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"
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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 = '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 N382003F00003Control Valve · intermittentCREW REPORTED NO CABIN AIR AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM TEB. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO ABE BELOW 10,000 FOR SWAP OUT WITH ANOTHER. AIRCRAFT GROUND RUN BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AND OPERATED THROUGH NORMAL AND EMERGENCY MODES. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT FLOW CONTROL VALVE WAS SDR BAQA091471Computer · inoperativeMACH TRIM COMPUTER INOPERATIVE. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. 12/9/03SDR AMCR200300006Probe · intermittentAFTER TAKE-OFF, PILOT NOTICED A INTERMITTENT DROP ON THE LEFT FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE OF ABOUT 500 LBS, THEN EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. ON NEXT LEG, AFTER TAKE-OFF, PILOT NOTICED THE SAME THING. INVESTIGATION UNCOVERED AN INTERMITTENT NR 4 FUEL PROBE IN THE LEFT WING.SDR AMCR200300007Extinguisher · leakingDURING BASIC INSPECTION, TECHNICIAN FOUND THE COCKPIT FIRE EXTINGUISHER PRESSURE GAUGE TO BE READING AT VERY BOTTOM OF GREEN RANGE. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THE GAUGE TO BE LOOSE, AND SLIGHTLY TWISTING GAUGE CAUSED THE BOTTLE TO LEAK.SDR BR549Attach Bolt · corrodedUPON REPLACEMENT OF THRUST LEVER MODULE FOUND BOTH BOLTS ATTACHING THROTTLE CABLE CLEVIS TO THROTTLE MODULE CORRODED IN A HANK AREA WHERE BOLT PASSES THROUGH ROD END BEARINGS. HAD TO DRIVE BOLTS OUT WITH PUNCH TO REMOVE. UPON REMOVAL FOUND BOTH BOLTS DRY WITSDR BR550Actuator · failedUNIT CAUSED FAILURE OF SECONDARY TRIM SYSTEM AFTER 4.7 HOURS OF OPERATION.SDR U022003F00000Motor · failedAFTER 2 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME THE NORMAL HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TRIM FAILS (EMERGENCY) TRIM WORKS. ON THE GROUND THE STABILIZER TRIM WORKS NORMALLY. THE STAB TRIM WOULD PASS ALL FUNCTIONAL TESTS. THE NORMAL MOTOR WAS CHECK AND FOUND TO HAVE FRICTION DISK BROKSDR 2003FA0001138Windshield · failedCLIMBING THRU FL350, PILOTS WINDSHIELD SHATTERED. OUTER GLASS LAYER SHATTERED. 822.0 HTT / 564 CYCLES (K)SDR CDN2003F00000Display · failedEFD FAILED, CAUSING SMOKE IN COCKPIT DURING FLT. CRT WENT BLACK, SPECIFIC PART THAT BURNED IS UNKNOWN.SDR 258125Relay · arcedPILOT REPORTED SMOKE IN COCKPIT JUST PRIOR TO LANDING. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT HAVING TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. MAINTENANCE FOUND RELAY K30 IN THE TAS PROBE HEAT CIRCUIT HAD OVERHEATED DUE TO A FAILED CONNECTION ON THE POWER FEED TO THE PROBE HEATER. RELAY KSDR BAQA089829Fuel Control · malfunctionedCAUSING FUEL FLOW FLUX. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT.SDR PAZ2003F00000Relay · burnedDURING MAINTENANCE GROUND RUN, ATTEMPTED TO START APU. APU DID NOT START. ON NEXT ATTEMPT TO START, APU DID NOT START AND START RELAY WOULD NOT DISENGAGE. BEFORE POWER COULD BE SHUT OFF BY DISCONNECTING SHIPS BATTERIES, NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM APU J-BOX. SDR 4516610012003Engine · malfunctionedRIGHT ENGINE QUIT IN-FLIGHT AT FL370. WAS PRECEEDED BY A RT ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR CAS MESSAGE, VERY HIGH OIL PRESSURE AND HIGH OIL TEMP. EMERGENCY DELARED AND UNSCHEDULED LANDING MADE WITHOUT INCIDENT. ENGINE CHANGE HAS BEEN PERFORMED AND ENGINE SENT TO SERVICSDR N382003F00011Support Bracket · brokenWHILE ON VECTORS FOR A VISUAL RIGHT DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 01 AT KMKC WE SELECTED GEAR DOWN. NO NOSE GEAR DOWN LIGHT AND GEAR IN TRANS LIGHT STAYED ON. THE GEAR WAS CYCLED ABOUT FOUR TIMES WITH NO CHANGE. WE FOLLOWED THE PROCEDURES OF THE 1124 CHECKLIST AND COUSDR DXTA200300123Connector · looseDURING FLIGHT TOILET SMOKE DETECTION LIGHT AND BAGGAGE FIRE DETECTION LIGHT CAME ON ERRONEOUSLY, SYSTEMS WILL NOT TEST. GAINED ACCESS TO THE FORWARD AND AFT BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT SMOKE DETECTORS, FOUND BOTH CONNECTORS LOOSE, TIGHTEN BOTH CONNECTORS. GAINED ACCESDR BAQA089301Relay · malfunctionedREQUEST WARRANTY CONSIDERATION. PART LASTED ONLY 321.8 HOURS. K4 RELAY KEEPS RT STANDBY PUMP ON WITH SWITCH OFF. MRA NR: 1125180-000020 REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. 9/22/03SDR 2003FA0001059Wheel · crackedWHEEL HALF CRACKED ON INSIDE O-RING FLANGE.SDR UO22003F00003Altimeter · failedREMOVED UNIT FROM AIRCRAFT DUE TO UNIT LEAKING AND SHIPPED TO INSTRUMENT SERVICES, INC. FOR REPAIR. REINSTALLED UNIT AFTER REPAIR AND UNIT FAILED LEAK TEST. REMOVED UNIT AND WILL SENT UNIT BACK REPAIR STATION.SDR UO22003F00002Impeller · failedHP IMPELLER FAILED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO ENGINE.SDR T192003F00000Pressure Switch · failedTHE RT ENGINE HYD PRESSURE SWITCH LOCATED IN THE AFT EQUIPMENT BAY FAILED AND LEAKED HYDRAULIC FLUID EXTERNALLY. THIS CAUSED A FAILURE OF THE PRIMARY HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. THE SWITCH IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH AN IMPROVED STYLE KIT BY SB 1125-SDR N382003F00002Warning Light · false activationLT ENGINE FIRE LIGHT CAME ON FOR A FEW SECONDS. AFTER REDUCTION OF POWER, LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. NO OTHER INDICATIONS OF A FIRE. INSPECTED FIRE HARNESS LOOPS WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. COMPLIED WITH FIRE LOOP RESISTANCE CHECKS IAW MFG MM AND FOUND WITHIN LIMITS. SDR 2003FA0000912Line · corrodedBRAKE LINE IS MADE FROM -4 ALUMINUM LINE. CRACK STARTS .2500 INCH FROM FLARED END, AND RUNS APPROX. .3750 INCH LONG LENGTH OF LINE. PROBABLE CAUSE IS FATIGUE OR LINE STRESSED, OR CORROSION.SDR 2003FA0000863Bearing · crackedDURING NORMAL FLAP ACTUATOR INSPECTION, FLAP SUPPORTS AT FLAP STA 19.405 WERE FOUND TO NOT ACCEPT GREASE TO THE BEARINGS FOR THE FLAP SUPPORT HINGE, CLOSER INSPECTION ALSO REVEALED THAT THE BEARING BALL HAD CRACKED ACROSS THE LUBRICATION HOLE. TWO BEARINGS WESDR WVE2003F00012Spline Adapter · crackedDURING 600 HOUR INSPECTION OF THE ALTERNATOR SPLINE ADAPTOR, IT WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED. (EA09200301366)SDR KC82003F00002Seal · leakingPILOT REPORTED RIGHT BLEED AIR LIGHT ALUMINATED DURING FLIGHT. FOUND SEALS WERE LEAKING AND CAUSED THE RT BLEED ANNUNCIATOR TO LIGHT. PYLON AREA WAS INSPECTED IAW MM. SEALS WERE CHANGED, ENGINE RUNS PERFORMED AND DUCT LEAK CHECKED.SDR DXTA200300077Actuator · inoperativeON APPROACH WHEN SELECTING GEAR DOWN, NO RT MAIN GEAR GREEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED NOSE AND LEFT MAIN NORMAL. TOWER STATED RIGHT GEAR COCKED AND GPWS ' TOO LOW GEAR' DURING FLYBY. ALL CB'S OK. AUX GEAR HANDLE PULLED AND WHEN A/C YAWED RT MAIN LIGHT ILLUMINATED. - RSDR F5H2003F00000Valve · inoperativeAFTER INSTALLATION VALVE OPERATION FELT NORMAL. AFTER 1ST FLIGHT THE VALVE STIFFENED UP (WHILE UNDER HYDRAULIC PRESSURE) AND WAS DIFFICULT TO SHUTOFF IN THE FIRST INCH OF TRAVEL. OPERATES NORMAL WITH NO PRESSURE. 2ND REPLACEMENT VALVE WORKS FINE.SDR ZES2003F00003Fire Loop · failedPILOT REPORTED THAT THE LT FIRE WARNING CAME ON TWICE FOR APPROX 5 SECONDS THEN EXTINGUISHED. TROUBLESHOT AND FOUND THE LT ENGINE FIRE (ACESSORY DRIVE) LOOP TO FAIL THE RESISTANCE AND INSULATION TEST. REPLACED THE FIRE LOOP WITH NEW.SDR WVE2003F00010Spline Adapter · crackedDURING 600 HOUR INSPECTION OF THE ALTERNATOR SPLINE ADAPTOR IT WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED.SDR IMJ2003F00001Motor · inoperativeCREW NOTICED SECONDARY TRIM (ON AUTOPILOT) DID NOT SEEM TO BE WORKING PROPERLY IN CRUISE. DISENGAGED AUTOPILOT AND TRIED TO TRIM MANUALLY. FOUND TRIM INOPERATIVE IN PRIMARY, SELECTED SECONDARY AND CONFIRMED IT WAS INOPERATIVE ALSO. AIRCRAFT WAS IN COMPLIANCSDR EPD2003F00000Light · shortedON 6/16/03, IN FLIGHT, CREW REPORTED SMOKE IN FLIGHT DECK. FOUND FLUORESCENT TUBE UNDER GLARESHIELD, INOPERATIVE (SHORTED) AND INSULATION BURNED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO BASE WHERE LAMP WAS REPLACED.SDR BSY2003F00014Computer · failedLEFT FUEL COMPUTER DROPPED OFFLINE, 100 MILES LINER RT FUEL COMPUTER DROPPED OFFLINE. ON APPROACH, PILOT RESET LEFT COMPUTER, THEN HE TRIED TO RESET RIGHT COMPUTER THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN BOTH COMPUTERS. RAN AIRCRAFT AND FOUND H VALVE LOWER FORWARD COUPLING (SHSDR BSY2003F00015Fire Loop · inoperativeLEFT ENGINE HAD A FIRE LIGHT COME ON IN FLIGHT, SHUT ENGINE DOWN, BLEW BOTH FIRE BOTTLES AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT. INSPECTED ENGINE FOR FIRE, NONE NOTED. REMOVED ENGINE TAILCONE AND CHECKED FOR EXHAUST LEAKS NONE FOUND. REMOVED AND REPLACED LOWER MIDDLE AND SDR A8J2003F00001Bearing · lack of lubeNOSE WHEEL BEARING FAILURE. PROBABLE CAUSE: LACK OF GREASE ON BEARING. RECOMMENDATION, HEAVIER GREASE THAT WILL NOT SPIN OUT OF BEARING OR INTERNAL GREASE SEALS.SDR 2003FA0000615Strip · misalignedNOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM LT SIDE OF CENTER WING AREA. DETERMINED ORIGIN OF LEAKAGE TO BE TWO OF THE BOLTS THAT SECURE REMOVABLE CENTER PLANK. WHILE REMOVING SEALANT FROM HEAD OF BOLT 19, FROM LT SIDE, ALONG FRONT ROW OF PLANK FASTENERS, FOUND THAT BOLT WAS SDR 0512749Lamp · burned outEND SOCKET OF CABIN INDIRECT LIGHTING FLUORESCENT LAMP TUBE NOTED AS BURNED/BLISTERED FROM OVERHEATING. THIS CONDITION HAS BEEN NOTED PREVIOUSLY BY AVIONICS PERSONNEL IN OTHER AIRCRAFT.SDR 2003FA0000599Sleeve · leakingCLAMP ATTACHING SLEEVE TO WATER SEPERATOR WORKED LOOSE CAUSING SLEEVE TO LEAK AT 5.0 PSI. CREW NOTED LOSS OF COLD AIR FLOW AND INABILITY TO MAINTAIN CABIN PRESSURE IN FULL COLD. PRESSURIZATION WORKED NORMALLY WITH CABIN TEMPS SETTINGS ABOVE FULL COLD. CLAMPSDR 041103Computer · failedRIGHT FUEL COMPUTER FAILED, OPERATED ENGINE IN MANUAL MODE, OIL PSI NORMAL, NR 2 N2 FLUCTUATED, NR 2 ITT GAUGE FAILED MOMENTARILY, ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER ENGINE FLAMED OUT AT FL390. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. STAGE OF OPERATION PART 91, EMPTY. GARRETSDR G1F2003F00000Bulkhead · scoredTOOL SCORING DETECTED ON REAR PRESSURE BULKHEAD SEGMENTS (PN 25-7FC-31-1 UPPER LEFT, 25-7FC-31-55 UPPER RIGHT AND 25-7FC-31-57 LOWER SEGMENTS) DURING THE EIGHT YEAR INSPECTION CODE 530024 OF MFG 125 SERIES 700 FLEX MAINT PROGAM. REAR PRESSURE BULKHEAD LOCATEDSDR G1F2003F00001Trunnion · corrodedCORRISION DETECTED ON LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TRUNNIONS DURING THE MFG 125 SERIES 700 FLEX MAINT PROGRAM. INSPECTION CODE 570010 REQUIREMENTS. THIS INSPECTION IS CURRENTLY A DETAILED VISUAL INSPECTION AT FOUR YEAR INTERVALS. THE CORROSION RESULTED SDR JGV2003F00001Scissors · damagedWHILE PERFORMING, PHASE 5 INSPECTION, ITEM CODE: D274000, TASK: HORIZONTAL STABILIZER SCISSORS FREE PLAY CHECK, THE FREE PLAY WAS FOUND OUT OF LIMITS. THE UPPER AND LOWER SCISSORS( PN 62321809 & 10) WERE REMOVED TO REPLACE THE BUSHINGS IN EACH ASSEMBLY. THSDR 2003FA0000527Elt · inoperativeELT (PN 02195 MODEL 110-406) IS TRIGGERED ON WHENEVER AIRCRAFT IS WASHED, DEICED OR IN HEAVY STANDING RAIN, ELT IS MOUNTED AT FRAME 25, INSIDE THE TAIL CONE FAIRING ABOVE THE DATUM LINE. POSSIBLE WATER ENTRY AREA IS THROUGH THE RUDDER SHAFT AS IT PASSES THROUSDR A832003F00000Actuator · failedON TAKEOFF, THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED. THE LOW HYDRAULIC ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FLIGHT CREW LANDED BACK AT AIRPORT. ON INSPECTION HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS LEAKING IN LEFT MLG WHEEL WELL. FURTHER INSPECTION NOTED THE LEFT MLG HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR HAD SDR 2003FA0000564Fan · seizedCABIN/ CREW FAN PHYSICALLY LOCKED UP CAUSING BURNING ODOR AND SMOKE IN CABIN. CB POPED AND RESET ONCE. IN THE FUTURE CREW/ CABIN FROM CB POPS RECOMMEND NOT RESETTING IN FLIGHT AS THIS IS NOT A REQUIRED FOR FLIGHT ITEM.SDR 2003FA0000316Proximity Switch · failedAFTER TAKEOFF WHEN THE GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED UP ALL THREE GREEN LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED. ALOUD METALLIC GRINDING TYPE NOISE WAS NOTED AFTER SEVERAL SECONDS 10-15 THE NOISE STOPPED AND THE GREEN LIGHT FOR THE NOSE GEAR ILLUMINATED. AT THIS TIME THE GEAR HANDLE WASSDR 2003FA0000307Proximity Switch · failedAFTER TAKEOFF WHEN THE GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED UP ALL THREE GREEN LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED. A LOUD METALLIC GRINDING TYPE NOISE WAS NOTED AFTER SEVERAL SECONDS (10-15) THE NOISE STOPPED AND THE GREEN LIGHT FOR THE NOSE GEAR ILLUMINATED. AT THIS TIME THE GEAR HANDLE SDR BSY2004F00002Bulb · inoperativeNO NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCK LIGHT. REMOVED AND REPLACED BULB, OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR W0107481Starter Gen · failedUNSCHEDULED LANDING. LT STARTER/GEN FAILED IN FLIGHT. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION IT WAS NOTICED THAT 50 PERCENT OF THE FAN BLADES WERE MISSING. IT ALSO APPEARS THAT A BEARING FAILURE TOOK PLACE DUE TO SHAFT BEING SIEZED.SDR WVE2003F00008Spline Adapter · crackedDURING 600 HOUR INSPECTION OF THE ALTERNTOR SPLINE ADAPTER, DISCOVERED ADAPTER TO BE CRACKED IN TWO LOCATIONS. PROBABLE CAUSE: FATIGUE. (2003B0666)SDR UO22003F00000Control Box · malfunctionedANTISKID TEST PROBLEM. INTERMITTENTLY, THE RIGHT LIGHT WOULD NOT COME ON DURING TEST. DISCONNECTED THE LT AND RT INPUT CONNECTORS FROM THE ANTISKID CONTROL BOX. ALL INPUTS TO THE BOX WERE CHECKED. NO DEFECTS WERE FOUND. TRIED ANTISKID TEST PUSHBUTTON. WH
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