Continental TSIO-520-M
Service difficulty reports · 118
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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 = '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 CA970610003Lock Nut · cracked(CAN) THE NUT WHICH HOLDS THE LOWER WING STRUT TO THE WING STRUT FITTING WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED. NUT REPLACEDSDR CA970221004Pressure Switch · intermittent(CAN) PILOT UNABLE TO GET INDICATION OF GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. FLEW BY TOWER AND THEN LANDED SAFELY. GEAR MOTOR FOUND UNSERVICEABLE BUT WORKED IN THE SHOP AFTER REMOVAL. REPLACED THE PRESSURE SWITCH AND INSTALLED A DIODE AS PER SERVICE LETTER, IN ORDER TO EXTENSDR 97ZZZX611Engine · malfunctionOAT - 18 DEGREES, WX CLEAR. TAKEOFF NORMAL. WHEN POWER REDUCED, ENGINE WENT VERY RICH. PULLED MIX TO KEEP ENGINE RUNNING. M.P. AND F.F. READ NORMAL. LANDED. LOW RPM OK. CHECKED BOTH METERED AND UNMETERED FUEL PRESSURES ARE WITH THE BOOK. FLEW A/C AFTERSDR AU970078Bushing · broken(AUS) ENGINE OIL PUMP DRIVEN GEAR BRONZE BUSH BROKEN - AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED IN PNG AS P2-MFVSDR 97ZZZX631Rocker · brokeTHE NR 2 EXHAUST 'ROLLER ROCKER' BROKE MID-WAY BETWEEN THE PUSH ROD SOCKET AND THE ROCKER ARM SHAFT. STC 8594SW.SDR 96ZZZX5956Valve · leakageENGINE HAS 40.0 HRS SINCE MAJOR OVERHAUL AT WHICH TIME NEW TCM CYLINDERS WERE INSTALLED. COMPRESSION CHECK SHOWS NR 1 CYLINDER AT 40/80 LEAKING THROUGH EXHAUST VALVE AND CYLINDERS NR 2, 3, 5, AND 6 TO BE AT 70/80 WITH SLIGHT EXHAUST VALVE LEAKAGE. BORESCOPE SDR AU961046Bulkhead · cracked(AUS) FUSELAGE FRONT DOOR POST BULKHEAD CRACKED ON BOTH SIDES - CRACK LENGTHS - RH SIDE 6.35MM (0.25IN) - LH SIDE 4.762MM (0.1875IN)SDR 96ZZZX3672Clamp · looseAFTER TAKEOFF, PILOT NOTICED OIL COMING OUT OF ENGINE COWLING. AFTER LANDING, FOUND OIL DIPSTICK COUPLING AND CLAMP BECAME LOOSE FROM ENGINE CASE NIPPLE. REINSTALLED COUPLING AND SECURED CLAMP. RECLAMPED DIP STICK HOUSING WITH SMALLER ADEL CLAMPS. WASHED ESDR 96ZZZX3057Filter Adapter · wrong connEXPERIENCED INCONSISTENT MANIFOLD PRESS & FUEL FLOWS. LOOKED AT SOURCE OF OIL TO WASTEGATE FROM OIL PUMP HSNG P/N 643716, & FND PORT USED SUPPLIED UNFILTERED OIL. OIL PUMP HSNG IS NEW P/N WHICH USES FULL FLOW OIL FILTER. NEW HSNG HAS, BELOW FILTER BASE, A 2SDR 96ZZZX2028Cylinder · misinstalledWHEN TRYING TO REMOVE CYLINDERS FOR A TOP OVERHAUL, FOUND TORQUES VERY HIGH TO ALMOST FINGER TIGHT ON CYLINDER STUDS AND THROUGH-BOLTS. THIS ENGINE HAS TORQUE PASTE STILL IN PLACE - ONE-HALF INCH DRIVE AIR WRENCH DID NOTHING - HAD TO CHISEL TWO NUTS OFF SO FASDR CA960311022Brake Disc · cracked(CAN)WHILE CARRYING OUT AN INSPECTION ON A FLOAT AIRCRAFT, WHEEL REMOVED. AXLE REMOVED TO SERVICE BEARINGS AND REPLACE BRAKE DISC AND THEN FOUND CRACKS ALONG THE BOLT HOLES. ALL THREE HOLE WERE FOUND CRACK ED.SDR AU960153Blade · loose(AUS) PROPELLER BLADE LOOSE - BLADE COULD BE ROTATED ABOUT 50.8MM (2IN)FROM FINE PITCH TO FEATHER - INVESTIGATION FOUND BLADE ACTUATING PIN FAILURE IN AREA ABOVE THREAD - MENTION WAS ALSO MADE OF FINDING FLAKES OF CHROME PLATING AND EVIDENCE OF SCUFFINGSDR 95ZZZX6175Cylinder · crackedROUGHLY 15 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT, THE ENGINE LOST MANIFOLD PRESSURE. MAXIMUM M/P WAS 25 INCHES. INSPECTION FOUND THE NR 4 CYLINDER CRACKED AND STARTING TO MELT THE NR 6 CYLINDER.SDR 95ZZZX6803Cylinder Assy · crackedENGINE OPERATION NORMAL ON TAKEOFF, CLIMB, AND CRUISE SETTING. ROUGHLY 15 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT, THE ENGINE LOST MANIFOLD PRESSURE. FULL THROTTLE MANIFOLD PRESSURE WAS 25 INCHES. PILOT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTION FOUND THE NR 4 CYLINDER HAD CRACKED OSDR 95ZZZX6014Distributor Gear · destroyedPILOT EXPERIENCED ROUGH ENGINE. UPON LANDING AND GROUND RUN-UP, RIGHT MAGNETO WAS DISCOVERED DEAD. DISASSEMBLY SHOWED THAT ELECTRODE POSTS IN DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK ASSEMBLY HAD COME IN CONTACT WITH ELECTRODE FINGER ON DISTRIBUTOR GEAR. ELECTRODE FINGER WAS TORNSDR 95ZZZX6743Cylinder · crackedINSPECTION FOUND CYLINDER HEAD WAS SUBSTANTIALLY CRACKED FROM BOTTOM SPARK PLUG HOLE TO TOP SPARK PLUG HOLE THROUGH THE EXHAUST PORT. SUBMITTER STATED THIS IS THE FIFTH (OUT OF SIX) THAT HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED SINCE ENGINE OVERHAUL (1,339 HOURS AGO) DUE TO HSDR 95ZZZX3998Filter · gasket displacedOIL FILTER INTERNAL GASKET WAS OUT OF PLACE AND COVERING INLET PASSAGE OF FILLER BODY. APPEARS TO BE MANUFACTURE DEFECT. SUBMITTER ADVISES A CLOSER INSPECTION OF OIL FILTER PRIOR TO INSTALLATION TO INSURE GASKET IS NOT BLOCKING INLET HOLE.SDR 95ZZZX3474Adapter · thread damageDURING COMPLIANCE WITH SEB 92-1R1 (CESSNA). ADAPTER WAS REMOVED FROM PUMP HOUSING AND THREAD DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT. 3OX MAGNIFICATION OF DAMAGE APPEARED TO BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. NO DAMAGE DUE TO MISUSE IS SUSPECTED. SEB 93-1R1 IS TO CHECK THREAD DAMAGE D
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