEFECT CASTING OF PART. RECOMENDATION WOULD BE TO MAKE THE PART FROM BILLET ALLUMINUM INSTEAD OF CAST ALUNIMUM.
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