Continental TSIO-550-K
Service difficulty reports · 60
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 = 'TSIO550K' 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 = 'TSIO550K' 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 2020FA0000174Gear · brokenENGINE SUDDENLY RUNNING ROUGH DURING FLIGHT. EGT'S FLUCTUATING WILDLY AND PARTIAL RPM/POWER LOSS. OWNER CYCLED TO "L" MAGNETO POSITION FROM "BOTH" AND ENGINE IMMEDIATELY SMOOTHED OUT. OWNER CYCLED BACK TO "BOTH" AND ENGINE IMMEDIATELY STARTED RUNNING VERY ROUGSDR 2020FA0000054Check Valve · leakingPILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF AFTER SMOKE ENTERED COCKPIT AT HIGH RPM AND MANIFOLD PRESSURE. SMOKE WAS ENTERING COCKPIT THROUGH HEATER VENTS. SMOKE SMELLED OF OIL AND NOT ELECTRICAL RELATED. NO SMOKE WAS VISIBLE OUTSIDE OF AIRCRAFT. INSPECTION OF ENGINE SHOWED OILSDR IKBR20191679088Case Half · crackedOWNER COMPLAINED OF OIL LEAK AFTER SEVERAL TRIES THE LEAK WAS FOUND TO BE A CRACK IN THE ENGINE CASE BETWEEN THE #2 AND #4 CYLINDERS BEHIND THE OIL FILLER TUBE MAKING THE LEAK AND CRACK VERY DIFFICULT TO DETECTSDR 5RWA202001220000Journal · crackedDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THE NR 6 CYLINDER WAS BELOW LIMITS ON COMPRESSION CHECK. WHILE REPLACING THE PISTON AND PISTON PIN THE TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED A CRACK PROPAGATING FROM THE CRANKSHAFT BEARING JOURNAL TO THE EDGE OF THE 7TH STUD. THISSDR 2016FA0000263Pressure Sensor · defectiveTHE PILOT ONBOARD NOTED AN INDICATED REDUCTION IN OIL PRESSURE AFTER REACHING HIS CRUISE ALTITUDE AND CONFIGURATION. THE OIL PRESSURE INDICATION DROPPED FROM THE NORMAL RANGE TO THE YELLOW CAUTIONARY RANGE. THE INDICATION CONTINUED TO FLUCTUATE IN THE LOW SIDSDR 2015FA0000609Hose · burnedLEFT OIL LINE GOING TO THE LT TURBO WASTGATE CONTROLLER WAS UP AGAINST THE WASTEGATE DOWN PIPE. THIS CAUSED A HOLE TO BE BURNED INTO THE OIL HOSE. THE ENGINE LOST 10 QTS OF OIL BEFORE THE PILOT COULD LAND AT THE NEAREST AIRPORT. THIS PROBLEM ORIGINATED AT TSDR 2015FA0000560Exhaust Riser · blew outPILOT REPORTED LOSS OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE AND SLOW LOSS OF AIRSPEED. MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD HAD BREACHED JUST BELOW THE NR 4 CYLINDER ALLOWING EXHAUST TO MELT THROUGH THE LT TURBO AIR INLET FILTER BOX ANDSDR 2015FA0000487Throttle Body · malfunctionedTHROTTLE WAS VERY STIFF AT LOW POWER SETTING. AS TROUBLESHOOTING WAS HAPPENING THE THROTTLE BECAME PROGRESSIVELY HARDER TO MOVE UNTIL IT WOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL. FOUND THE THROTTLE BODY THROTTLE PLATE FROZEN.SDR I2JR20141114002Magneto · inoperativeOPERATOR REPORTED SUDDEN ENGINE ROUGHNESS IN CRUISE. LANDED WITH OUT INCIDENT. MECHANIC NOTED RT MAGNETO MODEL S6RSC-25P, PN: 10-500556-101 TO BE IN OPERATIVE. VISUAL INSPECTION CONCLUDED APPROXIMATELY 15 TEETH WERE STRIPPED OFF OF DISTRIBUTOR GEAR INSIDE MAGSDR 2014FA0000523Lever · bindingTHE PILOT COMPLAINED OF INCREASED FRICTION IN THE THROTTLE CONTROL, AND AN INABILITY TO BRING ENGINE IDLE BELOW 1100 RPM. DISCONNECTED THE CABLE AT THE THROTTLE AND METERING ASSY AND FOUND THAT THE LEVER ARM ON THE THROTTLE ITSELF WAS THE SOURCE OF THE FRICTI
Back to Continental TSIO-550-K