Continental TSIO-520-EB
Service difficulty reports · 83
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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 = 'TSIO520EB' 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 = 'TSIO520EB' 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 CSS2003F00000Engine · surgesENGINE SURGED, POWER LOSS, AND WAS SHUT DOWN IN FLIGHT.SDR 2002FA0000023Bearing · failedIN FLIGHT FAILURE OF LT ENGINE NR 2 ROD BEARING FAILED CAUSING CASE DAMAGE. ROUGH RUNNING AND OIL LOSS. PILOT SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND MADE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING TBO IS 1400 HR. ENGINE HAD 1166.9 SINCE FACTORY REMANUFACTURE.SDR CA011030005Bracket · cracked(CAN) DURING RETRACTION OF GEAR AFTER TAKEOFF PILOT HEARD A BANG. UPON LANDING AT BASE THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND THE RT FORWARD GEAR DOOR HINGE BRACKET WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED.SDR CA011003015Spacer · wrong part(CAN) WHILE INSTALLING NEW ENGINE NOTICED THAT ENGINE ATTACH BOLTS WERE TOO SHORT. PART NR OF BOLTS WERE CORRECT. ENGINE MOUNTS WERE FOUND TO BE PROBLEM. SPACERS IN ENGINE MOUNT KITS WERE WRONG LENGTH & WRONG PART NR.SDR CA010507010Terminal · loose(CAN) WHEN GEAR WAS SELECTED UP AFTER TAKEOFF IF DID NOT RETRACT. UNTIL THE PILOT HAD TURNED FOR RETURN TO RUNWAY. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED LOOSE WIRING TERMINALS ON GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE.SDR CA001205021Gear · cracked(CAN) - IN FLIGHT, FLAPS SELECTED, FLAPS DID NOT RESPOND. ON GROUND CHECKED ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS & TESTED. FOUND THAT THE FLAPS EXTENDED, BUT WOULD NOT RETRACT FULLY. ISOLATED PROBLEM TO STRIPPED REDUCTION GEAR BOX AS FLAPS COULD BE HELD IN POSITION BY HANSDR CA001013026Bellcrank · broken(CAN) AFTER LANDING, PILOT NOTICED THE RT MAIN GEAR DOOR WAS NOT CLOSED. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE DOOR ACTUATING BELLCRANK HAD BROKEN HALF WAY BETWEEN THE PIVOT AND THE ACTUATING LINKAGE. HAVE SEEN THIS SAME PART BREAK IN THE SAME PLACE ON AN AIRCRAFT THAT SDR CA001013025Pump · shorted(CAN) THIS PUMP IS LOCATED ON AFT SIDE OF BACK WALL OF TIP TANK. ITS PURPOSE IS TO CIRCULATE FUEL FROM FRONT OF TANK TO CENTER SECTION OF TANK WHERE FUEL PICKUP IS. IT IS CONNECTED TO TEN AMP CCTT BREAKER, SHARED BY THE LDG LIGHT ON THAT SIDE. BREAKER HAD TSDR CA000801028Pump · inoperative(CAN) BURNING ODOR WAS NOTICED FROM LT WING TIP AND LT LANDING LIGHT. CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. (TIP TRANSFER PUMP RECEIVES POWER FROM THIS BREAKER AND PUMP IS RUNNING WHENEVER MASTER SWITCH IS ON). PUMP WAS REMOVED AND APPROXIMATELY 1/2 OF THE PUMP BODY WASSDR CA000530025Torque Tube · cracked(CAN) AFTER TAKEOFF, THE CREW NOTICED THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR HAD NOT RETRACTED AND THE CREW RETURNED FOR LANDING. UPON INSPECTION, THE LEFT TORQUE TUBE ASSEMBLY WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED ALONG ITS LENGTH LIKE AN UNWRAPPED PAPER TOWEL CARDBOARD TUBE. THE CRACKSDR CA991104007Controller · seized(CAN) AFTER REPLACEMENT OF TURBO CONTROLLER, ADJUSTMENTS TO ENGINE POWER COULD NOT BE MADE DUE TO SEIZED ADJUSTMENT SCREW. SUBMITTER STATES UNIT RECEIVED FROM SUPPLIER AS A FACTORY (RAJAY) OVERHAUL.SDR 99ZZZX2998Cylinder · wornTOP OF TRAVEL CHOKE OVERSIZE. COATING WORN AWAY ON NR 3 CYLINDER.SDR 99ZZZX2990Cylinder · wornCHOKE WORN OVERSIZE ON NR 3 CYLINDER.SDR 99ZZZX2991Cylinder · wornCHOKE OVERSIZE. COATING WORN AWAY ON NR 6 CYLINDER.SDR 99ZZZX2992Cylinder · wornTOP CHOKE OVERSIZE. COATING WORN AWAY ON NR 4 CYLINDER.SDR 99ZZZX2993Cylinder · wornCHOKE WORN OVERSIZE ON NR 5 CYLINDER.SDR 99ZZZX2994Cylinder · wornTOP OF TRAVEL OVERSIZE CHOKE. CHROME WORN AWAY ON NR 5 CYLINDER.SDR 99ZZZX2996Cylinder · wornTOP OF PISTON TRAVEL, CHOKE OVERSIZE. COATING WORN AWAY ON NR 1 CYLINDER.SDR 99ZZZX2997Cylinder · wornCHOKE WORN OVERSIZE ON NR 4 CYLINDER.SDR 99ZZZX2999Cylinder · wornCHOKE WORN OVERSIZE ON NR 2 CYLINDER.SDR 99ZZZX3000Cylinder · wornCHOKE OVERSIZE. COATING WORN AWAY ON NR 5 CYLINDER.SDR 99ZZZX2995Cylinder · wornCHOKE WORN OVERSIZE ON NR 6 CYLINDER.SDR CA990423001Skin · cracked(CAN) NLG DRAG BRACE REVEALED SIDE-TO-SIDE PLAY. INVESTIGATION REVEALED CRACKS IN THE SKIN SURROUNDING THE LEFT HAND ATTACHMENT POINT FOR THE DRAG BRACE. THE BULKHEAD NORMALLY PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THE SKIN IN THAT AREA WAS NO LONGER ATTACHED. THE RIVETS HASDR CA990513003Bellows · buckled(CAN) A FAULTY BELLOWS ASSEMBLY CAN CAUSE THE SEIZURE OF THE TURBOCHARGER. INTERNAL METAL BUCKLING AND PEELING OF THE EXHAUST CAN CAUSE PIECES TO DEPART INTO THE EXHAUST STREAM EVENTUALLY CAUSING THE SEIZURE OF THE TURBOCHARGER. THE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE INVESDR CA990224010Resistor · burnt(CAN) IN CRUISE, A SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE NOTICED FOLLOWED BY BURNT SMELL. SMOKE COMING FROM CENTER INSTRUMENT PANEL. SMOKE QUIT AND ALL SYSTEMS SEEMED OK. ON GROUND, FOUND THE COPILOT'S POST LIGHTS NOT WORKING. RESISTOR MOUNTED ON THE BACK OF CIRCUIT RHEOSDR 98ZZZX114Camshaft · galledLIFTER/CAMSHAFT GALLED. LIFTER BODY CHIP FOUND IN OIL FILTER. PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE CAUSING LOW OIL PRESSURE. ENGINE TORN DOWN, NEW PARTS INSTALLED.SDR 98ZZZX115Lifter · galledLIFTER/CAMSHAFT GALLED. LIFTER BODY CHIP FOUND IN OIL FILTER. PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE CAUSING LOW OIL PRESSURE. ENGINE TORN DOWN, NEW PARTS INSTALLED.SDR 97ZZZX4329Valve · failedLEFT ENGINE WENT TO NORMALLY ASPIRATED, DUE TO LT TURBO VALVE FAILURE.SDR 97ZZZX2572Engine · failedMSS/HPN - AT 9,500 FEET APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE LEFT ENGINE RPM STARTED FLUCTUATING ABOUT 150 RPM. ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER THAT ENGINE FAILED COMPLETELY. AFTER ATTEMPTING A RE-START AND CHECKING GAUGES (FUEL FLOW, 20 FEET MANIFOLD, PRESSUSDR 96ZZZX5657Block Assy · teeth missingPILOT REPORTED THAT ABOUT EVERY 20 MINUTES, THE RT ENGINE WOULD RUN ROUGH FOR A SECOND. FOUND DISTRIBUTOR GEAR TEETH MISSING FROM DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK ASSY. REPLACED MAGNETO WITH NEW.SDR 96ZZZX5556Spring · brokenDURING A ROUTINE COMP CHECK, NR 6 CYL WAS NOTED TO HAVE LOW COMP. THE ROCKER COVER WAS REMOVED TO STACK VALVE. AT THAT POINT, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE INT VALVE SPRING WAS BROKEN. THE ADJACENT ROCKER WAS THEN REMOVED AND ANOTHER SPRING WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN ASDR 96ZZZX2137Magneto · defectivePILOT COMPLAINED OF MISFIRING ENGINE. FOUND BOTH MAGNETOS WOULD CAUSE MISFIRING. REPLACED BOTH MAGS AND PROBLEM WENT AWAY. TCM REBUILT ENGINE WAS INSTALLED ON 10-95 WHICH INCLUDED THE MAGS.SDR 96ZZZX2138Magneto · defectivePILOT COMPLAINED OF MISFIRING ENGINE. FOUND BOTH MAGNETOS WOULD CAUSE MISFIRING. REPLACED BOTH MAGS AND PROBLEM WENT AWAY. TCM REBUILT ENGINE WAS INSTALLED ON 10-95 WHICH INCLUDED THE MAGS.
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