Continental TSIO-520-M
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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 = 'TSIO520M' 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 = 'TSIO520M' 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 CA050324006Counterweight · failed(CAN) ROLLER RETAINER AND SNAP RING CAME OUT OF CLUT, RELEASING ROLLER IN 5TH ORDER CWT. (NO DAMAGE TO PARTS, POSSIBILITY WAS NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY.) ROLLER MIGRATED TO REAR OF ENGINE AND JAMMED BETWEEN 6TH ORDER CWT AND ENGINE CASE STOPPING ENGINE. CRANKSHSDR TCMMAQ1Magneto · deformedCOIL WEDGES OVERDRIVEN TO THE POINT OF CONTACT WITH COIL, CRACKING THE INSULATION.SDR TCMMAQ2Magneto · deformedCOIL WEDGES OVERDRIVEN TO THE POINT OF CONTACT WITH COIL, CRACKING THE INSULATION.SDR 2005FA0000423Contactor · failedSTARTER CONTACTOR DID NOT DISENGAGE AFTER ENGINE START. THIS RESULTED IN FAILURE OF THE STARTER AS WELL. SITUATION DID NOT BECOME APPARENT UNTIL AFTER TAKEOFF. PERHAPS BECAUSE AT HIGH POWER SETTINGS THE ALTERNATOR PRODUCED MAXIMUM POWER AND AT HIGH SPEED THSDR 2005FA0000424Contactor · failedSTARTER CONTACTOR DID NOT DISENGAGE AFTER ENGINE START. RESULTED IN STARTER FAILURE. SITUATION DID NOT BECOME APPARENT UNTIL AFTER TAKEOFF. STARTER ENGAGED WARNING LIGHT INSTALLED BUT DID NOT INDICATE CLEARLY UNTIL AFTER TAKEOFF. BECAUSE AT HIGH POWER SETSDR M2L2005F00000Fitting · crackedTHIS IS A RESULT OF HARD USE FOR MANY YEAR IN BACK COUNTRY. THE CRACKS WERE FOUND AT A PHASE II INSPECTION. THESE PARTS HAVE SERVED THEIR USEFUL LIFE AND SHOULD BE CHANGED WITH THIS MUCH TIME AND HARD USE. LANDING GEAR FITTINGS, LT AND RT, OB. (NM1120040361SDR MAGMARTINSEPTMagneto · looseUPON INSPECTION OF THE MAGNETO INTERIOR, FOUND THAT THE (STRIP-FISH PAPER) (P/N 10-349326) HAD COME LOOSE FROM THE SIDE OF THE CASE AND BECOME INGESTED IN THE DRIVE AND DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK GEARS. ADDITIONALLY, THE CARBON BRUSH SHOWED EXCESSIVE SIDE LOAD WEAR. SDR MAGSENTANIMagneto · looseUPON INSPECTION OF THE MAGNETO INTERIOR, FOUND THAT THE (STRIP-FISH PAPER) (P/N 10-349326) HAD COME LOOSE FROM THE SIDE OF THE CASE AND BECOME INGESTED IN THE DRIVE AND DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK GEARS. ADDITIONALLY, THE CARBON BRUSH SHOWED EXCESSIVE SIDE LOAD WEAR. SDR 2004FA0000824Fitting · detachedDURING COMPLIANCE WITH SEB88-3 TO REPLACE FORWARD STABILIZER ATTACH FITTINGS PN 0732601-5, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TOP TWO RIVETS OF BOTH FITTINGS HAD FAILED LEAVING ONLY THE THREE RIVETS IN THE LOWER PORTION OF EACH FITTING. ALL FOUR RIVETS FAILED IN BETWSDR CA040805002Gear · broken(CAN) THE AIRCRAFT COMPLETED ITS FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAY WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON THE SECOND START OF THE DAY THE PILOT HEARD THE STARTER MOTOR RUNNING BUT THE ENGINE WAS NOT ROTATING. INSPECTION AND TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES WERE CARRIED OUT. THE MECHANIC FOUNSDR RDD2004F00000Contactor · failedSTARTER CONTACTOR REMAINED ENERGIZED AFTER START. AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN THROUGH ONE ABBREVIATED CYCLE OF TAKE-OFF, PATTERN AND LANDING. UPON INSPECTION THE STARTER MOTOR WAS FOUND COMPLETELY DESTROYED.SDR 2004FA0000343Brushes · misinstalledUPON COMPLETING THE FIRST 500 HOUR INSPECTION ON THE MAGNETO, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CARBON BRUSH AND SPRING ASSY (PN 10160844) WERE NOT INSTALLED. THE BUSHING IN THE DISTRIBUTOR GEAR HAD BEEN MAKING CONTACT WITH THE TAB ON THE COIL SO THE MAGNETO APPEARESDR MAFPAPUADrain · failedWHILE INSTALLING THE WING FUEL TANK SUMP DRAIN AT THE MFG RECOMMENDED TORQUE VALUE OF 90 IN-LBS, THE DRAIN ITSELF FAILED, SEPARATING AT THE DRILLED HOLES JUST ABOVE THE FITTING HEAD.SDR 2004FA0000032Plug · looseSENT CRANKSHAFT FOR ULTRASONIC AND MAGNAFLUX INSP. REMOVED OIL TRANSFER PLUG FROM CRANKSHAFT AS PART OF INSP. PLUG WAS REINSTALLED INTO CRANKSHAFT BEFORE RETURNING. APPROX. 70 HRS AFTER REPAIR, PROP WOULD NOT CYCLE AT NORMAL RUN-UP. WHEN PILOT APPLIED POWSDR 3Bolt · crackedDURING THE REMOVE THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FOR ITS SERVICING AND LUBRICATION, THE TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED THE DRAG LINK REAR ATTACHMENT BOLT (NAS 464P5A42) WAS SHEARED.SDR 2003FA0001291Attach Fitting · crackedON SCHEDULED 200 HRS VISUAL INSPECTION, REVEALED ATTACHMENT FITTING MAIN LANDING GEAR OB CRACKED IN AREA OF FWD. LOWER RADIUS CLOSE THE BOLT HOLE HISTORY RECORD REVELEAD ITS THIRD CHANGE.SDR 2003FA0001289Attach Fitting · crackedON SCHEDULED 200 HRS VISUAL. INSPECTION REVEALED ATTACHMENT FITTING MAIN LANDING GEAR OB CRACKED IN AREA OF REAR. UPPER RADIUS, HISTORICAL RECORD REVELEAD ITS THIRD CHANGE.SDR 2003FA0001297Attach Fitting · crackedON SCHEDULED 200 HRS VISUAL. INSPECTION REVEALED ATTACHMENT FITTING MAIN LANDING GEAR OB CRACKED IN AREA OF REAR UPPER RADIUS, HISTORICAL RECORD REVELEAD ITS FOURTH CHANGE.SDR 2003FA0001290Attach Fitting · crackedON SCHEDULED 200 HRS VISUAL, INSPECTION REVEALED ATTACHMENT FITTING MAIN LANDING GEAR OB CRACKED IN AREA OF REAR UPPER RADIUS, HISTORICAL RECORD REVELEAD ITS FOURTH CHANGE.SDR 2003FA0001218Cylinder Head · separatedCYLINDER HEAD SEPARATED FROM THE BARREL.SDR AK02003F00002Battery · inoperativeDURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION OF THE ELT UNIT, THE ELT WAS FUNCTIONAL CHECKED BY THE REMOTE SWITCH ON THE PANEL. THERE WAS NO LED LIGHT INDICATION WHEN SWITCHED TO THE ON POSITION. THE ELT UNIT WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND TESTED AGAIN, THE UNIT WAS INOPESDR CA030606004Line · severed(CAN) DURING THE LAST OPS 4 INSPECTION, SEB 95-6, RUBBER FUEL HOSE INSPECTION AND REPLACEMENT WAS ACCOMPLISHED. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEILED THAT THE FUEL PRIMER LINE FROM THE MANIFOLD TO THE PRIMER T FITTING ROUTED NEAR THE ALTERNATOR PULLEY FOUND BROKEN INSDR 2002FA0001255Oil Cooler · leakingUPON INITIAL RUN UP OF FACTORY REBUILT ENGINE, COOLER LEAK NOTED. REMOVED COOLER AND CHECK BASE PLATE AND COOLER BASE FOR SURFACE VARIATIONS. BOTH PIECES DID NOT HAVE SURFACES THAT SHOWED TO BE TRUE AND FLAT.SDR 2002FA0001030Gear · damagedDURING PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION PROPELLER WAS ROTATED BACKWARDS BY HAND TO CHECK COMPRESSION OF CYLINDERS. PROPELLER PHYSICALLY STOPPED BY SOMETHING INTERNAL IN ENGINE. AFTER INSPECTION BY REMOVING THE STARTER ADAPTER ASSEMBLY, THE CRANKSHAFT GEAR WAS FOUND TO SDR 2002FA0000125Distributor Blk · brokenTHE CENTER BUSHING IN THE DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK IS LOOSE AND SHOWS SIGNS OF OVERHEATING. AS A RESULT THE DISTRIBUTOR GEAR WOBBLED AND THE FINGER CONTACTED ALL THE HIGH TENSION CONTACT TOWERS AND GROUND THEM OFF.SDR 2002FA0000110Distributor · burnedMAGNETO WAS SUPPLIED AS PART OF A TCM FACTORY REBUILT ENGINE. IT FAILED AND UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE DISTRIBUTOR GEAR SUPPORT WAS BADLY BURNED BY SPARKS GOING FROM THE COIL TERMINAL TO GROUND ON THE M3485 BEARING CAP BY ARCING ACROSS THE SHESDR 2001FA0000206Spring · brokenTHE MAGNETO IMPULSE COUPLING SPRING BROKE ABOUT 6 INCHES FROM THE OUTER END OF THE SPRING. THE FAILURE WAS DISCOVERED BECAUSE THE IMPULSE COUPLING WOULD NOT ENGAGE DURING THE ENGINE STARTING PROCESS.SDR CA010827004Distributor Blk · burned(CAN) BOTH MAGNETOS WERE REMOVED IN ERROR FOR 500 HR INSP ONLY LH WAS DUE WHEN RH MAGNETO WAS DISASSEMBLIED BY LEGGAT AVIATION. THE BEARING BAR P/N M3004 WAS BURNED THROUGH AT HIGH TENSION BRUSH AREA OF DISTRIBUTER BLOCK NO PROBLEM WAS EVER FOUND ON MAGNETO CHSDR 2001FA0000159Wastegate Valve · undertorquedFOUND THE 7 ACTUATOR TO BYPASS VALVE MOUNTING BOLTS (REF. GARRETT MANUAL TP30-4001-1 PG. 10-11 ITMES NR 7 AND 10) WITH LITTLE TO NIL MEASURABLE TORQUE. THIS IS THE SECOND ACTUATOR ON WHICH WE HAVE DISCOVERED THIS PROBLEM. DURING INSTALLATION INSPECTION, A WSDR 20010508CW008Frame · crackedOBSERVED AN OIL LEAK FROM MAG BASE. FOUND MOUNTING FLANGE CRACKED AROUND LOWER CLAMPING WASHER. REMOVED MAG AND FOUND APPROX 2 INCH PIECE OF MOUNTING FLANGE BROKEN OFF.SDR 20010227SG002Pump · leakingENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP BEGAN LEAKING FROM SHAFT SEAL.SDR 20010227SG004Pump · leakingFUEL LEAK FROM PUMP DRAINSDR 20010227SG003Pump · leakingFUEL LEAK FROM BETWEEN PUMP AND MOUNTSDR AU001270Bolt · broken(AUS) UPPER THROUGH BOLT LOCATED BETWEEN NR 2 AND NR 3 CYLINDERS BROKEN.FAILURE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 76.2MM (3IN) FROM THE LEFT END OF THE BOLT.SDR 20010302AP006Spring · brokenTCM/BENDIX MAGNETO IMPULSE COUPLING SPRING. P/N 10-51324, PART TSN 11.6 HOURS INSTALLED ON: MAGNETO P/N 10-349350-5. S/N E189909FR M/N S6RN-1225 MAGNETO TSN 11.6 HOURS. THIS SPRING BROKE APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES FROM THE OUTER DIAMETER END. THE MECHANIC REMOVSDR CA000720017Cylinder · cracked(CAN) WHEN PERFORMING A CYLINDER DIFFERENTIAL COMPRESSION CHECK, FOUND CYLINDER NR 5 HAD A 60/80 COMPRESSION, AND AIR WAS LEAKING OUTSIDE CYLINDER. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION, FOUND CRACK COULD BE SEEN JUST INBOARD OF THE EXHAUST PIPE FLANGE. CYLINDER WAS REMOVSDR AU000605Blade · cracked(AUS) PROPELLER WOULD NOT RETURN TO FINE PITCH FROM COURSE PITCH AT ENGINE SPEEDS BELOW 2200 RPM AND WOULD REMAIN IN COURSE PITCH AFTER FINE PITCH SELECTED.DURING PROPELLER DISASSEMBLY, THE NR 3 BLADE WAS FOUND CRACKED AT THE BLADE ROOT AROUND APPROXIMATELY HASDR 20000515SH002Pump · leakingENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP WAS LEAKING FUEL OUT OF THE PUMP DRAIN LINE. (X)SDR 20000515SH003Pump · leakingENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP WAS LEAKING FUEL FROM THE PUMP DRAIN LINE. (X)SDR CA991004050Actuator · cracked(CAN) THE FORWARD WHEEL GEAR ACTUATOR ON THE LEFT FLOAT WAS FOUND CRACKED AND LEAKING. TWO LONGITUDINAL CRACKS WERE LOCATED IN THE ACTUATOR CYLINDER.SDR CA990531009Connecting Rod · fractured(CAN) INITIAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED A 2 INCH HOLE THROUGH THE TOP OF THE RIGHT ENGINE BLOCK. THE RIGHT MAGNETO BROKE AND VIEWING THROUGH THE HOLE OF THE CRANKSHAFT, THE CONNECTING ROD WAS FOUND DESTROYED.SDR AU990056Frame · cracked(AUS) LEFT FRONT DOOR POST FRAME CRACKED THROUGH. DOUBLER ALSO CRACKED. AIRCRAFT OPERATES AS A FLOAT PLANE.SDR 98ZZZX4528Switch · wornDURING ANNUAL, DISCOVERED AD 93-05-06 NOT C/W. INSPECTED IGNITION SWITCH AND FOUND SIGNS OF MODIFIED STARTER RELAY IAW CESSNA SEB 91-5- R1. NOTE: AD IS RECURRING EVERY 2,000 HOURS AFTER INITIAL COMPLIANCE.SDR CA980908003Fitting · corroded(CAN) AIRCRAFT RECENTLY PURCHASED, FOUND LEFT AND RIGHT UPPER MAIN STRUT FITTINGS BADLY EXFOLIATED. AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN USED IN SALT WATER ENVIRONMENT. WATER CAN GET TRAPPED IN UPPER FITTINGS. LOWER FITTINGS ALL GOOD.SDR 98ZZZX1454Gasket · leaksA SMALL OIL LEAK ON NR 3 CYLINDER WAS REPAIRED BY INSTALLING A NEW P/N 653191 ROCKER COVER GASKET. NINE HOURS LATER, A LARGE OIL LEAK WAS EVIDENT, CYLINDER NR 3. UPON PULLING COVER, FOUND GASKET HAD SHRUNK CAUSING OIL LEAK WHERE THE GASKET WENT STRAIGHT BETSDR CA980909003Lifters · spalled(CAN) NEW VALVE LIFTERS INSTALLED DUE TO SPALLING.SDR 97ZZZX3977Crankshaft · brokePILOT REPORTED A STRONG VIBRATION FOLLOWED BY A LOUD MECHANICAL BANG IN THE ENGINE DURING FLIGHT. SECONDS LATER THE ENGINE ABRUPTLY STOPPED. AN ENGINE 'TEAR DOWN' INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED AND REVEALED THE CRANKSHAFT BROKE AT THE NR 4 'CRANKSHAFT MAIN BEARINGSDR CA970922011Snap Ring · missing(CAN) A PROPELLER BLADE SNAP RING DEPARTED THE BLADE DURING FLIGHT. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED A LOOSE PROPELLER BLADE AND A BROKEN PITCH LINK.SDR 97ZZZX3386Cylinder · failedAIRCRAFT WAS AT 6,500 FEET MSL, CRUISE POWER SETTINGS. WHEN PILOT RETARDED THROTTLE FOR DESCENT, HE FELT A VIBRATION. HE TURNED TO AN ALTERNATE AIRPORT. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND ON SHORT FINAL, NR 6 CYLINDER SEPARATED FROM ENGINE CAUSING THE ENGINE TSDR CA970612002Cylinder · cracked(CAN) CYLINDER HEAD CRACKED FROM UPPER SPARK PLUG HOLE TO INSPECTION HOLE.
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