Continental TSIO-520 series
Service difficulty reports · 403
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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 = 'TSIO520' 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 = 'TSIO520' 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 HYIA409BKCBNHTSwitch · shortedCREW REPORTED, ON DESCENT, NOTICED AN ODOR AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM CABIN HEAT SWITCH. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, DEACTIVATED ALL ELECTRICAL SYS AND SMOKE STOPPED. TURNED ON SELECTIVE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT ON TO FINISH APPROACH, LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. MX FOUNDSDR HYIA26514AP1128Computer · shortedCREW REPORTED, ON FINAL APPROACH, A SMALL PUFF OF SMOKE CAME FROM THE NAV/COM PANEL. CREW ACCOMPLISHED SMOKE IN COCKPIT CHECKLIST, SMOKE QUICKLY SUBSIDED AND NO FURTHER SIGNS OF THE PROBLEM EXISTED. ADVISED THE TOWER, AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX INSPECTSDR HYIA69SC1124Switch · burnedCREW REPORTED ODOR IN COCKPIT. INTIALLY SUSPECTED HEATER, BUT ODOR REMAINED AFTER HEATER WAS TURNED OFF. CREW NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING SWITCH. TURNED OFF SWITCH, SMOKE STOPPED, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX R & R INSTRUMENT PANEL DISDR 2010FA0001200Camshaft · wornMETAL PARTICLES FOUND DURING OIL CHANGE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND CAMSHAFT LOBES WORN PAST LIMITS AND LIFTER BODIES MISSING SOME METAL. AD 2009-24-52 PREVIOUSLY COMPLIED WITH AND LIFTER 675915 HAD BEEN REPLACED PRIOR TP PRIOR "0" TIME O/H PERFORMED 468.2 SDR HYIA818ANMAP1105Line · brokenCREW REPORTED, AFTER LEVELING AT 4000 FT, IN CRUISE CONFIGURATION, POWER WAS REDUCED TO 26" OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE. LT ENGINE WENT TO TO 26" OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE, BUT RT ENGINE REMAINED AT 29". CREW ELECTED TO DIVERT, WHERE AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. LANDINGSDR HYIA160PBKI525Hsi · failedCREW REPORTED, IN CRUISE CONFIGURATION, SMOKE WAS NOTICED BEHIND THE GLASS OF THE HORIZONTAL SITUATION INDICATOR. SMOKE WAS CONTAINED INSIDE THE INDICATOR, BUT THE CABIN DID HAVE AN ACRID BURNING ODOR. UNIT CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PULLED WHICH STOPPED THE SMOKE.SDR 2010FA0001229Attach Bracket · crackedDURING ROUTINE ANNUAL INSP, THE RT FWD HORIZ STABILIZER ATTACH BRACKET WAS FOUND CRACKED. SB87-2 CALLS FOR KIT 210-118 TO BE INSTALLED. THE NEW FITTINGS PN 21320191 ARE BEEFED UP AND THE BULKHEAD IS ALSO. DUE TO THE CRITICAL NATURE OF THIS ATTACH FITTING, ISDR FCPR201000233Screw · wornFOUND LOW PITCH OUT OF SPECIFICATION, UPON DISASSEMBLY OF DOME FOUND LATCH SCREW HAD BACKED OUT 5 TURNS. LOCKING PORTION OF SCREW WAS WORN AND NOT EFFECTIVE.SDR 2010FA0000829Tube · chafedRAN ENGINE UP TO CHECK MAG DROP AND ENGINE OIL WAS OBSERVED TO BE DRIPPING OUT OF PORT SIDE WING ROOT. REMOVE INSP PLATES AND FOUND THAT THE .2500" ALUMINUM TUBING (PN 5600107-11) WAS ROUTED OVER THE TOP OF THE 3" SCAT TUBING. THE WIRE IN THE SCAT TUBING HADSDR 2010FA0000736Indicator · cracked( XR0R) GLASS BEZEL CRACKED DURING FLIGHT. APPEARS THAT THE GLASS BEZEL WAS NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY. THIS UNIT HAD 6 MONTHS, 47.1 HOURS SINCE O/H. WOULD NOT WARRANTY, DID NOT INSTALL THE GLASS.SDR HYIA618CARHAXLEAxle · brokenON TAKEOFF ROLL, CREW EXPERIENCED A YAW WHICH CAUSED THE TAKEOFF TO BE DISCONTINUED AT LOW SPEED. CREW TAXIED BACK TO THE RAMP. MX FOUND RT MAIN GEAR AXLE ASSY BROKEN AT LOWER HALF. MX R & R AXLE ASSY, AND RETURNED THE ACFT BACK TO SERVICE.SDR HYIA83PB615GEARLanding Gear · malfunctionedON GEAR RETRACTION, 3 GREEN DOWN AND LOCK LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED, HYD PRESSURE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED, BUT GEAR UNLOCK LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RETRACT THE GEAR, CONDITION REMAINED THE SAME. GROUND PERSONNEL CONFIRMED THAT THE LT MAIN GEASDR HYIA247GSAVIONICSRadio · malfunctionedON DESCENT, CREW REPORTED BOTH COMMMUNICATION RADIOS FAILED TO TRANSMIT OR RECEIVE. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. MX INSPECTED ACFT, ALL SYS CHECKED NORMAL. COULD NOT DUPLICATE COMMUNICATION FAILURE. ACFT RELEASED BACK TO SERVICE.SDR HYIA764EA52010Control Cable · brokenON FINAL DECENT, CREW REPORTED FLAP MALFUNCTION ( SPLIT FLAPS ). PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. MX FOUND (1) OF (2) FLAP EXTEND CABLES BROKEN. MX R & R BOTH EXTEND AND RETRACT CABLES.SDR C0Q2010F00000Downlock Switch · failedAIRFRAME: UPON LANDING, THE RT MLG COLLAPSED WITH ALL 3 GREEN LIGHTS ON. DOWNLOCK SWITCH FAILED.SDR HYIA300SNGEARLine · rupturedCREW REPORTED, DURING LANDING GEAR EXTENSION, NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCK LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, BOTH HYD FLOW LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ELECTED TO GO-AROUND AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. CREW PERFORMED "GEAR WILL NOT EXTEND HYD CHECKLIST" AND PERFORSDR HYIA2611XKG102Gyro · odorIN CLIMB CONFIGURATION, (APPROX 1800 FT), CREW REPORTED HEADING FLAG IN VIEW. CLIMBING THROUGH 2000 FT, CREW REPORT STRONG SMELL "CHLORINE LIKE ODOR". CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO BASE, AFTER CONCLUDING THAT THERE MAY BE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CIRCUIT, OR POSSIBLESDR EVGR062910Collar · bent(EVGR) PN 626739M010 TRANSFER COLLAR. THE COLLAR SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN DAMAGED AFTER IT WAS GROUND. ON ONE SIDE THE SPLIT LINE DOES NOT LINE UP, YOU CAN CATCH A FINGERNAIL ON IT. WHEN INSTALLED IT IS TIGHT AND RUBS AT THAT POINT AS SHOWN BY THE MAGIC MARKER RUBBESDR 2010FA0000205Bolt · brokenAT TOUCHDOWN THE LT MAIN GEAR DID NOT LOCK OVER CTR RESULTING IN THE LT GEAR RETRACTING, PROP STRIKE AND DAMAGE TO LT TIP FUEL TANK. APPEARS BOLT (NAS464P4-26) AND SPACER (S133-4P32) THAT ATTACHES BELLCRANK (5041001-11) TO LT GEAR ASSY UPPER TRUNNION BROKE RESDR HYIA812ANLMLGUplock Hook · wornCREW REPORTED LANDING GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY BUT FAILED TO STAY UP AND LOCKED, HYD PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. MX REMOVED AND REPLACED LT MLG UP LOCK HOOK. COMPLIED WITH GEAR SWINGS, CHECKS NORMAL, ACFT RELEASED BACK TO SERVICE.SDR 2009FA0000932Cylinder · failedPROBLEM ORIGINATED FROM A ROUGH RUNING ENGINE CAUSED BY BROKEN CYLINDER VALVE SPRINGS. CYLINDER WAS REMOVED FOR REPAIR AT THIS TIME SPALLED CAMSHAFT AND LIFTERS WERE OBSERVED NECESSITATING A COMPLETE ENGINE TEARDOWN WHICH EXPOSED THE ADDITIONAL PARTS WITH CORSDR JAF2009F00000Skin · crackedUPON REMOVING THE LT NACELLE FUEL TANK, WE NOTED A TOP WING SKIN CRACK ABOUT 3.5 INCHES LONG. FROM LOOKING UNDERNEATH IN THE GEAR WELL, JUST ABOVE THE MLG SIDE BRACE, YOU COULD SEE THE CRACK RUNNIING PARRALLEL WITH THE ANGLE STIFFENER. INSPECTED THE RIGHT GESDR M2L2009F00002Bracket · bentAFTER LANDING, DURING ROLLOUT, NLG COLLAPSED CAUSING PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. GEAR LIGHS INDICATED "GEAR DOWN" AND VISUAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO LANDING CONFIRMED GEAR DOWN. (K)SDR 2009FA0000290Cylinder · crackedFOUND (2) ECI CYLINDERS CRACKED. CYLINDERS ARE CRACKED BETWEEN THE 17TH AND 18TH FIN AS LOOKING AT CYLINDER INSTALLED FROM THE BARREL TO THE HEAD, IN THE EXHAUST CHAMBER AREA. FOUND BY DOING COMPRESSION. LET ENGINE COOL OFF AND SOAP LEAK TEST. REMOVED THE SDR 2009FA0000005Hose · burstRT NLG DOOR ACTUATOR HOSE FAILED CAUSING COMPLETE HYD FLUID LOSS . RESULTING IN LT MAIN GEAR NOT ABLE TO BE FULLY EXTENDED TO DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. ACFT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING WITH LT MAIN GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. MINOR DAMAGE. FAILED HOSE APPEARS TO BESDR 2008FA0000894Pump · shearedON SECOND TEST FLIGHT AFTER FACTORY REBUILT ENG INSTALLATION, ENG QUIT DURING TAKEOFF, JUST AFTER LIFTOFF, ALTITUDE LESS THAN 5 FT AGL. PILOT LANDED ACFT AND ROLLED OUT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. DURING THIS EVENT, PILOT REPORTED THAT AT TAKEOFF INITIATION, POWSDR 2008FA0000777Fuel Line · corrodedTHE FUEL CROSSFEED LINE LT TANK TO RT ENGINE, HAD CORRODED TO THE POINT OF LEAKAGE. THE CORRODED AREA WAS UNDER THE CABIN FLOOR BEHIND THE CO-PILOT SEAT. THE DUCTWORK FOR THE CABIN VENTILATION SYSTEM LAYS ON THE LINE THIS LOCATION. THE CORROSION WAS LIMITEDSDR XGN2008F00012Cylinder · crackedREV 3, E=SERIES CYLINDER, CRACKED. (K)SDR XGN2008F00009Cylinder · crackedCRACKED BETWEEN FIN NR 1 AND FIN NR 3 AFT OF THE INJECTOR. MFG REV E SERIES CYLINDER. ALL DEFECTIVE! (K)SDR XGN2008F00010Cylinder · crackedCRACKED BETWEEN FIN NR 1 AND FIN NR 3, AFT OF THE INJECTOR. MFG REV 3 E SERIES CYLINDER. ALL DEFECTIVE! (K)SDR XGN2008F00011Cylinder · crackedCRACKED BETWEEN FIN NR 1 AND FIN NR 3 AFT OF THE INJECTOR. MFG REV 3 E SERIES CYLINDER. ALL DEFECTIVE! (K)SDR 2008FA0000546Control Cable · defectiveORDERED NEW FLAP FOLLOW UP CABLE; TO REPLACED ORIGINAL CABLE WHICH HAD BECOME DEFECTIVE DUE TO NORMAL USAGE AND AGE.SDR 2008FA0000499Control Cable · defectiveORDERED NEW MFG FLAP FOLLOW UP CABLE; TO REPLACE ORIGINAL CABLE WHICH HAD BECOME DEFECTIVE DUE TO NORMAL USAGE AND AGE. THIS CABLE IS SIMILAR TO A THROTTLE CABLE WITH AN INSIDE CABLE WHICH SLIDES IN AN OUTSIDE HOUSING. UPON INSTALLATION, OF NEW MFG FLAP FOLLSDR YBS2008F00000Selector Valve · damagedAT CLIMB POWER-RT FUEL FLOW DROPPED TO 90 PPH. AUX PUMP ON LOW FIXED PROBLEM TEMPORARILY. FUEL FLOW DROPPED AGAIN AND LT ENGINE SURGE. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT AND LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX REMOVED AND REPLACED LT FUEL SELECTOR VALVE. ALSO REPLACESDR 2008FA0000458Fork · fracturedLANDING GEAR DOWN ACTUATION ON 7/2/2008 PRODUCED AN INDICATED UNSAFE NOSE LANDING GEAR LIGHT. AN ATTEMPT TO ACTUATE MANUAL EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL SINCE THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND TO A DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. SUBSEQUENT SDR 2008FA0000084Line · chafedREPLACED HYDRAULIC TUBE 128509-4 DUE TO CHAFING FROM LONG SCREW IN WRONG LOCATION OF INSPECTION COVER PLATE. THIS WAS FOUND BY INSPECTION AS DESCRIBED IN MFG SEB07-03 AND WHICH HAVE A SUPERSEDED PN AVAILABLE TO NULLIFY THE POTENTIAL PROBLEM. THIS SERIES AND SDR 2008FA0000107Powerpack · wornSMOKE IN COCKPIT, GEAR NOT FULLY RETRACTED, EXTENDED OK. FOUND HYDRAULIC POWERPACK MOTOR (ORIGINAL) WORNOUT. REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH O/H UNIT. OPS, OK.SDR 2008FA0000095Hub · crackedRELEVENT INDICATION (CRACKED 2 PLACES). (K)SDR 243DR1Servo · misinstalledWHILE UNDERGOING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION, MECHANIC FOUND ELEVATOR TRIM SYS WAS MISRIGGED. TRAVEL LIMITS WERE NOT CORRECT AND WERE ACTUALLY RIGGED OPPOSITE WITH REGARDS TO MAX TRAVEL UP/DOWN. TRAVEL LIMITS IN MM NR D2070-3-13 FIGURE 1-1 WERE MISINTERPRETED, MFG SDR 2007FA0000948Centering Mech · failedUPON TOUCHDOWN AIRCRAFT VEERED LT ABRUPTLY AND DEPARTED RUNWAY SURFACE. GEAR EXTENSION AND INDICATION WERE NORMAL. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT UPON TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR HAD FAILED TO CENTER CORRECTLY DURING EXTENSION.SDR 135375Master Switch · inoperativeAVIONICS MASTER SWITCH FAILED IN FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NO FURTHER DIFFICULTIES. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE AVIONICS MASTER SWITCH IAW AIRCRAFT MM.SDR 2007FA0000922Motor · noisySTARTER STARTED MAKING A LOUD SQUEALING NOISE WHEN OPERATING STARTER, AND SLOW ROTATION OF ENGINE. REMOVED AND RETURNED FOR WARRANTY. (K)SDR 2007FA0000817Alternator · failedOVERHAULED DOFF10300B ALTERNATOR FAILED AFTER 458 HOURS IN 35 MONTHS OF USE.SDR 2007FA0000628Nut Plate · damagedWHILE UNDERGOING A ANNUAL INSPECTION INVESTIGATION OF NOISE COMPLAINT FROM THE LANDING GEARBOX IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FOUR AN3-6A BOLTS THAT ATTACH THE PART 5011013-3 (BRACKET ACUATOR MOUNTING) & GEARBOX TO THE FRONT SPAR WAS LOOSE. AN ATTEMPT AT TIGHTEN SDR 2007FA0000675Skin · crackedCRACK IN THE TOP SKIN OF THE LT WING AT THE LANDING GEAR SIDE BRACE ATTACHMENT LOCATION, APPROXIMATELY WS 63.45. THE SKIN IS 2024-T63 ALUMINUM, .032 THICK. THE CRACK IS ABOUT 3 INCHES LONG OR LONGER. CANNOT DETERMINE THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE CRACK. (K)SDR 2007FA0000683Skin · crackedCRACK IN THE TOP SKIN OF THE RT WING AT THE LANDING GEAR SIDE BRACE ATTACHMENT LOCATION, APPROX WS 63.45. THE SKIN IS 2024-T3 ALUMINUM, .032 THICK. THE CRACK IS ABOUT 4.5 INCHES LONG. (K)SDR 2007FA0000625Bellcrank · failedFAILED DUE TO MECHANICAL OVERLOAD, NOSE GEAR JAMMED. (K)SDR RUAGACC61007Spring · failedAIRCRAFT ACCIDENT. LT MLG (SPRING) FAILED DURING TAKEOFF ATTEMPT, APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES ABOVE AXLE. NO EVIDENCE OF PREVIOUS FRACTURE (CRACK) COULD BE DETECTED. LT WING BUCKLED AND AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, NO INJURIES.SDR 2007FA0000496Stud · chafedDURING BUILD UP OF A NEW ENGINE FOR INSTALLATION, IT IS ROUTINE FOR US TO R&R THE OIL COOLER TO INSTALL THE GASKET WITH SEALANT AND TO INSPECT THE ADAPTER PLATE MOUNTING STUD HEIGHT. ON THIS PARTICULAR ENGINE, ALL OF THE STUDS WERE INSTALLED TOO HIGH, SO THATSDR 2007FA0000732Relay · failedAIRCRAFT EMERGENCY LANDED WITH COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE, LG EMERGENCY EXTENDED AND LANDED SAFELY. FOUND BATTERY RELAY FAILURE. UNIT REMOVED 200 AMP FOUND TO BE INCORRECT (PN). SB MEB99-4 ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM, HAD NOT BEEN COMPLIED WITH, CORRECT RELAY 100
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