Garrett TPE331-11U
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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 = 'TPE33111U' 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 = 'TPE33111U' 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 CA090407006O-Ring · split(CAN) BOTH HYDR LIGHTS CAME ON IN FLIGHT AND ACFT RETURNED TO BASE. MX FOUND THE LT HYDR PUMP PRESSURE FITTING LEAKING. THE FITTING WAS REMOVED AND AND THE O-RING WAS FOUND DAMAGED. O-RING REPLACED - SYS SERVICED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA090331003Accumulator · fractured(CAN) ACFT DEPARTED AND WHILE IN CLIMB WHEN FLAPS WERE SELECTED UP A LOUD "POP" WAS HEARD AND THEN ALL HYDR PRESSURE WAS LOST AND BOTH LT/RT LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. ACFT TURNED AROUND, CARRIED OUT AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX INVESTISDR CA090202003Windshield · crackedIN CRUISE AT FL230 SOUTHBOUND, A LOUD BANG HEARD BY BOTH CREW AND SAW F/O SIDE WINDSHIELD SHATTER, BUT REMAINED INTACT. NO LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION. FLIGHT DESCENDED TO FL100 AND CREW INFORMED ATC BUT DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDESDR CA081205008Windshield · failed(CAN) ON APPROACH THE LT WINDSHIELD SHATTERED. MX WAS DISPATCHED TO REPLACE THE WINDSHIELD. THE TEMP CONTROLLER WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE ALSO. TEMP CONTROLLER REPLACED ALONG WITH WINDSHIELD AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA081114005Impeller · cracked(CAN) HOT SECTION INSPECTION WAS BEING CARRIED OUT BY ENGINE SHOP ON ENGINE SN P44659C AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THE IMPELLER WAS CRACKED. THIS IMPELLER IS NOT TRACKED. THE TIMES ON THE IMPELLER SINCE INSTALL ARE 2407.0 AND 3434 CYCLES. THIS IS NOT THE 1ST INSTANCSDR CA081103005Ignition Switch · cracked(CAN) OIL LEAK ON THE ENG FROM LWR ENG COWL FOUND. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THE PROBLEM AS A AUTO IGNITION PRESSURE SWITCH LEAKING AT THE BASE WELD. INSP WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS FOUND A CRACK APR .7500 AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE WELD.SDR CA081007010Disc · worn(CAN) THIS BRAKE ASSEMBLY WAS REMOVED FROM ACFT ON THE RT - O/B GEAR FOR BRAKE WEAR BEYOND LIMITS. UPON TEAR DOWN THE LUGS WERE FOUND TO HAVE WORN APPROXIMATELY 40% WHILE THE RIM SIDE HAD MINIMAL WEAR AND THE RIM WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS TYPE OF WEAR ISSDR CA080922005Line · cracked(CAN) PILOT REPORTED HYD FLUID LEAKING IN LT WW. SMALL PINHOLE WAS FOUND IN LINE. LINE REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA080912006Tube · cracked(CAN) DURING THE PREFLIGHT WALKAROUND, THE FLIGHT CREW NOTICED OIL DRIPPING FROM THE RT ENGINE. MX WAS DISPATCHED TO THE LOCATION WHERE THE STAINLESS STEEL TUBE ASSY FROM THE ENGINE PROP GOVERNOR TO THE NEGATIVE TORQUE SENSING (NTS)MANIFOLD WAS FOUND LEAKING. SDR CA080905008A/C Pack · damaged(CAN) ON APPROACH, THE PILOT NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT OF FRESH AIR VENTS AND MOMENTS LATER LT WING OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX WENT TO LOOK AND FOUND THAT THE LT COOLING TURBINE HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. THE LT BLEED SYSTEM WAS MSDR CA080728007Structure · bent(CAN) ON APPROACH PILOT EXTENDED GEAR AND HAD GREEN INDICATION FOR NOSE AND LT MAIN GEAR ONLY, INTRANSIT LIGHT WAS ON FOR RT GEAR. PILOT RECYCLED GEAR AND ALL 3 GREEN INDICATIONS WERE NOW PRESENT. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS. MAINT WAS CALLED AS THE RSDR CA080728008Fitting · cracked(CAN) ON INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK AROUND THE RT ENGINE PROP GOVERNOR. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FITTING WAS CRACKED HALF WAY AROUND THE FITTING. FITTING REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR DUF2008F00000O-Ring · crackedWHILE ENROUTE, THE PILOT NOTICED HIS LT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE FLUCTUATING. SHORTLY THERE AFTER THE "LOW OIL PRESSURE" LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SINCE HE WAS VERY CLOSE TO HIS DESTINATION, THE PILOT ELECTED TO SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE AND SECURE IT AS A PRECAUTION. PSDR CA080711002Indicator · burned(CAN) ON APPROACH THE CREW REPORTED A LOUD POP WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY AN ELECTRICAL ODOR AND THE DME WENT OFF LINE. THE CREW SHUT DOWN ALL NON-ESSENTIAL AVIONICS AND CONTINUED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE ACFT WAS THEN POSITIONED AT THE HANGAR WHERE MX REMOVED AND CARSDR MT9A0000001Screw · missingIN FLIGHT THE PPC INPUT LEVER TO THE PPC SHAFT CAME OFF AND PREVENTED THE CREW FROM BEING ABLE TO RETARD THE POWER TO THE LEFT ENGINE. THIS FORCED THEM TO DO AN IN-FLIGHT SHUTDOWN OF THAT ENGINE. THE INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE SCREW AND SPACER THAT SECURES TSDR MT92008F00003Screw · misinstalledIN FLIGHT, THE PPC INPUT LEVER TO THE PPC SHAFT CAME OFF AND PREVENTED THE CREW FROM BEING ABLE TO RETARD THE POWER TO THE LT ENGINE. THIS FORCED THEM TO DO AN INFLIGHT SHUTDOWN OF THAT ENGINE. THE INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE SCREW AND SPACER THAT SECURES TSDR MT92008F00004Spacer · misinstalledIN FLIGHT, THE PPC INPUT LEVER TO THE PPC SHAFT CAME OFF AND PREVENTED THE CREW FROM BEING ABLE TO RETARD THE POWER TO THE LT ENGINE. THIS FORCED THEM TO DO AN INFLIGHT SHUTDOWN OF THAT ENGINE. THE INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE SCREW AND SPACER THAT SECURES TSDR CA080625004Line · cracked(CAN) ON APPROACH, CREW NOTED A DROP IN HYDR PRESSURE FOLLOWED BY THE ILLUMINATION OF THE HYDR WARNING LIGHTS. THE HYDR PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO AND CREW CREW CONSULTED TO APPROPRIATE CHECKED LIST AND COMPLETED A MANUAL EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR USING THE ALTSDR CA080403003Tube · crackedDURING TAKEOFF, THE CREW NOTED THE LT ENGINE WAS A LITTLE LOW ON POWER. DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT AS THE FUEL FLOW INDICATION FOR THAT ENGINE WAS ERRATIC. THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. ONCE ON THE GROUND THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY MAINTENANCE AND THSDR CA080319003Nozzle · damagedTHE A/C CAME INTO THE HANGER FOR A ROUTINE FUEL NOZZLE AND BOROSCOPE INSPECTION. DURING THE BOROSCOPE INSPECTION OUR NIGHT MAINTENANCE FOUND SOME DISCREPANCIES IN THE ENGINE. FURTHER INSPECTION FROM THE TURBINE SHOP IT WAS NOTED THAT THE NOZZLE SEGMENTS THATSDR MCC2008F00001Engine · leakingON DESCENT TO DESTINATION, ENGINE BYPASS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, ATTEMPTED TO PULL POWER BACK, BUT ENGINE SEEMED TO NOT RESPOND AND TEMP STARTED TO RISE. ENGINE SECURED AND UNEVENTFUL LANDING MADE. ON GROUND, NOTICED OIL LEAKING FROM ENGINE. FOUND ENGINE WOULD NSDR CA080205007Bearing · worn(CAN) TACH/GEN IDLER ASSY DUAL SPUR GEAR, CENTER ANTI FRICTION BEARING FOUND WITH AN UNUSUALLY HIGH AMOUNT OF RADIAL PLAY AND WAS EXTREMELY ROUGH WHEN TURNED OVER BY HAND. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED DUE TO CARBON STEEL PLATELETS FOUND IN THE OIL SAMPLE.SDR CA080124008Fuel Nozzle · cracked(CAN) DURING SCHEDULED FUEL NOZZLE CHANGE A NOZZLE WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED IN THE AREA, SECONDARY MANIFOLD FITTING THAT MFG SAYS TO INSPECT. (TC NR 20080124008)SDR CA080124009Fuel Nozzle · cracked(CAN) FUEL NOZZLE FOUND CRACKED ON SECONDARY MANIFOLD DURING SCHEDULED NOZZLE CHANGE IN THE AREA THAT MFG SAYS TO INSPECT FOR CRACKS.SDR DUFA010308001Warning Light · false activationWHILE ON CLIMB OUT, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE LT WING OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FOLLOWING PROCEDURE, THE LT GENERATOR WAS SHUTDOWN, BLEED AIR TURNED OFF AND THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED. AFTER 3 MINUTES THE LIGHT WAS STILL ILLUMINATED AND PROCEDURES CALL OUT FSDR EAC0705Overheat Sensor · defectiveWHILE ON CLIMB OUT, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE LT WING OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FOLLOWING PROCEDURE, THE LT GENERATOR WAS SHUTDOWN, BLEED AIR TURNED OFF AND THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED. AFTER 3 MINUTES THE LIGHT WAS STILL ILLUMINATED AND PROCEDURES CALL OUT FSDR DUFA20080002Overheat Sensor · defectiveWHILE ON CLIMB OUT, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE RT WING OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FOLLOWING PROCEDURE, THE LT GENERATOR WAS SHUTDOWN, BLEED AIR TURNED OFF AND THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED. AFTER APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. THE FLIGHT CONTINUSDR HKGA269591None · nonePILOT REPORTED SMOKEY ODOR IN COCKPIT AND CABIN AREA, (HAZE). AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. MX ACCOMPLISHED ENGINE & BLEED SYSTEM AND CHECKS NORMAL, FULL COLD TO FULL HOT, AUTO & MANUAL WITH NO HAZE OR SMOKE NOTED. RT ENGINE & BLEED SYSDR 2007FA0001095Display · misrepairedWE SENT IN BOTH AIRCRAFT PFD'S FOR REPAIR AND SB COMPLIANCE. BOTH UNITS WERE REPAIRED AND REINSTALLED. WE TRIED TO CALIBRATE THE ADHRS AND THE PILOT PFD CONTINUED TO GIVE AN ERROR. WE SPOKE WITH ANOTHER SHOP AND WERE TOLD THEY HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. INSDR CA071203008Button · short(CAN) UPON DISASSEMBLY OF A MLG FOR OVERHAUL AND SERVICING IT WAS NOTICED THE CYLINDER PISTON TEFLON BUTTONS WERE UNDER FLUSH WITH THE PISTON. THE TEFLON BUTTONS AND PINS ALLOW THE PISTON TO SLIDE INSIDE THE CYLINDER WITHOUT SCORING AND WITHOUT ALLOWING FLUID SDR CA071106009Arm · cracked(CAN) ROLLER BEARING OUTER CASE FOUND CRACKED COMPLETLY THROUGH. REPLACED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE (TC NR 20071106009)SDR CA071106008Retainer · cracked(CAN) WHILE ENGINE WAS BEING REPLACED MAINTENANCE NOTICED FATIQUE CRACKS EMINATING FROM THE (PROP SHAFT) RETAINING BOLT AREA. (TC NR 20071106008)SDR PNSA070705Uplock · bentAFTER DEPARTURE THE LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED UP THEN THE NOSE GEAR TRANSIT LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK UP. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE AT DEPARTURE AIRPORT. MX FOUND THAT THE NOSE GEAR UP LOCK STRICKER EXTENSION WAS LOOSE AND BENT. RSDR PNSA070607Engine · surgesON DEPARTURE ROLL PAST V THE LEFT ENGINE START SURGING. THE SURGING CONTINUED AND INCREASED AS THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIR BORNE. AT 400 FT PILOT ELECTED TO SHUTDOWN ENGINE TO GAIN MORE PERFORMANCE AND STOP THE SURGING. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY RAN ALL APPROPRISDR CA070606002Line · cracked(CAN) HYD LEAK IN RT WHEEL WELL. FOUND LINE CHAFED, LINE REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER SUCCESSFUL GEAR SWINGS CARRIED OUT. (TC NR 20070606002)SDR CA070423008Fuel Control · leaking(CAN) NOTED LARGE FUEL LEAK UNDER THE AIRCRAFT IN THE HANGER. DETERMINED THE FUEL WAS COMING FROM AN ENGINE DRAIN. GROUND RAN THE ENGINE, FOUND THE FUEL CONTROL DRAIN LEAKING. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE FUEL CONTROL WITH AN OVERHAULED UNIT, NO FURTHER DEFECTSSDR CA070319005Impeller · fractured(CAN) ENGINE WAS REMOVED DUE TO NOT MAKING TARGET TAKEOFF TORQUE. UPON DISASSEMBLY THE 2ND STAGE COMPRESSOR IMPELLER FAILED AND HAS EXPERIENCED A FATIGUE TYPE FAILURE. THE PRESENT TIME ON THE IMPELLER IS 20,650.2 HOURS AND 28,175 CYCLES. A LARGE PIECE OF THESDR CA070307009Regulator · malfunctioned(CAN) AC DEPARTED BASE AND UPON GEAR RETRACTION BOTH LT AND RT HYD PRESSURE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED FOR 3-4 SECONDS THEN WENT OUT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE AND UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT NO RESIDUAL HYD PRESSURE WAS PRESENT AFTER ENGINE SHUTDOWN. UPON SDR CA070219005Mount · cracked(CAN) DURING INSPECTION A CRACK WAS DISCOVERED IN THE UPPER AFT OUTBOARD WELD ASSEMBLY ON THE ENGINE MOUNT TRUSS REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF THE MOUNT ASSEMBLY. (TC NR 20070219005)SDR CA070220001Spline · stripped(CAN) LT HYD LIGHT ILLUMINATED BEFORE LANDING. THE DRIVE SPLINE ON THE PUMP WAS FOUND TO BE STRIPPED. IT IS MADE OF SOFTER MATERIAL AND MADE TO WEAR INSTEAD OF THE ENGINE. PUMP ASSY WAS REPLACED AND AC RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS IS THE 3RD SPLINE REPLACED. ONE SDR CA061219010Insert · worn(CAN) UPON START PROP STARTED TO ROTATE AND THEN STOPPED. STARTER CONTINUED TO TURN. TORLON INSERT WAS WORN ENOUGH THAT THE STARTER TURNED INSIDE THE TORLON INSERT. INSERT WAS REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (TC NR 20061219010)SDR CA061211008Transducer · split(CAN) AIRCRAFT LOST HYD PRESSURE ON LANDING. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF PRESSURE ON GAUGE AND ON THE ANUNCIATOR PANEL. HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TRANSDUCER FOUND SPLIT AROUND HYDRAULIC FITTING END. TRANSDUCER AND SHUTTLE VALVE WERE REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TSDR CA061103014Hydraulic Line · cracked(CAN) HYD FLUID LEAKING FROM LT WHEEL WELL. WHEN LT GEAR DOORS WERE OPENED TO INSPECT, ENTIRE GEAR BAY WAS COVERED WITH FLUID. AFTER CLEANING, REPLACING LINE AND PUTTING AIRCRAFT ON JACKS TO CHECK FOR FURTHER LEAKS ALL CHECKED WITHIN MANUFACTURERS LIMITATIONSDR CA061018011Cable · broken(CAN) RT POWER LEVER CABLE WAS DISCOVERED BROKEN 1 FOOT FROM POWER LEVER ATTACH POINT (TC NR 20061018011).SDR CA061018012Windshield · failed(CAN) AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT WHEN THE RT WINDSHIELD SHATTERED, OUTER PANE. THE ELT WENT OFF AND HAD TO BE RESET AT THE SAME TIME. REPORTS OF ARCING ON INSIDE OF WINDSHIELD FROM (P) STATIC BEFORE OUTER PANE CRACKED. (TC NR 20061018012)SDR CA061018008Spinner · dented(CAN) GOOSE HIT THE OB SIDE OF THE LT PROP SPINNER. DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL TO THE SPINNER WHERE THE BLADE CUT OUT IS. THERE WAS ALSO MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE CHIN COWL PN 27-63026-053. DAMAGE ON BOTH UNITS WERE COVERED BY THE SRM LIMITS OF .3750 DEGREES 4. (TC NR SDR CA061018009Line · cracked(CAN) HYD FLUID WAS DISCOVERED FROM GEAR UP LINE WHEN SYSTEM PRESSURE WAS APPLIED. LINE WOULD ONLY LEAK AFTER 1200 PSI WAS APPLIED, SYSTEM PRESSURE WAS 2000 PSI. PIN HOLE WAS IN RADIUS OF LINE. (TC NR 20061018009)SDR DSC4L6255Bearing · failedENGINE RECEIVED FOR REPORTED METAL IN OIL. UPON DISASSEMBLY, FOUND BEARING PN: 18118 (FAA-PMA REPLACEMENT PN: 3103585-1) INSTALLED IN ACCESSORY GEAR ASSY PN: 3103598-1 HAD FAILED, CAUSING MULTIPLE ACCESSORY GEAR DAMAGE AND METAL CONTAMINATION IN GEARBOX / OISDR CA060927003Skin · cracked(CAN) PERIMETER WAS INFORMED FROM ANOTHER OPERATOR OF THE SAME AIRCRAFT OF POTENTIAL WING SKIN CRACKS EMINATING FROM THE LT AND RT BATTERY VENT SCOOPS INSTALLED IN THE LOWER WING SKIN BETWEEN THE NACELLE AND FUSELAGE. INITIAL VISUAL INSPECTION REVEALED NO CRACSDR CA061018010Pump · cracked(CAN) UPON ROUTINE SPLINE REPLACEMENT IT WAS NOTICED THAT A CASTING DEFECT HAD BEEN FOUND AT THE BASE OF THE PUMP BELOW A FITTING. THE NATURE OF THE CASTING DEFECT IS WHAT IS TERMED AS A COLD SHUNT. A FLOURSECENT PENETRANT INSPECTION WAS CARRIED OUT AND THE
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