Garrett TFE731-3
Service difficulty reports · 68
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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 = 'TFE7313' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC"
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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 = 'TFE7313' 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 LDIA2025082500001Engine · damagedAIRCRAFT WAS CRUISING AT FL 250 FROM KBFI TO KEUG. THE THROTTLES RETARDED FOR DESCENT & SMOKE BEGAN EMANATING FROM COCKPIT WEMACS. SMOKE LIGHT & BECAME THICKER, DID NOT OBSCURE VISION. AN OIL ODORL OBSERVED. SEVERAL SECS LATER OIL 2 LIGHT ILLUMINATED, PIC OBSDR 2023FA0000088Pitch Control · failedAFTER INITIATION OF DESCENT THE AUTOPILOT KICKED OFF. CREW NOTICED PITCH TRIM WAS INOPERATIVE. CHECKLIST WAS FOLLOWED AND FUNCTIONALITY OF PITCH TRIM DID NOT RETURN. SAFE LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED AT THE INTENDED POINT OF LANDING.SDR ZP7A2017050500001Engine · power lossAT FL400, NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE SYNC WAS NOT WORKING. NOTICED THAT NEITHER ENGINE WOULD DEVELOP FULL AND/OR NORMAL POWER FOR THE CONDITIONS. THE RIGHT ENGINE ALSO STARTED SURGING TO THE POINT THAT IT WAS NOTICEABLE THROUGH THE AIRFRAME. WITH THE FUEL COMPUTSDR G41A20141224003Connector · looseDEPARTING, A DUCT OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON & NOTICED A SLIGHT BURNT SMELL. THE CAPTAIN DECIDED TO RETURN. THE LIGHT STAYED ON DURING THE RETURN, LANDING & TAXI INTO THE RAMP. THE PRESSURIZATION & AIR CONDITIONING SYS WERE INSPECTED. A CONNECTOR TO THE CLIMATSDR G41A20140403002Fire Loop · chafedTWO HOURS INTO FLIGHT AT FL390, LT ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, FLICKERED A FEW TIMES THEN CAME ON STEADY. CAPTAIN PULLED POWER LEVER TO IDLE & THE LIGHT DID NOT EXTINGUISH. SHUTDOWN ENGINE, LIGHT STILL ON. BOTH FIRE BOTTLES WERE DISCHARGED, LIGHT REMAINSDR G41A20140303001Pump · fluctuatesAFTER TAKEOFF FROM KELP, CLIMBING THROUGH FL 250, THE CAPTAIN NOTICED THE RT ENG INSTRUMENTS FLUCTUATING. HE SLIGHTLY REDUCED POWER TO SEE IF THE FLUCTUATIONS FOLLOWED & THEN WENT TO IDLE. HE THEN NOTICED THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON & THERE WAS NO RESPONSE TO POWESDR SPOA80310272013Control Valve · failedDUCT OVERHEAT LIGHT ON DURING CRUISE, EMERGENCY PRESSURIZATION LIGHT FLICKERING, CABIN ALTITUDE 5000 AGL. TROUBLESHOT AND FOUND FAILURE OF TORQUE MOTOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL VALVE, LEAR IPC CHAP 21-64-10, FIG 10, ITEM 3, SOLENOID.SDR G41A2011F00214Limiter · blockedAT LEVEL FLIGHT 380, THE CABIN ALTITUDE STARTED TO RISE AND THE EMERGENCY PRESSURIZATION WAS ACTIVATED, CREW ASKED FOR DESCENT TO A LOWER ALTITUDE. DESCENDING UNDER 30,000 FT CABIN PRESSURE STABILIZED, THE ACFT DIVERTED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE ACFT WSDR CA091223003Panel · leaking(CAN) DURING ROUTINE INSP OF LOWER WING SURFACE FUEL WAS NOTED LEAKING FOR THE LWR WING AND THE OTBD FUEL VENT. FURTHER INSP IDENTIFIED 2 CRACKS AROUND THE PARAMETER OF THE INSP PANEL WHERE THE FUEL VENT HSG WAS ATTACHED TO THE OUTER PANEL. ACFT WAS DEFUELED,SDR A8JA0004Packing · leakingDURING RETURN FLIGHT FROM MWCR TO KHOU, THE NR 1 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE AND DROP. THE FLIGHT CREW OBSERVED THIS AND REDUCED POWER TO FLIGHT IDLE. THE NR 1 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED BELOW 5 PSI, ILLUMINATING THE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT. AT TSDR 2008FA0000336Pump · failedIAW MFG RECOMMENDATION, WE REMOVED THE ENGINE OIL PUMP, PN 3071949-11, AND INSTALLED PN 3071949-12 PUMP BECAUSE OF AN ISSUE (ENGINE HIDING OIL) NOT ABLE TO GET A PROPER OIL QUANITITY READING AFTER SHUTDOWN. MFG SAID THE PN 3071949-12 PUMP SHOULD CORRECT THAT,SDR 2007FA0000232Battery · failedTHESE 2 EA PN RG-380E/44 MAIN SHIP BATTERIES WERE INSTALLED ON 10/30/2006. THESE BATTERIES WERE REPLACEMENTS FOR 2 EA BATTERIES THAT HAD BEEN IN SATISFACTORY SERVICE IN THIS AC FOR APPROX 48 MONTHS BUT FAILED A CAPACITY CHECK DURING A REGULAR SCHEDULED INSPECSDR 2006FA0001147Wire · shortedAIRCRAFT ABORTED TAKEOFF DUE TO BOTH STALL WARNINGS ILLUMINATED ON DEPARTURE ROLL. C/B LEFT AND RIGHT STALL C/B POPPED. AUTOPILOT, FLIGHT DIRECTOR AND PRIMARY YAW DAMPER INOPERATIVE. (K)SDR CA051110001Cable · frayed(CAN) DURING ROUTINE NLG SERVICING THE FRAYED CABLE WAS NOTICED BETWEEN 2 PULLEYS. ONLY A FEW STRANDS REMAINED INTACT AND THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOMETIME IAW THE PART CONDITION. THE CREW HAD REPORTED THAT THE PLANE HAD A SLIGHT TENDANCY TO GO TSDR DJFA2005076Chip Detector · false activationKTEB - KBOS TRIP ID NR 781356 CREW REPORTED THEY RECEIVED A RIGHT ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT WHILE ON APPROACH. THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS SECURED AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE IN KBOS. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE RIGHT ENGINE OIL CHIP DETECTOR AND FOUND NO DISSDR FBFQA1Bellows · crackedUPON INSPECTION AND PRESSURIZATION CHECKS THE WYE PIPE BELLOWS WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED.SDR 705050704Indicator · erraticAIRCRAFT ABORTED TAKEOFF DUE TO A AIRSPEED INDICATION ANOMALY. BRAKES EXPERIENCED AN OVERHEAT.SDR V9B2003F00004Warning Light · illuminatedPILOT REPORTED MASTER WARNING LIGHT TO RT ENGINE FIRE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER TAKE-OFF. THE POWER WAS REDUCED AS OUTLINED IN THE AFM BUT THE FIRE LIGHT DID NOT GO OUT. THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS FIRED AND THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT.SDR X6U2003F00000Actuator · failedDURING ROUTINE 200 HOUR AIRFRAME INSPECTION, FOUND APPROX 0.125 INCH VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF THE LT AND RT ROD END ADAPTERS. TIE BOLT IS LOOSE AND BENT WHERE IT PASSES THROUGH EACH ADAPTER. ALSO FOUND VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF THE JACKSHAFT THREADS. BOTH ROD ENDS JSDR CA030807005Line · leaking(CAN) SMALL LEAK WAS FOUND AFTER GROUND RUNNING AIRCRAFT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. LEAK WAS SEEN DRIPPING ON RT INBOARD TIRE. LEAKAGE WAS MINIMAL. UPON INVESTIGATION A TINY PIN HOLE WAS DISCOVERED AT A FAIR LEAD JUNCTION 16 INCHES OUTBOARD OF INBOARD FITTING - WS78 (RSDR CA030528002Engine · bird ingestion(CAN) IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 33 K FT, DAYTIME, CLEAR SKY, NR 1 ENGINE FUEL OIL PRESSURE LIGHT FLICKERED AND FLUCTUATING OIL PRESSURE WAS CONFIRMED ON GUAGE. NR 1 ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND AIRCRAFT DIVERTED FOR REPAIRS. REPACED 2 FAN BLADES, CORE INLET STATOR AND CSDR 2003FA0000649Annunciator · false indicationMAIN CABIN DOOR OPENED ON CLIMB OUT. INSIDE DOOR LEVER HAD NOT BEEN PLACED IN SECONDARY LATCH. THE ANNUNCIATOR PANEL LIGHT HAD EXTINGUISHED INDICATING DOOR WAS SECURE. MFG HAS DETERMINED THAT ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT MAY BE EXTINGUISHED WHILE DOOR LEVER HAS NOT BEESDR 2003FA0000628Annunciator · false indicationMAIN CABIN DOOR OPENED ON CLIMB OUT. INSIDE DOOR LEVER HAD NOT BEEN PLACED IN SECONDARY LATCH. THE ANNUNCIATOR PANEL LIGHT HAD EXTINGUISHED INDICATING DOOR WAS SECURE. GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE HAS DETERMINED THAT ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT MAY BE EXTINGUISHED WHILE DOORSDR 2003FA0000115Clip · backed outLEFT FLAP OUTBOARD LOWER ACTUATOR COVER PLATE FOUND DISTORTED AND BENT. UPON INVESTIGATION FOUND CIR-CLIP FOR LOWER GIMBLE PIN MISSING. THIS MISSING CLIP ALLOWED GIMBLE PIN TO DROP DOWN. WHILE PIN WAS BACKING OUT AND DURING FLAP OPERATION DAMAGED OCCURRED TO TSDR 2002FA0001322Anti-Ice Valve · inoperativeANTI-ICE VALVE RECEIVED FROM OVERHAUL AGENCY WITH A FRESH OVERHAUL, SOLENOID VALVE WAS CLOCKED 90 DEGREE FROM WHERE THE PRODUCTION PRINT SHOWED WHERE IT SHOULD BE. WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO INSTALL IT IN THE AIRCRAFT. THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THIS OVERHAUL AGSDR 2002FA0001323Anti-Ice Valve · inoperativeANTI-ICE VALVE RECEIVED FROM OVERHAUL AGENCY WITH A FRESH OVERHAUL, SOLENOID VALVE WAS CLOCKED 90 DEGREE FROM WHERE THE PRODUCTION PRINT SHOWED WHERE IT SHOULD BE. WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO INSTALL IT IN THE AIRCRAFT. THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THIS OVERHAUL AGSDR UO22002F00016Solenoid Valve · failedHEAT INTERMITTENTLY COMES ON WITH SWITCH OFF ON LT NACELLE. REMOVED VALVE, FOUND SOLONOID VALVE SHORTED AND WRONG INLET FITTING INSTALLED. AIR INLET FITTING DOES NOT FIT AIR LINE.SDR 2001FA0000460Gearshaft · separated83190 WAS REMOVED FROM SABRE 65 DUE TO AN IN-FLIGHT SHUTDOWN DURING CLIMB. TRANSFER HORIZONTAL BEVEL GEARSHAFT EXHIBITED SEPARATED GEAR TEETH, THUS CAUSING IFSD DUE TO NO AGB ROTATION.SDR T19A2770914Starter Gen · failedSHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE RIGHT ENGINE FIRE WARNING ILLUMINATED. POWER WAS REDUCED TO THE RIGHT ENGINE AND THE WARNING LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE AT THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE RIGHT GENERATOR EXPERIENCED A CASDR CA010214012Seal · frozen(CAN) AFTER OR DURING CLIMB TO CRUISE ALTITUDE, DOOR SEAL ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT CAME ON AND PASSENGER DOOR SEAL STARTED WHISTLING.PILOT RETURNED TO YUL WITH NO PROBLEM.AFTER INVESTIGATION, SUSPECT THAT DOOR SEAL WAS FROZEN, FOUND LOT OF SNOW AND ICE AROUND DOOR FRSDR CA000928033Anti-Ice Valve · failed(CAN) WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE RUN FOR NR 1 & 3 ENGINES, NOTICED NR 2 ENGINE ANTI-ICE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINTED, FOUND NR 2 ENGINE S DUCT ANTI-ICE VALVE FAILED TO OPEN POSITION ALLOWING BLEED AIR TO S DUCT. BLEED VALVE WAS REPLACED WITH OVERHAULED UNIT, SYSTEMSDR 20000712SH037Seal · damagedON TAKEOFF FROM ORD, ENGINE SUSTAINED SEVERE LPT DAMAGE RESULTING IN ATB. THE ENGINE HAD COMPLETED 833 HRS AND 341 CYCLES SINCE OVERHAUL. SUBSEQUENT STRIP INVESTIGATION HRS REVEALED THE HPT DAMPER SLEEVE WAS NOT FITTED AT THE LAST SHOP VISIT. INVESTIGATIONSSDR 99ZZZX3682Turbine Rotor · wornAT DISASSEMBLY FOR MAJOR PERIODIC INSPECTION. NOTED RUB ON FORWARD FACE OF LPT ROTOR IN ONE AREA OF THE ROOT SURFACE. FOUND 3RD STAGE LPT SEAL CAUSE OF RUB. ALLIED SIGNAL HAS SUBMITTED SB 72-3654 FOR REWORK OF 3RD STAGE LPT SEAL TO CORRECT PROBLEM. LAST HOTSDR 99ZZZX3008Carbon Seal · failedENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE ON TAKEOFF AND SAFELY ABORTED. INVESTIGATION FOUND METAL IN OIL FILTER. FURTHER DISASSEMBLY FOUND NR 5 CARBON SEAL RUNNER BROKEN. CONTAMINATED OIL SYSTEM. PART S/N 970811401579. ENG TSN: 7,329.8 HOURS. ENG CSN: 4,521. PART CSNSDR 99ZZZX3327Stator · deflectedLPT3 STATOR DEFLECTED AFT ALLOWING THE HONEYCOMB SEAL RING TO RUB (CONTACT) THE LPT3 ROTOR FOUND DURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. CAUSE FOR DEFLECTION UNKNOWN. REPLACED LPT3 STATOR AND LPT3 ROTOR ASSEMBLY.SDR 99ZZZX2908Turbine Wheel · wornTHIRD STAGE LP TURBINE RUBBED AFT SIDE OF 3RD STAGE LPT STATOR SEAL. ENGINE TSN: 5,402.6 HOURS. CSN: 3,565. PART TC: 1,057.SDR 99ZZZX2909Stator · wornTHIRD STAGE LP TURBINE RUBBED AFT SIDE OF 3RD STAGE LPT STATOR SEAL. ENGINE TSN: 5,402.6 HOURS. CSN: 3,565. PART TC: 1,057.SDR 99ZZZX3328Wheel · chafedUPON DISASSEMBLY OF ENGINE FOR MAJOR PERIODIC INSPECTION, NOTED 'RUBBING' OF 3RD STAGE TURBINE WHEEL. THIRD STAGE WHEEL-STATOR AND HONEYCOMB SEAL SENT TO ALLIED SIGNAL FOR EVALUATION. ENGINE RE-ASSEMBLED PER NORMAL MAINTENANCE MANUAL INSTRUCTIONS AND TEST CESDR 99ZZZX2047Chip Light · illuminatedPILOT NOTED A CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT IN-FLIGHT. PILOT LANDED IN BUFFALO, NY WITHOUT INCIDENT. CLEANED CHIP DETECTOR AND GROUND RAN. OPERATIONS CHECK OK. PILOT RESUMED TRIP TO MILWAUKEE WITHOUT INCIDENT. SOAP SAMPLE TAKEN AND SENT TO GARRETT-SPRINGFIELD FOR ASDR 99ZZZX1867Seal · failedPILOT DETECTED SMOKE IN CABIN. TROUBLESHOT TO NR 4 AND NR 5 LABRYNTH SEALS IN LEFT ENGINE, SN 87270. REMOVED ENGINE SN 87270 AND INSTALLED LOANER ENGINE SN P-87267. NOTE: REPAIRED AT GARRETT SPRINGFIELD W.O. NR 73041.SDR CA990129019Access Door · mismanufactured(CAN) ACCESS DOOR OPENED IN-FLIGHT. VIBRATION NOTED IN CRUISE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE NUMBER OF FASTENERS AND THE SAFETY IS INADQUATE. THE FASTENERS WERE REMOVED FROM THE DOOR AND INSTALLED IN THE RECEPTACLES AND THE FIT WAS OK. ONCE THE FASTSDR 98ZZZX3524Engine · bird strikeLARGE BIRD INGESTION NR 1 ENGINE ON TAKEOFF FROM CONCORD CA 8-21-98.SDR 98ZZZX3248Computer · failedFUEL COMPUTER DROPS OFF-LINE WHEN THROTTLE IS ADVANCED ABOVE IDLE. THIS IS THE THIRD FAULTY FUEL COMPUTER RECEIVED IN THE PAST 3 WEEKS. ALL COMPUTERS RECEIVED SHOW NCFR ON TEST SHOOTS S8130-3. HOWEVER, THEY FAIL WHEN INSTALLED IN AIRCRAFT IN THE SAME MANNERSDR 98ZZZX2002Eec · failedAFTER BENCH ADJUSTMENT OF EEC, EEC WAS INSTALLED IN ACFT. DURING START OF ENGINE, EEC TRIPPED TO MANUAL MODE AND UNABLE TO RESET. AFTER EXTENSIVE T/S, DETERMINED EEC WAS UNSERVICEABLE. A REVIEW OF TEAR DOWN/REPAIR REPORT REVEALED EEC REMOVED FROM SERVICE FOSDR 98ZZZX2497Eec · failedEEC WAS CONNECTED TO BENCH TEST EQUIPMENT TO ADJUST EFR SETTING. AFTER EEC WARM-UP PERIOD PRIOR TO ADJUSTING EFR, THE TECHNICIAN FOUND THE EEL WAS NOT FUNCTIONING. A REVIEW OF THE TEAR DOWN/REPAIR REPORT REVEALED THE EEC HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM SERVICE FOR THESDR 98ZZZX1070Pump · failedFUEL PUMP DRIVE SPLINE WORN TO THE POINT THAT THE SPLINES NO LONGER MADE CONTACT CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN.SDR 98ZZZX124Disc Hub · crackedFOUND HPT DISC HUB CRACKED DURING NDT INSPECTION AT MAJOR PERIODIC INSPECTION.SDR 98ZZZX89Damper Ring · failedWHILE CRUSING AT 26,000 FEET, PILOT OBSERVED AN INCREASE IN OIL PRESSURE FOLLOWED BY A DROP IN PRESSURE. AS OIL PRESSURE CONTINUED TO DECREASE TO 25 PSI, THE PILOT COMMANDED AN IN-FLIGHT SHUTDOWN. N1 SPEED WAS REPORTED TO BE AS HIGH AS 101.5 PERCENT. FAILURSDR 97ZZZX4786Exhaust Nozzle · misrepairedEXHAUST NOZZLE WAS SENT TO REPAIR AND OVERHAUL SHOP FOR REPAIR OF INNER BEARING BORE FLANGE. INSPECTION OF PART FOLLOWING 'REPAIR' REVEALED THE FOLLOWING DISCREPANCIES. INNER BEARING BORE WAS NOT REPAIRED. PART WAS MODIFIED TO PN 3077095-4. THIS PART IS USSDR 98ZZZX1071Engine · failedDURING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING, CONDUCTED FOR CREW PROFICIENCY TRAINING, THE RIGHT ENGINE FAILED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF POWER WAS SET ON BOTH ENGINES.
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