Garrett TFE731 series
Service difficulty reports · 742
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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 = 'TFE731' 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 = 'TFE731' 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 BAQA094411Brake Assy · wornBRAKE ASSY WORN TO LIMITS. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNIT. 05/06/2004SDR E812004F00007Heater · inoperativePILO RPORTED LT WINDSCREEN OVERHEAT ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT, WOULD NOT RESET. LT (A) WINDSCREEN WOULD NOT DISSIPATE PRECIPITATION, VISUAL APPEARANCE (WAVY). FOUND RESISTANCE BETWEEN (A) SCREEN P1 AND P2 TERMINALS AT 25 OHMS, SERVICE LIMIT 35.15 TO 47.55 OHMS. REPSDR CA040527006Control Panel · failedRT GENERATOR WILL DROP OFF LINE AFTER OPPOSITE ENGINE START. RT AFT POWER DISTRIBUTION PANEL REPLACER WITH NEW UNIT.SDR 2004FA0000354Controller · defectiveFLAP CONTROLLER FAILED TO INDICATE PROPERLY ON SYSTEM TEST.SDR UO22004F00005Uplock · unserviceableUPLOCK BROKEN, INTERNAL, WOULD NOT ALLOW THE GEAR TO UPLOCK.SDR 0423JKWActuator · inoperativeCREW REPORTED (PRIMARY TRIM FAULT) WHITE EICAS MESSAGE, WHICH CHANGED TO (PRIMARY AND SECONDARY TRIM FAIL EICAS) AMBER MESSAGE ON APPROACH TO LANDING. HORIZONTAL STAB SYSTEM LOCKED OUT ALL MOVEMENT FOR REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT. CREW RESET SYSTEM POST LANDING,SDR JZ22004F00000Switch · intermittentAFTER TAKEOFF, GEAR HANDLE COULD NOT BE MOVED TO THE (GEAR UP) POSITION. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE POINT AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY (MLI). MAINTENANCE STAFF JACKED AIRCRAFT AND ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT GEAR. GEAR HANDLE COULD NOT BE RAISED, DUPLICATING THE COSDR BAQA094195Volt Regulator · inoperativeVOLTAGE REGUALTOR IS GIVING HIGH READINGS, WILL NOT REGULATE AMP GAUGE. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNIT FROM JEARJET, 04/19/2004SDR PAI2004F00001Line · chafedFOUND RT GROUND SPOILER HYD LINE CHAFED THROUGH BY AILERON CABLE, AFTER SEEING EVIDENCE OF HYDRAULIC FLUID DRIPPING OFF OF WING SKID. IT IS IN THE WING T/E AREA AT STA WS85. INSIDE THE FLAP ACTUATOR/TRACK MOUNT. IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE WITHOUT AID OF MIRROR AND MOSDR AUS20040310Manifold · cracked(AUS) LT ENGINE HP SERVO PRESSURE SUPPLY TUBE TO MANIFOLD WELDED JOINT CRACKED.SDR GM0408Pitot Tube · obstructedAFTER ROTATION, CREW NOTICED A LOSS OF AIRSPEED INDICATION ON THE PILOT`S INDICATOR ONLY. FLAP OVERSPEED LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ALSO THE AUTOPILOT AND YAW DAMPENER WOULD NOT ENGAGE. TROUBLESHOOTING POINTED TO A LACK OF AIRSPEED INDICATION FROM THE LT SIDE AIR DSDR KW32004F00000Squat Switch · inoperativeDURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ONE EACH SET SCREW MISSING FROM LT OB, RT IB, AND RT OB LEVER ARMS AND 2 EACH SET SCREWS MISSING FROM LT IB LEVER ARM. PROBABLE CAUSE; UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. MISSING SET SCREWS (PN 632UNC-2A) MUST BE INSTALLESDR KW32004F00001Squat Switch · inoperativeDURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ONE EACH SET SCREW WAS MISSING FROM LT IB, RT IB, AND RT OB LEVER ARMS. PROBABLE CAUSE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. MISSING SET SCREWS, PN 632UNC2A MUST BE INSTALLED IAW MM.SDR UG82004F00001Switch · stuckDURING PILOTS PREFLIGHT, TRIP CANCELLED, LT ENGINE ANTI-ICE LIGHT DID NOT STAY ON DURING OPERATIONAL TEST OF SYSTEM. TROUBLESHOOTING POINTED TO THE LT NACELLE COOLING AIR INLET ANTI-ICING SENSOR (SWITCH). THE CONTACTS IN THE SENSOR WERE FOUND STUCK. REPLACESDR LBW2004F00001Fire Warning · faultyLT FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, CHEW ACTUATED FIRE BOTTLE. AFTER LANDING MAINTENANCE CREW NOTED FIRE WARNING TEST INOPERATIVE ON BOTH ENGINES AND MASTER CAUTION WILL NOT EXTINGUISH. PROBLEM TO BE DETERMINED.SDR UO22004F00003Pump · failedRT BOOST PUMP FAILED AND LOW FUEL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON. PUMP HAD APPROXIMATE 1500 HOURS SINCE LAST OVERHAUL. PROBABLE CAUSE WAS DETERIORATED BRUSHES IN PUMP.SDR YDB2004F00000Bolt · brokenRETURNING FROM LAST FLIGHT OF DAY PILOTS REPORTED A LOUD BANG IN UPPER MID CABIN AREA. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATED AND FOUND UPPER CABIN DOOR FWD TORSION BAR ANCHOR BOLT BROKEN. BOLT APPEARS TO HAVE FATIGUE TYPE FAILURE.SDR Q752004F00000Actuator · leakingDURING CLIMB OUT, SLATS RETRACTED NORMALLY. THEN A MASSIVE HYDRAULIC LEAK APPEARED ON OB LEFT WING. NR 1 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM BEGAN TO EMPTY. LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED AND LANDING WAS MADE NORMALLY. AFTER INVESTIGATING PROBLEMS WAS LT, OB SLAT ACTUATOR. THE RESDR BAQA093180Transceiver · intermittentDME TRANSCEIVER UNIT IS WEAK AND INTERMITTENT. UNIT ONLY LASTED 69.5 HOURS. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. 02/24/2004SDR JGV2004F00002Doubler · crackedDURING C CHECK INSPECTION FOUND CABIN WINDOWS CRACKED. INSPECTED CABIN WINDOW FRAME DOUBLER. DISCOVERED CRACKS IN THE NUT PLATE HOLE. RT NR 3, NR 4, AND NR 5 AND LEFT NR 3 WINDOW POSITIONS. CAUSED FROM MINIMUM EDGE DISTANCE AND NUT PLATE HOLE ENLARGEMENT. SDR DBC2004F00000Fuse · failedON APPROACH, FLAPS WOULD NOT EXTEND, LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. TROUBLESHOT AND FOUND FUSE F23 IN FLAP CONTROL SYSTEM BLOWN. APPARENT CAUSE WAS MOISTURE CONTAMINATION OF FLAP CONTROLLER CONNECTOR. REPLACED FUSE F23, OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD.SDR BAQA092697Light · inoperativeSEVERAL LIGHTS INOPERATIVE ON UNIT. MRA NR 1155272-000020 REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNIT. 02/16/2004SDR GQR2004F00000Pump · wornDURING FLIGHT CREW NOTICED THERE WAS A LARGE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN INDICATED FUEL QUANTITY AND AMOUNT OF FUEL USED AS SHOWN ON FLIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. UPON LANDING CREW NOTICED FUEL DRIPPING FROM SEVERAL AREAS ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. FUEL WAS FOUNDSDR 2004FA0000182Check Valve · crackedWHILE TROUBLESHOOTING A PRESSURIZATION PROBLEM, A CRACKED CHECK VALVE AT THE RT PRESSURE REGULATING AND CHECK VALVE ASSEMBLY WAS FOUND. A PIECE OF THE CHECK VALVE WAS MISSING. THE LT SIDE WAS THEN CHECKED AND AN IDENTICAL CHECK VALVE CONDITION WAS FOUND. A SDR 2004FA0000183Check Valve · crackedWHILE TROUBLESHOOTING A PRESSURIZATION PROBLEM, A CRACKED CHECK VALVE AT THE RT PRESSURE REGULATING AND CHECK VALVE ASSEMBLY WAS FOUND. A PIECE OF THE CHECK VALVE WAS MISSING. THE LT SIDE WAS THEN CHECKED AND AN IDENTICAL CHECK VALVE CONDITION WAS FOUND. A SDR 2004FA0000184Check Valve · crackedWHILE TROUBLESHOOTING A PRESSURIZATION PROBLEM, A CRACKED CHECK VALVE AT THE RT PRESSURE REGULATING AND CHECK VALVE ASSEMBLY WAS FOUND. A PIECE OF THE CHECK VALVE WAS MISSING. THE LT SIDE WAS THEN CHECKED AND AN IDENTICAL CHECK VALVE CONDITION WAS FOUND. A SDR 2004FA0000185Check Valve · crackedWHILE TROUBLESHOOTING A PRESSURIZATION PROBLEM, A CRACKED CHECK VALVE AT THE RT PRESSURE REGULATING AND CHECK VALVE ASSEMBLY WAS FOUND. A PIECE OF THE CHECK VALVE WAS MISSING. THE LT SIDE WAS THEN CHECK AND AN IDENTICAL CHECK VALVE CONDITION WAS FOUND. A SESDR BAQA092509Transceiver · inoperativeUNIT WILL NOT LOCK-ON X CHANNELS. Y CHANNEL OKAY. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. 02/06/2004SDR BAQA092519Indicator · inoperativeMODE BUTTONS ILLEGIBLE. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNIT. 02/06/2004SDR BAQA092514Potentiometer · intermittentVOLUME POT INTERMITTENT. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. 02/04/2004SDR BAQA092515Transceiver · inoperativeDME HAS AUDIO TONE ON ALL THE TIME. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. 02/04/2004SDR DIN2004F00000Wire · mismarkedWE HAVE HAD THREE INSTANCES OF MISS-LABELED WIRES ON NEW DEPLOY SIGNAL SWITCHES (NR 45-12245) FOR MFG THRUST REVERSERS. TWO ON 9/16/98 AND ONE 1/14/04 (THIS SWITCH PURCHASED 8/10/03). ALL HAVE BEEN PURCHASED FROM MFG. THIS PLUNGER TYPE SWITCH HAS TWO CIRCUISDR BAQA091783Brake Assy · wornBRAKE ASSY WORN. REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE UNIT. 01/27/2004SDR CWQ2004F00009Bolt · bentDURING PHASE 5 INSP, NOTICED CORROSION ON PN 62610401, IDLER ASSY(ELEVATOR CONTROL SYS), THE -1 IDLER ASSY IS MADE OF STEEL AND HAS 2 EA ARM ASSY ATTACHED TO IT WHICH ARE ALUMINUM. THE ARMS HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM THE ASSY TO GAIN ACCESS TO AREA TO BE TREATEDSDR AUS20040054Valve · faulty(AUS) LT HYDRAULIC SHUTOFF VALVE FAULTY. INVESTIGATION FOUND DIODE SPLICE D5100 OPEN CIRCUITED.SDR 0401Warning Light · false indicationRIGHT ENGINE INDICATED A FIRE, SHUT DOWN RIGHT ENGINE AND FIRED BOTH FIRE BOTTLES. HAD MAINT. TROUBLESHOOT SYSTEM, DISCONNECED ALL THREE LOOPS, ALL CHECKED OUT GOOD. RECONNECTED SYSTEM CHECKED OUT NORMAL. RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR 04001Fire Loop · malfunctionedRT ENGINE INDICATED A FIRE, SHUT DOWN RIGHT ENGINE AND FIRED BOTH FIRE BOTTLES. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOT SYSTEM, DISCONNECED ALL THREE LOOPS, ALL CHECKED OUT GOOD. RECONNECTED SYSTEM, CHECKED OUT NORMAL. RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR 2003FA0001276Pulley · chafedINITIAL INSPECTION DURING A PHASE 5 OF AFT, OB RUDDER PULLEY, FOUND PULLEY TO HAVE WEAR ON IB EDGE. FURTHER INVEST FOUND AFT PULLEY TO BE CHAFING ON MOUNTING BRACKETS, & BE WEARING TO A KNIFE EDGE ON THE IB EDGE. ALSO FOUND, RUDDER CABLE TO HAVE BROKEN STRANDSSDR FGQ2004F00000Duct · crackedFOLLOWING ENGINE REMOVAL, BLEED AIR DUCTS WERE FOUND CRACKED AT SUPPORT BRACKET WELDS, THREE SEPARATE TUBES ASSEMBLIES WERE CRACKED IN A SIMILAR MANNER. PN WERE: JQ3216-1, JPS315-2L, JPS315-2R.SDR DXTA200300203Engine · flamed outON ENGINE START LEFT ENGINE FLAMED OUT AT IDLE SPEED. PERFORMED ENGINE INSPECTION FOR ENGINE FLAME OUT ON START, SUMPED WING TANKS IAW CESSNA 650 MM CHAPTER 12-10-10, INSPECTED ENGINE FUEL FILTER. CHECKED DEEC FOR FAULTS AND RUN ENGINE TO POWER IAW TFE731 MMSDR DJFA20030003Bearing · failedAIRCRAFT DESCENDING THROUGH 11,000 FT, VIBRATION WAS NOTED. ENGINE NR 2 WAS SHUT DOWN AND VIBRATION WENT AWAY. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND IT WAS FOUND THAT THE STARTER GENERATOR BEARINGS HAD FAILED.SDR DJFA20030006Starter Gen · failedAIRCRAFT DESCENDING THROUGH 11,000 FT, VIBRATION WAS NOTED. ENGINE NR 2 WAS SHUT DOWN AND VIBRATION WENT AWAY. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND IT WAS FOUND THAT THE STARTER GENERATOR BEARINGS HAD FAILED.SDR TCM2004F00000Windshield · damagedWINDSHIELD FOUND DAMAGED UNDER WINDSHIELD HEAT DIFFUSER SHIELD. HOT BLEED AIR WAS ESCAPING THROUGH A LOOSE DUCT AND PRESSURIZING AREA BETWEEN SHIELD AND AIRCRAFT SKIN. AIR EVENTUALLY FOUND A PATH THROUGH SHIELD GASKET AND SKIN AND BEGAN TO ESCAPE UNDER SHIELSDR G1F2004F00000Pump · corrodedTHIS UNIT WAS SUPPLIED BY THE CUSTOMER FOR REPLACEMENT OF A FAILED TKS METERING PUMP IN THE AIRCRAFT. PRIOR TO INSTALLATION, UNIT WAS INSPECTED BY TECHNICIANS. LINE FITTINGS WHERE FOUND TO BE INSTALLED INCORRECTLY. FURTHER INSPECTION UPON DISASSEMBLY FOUND SDR M2M2004F00000Clamp · looseA LOOSE CLAMP THAT SECURES HOT AIR LINE TO THE WINDSHIELD DIFFUSER DUCT WAS LOOSE WHICH ALLOWED HOT BLEED AIR BETWEEN THE DUCT AND THE WINDSHIELD. SEVERLY DAMAGING THE WINDSHIELD.SDR UO22003F00012Indicator · misrepairedORDERED AND RECEIVED A REPAIRED CONDITION PART. ITS RUDDER TRIM INDICATOR INDICATED OPPOSITE OF RUDDER TRAVEL DIRECTION. THE INDICATOR WAS CHECKED AND FOUND TO FAIL CMM 27-09-02 TESTS, WHICH WERE LISTED ON THE ATTACHED 8130-3. RETURNED PART TO VENDOR TO BE ESDR 03334331Engine · failedDURING CRUISE EN ROUTE TO DAY CREW RECIEVED RT ENGINE OIL CONTAMINATION LIGHT. THE CREW WAS ACCOMPLISHING THE QRH WHEN THE ENGINE FLAMED OUT DIVERTED TO PIT. CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY AND FLIGHT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. THE ENGINE WAS DECLARED INOPERATIVE AND WASSDR 2003FA0001266Control Cable · damagedDURING A PHASE 5 AIRFRAME INSPECTION, THE RT SIDE AILERON CABLES WERE FOUND TO BE RUBBING THE RT SPOILER ACTUATOR HYDRAULIC LINE. THE DAMAGED AREAS ON THE CABLES WERE AT RT WING STA 266 ON THE AFT SIDE OF THE WING REAR SPAR. THE PROTECTIVE SLEEVES ON THE CABSDR WVE2003F0000ASpline Adapter · crackedDURING 600 HOUR INSPECTION OF THE ALTERNATOR SPLINE ADAPTOR, DISCOVERED ADAPTER TO BE CRACKED IN TWO LOCATIONS. PROBABLE CAUSE: FATIGUE.SDR WVE2003F00023Spline Adapter · crackedDURING 600 HOUR INSPECTION OF THE ALTERNATOR SPLINE ADAPTOR, DISCOVERED ADAPTER TO BE CRACKED IN TWO LOCATIONS. PROBABLE CAUSE: FATIGUE. (EA09200401170)
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