Continental TSIO-520-AE
Service difficulty reports · 16
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Query with SQL
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 = 'TSIO520AE' 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 = 'TSIO520AE' 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 2017FA0000495Shaft · failedPILOT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE LEFT ENGINE EXHAUST DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. PERFORMED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE TURBOCHARGER SHAFT HAD FAILED ALLOWING OIL TO BYPASS THE TURBO SHAFT SEAL EXITING DIRECTLY INTO THE HOT EXHAUST STRSDR CA070511008Crankcase · cracked(CAN) SUDDEN DROP OF OIL PRESSURE DURING FLIGHT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE GREEN ON OIL PRESSURE GAUGE. CONTINUED FLIGHT WITH SAFE LANDING. CRACK NOT FOUND BY NDT. BOTTOM END REBEARINGED, BUT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WOULD DROP ONCE WARMED UP (POST REPAIR). FURTHER NDT SDR CA050531001Main Bearing · failed(CAN) THE AIRCRAFT CAME IN WITH A REPORT OF LOW OIL PRESSURE. THE OIL FILTER WAS PULLED AND INSPECTED WITH NO FAULTS FOUND, THE OIL PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE WAS REMOVED, CLEANED, AND REINSTALLED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RUN-UP AND FOUND TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY. AT THE SDR CA050516005Line · misinstalled(CAN) AN ALTERNATOR BELT HAD FAILED ON THE PREVIOUS FLIGHT AND HAD BEEN REPLACED. THIS REQUIRED THE REMOVAL OF THE ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP PRESSURE RETURN LINE. THE LINE HAD BEEN LEFT OFF OF THE FUEL PUMP WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMSDR CA041124012Camshaft · sheared(CAN) THE ENGINE LOST POWER ON CLIMB-OUT OF CALGARY. THE PILOT FEATHERED THE PROP AND RETURNED TO CALGARY. THE ENGINE WAS GROUND RUN AND THE PROP GOVERNOR WAS FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE. UPON REMOVAL OF THE GOVERNOR, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE DRIVE P/N 538076 WAS NSDR CA040518005Line · restricted(CAN) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, PILOT SELECTED CROSSFEED FOR RT ENGINE. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, THE RT ENGINE LOST POWER/FUEL FLOW. SELECTOR WAS RETURNED TO NORMAL, AND ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN NORMALLY. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED UPON INSPECTION THAT THERE WERE 2 LONG SDR CA040518006Needle · stuck(CAN) PILOT REPORTED THAT LT TACH NEEDLE WAS STUCK AT 2400 RPM. INDICATOR REPLACED AND TESTED SERVICEABLE WITH NEW GAUGE. INTERNAL PROBLEM WITH GAUGE, SENT TO REPAIR FACILITY.SDR ID42004F00000Mount · crackedDURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION THE IB LOWER ENGINE MOUNT LEG WAS FOUND CRACKED ON THE LT ENGINE. AIRCRAFT TT WAS 4391.8. ENGINE TIME 685. THE CRACK WAS ABOUT 1.1250 INCHES LONG. STARTING AT LOWER EDGE 3 INCHES FROM ENGINE ATTACH POINT. HAS A SMALL POROSITY VOSDR AUS20031151Piston · cracked(AUS) PISTON PN 646311 CRACKED IN BOSS. PISTON PIN PN 643846 BROKEN.SDR CA030523005Fork · sheared(CAN) PILOT REPORTS GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT ON TAKE OFF. HE ELECTED TO LEAVE DOWN FOR FLIGHT MAINTAINING PROPER SPEED.ON LANDING TRUCKS WERE REQUESTED BUT NO EMERGENCY DECLARED. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. WHEN MAINTENANCE INSPECTED GEAR THEY FOUND ADJUSTING FORSDR CA030521008Tire · blown(CAN) ON LANDING THE RT MAIN WHEEL BLEW. A/C WAS STOPPED SAFELY ON THE RUNWAY AND THEN TOWED OFF ONTO THE NEAREST TAXIWAY. AFTER THE RIM WAS INSPECTED AND THE TIRE REPLACED THE A/C WAS DISPATCHED FOR THE NEXT FLIGHT.SDR AUS20010412Nut · wrong part(AUS) LH WING FUEL TANK LEAKING. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE FUEL TANK PANEL ANCHOR NUTS WERE THE INCORRECT TYPE. THE CORRECT NUTS PNO NAS1473A3 ANCHOR NUTS ARE SEALED BUT THE FITTED ANCHOR NUTS PNO MS21047L3 ARE UNSEALED. MANUFACTURING ERROR. UNAPPROVED PARTSDR 20010322CW006Camshaft · failedENGINE FAILED ON TAKE OFF, AIRCRAFT WAS AIRBORN. OWNER WAS ABLE TO MAKE A SAFE LANDING. FOUND ENGINE TO HAVE NO COMPRESSION. REMOVED ROCKER BOX COVERS, FOUND ONLY ONE EXHAUST VALVE WOULD MOVE ON NR1 CYLINDER. CAMSHAFT BROKE BETWEEN EXHAUST AND INTAKE ON NRSDR CA990310065Bellcrank · cracked(CAN) THE NOSE STEERING BELLCRANK WAS FOUND CRACKED/BROKEN BETWEEN ATTACH FLANGES. NO OTHER FAULTS FOUND DURING FLEET CHECK.SDR AU960342Balance Weight · missing(AUS) RUDDER MASS BALANCE WEIGHT MISSINGSDR AU960344Valve Guide · worn(AUS) NO2, NO4 AND NO6 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE GUIDES WORN BEYOND LIMITS
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