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 2003FA0000086Bearing · looseDURING CRUISE POWER SETTING IN FLIGHT. RT ENGINE RPM FLUX 100-200 RPM AND MANIFOLD PRESSURE FLUX 1 INCH TO 2 INCH. DURING GROUND RUN TO TROUBLESHOOT SYSTEM ENGINE RPM WOULD SUDDENLY DROP 200-400 RPM. AT CRUISE SETTING. PERFORMED MAGNETO CHECK. LT MAG FAILSDR DYT2003F00000Bellcrank · brokenPILOT REPORTED BANG COMING FROM UNDER HIS FEET WHEN GEAR WAS RETRACTED. WHEN GEAR WAS EXTENDED THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT LOCK. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT NOSE GEAR IDLER BELLCRANK, BROKEN.SDR 2003FA0000019Bulkhead · crackedINSPECTION IAW AD, A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE RT ENGINE CANTED BULKHEAD CAP. CRACK WAS LOCATED ON THE INBOARD SIDE OF CAP JUST INSIDE OF INBOARD WING LIP. CRACK WAS APPROXIAMATELY 1.5 INCHES AND RAN CHORD WISE WITH WING. IT WAS LOCATED IN THE AFT OF THE CAP WSDR 2003FA0000020Bulkhead · crackedWHILE CONDUCTING INSPECTION IAW AD 00-01-16(D)A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE RIGHT ENGINE CANTED BULKHEAD CAP. CRACK WAS LOCATED ON THE INBOARD SIDE OF CAP JUST INSIDE OF THE INBOARD WING LIP. CRACK WAS APPROXIAMATELY 1.5 INCHES AND RAN CHORD WISE WITH THE WING. SDR 2003FA0000021Bulkhead · crackedINSPECTION IAW AD. CRACK WAS FOUND IN RIGHT ENGINE CANTED BULKHEAD CAP. CRACK WAS LOCATED ON INBOARD SIDE OF CAP JUST INSIDE OF INBOARD WING LIP. CRACK WAS APPROXIAMATELY 1.5 INCHES AND RAN CHORD WISE WITH THE WING, IT WAS LOCATED IN THE AFT OF THE CAP WIDTSDR 2003FA0000032Cowling · wornIT IS POSSIBLE THAT DUE TO NORMAL WEAR OF THE ENGINE COWL CAUSED CONTACT WITH THE NLG DOOR EDGE PREVENTING THE NLG FROM FULLY EXTENDING. IN ADDITION IT IS POSSIBLE THAT DUE TO THE INCORPORATION OF STC SA 5934SW, REMOVING HYDRAULIC POWER FROM THE NLG, ACTUATIOSDR HYI2003F00002Line · chafedCREW FOUND LT ENGINE OIL LEAK ON PORT FLIGHT INSPECTION. MECHANIC FOUND INTAKE BALANCE TUBE FLEX HOSE DATA TAG CHAFING ON OIL PAN. MECHANIC REMOVED AND REPLACED OIL PAN AND FLEX HOSE AND RETURNED AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. FLEX LINE LENGTH WAS SHORTENED BY MANUFASDR 2003FA0000011Pump · leakingLOSS OF OIL AND OIL PRESSURE ON RT ENGINE. TROUBLESHOT FOUND LEAKING FROM VACUUM PUMP BASE. REMOVED VACUUM PUMP. FOUND PIECES OF OLD GASKET STILL ATTACHED TO MOUNTING PAD WITH A NEW GASKET INSTALLED. CLEANED MOUNTING BASE, INSTALLED NEW VACUUM PUMP GASKET SDR NE62003F00000Beam · damagedLT ENGINE OUTBOARD BEAM, DURING INSPECTION OF THE LT ENGINE NACELLE, BOTH EXHAUST ELBOW SUPPORT BRACKETS WERE BROKEN. OUTBOARD EXHAUST ELBOW SUPPORT BRACKET CLAMP, HAD WORN THROUGH THE NACELLE SKIN. THE OUTBOARD FORWARD EXHAUST SLIP JOINT FLANGE HAD WORN THRSDR 2003FA0000397Bumper Block · debondedLT AND RT MAIN LANDING GEAR SHELL BUMPER DEBONDS, THE BUMPER EDGES CURL OVER PREVENTING MAIN GEAR STRUT FROM MAKING FULL DOWN TRAVEL. THIS CONDITION PREVENTS MAIN GEAR STRUT FROM CONTACTING DOWNLOCKS AND PROPER DOWNLOCK SWITCH ACTUATION, THEREFORE AN UNSAFE CSDR HYI2003F00000Control Cable · brokenUPON INSPECTION, FOUND LT & RT FLAP CABLE ASSEMBLIES TO HAVE BROKEN STRANDS (APPROX 10 TO 15 PERCENT) AT THE POINT WHERE THE CABLE ENTER THE SWEDGED STRAIGHT SHOOK ENDS. NO OTHER AREAS OF THE CABLES SHOWED SIGNS OF BROKEN STRANDS. THE SHANK ENDS WITH BROKEN SDR 2002FA0001379Collar · looseLEFT WING REAR ATTACH FITTING COLLAR FOUND IN RECESS BELOW FITTING. RIVET LOOSE IN HOLE. REPLACED WITH OVERSIZE FASTENER AND TORQUED COLLAR. DISCOVERED DURING ALTERATION FOR ENGINE INSTALLATION.SDR BYK2002F00000Turbocharger · fodTOTAL FAILURE OF TURBO CHARGER DURING TAKE OFF ROLL DUE TO THE STEEL STRIP FOR INDUCTION ALTERNATE AIR DOOR MAGNET WEDGED INTO TURBO INLET BLADES. LEADING EDGES OF ALL INTAKE TURBINE BLADES DAMAGED. DISSIMILAR METAL CORROSION OF STEEL STRIP ATTACHMENT ALUMINSDR 2002FA0001313Tube · failedAT ANNUAL INSPECTION, A CLICKING NOISE WAS NOTED WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED. UPON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE END FITTINGS RIVETED IN THE TUBE ASSEMBLY WERE WORKING. CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WAS PROBABLY NOT IMMINENT, HOWEVER IF LEFT UNATTENDESDR AK62003F00002Fitting · corrodedDURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, DISCOVERED THE RIGHT WING UPPER SPAR FITTING CORRODED INSIDE THE AFT WHEELWELL SPAR ACCESS PANELS. THE WING WAS REMOVED AND THE FITTING WAS REPLACED.SDR AK62003F00000Fitting · corrodedDURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LT WING UPPER REAR SPAR FITTING WAS CORRODED. UPON REMOVAL OF THE WING TO CHANGE THE FITTING, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LOWER AFT SPAR FITTING ALSO HAD CORROSION. BOTH FITTINGS WERE REPLACED. THE CORROSDR AK62003F00001Fitting · corrodedDURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LT WING UPPER REAR SPAR FITTING WAS CORRODED. UPON REMOVAL OF THE WING TO CHANGE THE FITTING, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LOWER AFT SPAR FITTING ALSO HAD CORROSION. BOTH FITTINGS WERE REPLACED. THE CORROSDR CGO2002F00004Relief Valve · inoperativeVERIFIED COMPLAINT OF FUEL TANKS UNDER PRESSURE WHEN FILLED IN COLDER WEATHER THEN AIRCRAFT HANGARED IN WARMER TEMPERATURE AREA. FUEL SPRAYING OUT UNDER PRESSURE WHEN FILLER CAPS REMOVED. FOUND FUEL VENT SYSTEM LEFT, RIGHT PRESSURE RELIEF VALVES TO BE OPERASDR DFJ2002F00000Diode · defectiveLANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND UNTIL STARTING SYSTEM WITH HAND PUMP. FOUND DEFECTIVE DIODE IN DOWN SIDE OF GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH TO CONTACTOR. DIODE LOOKED NORMAL AND HAD NO EXTERNAL DAMAGE.SDR F2P2002F00000Line · corrodedWHILE PERFORMING AN OXYGEN SYSTEM FUNCTION CHECK A OXYGEN LEAK WAS DETECTED BETWEEN THE TWO LEFT SIDE PASSENGER OVERHEAD (O2) OUTLETS. A SMALL HOLE WAS FOUND IN (O2) LINE. THIS HOLE WAS A RESULT OF DISSIMILAR METAL CORROSION BETWEEN THE ALUMINUM (O2) LINE ANSDR P742002F00000Line · leakingFUEL LINE AT HEATER LOCATION WHERE THE FUEL IS ROUTED INTO THE HEATER. FIRE CAUSED BY A PIN HOLE IN LINE TO HEATER.SDR 2002FA0001270Clamp · disconnectedPILOT REPORTED HEARING A POP AT 11,000 FT AND IMMEDIATELY LOST MANIFOLD PRESSURE. PILOT MAKE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTION OF ENGINE REVEALED FORWARD CYLINDER INDUCTION MANIFOLD CROSSOVER TUBE HAD BECOME DISCONNECTED FROM NR 5 CYLINDER ISDR 2002FA0001318Flange · brokenTHE ATTACHING FLANGES BETWEEN THE EXHAUST WYE AND WASTE GATE ELBOW CRACKED ON BOTH PARTS.SDR 2002FA0001319Flange · crackedTHE ATTACHING FLANGES BETWEEN THE EXHAUST WYE AND WASTE GATE ELBOW CRACKED ON BOTH PARTS.SDR FPI2002F00010Actuator · crackedBOTH MAIN GEAR ACTUATORS FOUND CRACKED. IAW SB ACTUATOR INSPECTION.SDR H122002F00000Engine · malfunctionedRT ENGINE INDICATED IMMINENT FAILURE. DECREASED MANIFOLD PRESSURE WAS FOLLOWED BY DROPPING OIL PRESSURE AND RISING OIL TEMPERATURE. RT ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN (FEATHERED). RT ENGINE WILL BE REPLACED WITH OVERHAULED ENGINE.SDR 2002FA0001170Bellcrank · brokenRIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT AFTER TOUCHDOWN. INITIAL INSPECTION REVEALED OUTBOARD MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACTION LINK (PN 504100112) SEPARATED FROM RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT AT ITS TWO ATTACH POINTS. BOTH BREAKS APPEAR TO BE INSTANTANEOUS SDR QTVA901UControl Cable · brokenON SHORT FINAL, HEARD A THUD IN FLOORBOARDS. JUST AFTER PUTTING GEAR DOWN. AIRCRAFT HAD A SLIGHT YAW AND ROLL AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. TAXIED IN, SELECTED FLAPS UP AND SHUTDOWN AIRCRAFT. DURING POSTFLIGHT NOTICED FLAPS WERE STILL FULLDOWN. MAINTENANCE INSSDR 2002FA0001215Hub · mismanufacturedBLADE RETENTION NUT TO HUB LOCK PLUG HOLE MACHINED IN WRONG LOCATION AT LAST OVERHAUL OR LAST ASSEMBLY. HUB RETIRED FROM SERVICE.SDR 2003FA0000356Vent Line · chafedFUEL RUNNING OUT OF LT VENT WHEN TOPPED OFF. INSP REVEALED LEFT VENT TUBE HAD A HOLE CHAFED IN IT BY FUEL FILLER PORT SCREEN. THIS AIRCRAFT HAD RAM WINGLETS INSTALLED SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE THIS OCCURRED. LINE MAY HAVE BEEN BENT DURING THIS INSTALLATION, CAUSSDR 2002FA0001142Structure · brokenDURING 100 HOUR INSPECTION, ELEVATOR TRIM BEARINGS WERE SUSPECTED TO BE LOOSE AND REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. TO REPLACE THESE BEARINGS, ELEVATOR TRIM TAB HORN WAS REMOVED. WHEN FORCE WAS APPLIED TO TWO OF FOUR ATTACHING NUTS TO EFFECT THEIR REMOVAL FROM THE MATINSDR 2002FA0001078Throttle Control · bindingPILOT REPORTED BINDING OF LEFT ENGINE THROTTLE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED GALLING OF MIXTURE ADJUSTMENT ROD WHERE IT ATTACHES TO THE THROTTLE LEVER, WITH A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRANSFER OF METAL FROM THE LEVER TO THE ROD, PREVENTING FULL THROTTLE MOVEMENT. THISDR HYI2002F00014Gyro · failedCREW LOST HEADING INFORMATION IN CRUISE AT 5000 FT. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RECEIVED NON GYRO VECTORS TO ISL 15 HYA. ATTEMPTED TO RESET GYRO C/B- WOULD NOT RESET. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MECHANIC CHANGED REMOTE GYRO (UG102). AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR 2002FA0001059Panel · shortedPANEL ON SWITCH PANEL LIGHTING SHORTED WHICH MADE THE INVERTER EMITTED SMOKE INTO THE COCKPIT. BOTH PARTS WERE REPLACED WITH NEW PARTS FROM MFG.SDR UAO2002F00000Truss · brokenDURING A PHASE INSPECTION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE EXHAUST HEATSHIELD FORWARD OF THE TURBO COMPRESSOR HAD CHAFED AN AREA .1875 INCH X .3125 INCH THROUGH THE ENGINE MOUNT TRUSS. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE HEATSHIELD MOUNT BREAKING ALLOWING THE HEATSHIELD TO DROP ONTOSDR 2002FA0001016Cylinder · crackedUPON LANDING, PILOT REPORTED EXTREMELY ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE ON RIGHT SIDE. INSPECTED AND FOUND NR2 CYLINDER ON RIGHT SIDE TO BE CRACKED ALL THE WAY AROUND CYLINDER BETWEEN HEAD AND BARREL. PILOT ALSO REPORTED ENGINE HAD HIGH CHT JUST BEFORE CHT DROPPED TO (0SDR CTU2003F00000Bolt · bentAFTER FAILURE OF BOLT PRIOR TO FLIGHT MAINTENANCE FACILITY PERFORMED INSPECTION OF BOLT WHICH THE ELEVATOR BELLCRANK ROTATION. BOLT MUST BE REMOVED FOR PROPER INSPECTION. BOLTS HAVE BOTH STRESSED AND BENT. MANUFACTURER SHOULD HAVE BOLT OF LARGER SIZE INSTALSDR 2002FA0000989Magneto · corrodedDURING MAINTENANCE, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE MAGNETOS WERE HAVING TROUBLE HOLDING THEIR TIMING POSITIONS. RT MAGNETO WAS DISASSEMBLED AND FOUND THAT THE DRIVE AND DRIVEN GEARS HAD ROTTED TO THE POINT OF LOSING TEETH. NOTED THAT THE CARBON BUTTON THAT RIDES ON TSDR 2002FA0000990Magneto · corrodedDURING MAINTENANCE, ITS WAS NOTED THAT THE MAGNETOS WERE HAVING TROUBLE HOLDING THEIR TIMING POSITIONS. RT MAGNETO WAS DISASSEMBLED AND FOUND THAT THE DRIVE AND DRIVEN GEARS HAD ROTTED TO THE POINT OF LOSING TEETH. NOTED THAT THE CARBON BUTTON THAT RIDES ON SDR 2002FA0000970Pump · failedTHIS AIRCRAFT HAS RAM WATER COOLED ENGINE. LEFT ENGINE WATER PUMP FAILED.SDR 2002FA0001085Clamp · crackedTHIS CLAMP ATTACHES TAILPIPE TO TURBOCHARGER OUTLET. DURING COMPLIANCE WITH AD2000-1-16 FOUND CLAMP SPLIT AT THE APEX OF THE "V" AROUND 4.75" TO 5.0" OF CIRCUMFERENCE. PER AD2000-1-16 THIS CLAMP IS NOT LIFE-LIMITED.SDR RNV2002F00000Cotter Pin · missingON LANDING THE LT MAIN GEAR LOWER AND UPPER TORQUE LINKS SEPARATED AT THE CONNECTING BOLT. I FEEL THAT THE COTTER PIN CAME OUT, WHICH ALLOWED THE NUT TO UNSCREW FROM THE BOLT, LETTING THE BOLT TO FALL OUT OF THE TORQUE LINKS. I WOULD RECOMMEND CLOSER INSPECTSDR 2002FA0000979Indicator · leakingAIRCRAFT LOST GYRO INSTRUMENTS AFTER TAKEOFF INTO IFR CONDITIONS. TROUBLESHOT PROBLEM AND FOUND CO-PILOTS ART HORIZON CASE LEAKING. CABIN PRESSURE DURING CLIMBOUT PRESSURIZED VACUUM SYSTEM CAUSING VACUUM FAILURE.SDR 2002FA0000859Actuator · contaminatedUPON LANDING ROLLOUT NOSE GEAR COLLAPED. INVESTIGATION INDICATED ACTUATOR CONTAMINATED BY WATER. CHEVRON SEALS WORN, AND DOWN LOCK SWITCH DETERIORATED. SUSPECT ACTUATOR FROZE IN FLIGHT FROM COLD TEMPERATURES. ACTUATOR OVERHAULED. NO FURTHER PROBLEM.SDR MHJ2002F00004Transfer Pump · inoperativeTHESE PUMPS ARE A CONTINUAL PROBLEM WITH MFG. IN THIS CASE BOTH PUMPS WERE INOPERATIVE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE DIFFERENT.SDR CA020702002Piston · damaged(CAN) AFTER A SOUTH BOUND DEPARTURE FROM CYPY RUNWAY 03 AN ABNORMAL DROP IN MANIFOLD PRESSURE WAS NOTICED. THE P/C SWITCHED FUEL TANKS TO ENSURE THE CAUSE WAS NOT FUEL CONTAMINATION. THERE WAS NO IMPROVEMENT. ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE LOW OIL PRESSURE, HIGH OIL SDR GNB2002F00002Indicator · defectiveDURING TAXI, AFTER LANDING, PILOT NOTICED FUEL IN BOTTOM OF FIVE FLOW INDICATOR.SDR 2002FA0000840Window · departedEMERGENCY WINDOW EXIT DEPARTED AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT, IN RAIN SHOWER. ALL CABLE PINS BENT. VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE WITH INTERIOR INSTALLED.SDR L4Y2002F00001Pin · brokenUPON LANDING, RIGHT BRAKE ASSEMBLY, LOWER ANCHOR BOLT (TORQUE PIN) BROKE OFF, RENDERING BRAKE INOPERATIVE AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO TIME AND WHEEL.SDR L4Y2002F00002Spring · brokenBRAKE MASTER CYLINDER INTERNAL SPRING BROKEN. MASTER CYLINDER INOPERATIVE.
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