Continental TSIO-520-EB
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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 = 'TSIO520EB' 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 = 'TSIO520EB' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR 2022FA0000457Cylinder · leakingOVERHAULED RH ENGINE WAS INSTALLED ON THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER TEST FLIGHT, AN OIL LEAK WAS NOTED FROM THE #6 CYLINDER BASE. THE CRS THAT OVERHAULED THE ENGINE INSTRUCTED US TO REMOVE THE #6 CYLINDER TO CHECK FOR ISSUES. DURING THE REMOVAL OF THE CYLINDER, IT WASSDR 2022FA0000455Crankshaft · brokenDURING CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF FROM KZPH, AROUND 5000 FT, THE RH ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH, THE RH MAGNETO WAS TURNED OFF IN AN ATTEMPT TO DIAGNOSE THE ROUGHNESS. THE ENGINE RAN EVEN MORE ROUGHLY WITH THE RH MAGNETO OFF, THE RH MAGNETO WAS TURNED BACK ON, AND APSDR CSSA2021042001Distributor Blk · corrodedRH MAGNETO ON RH ENGINE RAN ROUGH DURING PREFLIGHT RUNUP. ENGINE CLEARED UP AFTER LEANING MIXTURE FOR 2 MINUTES. TAXIED TO RUNWAY. DURING TAKEOFF RUN THE ENGINE WAS UNABLE TO PRODUCE SAME TAKEOFF POWER AS LH ENGINE, SO PIC ABORTED TAKEOFF. HE DID ANOTHER RSDR XGNA2021041400011Engine · power lossTAKEOFF WAS NORMAL 34.5” MP, 2700 RPM, FUEL FLOW IN THE WHITE ARC. DURING CLIMB POWER SETTINGS RIGHT ENGINE WOULD NOT MAINTAIN MAP SETTING. RETURNED TO EDC, LANDED WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES. TESTED ENGINE ON THE GROUND AND COULD ONLY GET 28” MP.SDR YHAA2019F00135Signal Cond Unit · defectiveAPPEARS THAT RT FUEL QTY INDICATING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED AND WAS INDICATING 12 GALLONS OF FUEL IN TANK AND IT WAS ACTUALLY EMPTY.THE SIGNAL CONDITIONER WAS SWAPPED WITH THE LT SIDE AND FAULT FOLLOWED. PRESENTLY SIGNAL CONDITIONER IS ON ORDER.SDR 2017FA0000541Turbocharger · leakingDURING DESCENT INTO KANE AIRPORT PILOT COULD SEE OIL STREAKING BACK FROM TOP COWL LOUVERS. AFTER A FEW MINUTES HE ALSO NOTICED OIL PRESSURE DROPPING. PILOT PRECAUTIONARY SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND FEATHERED PROPELLER. SINCE KANE AIRPORT WAS THE CLOSEST AIRPORT AND ASDR 2017FA0000550Motor · malfunctionedPILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT GEAR, GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. PILOT WAS ABLE TO SELECT GEAR DOWN AND PUSHED CIRCUIT BREAKER, GEAR EXTENDED AN LOCKED BEFORE CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED AGAIN. UNEVENTFUL LANDING. TROUBLESHOT THE SYSTEM, FOUND GEAR MOTOR DRSDR CA140328005Pump · leaking(CAN) DURNING AN INSPECTION, FUEL WAS SEEN UNDER THE RT WING LANDING LIGHT. THE WING TIP TANK END COVER WAS REMOVED AND THE FUEL WAS SEEN COMING OUT OF THE TIP TANK AFT FUEL PUMP. FUEL WAS DRIPING ON TOP OF THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION MOTOR. THE FUEL PUMP WSDR 2014FA0000031Cylinder · crackedBOTH ENGINES OVERHAULED WITH NEW CYLINDERS. AFTER 784 HR AND 7 YEARS, 5 CYLINDERS WERE FOUND CRACKED AT THE INTAKE PORT AREA. FUEL STAINING WAS OBSERVED RUNNING DOWN THE INTAKE PIPES. PRESSURE TESTING ALSO FOUND CRACK AREAS. THREE CYLINDERS ON ONE SIDE ANDSDR CA131209002Capacitor · burned(CAN) PILOTS REPORTED BURNING ODOR IN THE COCKPIT AND THE LOSS OF 1 RADIO. THE ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT OR IMPACT ON OPERATIONS. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE SOURCE OF THE BURNING ODOR WAS FROM THE NR 1 COMM. THE NR 1 COMM WAS SENT TO A REPAIR BS FOR A TESDR CA130523002Sprocket · broken(CAN) DURING THE ACFT RUNUP, THE PILOT SELECTED FLAPS DOWN. AT 30 DEGREE OF FLAP DOWN POSITION, A NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE FLAPS STOPPED. THE ACFT TAXIED BACK TO THE RAMP. AFTER INSPECTION, THE RT CONTROL SPROCKET, PN 0861500-71 ON THE FLAP ACTUATOR WAS FOUNSDR QTV2011F00000Gasket · displacedON A MX CK FLIGHT, AFTER CHANGING THE NR1 AND THE NR5 CYLINDERS, THE PILOT SAW SMOKE FROM THE LT ENG NACELLE. HE SECURED THE ENG AND RETURNED TO THE HANGAR. UPON OUR INVESTIGATION WE FOUND THAT THE OIL LEVEL WAS STILL ABOUT THE SAME AND THERE WAS INDICATIONSSDR CA100824003Chain · brokenWHILE ON SHORT FINAL, AFTER FULL FLAPS HAD BEED SELECTED A LARGE BANG WAS HEARD. AIRPLANE ROLLED HARD TO THE RT. THE ALTITUDE WAS AT 200 FT. INPUT OPPOSITE AILERON TO BRING THE LOW WING UP. FLAPS WERE THEN SELECTED TO THE UP POSITION BUT NO CHANGE. ABORTEDSDR TVD2010F00000Spark Plug · weakON THE 2ND LEG OF A FLIGHT, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED AN OCCASIONAL MISFIRE THAT BECAME MORE REGULAR ADJUSTING MIXTURES AND CHECKING MAGNETOS. FAILE TO ISOLATE PROBLEM SO THE DECISION WAS MADE TO DIVERT WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. MX WAS DISPATCHED FOSDR CA090710007Screw · broken(CAN) RT MLG COLLAPSED DURING TURN TO LINE UP FOR TAKEOFF. PARTS FOUND FAILED AFTER COLLAPSE. ADJUSTING SCREW PN 0841113-3 FOUND SHEARED. BOLT ATTACHING BELLCRANK ASSY TO LANDING GEAR TRUNNION FOUND SHEARED. BOLT PN NAS464P4-26 FOUND SHEARED. MOUNTING LUGSDR CA090807004Support Bracket · brokenRT TURBO SUPPORT BRACKET FOUND BROKEN DURING INSP.SDR CA090520003Crankcase · cracked(CAN) AN OIL LEAK WAS NOTED ON THE LT ENGINE. A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE RT CRANKCASE HALF. THE CRACK WAS LOCATED AFT OF THE ALTERNATOR, FWD OF THE NR 5 CYL, 7TH STUD. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED FOR REPAIR.SDR 2008FA0000919Spar · crackedDURING ROUTINE INSP, CRACKS WERE OBSERVED IN THE LT AUXILARY SPAR. THE MAIN GEAR IS ATTACHED AT THE OTBD END. THE CRACKS WERE AT THE 11, 2, 5 AND 7 O`CLOCK POSITIONS OF THE HOLE WHICH THE WIRE BUNDLE PASSES THROUGH, AND WERE OF VARYING LENGTH WITH THE 2 LOWESDR 2008FA0000921Spar · crackedDURING ROUTINE INSP, CRACKS WERE OBSERVED IN THE LT AUXILARY SPAR. THE MAIN GEAR IS ATTACHED AT THE OTBD END. THE CRACKS WERE AT THE 11, 2, 5 AND 7 O`CLOCK POSITIONS OF THE HOLE WHICH THE WIRE BUNDLE PASSES THROUGH, AND WERE OF VARYING LENGTH. CRACKS WERE ASDR ODR2008F00000Seal · leakingDURING A PART 91 FLIGHT, THE RIGHT ENGINE BEGAN LEAKING OIL. WITHIN 15 MINUTES THE OIL LEAK GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. SMALL PUFFS OF SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE TOP OF THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS THEN SHUTDOWN AND FEATHERED. THE RESULT OF THE OIL LEAK WAS A BAD SEAL SDR CA080328007Arm · brokenDURING PILOT WALKAROUND THE RT MAIN GEAR DOOR WAS HANGING SLIGHTLY DOWN FROM RETRACTED POSITION. MAINTENANCE TO REPLACE PART. (TC NR 20080328007)SDR 2007FA0001019Cylinder Head · crackedCRACKED CYL HEAD BEHIND INJECTOR BETWEEN FIN NR 12, NR 3. DEFECTIVE MFG PROCESS. (K)SDR 2007FA0001020Cylinder Head · crackedCRACKED CYLINDER HEAD BEHIND INJECTOR BETWEEN FIN NR 1, NR 3. DEFECTIVE MFG PROCESS. (K)SDR 2007FA0001021Cylinder Head · crackedCRACKED CYLINDER HEAD BEHIND INJECTOR BETWEEN FIN NR 1, NR 3. DEFECTIVE MFG PROCESS. (K)SDR 2007FA0001022Cylinder Head · crackedCRACKED CYLINDER HEAD BEHIND INJECTOR BETWEEN FIN NR 1, NR 3. DEFECTIVE MFG PROCESS. (K)SDR 2007FA0001023Cylinder Head · crackedCRACKED CYLINDER HEAD BEHIND INJECTOR BETWEEN FIN NR 1, NR 3. DEFECTIVE MFG PROCESS. (K)SDR 2007FA0001029Cylinder Head · crackedCRACKED CYLINDER HEAD BEHIND INJECTOR BETWEEN FIN NR 1, NR 3. DEFECTIVE MFG PROCESS. (K)SDR 2007FA0001024Cylinder Head · crackedCRACKED CYLINDER HEAD BEHIND INJECTOR BETWEEN FIN NR1, NR3. DEFECT IN MFG PROCESS. (K)SDR 2007FA0001025Cylinder Head · crackedCRACKED CYLINDER HEAD BEHIND INJECTOR BETWEEN FIN NR 1, NR 3. DEFECT IN MFG PROCESS. (K)SDR 2007FA0001026Cylinder Head · crackedCRACKED CYLINDER HEAD BEHIND INJECTOR BETWEEN FIN NR 1, NR 3. DEFECT IN MFG PROCESS. (K)SDR 2007FA0001027Cylinder Head · crackedCRACKED CYL HEAD BEHIND INJECTOR BETWEEN FIN NR 1, NR 3. (K)SDR 2007FA0001028Cylinder Head · crackedCRACKED CYLINDER HEAD BEHIND INJECTOR BETWEEN FIN NR1, NR3. DEFECT IN MFG PROCESS. (K)SDR N3B2007F00002Bellcrank · brokenLT MAIN LANDING COLLAPSED ON LANDING. IT APPEARS THAT BELLCRANK ASSEMBLY, PN 50410015 FAILED DURING EXTENSION CYCLE. (K)SDR ODR2007F00000Skin · cracked7-8 INCH CRACK IN SKIN OF WING LOCATED BETWEEN LT NACELLE AND FUSELAGE; AFT OF LEADING EDGE; ON TOP OF WING. APPARENT CAUSE IS FATIGUE DUE TO PREVIOUS OWNER WALKING ON WING. CRACK BECAME APPARENT DURING PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION ON 5/22/2007. (K)SDR N3B2007F00000Engine · shutdownDURING LANDING (AT DESCISION HEIGHT) LT ENGINE SHUTDOWN CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO LAND WITH A YAW TO THE LT, PUTTING EXCESSIVE LOAD ON RT LANDING GEAR. AFTER LANDING, LT ENGINE WAS RESTARTED AND AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ITS TAXI, WHEN AC TURNED OFF RUNWAY. RT LANDING GESDR CA070125002Screw · broken(CAN) UPON LANDING RT MLG INADVETENTLY RETRACTED. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT INSPECTED AND CAUSE DEEMED FAILURE OF RT MLG ADJUSTING SCREW CAUSING SIDE BRACE ASSY TO UNLOCK. (TC NR 20070125002)SDR OEZ2007F00000Fork · brokenUPON LANDING AT AIRPORT, NOSE LANDING GEAR ILLUMINATION LIGHTS DID NOT SHOW THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. MAIN LANDING GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED WITH A GREEN LIGHT INDICATION. TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT SDR CA060510011Trunnion · crackedTHE RT MAIN LANDING GEAR OLEO WENT FLAT AFTER LANDING. A CRACK WAS NOTICED ON THE UPPER TRUNNION, JUST UNDER THE SIDE BRACE ATTACH FITTING. THE UPPER TRUNNION WAS REPLACED.SDR 2006F00014Sensor · false indicationOIL TEMP INDICATOR INDICATED FULL HOT READING ON INITIAL CLIMB. A/C RETURNED TO AIRPORT. OIL TEMP SENSOR WAS REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NORMAL OPERATING INDICATIONS.SDR TZR2005F00028Cylinder · crackedRT ENGINE NR 5 CYLINDER. LOW COMPRESSION. (K)SDR TZR2005F00029Cylinder · crackedCRACKED BETWEEN SPARK PLUG BOSS AND EXHAUST CYLINDER. TYPICAL OF THE CYLINDERS. (K)SDR CA050722006Rudder Pedal · crackedPILOT REPORTED THAT RT PARK BRAKE DOES NOT HOLD WHEN SET. UPON MAINTENANCE INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT CAPTAINS OB RUDDER PEDAL INTERCOSTAL MOUNT AT STATION 110.00 WAS CRACKED. IT WAS REPAIRED AS PER CESSNA SRM SECTION 16-38 FIGURE 16-25.SDR TZR2005F00018Cylinder · crackedCRACKED FROM INJECTOR TOWARD SPARK PLUG, ECI CYLINDER. (SW05200507951) (K)SDR TZR2005F00027Torque Link · crackedTHE LT AND RT MLG HAD CRACKS ON THE BOSS AREA WHERE THE TORQUE LINKS ATTACH. THE CRACKS WERE ABOUT .2500 INCH LONG AND LOCATED NEXT TO WHERE THE BOSS CONNECTS TO THE TUBE. (K)SDR CA041025001Bellcrank · unserviceable(CAN) LANDING GEAR IDLER BELCRANK PN 0541106-6 ON NR 2 MAIN LANDING GEAR, GEAR DOOR CONTROL LOBE FOUND SEVERED RESULTING IN GEAR DOOR HANGING DOWN. UPON INSPECTION OF RT LANDING GEAR SYSTEM FOUND A CRACKED WELD ON THE NR 2 TORQUE TUBE ASSEMBLY RESULTING FROM BSDR CA040621011Actuator · wornON APPROACH, THE FLAPS WERE LOWERED TO 45 DEG BUT ONLY WENT TO 30 DEG. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. THE FLAP ACTUATOR INTERNAL GEARS WERE FOUND STRIPPED. THE ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED WITH AN OVERHAULED UNIT.SDR CA040616011Door · separatedAFTER TAKEOFF A GROWING WHISTLING SOUND DEVELOPED IN INTENSITY OVER PILOTS LEFT SHOULDER. THERE WAS A LOUD POP OF A NOISE AND THE PILOT SAW THE STARBOARD EMERGENCY EXIT SELF EJECT OUT AND BACK FROM THE REST OF THE PLANE. AIRSPEED WAS REDUCED 170 MPH. PLANE SDR TZR2004F00005Turbocharger · failedPILOT REPORTED LOSS OF TURBO BOOST AND OIL PRESSURE, SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND FEATHERED PROPELLER IN FLIGHT. LANDED AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. DURING POST FLIGHT INSPECTION OF TURBO OIL WAS OBSERVED IN THE EXHAUST OVERBOARD PIPE INDICATING SEAL FAILURE. SDR CA030826003Plate · cracked(CAN) DURING A NR 3 INSPECTION, A FUEL STAIN WAS NOTICED AROUND THE RT NAVIGATION LIGHTCOVER. THE COVER WAS REMOVED AND A CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE FORWARD FUEL TANK PLATE. THE CRACK WAS UNDER THE LOWER STROBE LIGHT BRACKET, CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK INTO THE STROBE LSDR 2003FA0000507Drive Gear · inoperativeREPORTED ALTERNATOR INOPERATIVE. UPON REMOVAL OF ALTERNATOR FOUND ALTERNATOR DRIVE GEAR TO BE DESTROYED. REMOVED AND INSPECTED OIL FILTER. FOUND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF METAL.
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