Continental O-200A
Service difficulty reports · 438
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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 = 'O200A' 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 = 'O200A' 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 CA090406007Stiffener · cracked(CAN) SEAT RAIL SUPPORT STIFFENER CRACKED, PART REPLACED WITH NEW.SDR 2008FA0000201Flame Tube · rupturedRT MUFFLER P/N 0450400-26 WAS REMOVED FOR CYLINDER REPLACEMENT, INSP REVEALED DETERIORATED FLAME TUBES IN OUTLET PIPE AND NR1 INLET PIPE. OUTLET PIPE FLAME TUBE IS NOT READILY VISIBLE LOOKING UP TAIL PIPE. NO ENTRIES IN LOGBOOK INDICATING REPLACEMENT OF EITHERSDR 2008FA0000198Piston · crackedREMOVAL OF NR 3 CYLINDER FOR REPLACEMENT REVEALED A 1.5 INCH CRACK IN THE UPPER PISTON SKIRT STARTING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE PISTON. 885 HOURS SINCE NEW.SDR 2008FA0000200Cylinder · crackedMUFFLER PRESSURE TEST REVEALED CRACKS IN NR 1 CYLINDER EXHAUST PORT, FWD SIDE. UNKNOWN CYLINDER TIME, WAS BORED .015 INCH OVERSIZE.SDR CA080221002Muffler · damaged(CAN) THIS IS AN ON GOING ISSUE. THIS EXHAUST MUFFLER PASSED THE VISUAL INSP AS CF90-03. WHEN PRESSURE TESTED WITH AIR AND WATER, 3 PIN HOLES SHOWED. 2 WERE IN OPEN BARE METAL SURFACE. ONE WAS IN THE LONGITUDINAL SEAM. ANOTHER EXPERIENCED AME WAS IN MY SHOP FOSDR CA080123001Cylinder · leaking(CAN) WHILE CARRYING OUT MAINT, CYLINDER NR 4 WAS FOUND LOW ON COMPRESSION 45/80. AIR WAS LEAKING THROUGH THE EXHAUST. (TC NR 20080123001)SDR CA080124014Guide · undersize(CAN) EXHAUST VALVE GUIDES FOUND TO BE 0.002 INCH SMALLER THAN THEY SHOULD BE AFTER 2 CYLINDERS WERE SENT IN FOR REPAIR DUE TO STUCK EXHAUST VALVES. (TC NR 20080124014)SDR FAA010208003Valve · damagedINSTALLED OIL QUICK DRAIN VALVE PN SG250 ON NEW AIRCRAFT/ ENGINE. AIRCRAFT FLEW APPROX 1 HOUR. OIL LEAK NOTICED FROM DRAIN VALVE. REMOVED VALVE TO FIND VALVE SNAP RING IN OIL DRAINED FROM ENGINE AND VALVE O-RING DAMAGED. ONE CUT THROUGH AND THE OTHER NICKESDR CA071114010Rib · cracked(CAN) AILERON CENTER RIB P/N 0523809 FOUND CRACKED MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ON FWD VERTICAL ANGLE COMMON TO CONTROL ROD ATTACH BRACKET. IN ADDITION THE CONTROL ROD ATTACH BRACKET P/N 0760011-2 WAS ALSO CRACKED IN 2 LOCATIONS COMMON TO AILERON SPAR. (TC NR 200711140SDR CA071126006Gear · broken(CAN) STARTER DRIVE ENGAGES ON TEETH ON GEAR. STARTER WAS SLIPPING, TOOK APART TO EXAMINE AND FOUND 3 BROKEN TEETH. STARTER IS LIGHT WEIGHT. REPLACE STARTER SOLENOID 19 HOURS EARLIER AND BELIEVE FAULTY SOLENOID CAUSE OF PROBLEM. (TC NR 20071126006)SDR 2007FA0000889Rocker · misinstalledFOUND THE ROCKER ARMS REVERSED, INTAKE EXHAUST ROCKERS IN CYLINDER NR 4 LEADING TO POSSIBLE EXHAUST GUIDE AND VALVE DAMAGE DO TO THE EXHAUST ROCKER ARM HAS AN OILING PORT FOR THE EXHAUST VALVE AND THE INTAKE ROCKER ARM DOES NOT HAVE THE OILING PORT. THE ROCKSDR 2007FA0000890Setscrew · damagedIN THE NEW STYLE CYLINDER ASSY PN 655482 FOR THE ENGINE, THE ROCKER ARM PIN PN 654375 IS RETAINED BY A SET SCREW PN MS51966364 IN THE CENTER ROCKER BOSS SUPPORT. FOUND IN THIS ENGINE (2) SET SCREWS LOOSE AND A THIRD FOUND RATTLING AROUND AND LODGED UNDER THE SDR CA070910001Propeller · corroded(CAN) WHILE PERFORMING A 5 YEAR CORROSION INSPECTION ON SUBJECT PROPELLER IAW CAR 625 APPENDIX C, PARA.5, CORROSION WAS NOTED IN THE MOUNTING HOLE BORE. IN CONSULTATION WITH THE PROPELLER OVERHAUL AMO, IT WAS DECIDED TO SEND IT TO THEM FOR FURTHER EVALUATION. SDR CA070910006Cylinder · stuck(CAN) ON CLIMB OUT AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PILOT NOTICED MILD TO MODERATE ENGINE VIBRATION WITH A PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER. A RETURN TO THE AIRSTRIP WAS CARRIED OUT WITH A SUCCESSFUL LANDING. ON INVESTIGATION BY AN AME, THE PROBLEM WAS NOTICED AS AN EXHAUST VALVE STUCSDR CA070813003Piston · worn(CAN) TOP RING BROKEN. ALL CYLINDERS REPLACED WITH NEW CYLINDER, PISTONS RINGS VALVES. COMPRESSION TEST AT INSPECTION ON MIN - 60 OVER 80. (TC NR 20070813003)SDR 2007FA0000425Rib · crackedDURING LT LEADING EDGE SKIN REPLACEMENT OF HORIZONTAL STABILIZER DUE TO BIRD STRIKE FOUND BOTH IB LEADING EDGE RIBS PN 0432001-46/ -6 CRACKED THROUGH UPPER AND LOWER MOUNTING TABS. WORKING RIVETS WERE FOUND AT THE TABS AND 2 RIVETS OB ON FORWARD SPAR. BIRD STRSDR 2007FA0000426Rib · crackedDURING LT LEADING EDGE SKIN REPLACEMENT OF HORIZONTAL STABILIZER DUE TO BIRD STRIKE FOUND BOTH IB LEADING EDGE RIBS PN 0432001-46/ -6 CRACKED THROUGH UPPER AND LOWER MOUNTING TABS. WORKING RIVETS WERE FOUND AT THE TABS AND 2 RIVETS OB ON FORWARD SPAR. BIRDSTRISDR 2007FA0000427Rib · crackedDURING LT LEADING EDGE SKIN REPLACEMENT OF HORIZONTAL STABILIZER DUE TO BIRDSTRIKE FOUND BOTH IB LEADING EDGE RIBS PN 0432001-46/ -6 CRACKED THROUGH UPPER AND LOWER MOUNTING TABS. WORKING RIVETS WERE FOUND AT THE TABS AND 2 RIVETS OB ON FORWARD SPAR. BIRDSTRIKSDR 2007FA0000428Rib · crackedDURING LT LEADING EDGE SKIN REPLACEMENT OF HORIZONTAL STABILIZER DUE TO BIRDSTRIKE FOUND BOTH IB LEADING EDGE RIBS PN 0432001-46/ -6 CRACKED THROUGH UPPER AND LOWER MOUNTING TABS. WORKING RIVETS WERE FOUND AT THE TABS AND 2 RIVETS OB ON FORWARD SPAR. BIRDSTRIKSDR 2007FA0000434Muffler · crackedPILOT REPORTED FATIGUE WHILE FLYING. NO OBVIOUS EXTERNAL SIGNS OF MUFFLER FAILURE WERE FOUND, SHROUD REMOVAL REVEALED A TIGHT CRACK FROM NR 2 RISER INTO BODY, 3 INCHES LONG THAT LT VERY LITTLE STAINING ON INSIDE OF SHROUD. MUFFLER BODY WAS DEFORMED WHERE RISESDR 2007FA0000429Muffler · crackedPILOT REPORTED FATIGUE WHILE FLYING. NO OBVIOUS EXTERNAL SIGNS OF MUFFLER FAILURE WERE FOUND, SHROUD REMOVAL REVEALED A TIGHT CRACK FROM NR 2 RISER INTO BODY, 3 INCHES LONG THAT LEFT VERY LITTLE STAINING ON INSIDE OF SHROUD. MUFFLER BODY WAS DEFORMED WHERE RISSDR 2007FA0000361Coupling · wornALTERNATOR DRIVE COUPLING WAS WORN AND SEVERELY LOOSE WITH EXCESSIVE PLAY DUE TO SOFT, UNDERCUT BUSHINGS PN 632050. IN ADDITION, THE DRIVE HUB KEY WAY WAS SEVERELY WORN CAUSING EXCESSIVE PLAY OF THE HUB ON THE SHAFT. CONTINUED OPERATION WOULD RESULT IN DRIVESDR 2007FA0000324Plate · looseWHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED AFTER LANDING. IT APPEARS THAT THE PINS HOLD THE BACK PLATE ALLOW IT TO SHIFT ENOUGH TO HAVE POSSIBLY MADE CONTACT WITH THE BRAKE ACCUATOR ARM AND NOT ALLOW IT TO RELEASE. (K)SDR CA070329006Cylinder · detached(CAN) ENGINE VIBRATION AND POWER LOSS IN FLIGHT, ENGINE CAME TO TOTAL STOP ON TAXIWAY. CYLINDER NR 4 FOUND DETACHED. ENGINE (2587.4 HOURS). ENGINE REMOVED FOR OVERHAULED. (TC NR 20070329006)SDR CA070226006Camshaft · worn(CAN) EXCESSIVE WEAR ON NR 1 AND NR 2 INTAKE LOBE. CAUSED EXCESSIVE PITTING ON ALL LIFTER BODY ASSEMBLIES. (TC NR 20070226006)SDR CA070405003Bellcrank · cracked(CAN) FOLLOWING ITEMS FOUND INSTALLED: TRIANGLE DOUBLERS IAW SL 150-27; ANGLE STIFFENER NOT INSTALLED IAW SL 65-10. ANGLE STIFFENER MIGHT BE INSTALLED IAW PERSONAL PLANE SERVICE LTD (OTTAWA). DRAWING NR PPS.161. HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND A COPY OF PPS 161, ATSDR CA070214004Exhaust Valve · broken(CAN) DURING TAKEOFF, AN ENGINE VIBRATION WAS FELT. A PRIORITY LANDING WAS REQUESTED. CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE NR 3 FOUND BROKEN AT THE VALVE HEAD. CYLINDER SA10200, S/N AM1376 INSTALLED. OTHER VALVES INSPECTED AND REPLACED VALVES SA10204 ON CYLINDER NR 4 AND NRSDR CA070114001Exhaust Valve · leaking(CAN) DURING ENGINE PERFORMANCE GROUND RUN AFTER INSPECTION, ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. ENGINE COMPRESSION CHECK CARRIED OUT AND CYLINDER NR 3 FAILED COMPRESSION CHECK AND AIR WAS LEAKING FROM THE EXHAUST. ROUGH RUNNING DURING TAKEOFF WAS ALSO REPORTED BY PILOSDR CA061017007Bulkhead · cracked(CAN) ON PILOT WALK AROUND THE SPINNER ASSY WAS NOTED TO BE LOOSE. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE FWD SPINNER BULKHEAD WAS CRACKED. THIS WAS MOST LIKELY CAUSED BY PILOTS PUSHING ON THE SPINNER WHEN GROUND HANDLING THE AIRCRAFT. (TC NR 20061017007)SDR 2006FA0001077Cylinder · crackedOIL LEAK LEAD TO FINDING CYLINDER BARREL CRACKED, MID SECTION IN COOLING FINS, .7500 WAY AROUND BARREL. (K)SDR CA061219009Relay · stuck(CAN) POWER ON STARTER WITH WHEN MASTER SWITCH ON. FOUND MASTER RELAY STUCK IN POSITION. NEW RELAY S-1991-A1 INSTALLED.SDR CA060707005Fitting · corroded(CAN) DURING 100 HOUR INSPECTION AME FOUND WHAT APPEARED TO BE A CRACK IN THE RADIUS OF THE LT FLANGE OF THE LT FITTING ATTACHING THE VERTICAL FIN TO THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. WHEN THE PART WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT THE LT FLANGE WAS FOUND TO BE BENT TOWSDR CA060509003Alternator · defective(CAN) STATOR AND RECTIFIER DEFECTIVE. (TC NR 20060509003)SDR CA070207004Valve · stuck(CAN) STUCK VALVE - ENGINE WAS ROUGH RUNNING. FOUND TO BE A STUCK VALVE. (TC NR 20070207004)SDR CA060316009Exhaust Valve · sticksEXHAUST VALVE STICKY.SDR CA060209006Bulkhead · cracked(CAN) DURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, AM AME NOTICED THE MLG STRUT BULKHEAD UNDER THE CABIN FLOOR HAD SMALL CRACKS. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION WITH THE FLOORS REMOVED IT WAS FOUND THE ENTIRE MLG ATTACHMENT BULKHEAD/BOX STRUCTURE WAS NEAR FAILURE. MANY COMPONENTS MAKSDR CA060203005Stop · failedNO JAMMING OR EVIDENCE OF SEE ON EITHER RUDDER STOPS.SDR CA060303014Stop Fitting · failedSDA AL-2000-04 CF-2000-20R2 SEB 01-1 COMPLETED, NO EVIDENCE OF JAMMING OR RUBBING ON EITHER RUDDER STOPS.SDR CA070207005Pump · failed(CAN) ON ADDING FULL POWER THE ENGINE STALLED AND STOPPED RUNNING. - FOUND TO BE THE ACCELERATOR PUMP WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. (TC NR 20070207005)SDR 2006FA0000001Rocker · brokenAIRCRAFT IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 2200 FT, ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. PILOT DECLARED AND EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT AIRPORT. AFTER LANDING THE VALVE COVER WAS REMOVED FROM THE NR 2 CYLINDER AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ALL 3 BOSSES FOR THE VALVE ROCKER SHAFTS HAD BROKSDR CA051222005Shaft · brokenELECTRICAL FAILURE ALTERNATOR REMOVED SHAFT FOUND BROKEN ALTERNATOR STILL TURNS NOT SEIZED. DRIVE GEAR AND CAM GEAR FOUND WORN DUE TO DRIVE GEAR BEING NOT ATTACHED TO THE ALTERNATOR. ALTERNATOR REPLACED CAM AND DRIVE GEAR, RETAINER AND BUSHINGS REPLACED.SDR AU510001800Stiffener · corroded(AUS) LT LANDING GEAR GEAR ATTACHMENT SADDLE (STIFFENER) CORRODED IN AFT LOWER SECTION. EVIDENCE OF DELAMINATION THROUGH THE FULL HEIGHT OF THE LOWER SECTION. SEE ATTACHMENT FOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF DEFECT. (CASA NR 510001800)SDR AU510002069Motor · mismanufactured(AUS) ENGINE STARTER MOTOR HAD NO DRAIN HOLE DRILLED. THIS ALLOWED OIL TO ACCUMULATE IN THE PINION AREA AND LEAK PAST THE ADAPTER PLATE GASKET.SDR CA051104008Washer · damaged(CAN) PARTIAL POWER LOSS IN-FLIGHT. UPON INSPECTION, CONTRACT AMO FOUND A WASHER LODGED UNDER AN INTAKE AND EXHAUST VALVE, CAUSING ZERO COMPRESSION. ON DISASSEMBLY, SCREW FOUND IN SCAT HOSE LEADING FROM CARB HEAT INTAKE PORT TO HEAT MUFF. LIKELY SCREW AND WASSDR CA050926002Rocker Boss · failed(CAN) ON INSPECTION, BRASS AND ALUMINUM PARTICLES FOUND IN FILTER. ROCKER BOSSES AND BUSHINGS FOUND WORN. THIS SHOWS UP AT ABOUT 200 HRS IN SERVICE AND HAS HAPPENED TO ALL CYLINDERS THAT ARE FACTORY NEW IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. ACCORDING TO THE FACTORY WESDR 2005FA0001283Carburetor · mismanufacturedENGINE HAD BAD HESITATION ON TAKEOFF ACCELERATION. SURGING OCCURRED DURING CLIMB WITH RPM FLUCTUATIONS OF +/- 50-75 RPM. AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE FUEL SCREENS WERE REMOVED AND INSPECTED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 50 HOURS WITH NO EVIDENCE OF CONTAMINATION. FUEL LINE TOSDR CA050826002Coil · weak(CAN) RAN ROUGH SLIGHTLY MORE PROP THAN NORMAL. MAG DROP, WEAK SPARK, ABOUT .3333 OF NORMAL STRENGTH. OVERHAULED MAG WAS INSTALLED, 900 HOUR PREVIOUSLY.SDR CA050608003Seat Track · cracked(CAN) AT FWD END OF SEAT TRACKS, 2 SCREWS BEYOND END OF TRACK. SCREWS ATTACH TO ANGLE UNDER FLOOR SKIN. CRACKS ORIGINATE FROM UNDER SCREW HEADS, FWD OF TRACK. TRACK, PILOT'S IB, DOES NOT HAVE UNDER FLOOR ANGLE. THERE WERE NO CRACKS THIS LOCATION. OTHER 3 WERESDR 2005FA0000868Control Column · crackedDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION CRACK WAS OBSERVED ON CONTROL COLUMN 1.0 INCHES LENGTH (49 MM). CRACK WAS CONFIRMED BY MAGNETIC PARTICLE INSPECTION. THE COMPONENT FORMS PART OF THE AC FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM AND IS CRITICAL TO FLIGHT. BOTH THE LT AND RT FITTING ARE SDR RTE2005F00001Clutch · crackedDURING 100 HOUR INSPECTION ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF THE STARTER DRIVE CLUTCH, INSTALLED UNDER STC NR SE995GL DATED 08 SEPT 86, FOUND BEARING RACE CRACKED AND SEVERAL ROLLERS LOOSE ENOUGH TO FALL OUT OF THE RACE. THIS ITEM REQUIRES DISASSEMBLY, CLEANING AND LUBR
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