Continental TSIO-520-N
Service difficulty reports · 66
Newest first. General aviation reporting is voluntary.
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 = 'TSIO520N' 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 = 'TSIO520N' 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 CA970212004Static Tube · split(CAN) SUSPECT WATER IN THE LINE, BETWEEN THE STATIC PORT AND THE SUMP, FROZE AND SPLIT THE PIPE.SDR CA960930001Scavenge Pump · cracked(CAN) AFTER LANDING THE PILOT NOTICED A LARGE OIL LEAK ON #2 ENGINE. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THE SCAVENGE PUMP HOUSING WAS CRACKED. A NEW PUMP WAS INSTALLED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA960924024Brushes · high resistance(CAN) AIRCRAFT ALTERNATORS WOULD NOT BALANCE. INSPECTION REVEALED A HIGH FIELD RESISTANCE. THE BRUSHES WERE FOUND TO HAVE A RESISTANCE OF 15-30 OHMS. REPLACEMENT BRUSHES SOLVED THE PROBLEM. SUBMITTER STATES THAT THIS IS THE THIRD SUCH OCCURRENCE.SDR AU961084Rheostat · burnt(AUS) PILOTS PANEL LIGHTING RHEOSTAT SHORT CIRCUITEDSDR CA960222201Main Bearing · fretted(CAN) DURING CRUISE ENGINE STARTED TO VIBRATE AND THEN STOPPED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO ORIGIN AND LANDED SAFELY. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ENGINE HAD STOPPED DUE TO #2 MAIN BEARING FAILURE. TEARDOWN REVEALED THAT THE #2 BEARING HAD TURNED IN THE CRANKCASE STOPPING SDR AU960538Bearing · failed(AUS) ENGINE TURBOCHARGER IMPELLER BEARING FAILEDSDR 96ZZZX1538Mount Stud · brokenPILOT COMPLAINED RT ENGINE WAS ROUGH RUNNING. FOUND NR 1 CYLINDER HELD ON BY ONLY AFT TWO THROUGH-BOLTS. ALL OTHER MOUNT STUDS WERE BROKEN. REMOVED CYLINDER AND THROUGH-BOLTS. PENETRATE CHECK OF CASE MOUNTING AREA REVEALED TWO CRACKS (1 O'CLOCK AND 7 O'CLOSDR AU960078Cylinder · cracked(AUS) ENGINE CYLINDER CRACKED IN AREA BETWEEN THE SPARK PLUG HOLE AND THE EXHAUST VALVE SEAT - CRACK LENGTH 30MM (1.18IN)SDR 96ZZZX1159Engine · exces wearFOLLOWING LT AND RT PROP REMOVAL FOR SLUGGISH OPERATION, FOUND EXTREME ENGINE OIL SLUDGE. THIS CONDITION OCCURRED AT 768 HRS TCM ZERO TIME ENGINES. FURTHER EXAMINATION FOUND EXCESS WEAR AND SLUDGE THROUGHOUT ENGINE. ACFT HAD BEEN OPERATED USING AV-1 OIL.SDR 95ZZZX5646Through-Bolt · brokenWHILE DOING AN INSPECTION, FOUND THE FRONT TOP THROUGH-BOLT BROKEN AT THE THREADED AREA LEFT SIDE OF ENGINE NR 6 CYLINDER. FOUND THE BROKEN END OF THE BOLT WITH THE NUT ON IT, IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. NO RECORD OF BOLT CHANGE.SDR 95ZZZX6395Connect Rod · failedRIGHT ENGINE, NR 6 CONNECTING ROD FAILED IN-FLIGHT, BROKEN AT CRANKSHAFT END. TT SMOH, APPROXIMATELY 1,200 HOURS, LOG BOOKS INDICATE ROD WAS 'YELLOW TAGGED' FOR THAT OVERHAUL; THEREFORE, PART TT UNKNOWN. SUBMITTER RECOMMENDS ON RECIP ENGINES OF THIS POWER ANSDR 95ZZZX3660Filter · failedAFTER CUTTING OPEN FILTER FOR INSPECTION, DISCOVERED THE OUTLET END FATIGUED WITH 2 SECTIONS OF THE METAL LIP LODGED DOWN INSIDE THE FILTER. THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE LIP WAS SPRINGY AND READY TO RELEASE (RIGHT ENGINE).SDR 95ZZZX3661Filter · failedAFTER CUTTING OPEN FILTER FOR INSPECTION, DISCOVERED THE OUTLET SEAL DEFORMED AND PARTIALLY DISLODGED FROM SEALING LIP (LEFT ENGINE).SDR 96ZZZX872Filter · gasket failedON A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE, FILTER WAS REMOVED AND CUT OPEN. SOMETHING RATTLING INSIDE WAS FOUND. RUBBER GASKET HAS PIECES MISSING ALONG WITH METAL SLIVERS. PARTS WERE PUMPED INTO ENGINE. ENGINE REMOVED, TORN DOWN. FOUND RUBBER PIECES IN 2 LIFTERS. ENGINE FSDR 95ZZZX2720Cylinder · defectiveAT OVERHAUL, 5 CYLINDERS WERE CERAMICHROME AND 1 WAS CHANNELCHROME. AT THE 100-HOUR INSPECTION. COMPRESSION WAS HIGH 60'S ON THE CERAMICHROME, 77 ON THE CHANNELCHROME. A PRE-BUY INSPECTION WAS DONE 2 HOURS LATER AND THE COMPRESSION DROPPED 20 POUNDS ON THE CSDR 95ZZZX5988Oil Pump · seal failedIN-FLIGHT, OIL PUMP CASE SEAL FAILURE. SILK THREAD DISPLACED FROM PARTING FLANGE. INSPECTIONS REVEALED WARP AT PARTING FLANGE. SILICONE USED BY OVERHAUL FACILITY TO SEAL FLANGE. THIS SHOP SUGGESTS FOLLOWING TCM DIRECTIVES FOR SEALER IN THIS AREA. SILICON
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