Continental TSIO-520-VB
Service difficulty reports · 654
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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 = 'TSIO520VB' 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 = 'TSIO520VB' 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 20010205CW004Fitting · corrodedAFT SPAR REAR TOP WING ATTACH FITTING CORRODED. INSTALLED NEW FITTING.SDR AU010019Drag Brace · cracked(AUS) NOSE LANDING GEAR DRAG BRACE CRACKED IN AREA ADJACENT TO THE ACTUATOR ATTACHMENT LUG.SDR AU001249Actuator · faulty(AUS) ELEVATOR TRIM ACTUATOR HAD EXCESSIVE END PLAY RESULTING INEXCESSIVE ELEVATOR TAB FREE PLAY. ACTUATOR HAD BEEN OVERHAULED162 HOURS PREVIOUSLY.SDR CA010110022Cylinder · failed(CAN) ON INSPECTION FOUND 3 SHEARED STUDS ON TOP 4 SHEARED STUDS ON THE BOTTOM OF NR 1 CYLINDER/CYLINDER WAS COCKED TO THE REAR AT A SLANT AT 10 DEGREES.SDR AU001159Circuit Breaker · failed(AUS) AVIONICS CIRCUIT BREAKER/SWITCH INTERNAL FAILURE.SDR AU001160Fuel Cell · contaminated(AUS) FUEL SYSTEM WATER CONTAMINATION. SUSPECT LEAKING FUEL TANK CAPSEALS.SDR AU001143Pin · cracked(AUS) NOSE LANDING GEAR TRUNNION PINS CRACKED. FOUND DURING INSPECTIONIAW CESSNA SB 88-5R2.SDR AU001269Bolt · broken(AUS) LOWER THOUGH BOLT BETWEEN NR 2 AND NR 3 CYLINDERS BROKEN 35MM (1.5IN) FROM THE LEFT END OF THE BOLT IN THE O'' RING SEAL GROOVE.SDR AU001051Diode · failed(AUS) LANDING GEAR ANNUNCIATOR LOGIC BOARD DIODE FAILED. (X)SDR AU000967Propeller · leaking(AUS) PROPELLER SLOW TO FEATHER. BLADE SEALS LEAKING GREASE. (X)SDR CA001030004Skin · cracked(CAN) SKIN CRACKED BY LEFT NOSE GEAR DRAG BRACE ATTACH POINT. SKIN REPLACED. TEE GUSSETT, DOUBLER AND BRACKET WERE ALSO REPLACED. RETRACTION TEST COMPLETED.SDR 20001101SH004Connecting Rod · separatedCLIMBING THROUGH 2,000 FEET ON TAKEOFF, LEFT ENGINE QUIT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE WHERE MAINTENANCE FOUND NR 1 CONNECTING ROD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE CRANKSHAFT PUNCTURING THE CASE HALVES AND KNOCKING BOTH MAGNETOS AFT OF MOUNTING FLANGES. MAINTENANCE RSDR AU000951Hydraulic System · contaminated(AUS) LANDING GEAR HYDRAULIC SYSTEM CONTAMINATED WITH O RING AND TEFLON SEAL MATERIAL. CONTROL VALVE CONTAMINATED. LEFT DOWNLOCK SWITCH FAILED. NOSE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR FAULTY. (X)SDR CA001016004Valve Spring · broken(CAN) DURING A NR 2 ENGINE CYLINDER CHANGE DUE TO A CRACK THE INTAKE VALVE SPRING INNER AND OUTER WERE FOUND BROKEN. NR 4 CYLINDER ROCKER COVER REMOVED TO ASSIST IN ASEMBLING ROCKER ARM PIN. NOTICED INTAKE OUTER VALVE SPRING BROKEN. NR 6 CYLINDER ROCKER COVER SDR AU000924Piston Pin · corroded(AUS) LEFT ENGINE, ALL SIX PISTON PINS SEVERELY CORRODED. (X)SDR AU000956Piston Pin · corroded(AUS) LEFT ENGINE PISTON PINS (6OFF) SEVERELY CORRODED. (X)SDR AU000740Nut · loose(AUS) LEFT AND RIGHT ENGINE CYLINDER HOLD-DOWN NUTS LOOSE. SUBMITTER SUSPECTED CAUSED BY INCORRECT ASSEMBLY. ENGINES HAD COMPLETED 210.5 HOURS SINCE BULKSTRIP. (X)SDR AU000443Pipe · cracked(AUS) LEFT HYDRAULIC FILTER HOUSING PRESSURE PIPE SPLIT AT OUTBOARD RADIUS OF BEND. LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID.SDR AU000426Fuel Tank · fod(AUS) RIGHT WING FUEL TANK FOD. ON REMOVAL OF THE RIGHT WING FUEL TANK ACCESS PANEL, A PIECE OF RAG MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 300 MM BY 300 MM (11.8 INCHES BY 11.8 INCHES) WAS FOUND IN THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK COVERING ONE FUEL TANK FLOW VALVE AND THE MAIN FUEL SSDR 20000531SH023Bearing · groovedRELEVANT INDICATION IN BEARING GROOVE. (X)SDR AU000444Pipe · cracked(AUS) RIGHT HYDRAULIC FILTER PRESSURE PIPE SPLIT AND LEAKING AT OUTBOARD RADIUS. LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID.SDR AU000259Piston · failed(AUS) NR 2 CYLINDER PISTON HOLED.SDR AU000228Bushing · contaminated(AUS) EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR BLOW DOWN BOTTLE HANDLE WOULD NOT OPERATE. INVESTIGATION FOUND THE TEFLON BUSHING LOCATED BETWEEN THE FIRING PLUNGER AND THE OUTLET LINE BLOCK WAS SWOLLEN AND JAMMED PREVENTING THE BOTTLE FROM FIRING. OIL CONTAMINATION WAS FOUND SDR AU000137Structure · fractured(AUS) NOSE LANDING GEAR NACELLE STRUCTURE FAILED IN THE AREA OF THE UPPER ACTUATOR ATTACHMENT POINT. NLG COLLAPSED DURING LANDING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE SURROUNDING STRUCTURE AND BOTH PROPELLERS. SUSPECT STRUCTURE HAD BEEN DAMAGED FOR SOME TIME BEFORE FINAL FSDR CA000320011Valve · inoperative(CAN) AFTER TAKEOFF, THE LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED UP AND THE GEAR IN TRANSIT LIGHT FAILED TO EXTINGUISH. THE PILOT SELECTED THE GEAR DOWN AND FAILED TO GET A SAFE GEAR DOWN INDICATION (3 GREEN LIGHTS). THE GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH WAS LEFT IN THE DOWN POSITION ANSDR P77A9902726Engine · making metalRIGHT ENGINE SHUT DOWN AFTER TURNING ONTO TAXIWAY AFTER LANDING. PILOT COULD NOT RESTART ENGINE. AFTER PARKING, PILOT NOTICED OIL ON COWLING AND WING. INSPECTION FOUND OIL LEAK IN VICINITY OF CYLINDERS 2 AND 4. ALSO, FOUND HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION IN OIL.SDR CA990927048Control Cable · broken(CAN) DURING PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION, FLAPS WERE EXTENDED AND WOULD NOT RETRACT. PROBLEM WAS TRACED TO A BROKEN FLAP PRESELECT/FOLLOW-UP CABLE UNDER CABIN FLOOR.SDR AU990929Pipe · cracked(AUS) LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR HYDRAULIC PIPE CRACKED ON THE BEND OF THE PIPE. CRACK LENGTH 15 MM (0.590 INCH). LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID.SDR AU990677Wheel · cracked(AUS) WHEEL HALF BEAD SECTION CRACKED AND SEPARATED. LENGTH OF SEPARATED SECTION APPROXIMATELY 152.4 MM (6 INCHES).SDR 99ZZZX2512Engine · failedIN CRUISE FLIGHT, RIGHT ENGINE HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. FOR UKNOWN REASONS, CONNECTING RODS, NR 1, NR 2, NR 4, FAILED. TCM HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND WILL INSPECT ASAP. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE.SDR AU991064Trunnion · faulty(AUS) LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TRUNNION ASSEMBLY ACTUATOR ATTACHMENT LUG CONTAINED A FAULT LINE. CONFIRMED USING DYE PENETRANT AND EDDY CURRENT INSPECTIONS.SDR CA990907044Spring · broken(CAN) STICKING VALVES AND BROKEN VALVE SPRING.SDR AU990443Drag Brace · fractured(AUS) NOSE LANDING GEAR DRAG BRACE FRACTURED.SDR AU990367Buckle · broken(AUS) SEAT BELT BUCKLE LOCKING MECHANISM SPRING BROKEN.SDR AU990318Cable · failed(AUS) LANDING GEAR EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM ACTUATOR CABLE ASSEMBLY SLIPPING UNDER THE CABLE CLAMP PREVENTING ACTIVATION OF THE NITROGEN BLOW-DOWN BOTTLE. DURING AN EXTENSION PROBLEM WITH THE LANDING GEAR, THE EMERGENCY UNDERCARRIAGE EXTENSION HANDLE WAS PUSDR AU990303Switch · faulty(AUS) LEFT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM PRESSURE SWITCH FAULTY.SDR 99ZZZX1459Cylinder · leakingDURING ROUTINE ENGINE, 100-HOUR INSPECTION FOUND CYLINDER NR 3 COMPRESSION 15/80 LEAKING BY INTAKE VALVE AND RINGS.SDR AU991099Split Pin · failed(AUS) ELEVATOR TRIM TAB DISCONNECTED FROM TRIM JACK. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE SPLIT PIN HAD SEPARATED ALLOWING THE NUT, WASHER AND BOLT TO VIBRATE FREE SEPARATING THE ACTUATING ROD FROM THE TRIM JACK.SDR AU990128Strut · cracked(AUS) MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUTS CRACKED. EXCESSIVE PLAY IN TORQUE LINKS AND WHEEL MISALIGNMENT WAS ALSO FOUND. PART TC: 9,597.SDR AU990034Pipe · cracked(AUS) DURING LANDING, THE PILOT NOTED A STRONG HYDRAULIC OIL SMELL. INVESTIGATION FOUND THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LINE LOCATED IN THE AREA BEHIND THE RIGHT ENGINE FIREWALL WAS TWISTED AND SPLIT. THE ELBOW FITTING P/N AN837-6 WAS LOOSE IN THE FIREWALL AND TIGHTESDR AU990022Lug · cracked(AUS) WHILE CHARGING THE LEFT LANDING GEAR STRUT, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE RETRACT LUG ON THE STRUT P/N 5141103-13 EXHIBITED SIGNS OF CRACKING. A DYE PENETRANT CHECK CONFIRMED THE DEFECT. PART TC: 32.SDR 99ZZZX538Slinger · missingDURING PHASE INSPECTION, DIQSCOVERED L.E. LEFT MAGNETO HAD OIL INTERNALLY. DISSAMBLED MAGNETO IAW OM. FOUND OIL SLINGER WAS NOT INSTALLED.SDR CA990202004Oil Cooler · failed(CAN) OIL COOLER (P/N 649479) WAS DELIVERED AND INSTALLED WITH AN OVERHAULED ENGINE. AS WINTER APPROACHED THE ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE, DURING CRUISE, BEGAN TO DROP. WITH AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE -20 DEGREES CELSIUS, THE ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE WAS BELOW THE BOTSDR AU981557Engine · making metal(AUS) ENGINE FILTERS CONTAINED A LARGE AMOUNT OF METAL CONTAMINATION. LIMITED INFORMATION PROVIDED.SDR AU981442Strut · cracked(AUS) RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT CRACKED IN AREA OF TORQUE LINK ATTACHMENT. CRACK CONFIRMED USING DYE PENETRANT INSPECTION. PART TC: 10,036.SDR AU981443Strut · cracked(AUS) LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT CRACKED IN AREA OF TORQUE LINK ATTACHMENT. CRACK CONFIRMED USING DYE PENETRANT INSPECTION. PART TC: 10,036.SDR AU981317Bracket · corroded(AUS) LEFT WING FLAP BELLCRANK UPPER AND LOWER BRACKETS CORRODED AND DAMAGED. SUSPECT THE LOWER BRACKET HAD FAILED ALLOWING THE FLAP ACTUATING BELLCRANK TO BE TORN OUT OF THE LOWER BRACKET AND DAMAGING THE UPPER BRACKET.SDR CA981001006Spring · broken(CAN) WHILE CARRYING OUT SERVICE BULLETIN CSB98-1B, THE OUTER VALVE SPRINGS ON NR 2 CYLINDER INTAKE AND EXHAUST, AS WELL AS ON NR 1 CYLINDER INTAKE VALVE WERE FOUND BROKEN. THE SPRINGS WERE REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA980928016Manifold · damaged(CAN) NR 1 ENGINE RAN ROUGH IN CRUISE. INSPECTION FOUND ONE FUEL INJECTOR WAS PARTIALLY BLOCKED. THE FUEL MANIFOLD WAS DISASSEMBLED AND THE SCREEN WITHIN THE MANIFOLD WAS FOUND DISTORTED. THE FUEL MANIFOLD WAS REPLACED. THE ENGINE WAS GROUND RUN SERVICEABLSDR AU981427Gear · damaged(AUS) MAGNETO DISTRIBUTOR GEAR DAMAGED. EIGHT CONSECUTIVE TEETH STRIPPED.
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