Garrett TPE331-12UHR
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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 = 'TPE33112UHR' 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 = 'TPE33112UHR' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR 39LA2013021800013Seal · misalignedDURING INTIAL CLIMB CABIN DOOR WAS MAKING A WHISTLING SOUND THAT DEVELOPED INTO A HOWL. CABIN WOULD NOT MAINTAIN MORE THAN A 4.0 PSI DIFFERENTIAL. RETURNED TO BASE. INSPECTED SEAL AND FOUND IT MISALIGNED AT TOP MIDDLE POSITION, ADJUSTED SEAL AND APPLIED PRCSDR 39LA2013021100001Transducer · failedDURING INITIAL CLIMB, THE CREW NOTICED THE RT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE GUAGE HAD DROPPED TO ZERO PSI AND IT WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A RT OIL PRESS ANNUNCIATOR. 20 SECONDS LATER THE CREW NOTICED A HARD BY-PASS AT ROUGHLY 630 DEGREES EGT. CREW INFORMED TOWER AND RSDR CA130129008Bearing · failed(CAN) LEFT STARTER GENERATOR FAILED APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE. GENERATOR WENT OFF-LINE AND A LOW RUMBLE AND VIBRATION WAS NOTED COMING FROM THE LT ENGINE. ACFT RETURNED TO BASE AND UNIT WAS REPLACED. GROUND RUN C/O, ALL SYSTEMS CHECKED SERVICEASDR CA130207003Fire Detector · shorted(CAN) LEFT ENGINE FIRE LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY. DURING LANDING ROLL. UPON INSPECTION, A PIECE OF LOCKWIRE WAS FOUND SHORTING THE LOWER FIRE DETECTOR TO GROUND. THE LOCKWIRE WAS REMOVED, AND THE SYS WAS FUNCTIONAL TESTED. CHECKED SERVICEABLE AND ACFT RSDR CA121217001Truss · cracked(CAN) DURING A DAILY INSPECTION, THE RT ENGINE TRUSS WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED ON THE RT UPPER BOLT FLANGE WELD. THE TRUSS WAS REPLACED.SDR CA121123002Cylinder · cracked(CAN) DURING DAILY INSPECTION OF THE ACFT THE RT MLG UPPER CYLINDER ASSY WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED ON THE LOWER INBD SIDE. THE CRACK WAS ABOUT 1" LONG RUNNING HORIZONTALLY. THE GEAR WAS REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA121030003Engine · making metal(CAN) ACFT WAS IN FLIGHT, AT CRUISE SPEED, 4TH LEG OF THE DAY RT ENGINE, WITHOUT ANY PRIOR INDICATIONS, SHUTDOWN. FOLLOWING ENGINE SHUTDOWN CUT OFF AND FEATHER WAS PULLED PROPELLER MOVED TO THE FEATHERED POSITION. NO ENGINE RESTART WAS ATTEMPTED. ON GROUND SDR CA121017003Actuator · leaking(CAN) ON TAKEOFF AFTER GEAR SELECTED UP THE PILOT REPORTED A BUMPING FEELING IN THE ACFT, ALONG WITH FLUCTUATIONS IN THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE. THE LT GEAR INTERMITTENTLY WOULD NOT RETRACT COMPLETELY. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LT INBD SDR CA121009004Line · failed(CAN) PILOT REPORT-WEATHER WAS VFR, LIGHT WINDS FROM THE SOUTH. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF AND POSITIVE RATE, CALLED FOR GEAR UP. F/O SELECTED GEAR UP, GEAR TRANSITION LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT THERE WAS A VERY LOUD BANG. GEAR POSITION LISDR CA120821006Chain · faulted(CAN) THE AILERON SYS OF THE ACFT TEMPORARILY JAMMED IN FLIGHT. THE SYS WAS TROUBLESHOT AND THE JAM APPEARED TO BE IN THE COPILOT CONTROL WHEEL. AT FIRST IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE FAULTY BEARINGS SO THEY WERE REPLACED AND RE SHIMMED AS IAW THE MM. BUT FURTHER INVESDR CA120717009Tube · cracked(CAN) LT ENGINE WAS 10 PERCENT SHY OF MAX TORQUE ON TAKEOFF. 90 DEGREE ANTI ICE TUBE FOUND CRACKED WHERE TUBE COMES OUT OF ENGINE FITTING. TUBE REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER LEAK CHECK CARRIED OUT.SDR CA120613004Regulator Valve · failed(CAN) ON MAY 31ST 2012 FOUND AN AWI LEAK ON RT CTR SECTION. ON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE AWI REGULATOR VLV O RING THAT SEALS THE VLV HALVES, POPPED OUT OF THE VLV BODY. THE VLV WAS REPLACED WITH AN OVERHAULED UNIT FROM STOCK & ALL FUNCTIONASDR KY7A2012061300001Engine · failedAFTER TAKEOFF, FIRST OFFICER CONFIGURED ACFT FOR CLIMB. SECOND OFFICER NOTICED SPLIT IN TORQUE INDICATION, SHORTLY FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. SHUTDOWN ENGINE. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AND MADE SAFE LANDING. MX R & R NR 1 ENGINESDR X2ZR2012051101Bearing · wornCUSTOMER REPORTED A GRINDING SOUND WHEN THE ENGINE WAS ROTATED BY HAND (USING PROP TO TURN ENGINE). AFTER DISASSEMBLY OF ENGINE, THE COMPRESSOR BEARING WAS INSPECTED. THE INSPECTION OF THIS DUPLEX BALL BEARING SHOWED AN ACCELERATED AND VERY UNEVEN WEAR PATTERSDR CA120409003Thermocouple · intermittent(CAN) LEFT EGT ERRATIC DURING CLIMB THEN DROPPED TO 50 DEGREES. THERMOCOUPLE SHORT HARNESS REPLACED. ENGINE RUNS COMPLETED, AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA120315005Efis · failed(CAN) THE F/O WAS GETTING CLEARANCE WHILE THE CAPTAIN WAS OUTSIDE. THE CAPTAIN CAME INTO THE COCKPIT AND SMELLED THE BURNING ODOR. DOING SOME INVESTIGATION, HE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE CAPTAIN SIDE OF COCKPIT. HE DECIDED NOT TO START THE ACFT TILL SITUSDR CA120312020Switch · burned(CAN) PILOT REPORT ON APPROACH WHEN THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS WERE TURNED ON THERE WAS AN ODOR LIKE NAIL POLISH OR SOME KIND OF CHEMICAL ODOR. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND MAINTENANCE WAS CONTACTED AND DISPATCHED. THEY FOUND THE LT ESSENTIAL BUS TIE SWITCH HADSDR CA120201003Nut · damaged(CAN) WHILE BUILDING THE HOT SECTION OF ENGINE, THE REAR TURBINE BEARING LOCKED UP WHEN THE MAIN SHAFT WAS STRETCHED. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE REAR MAIN NUT, PN 3108066-1 WAS NOT MANUFACTURED PROPERLY CAUSING AN ABNORMAL LOAD ON THE INNER RACE OF THE TURBSDR CA111222004Oil System · low pressure(CAN) THE REPORTED DEFECT WAS LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE ON BOTH THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE AND THE WARNING INDICATOR. TROUBLESHOOTING HAS FOUND THAT THE REAR SEAL OF THE ENGINE IS FAULTY CAUSING THE ENGINE TO LOOSE ITS OIL SUPPLY THEREFORE LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. THE ESDR CA111017008Fcu · corroded(CAN) ENGINE REMOVED FOR SCHEDULED MX AND THE FCU P3 AREA WAS INSPECTED FOR CORROSION. HEAVY CORROSION WAS FOUND IN THE CAP, PISTON AND BORE. PISTON RING SHAVING WERE ALSO FOUND. COATING DELAMINATION FROM THE PISTON SUPPORT COIL WAS ALSO OBSERVED. THE COATISDR CA111012006Spring · failed(CAN) TROUBLESHOOTING IN PROGRESS FOR FAILURE OF GEAR TO RETRACT AND PARTIAL PWR LOSS OF LT ENGINE. TROUBLESHOOT FOR THE ENGINE PWR LOSS, ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED, PN 897400-7 ALSO THE TTL BYPASS VALVE WAS REPLACED (TEMP/TORQUE LIMITER) PN 897457.SDR CA110930002Altimeter · failed(CAN) PILOTS ENCODING ALTIMETER FAILED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING LIFT OFF. TROUBLESHOOTING WAS CONDUCTED INCLUDING FUNCTIONAL GEAR CHECKS NO FAULTS WHERE OBSERVED, ENCODING ALTIMETER WAS REPLACED AND TEST SATISFACTORY IAW CAR 571, APPENDIX B. ACFT WAS RELEASE SUBSDR CA110829016Circuit Breaker · burned(CAN) THE UNDER WIRE OF THE SKEET HOSE WORE THROUGH AND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE UNDERSIDE OF THE RT ESSENTIAL BUS CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND CAUSED SMOKE IN COCKPIT WHEN PLANE WAS LANDING - PLANE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.SDR CA110802005Bolt · shearedRT MLG UPLOCK ROLLER BOLT FOUND SHEARED DURING DAILY INSP - BOLT HEAD SIDE WAS MISSING -BOLT REPLACED -GEAR SWUNG AND ACFT RELEASED TO SERVICE.SDR CA110616003Cooling Turbine · seizedWHEN LANDING A FAINT OILY ODOR WAS DETECTED IN THE CABIN, THE SMELL GOT PROGRESSIVELY STRONGER DURING THE DAY. ON THE FINAL LANDING A BLUE/GREY HAZY SMOKE WAS NOTED IN THE CABIN AFTER SHUTDOWN. MX WAS CONTACTED AND THEY FOUND THE LT COOLING TURBINE VERY HOT SDR CA110606017Exhaust Duct · crackedAFT FLANGE WELD AREA CRACKED 1.5 INCH. DUCT REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA110511004Controller · dirty(CAN) ON TAKEOFF THE CABIN TEMP CLIMBED ABOVE 80F, COULD NOT CONTROL THE TEMPERATURE. ACFT RETURNED TO BASE. MAINTENANCE CLEANED THE CABIN TEMP CONTROLLER AND PERFORMED GROUND RUNS. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA110323002Hydraulic Line · leaking(CAN) INITIALLY CREW COULD NOT GET 3 GREEN LIGHTS ON FINAL APPROACH. A GO AROUND WAS CARRIED OUT & THE LG WAS RECYCLED, & ALL 3 GREEN LIGHTS CAME ON, AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS CARRIED OUT. UPON INITIAL INSPECTION, HYD FLUID WAS FOUND DRIPPING FROM THE LT ENGSDR CA110224005Exciter · inoperativeACFT WAS IN TRAINING CIRCUIT AND INTENTIONALLY SHUT ENGINE DOWN. ENGINE WOULD NOT RELIGHT. IGNITION EXCITER WAS REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA110215004Wheel · crackedWHILE DOING AN INSP FOR A SUSPECTED HYD PROBLEM ON THE MLG. THE TECH NOTICED THAT THERE WERE A MISSING PART ON THE INBD HALF OF THE LT MLG WHEEL ASSY. THE TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED AND THERE WERE NO REASON TO SUSPECT A PROBLEM WITH THE WHEEL. THE WHEEL WENT FOSDR P4YA2010120200001Oil Cooler · crackedDURING CRUISE, CREW NOTICED THE RT OIL PRESSURE GAUGE FLUCTUATING RAPIDLY AND NOTED THE OIL TEMPERATURE WAS HOLDING STEADY IN THE GREEN ARC. VISUAL INSP BY THE F/O CONFIRMED OIL STREAMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE OIL COOLER AREA. CREW THEN READIED THE ANTICIPASDR CA101118007Connector · burned(CAN) DURING INSPECTION A DISCOLORED AREA WAS NOTICED ON THE WINDOW WASH LIGHT PANEL AT THE SECOND FROM THE REAR WINDOW ON THE LT OF THE CABIN. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THE AFT CONNECTOR ON THE FLUORESCENT TUBE WAS FOUND EXTREMELY BURNED, BUT STILL FULLY COSDR CA101109016Cylinder · corroded(CAN) PITTING CORROSION INSIDE CIRCUMFERENCE OF NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY DUE TO GALVANIC REACTION WITH DISSIMILAR METALS - SEE ATTACHMENTS.SDR CA100804017Tube · cracked(CAN) HYD LEAK FOUND IN THE 90 DEGREE BEND AREA OF THE TUBE FOUND WHILE WORK WAS BEING DONE ON THE NOSE GEAR TRUNNION BUSHINGS. TUBE ASSY REPLACED AND SYS CHECKED SERVICEABLE AFTER FUNCTION TEST.SDR CA100812003Actuator · stiffDURING FLIGHT THE FLIGHT CREW NOTED THAT THE RUDDER TRIM BECAME FROZEN/VERY STIFF TO OPERATE. ON THE GROUND THE TRIM WAS STILL STIFF AND RATCHETY. ACTUATOR REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR KY7A16055Labyrinth Seal · migratedAFTER TAKEOFF, SPARKS WERE NOTED EXITING TAIL PIPE, ACFT RETURNED TO AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, AFTER SHUTDOWN, ON PULLING ENGINE THROUGH FOR COOL DOWN THE ENGINE CAUGHT AND COULD NOT BE SPOOLED. UPON ENGINE TEARDOWN, THE COMPRESSOR DIFFUSER SEAL WASDR CA100601006Turbine Nozzle · unserviceable(CAN) SHORTLY AFTER INSTALLATION OF ENGINE, THE ENGINE WAS TORQUE LIMITED DUE TO HIGH EGT TEMPERATURE. TROUBLE SHOOTING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY LINE MAINTENANCE AND THE POWER COULD NOT BE RESTORED. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED DUE TO LACK OF POWER. UPON RECEIPT OF THSDR CA100528005Beta Switch · unserviceableLT BETA LIGHT CAME ON DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF - MX REPLACED BETA LIGHT SWITCH AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER SERVICEABLE GROUND RUN.SDR CA100212005O-Ring · cut(CAN) ON SHUTDOWN, ON WED FEB 10 2010, THE CREW NOTICED A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL LEAKING FROM THE LT ENG COWLS. UPON FURTHER INSP IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE O-RING SEALING THE OIL FILTER HSG ADAPTER TO THE ENGINE HAD BEEN PINCHED AND SUBSEQUENTLY SLICED ON INSTALSDR CA100212002Fcu · intermittent(CAN) CREW REPORTED THAT UPON LANDING THE LT THROTTLE WAS REDUCED FOR LANDING AND THE TORQUE DID NOT DROP BELOW 23 PERCENT. ACFT DID A GO AROUND AND THE 2ND ATTEMPT, THE TORQUE DROPPED TO MFG SPECIFICATIONS FOR LANDING. MX INVESTIGATED AND DID NOT FIND ANYTHSDR CA100303005Switch · burned(CAN) RADIO`S, HSI AND TCAS ON LT SIDE ONLY FLASH ON ANS OFF AND FAIL. SOMETIMES OCCUR WHEN BLEED HEAT IS SELECTED ON/OFF. WHEN MX WENT TO LOOK AT IT THEY COULD DETECT AN ODOR OF ELECTRICAL BURNING AND FOUND THE LT ESSENTIAL BUSS TIE SWITCH WAS CRACKED AND BURSDR CA100201005Fitting · cracked(CAN) FUEL LEAK FOUND ON LT ENGINE WHICH WAS NOTICED WHEN THE COWL WAS OPENED TO PERFORM REGULAR MX. THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK WAS DETERMINED TO BE A CRACKED FITTING LOCATED AT THE MAIN FUEL FILTER BOWL. FITTING REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (TC 201002SDR CA091110006O-Ring · damaged(CAN) ON TAKEOFF ROLL, ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 2009, THERE WAS A PARTIAL LOSS OF PWR ON THE NR1 ENG NOTICED BY THE FLIGHT CREW. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND THE ACFT TAXIED BACK TO THE RAMP. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FSDR CA091110011Line · chafed(CAN) FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO HYD FAILURE. RT HYD PRESS LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND HYD PRESSURE GAUGE READ O PSI MX FOUND THE RT HYD BYPASS RIGID LINE RUPTURED DUE TO CHAFING. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THE RT PRESSURE LINE WAS DISCOVERED TO BE CHASDR CA090928013Wire · damaged(CAN) EXCESSIVE OIL TEMP ON LH ENGINE DUE TO BAD WIRING CONNECTION ON OIL TEMP BULB CONNECTION. THE BAD CONNECTION CAUSED RESISTANCE TO BE INTRODUCED INTO SYSTEM WHICH MADE THE INDICATION READ HIGH. CONNECTION WAS REPAIRED AND AIRAFT GROUND SERVICIBLE - AIRCRASDR CA090629007Actuator · leakingHYD FLUID FOUND LEAKING FROM LT FLAP ACTUATOR AREA DURING INSP. OUTER CASING FOUND CRACKED AT THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF RAM-END CAP.SDR CA090610003Strut · cracked(CAN) DURING A PHASE INSPECTION MAINTENANCE PERSONAL WERE PERFORMING A ROUTINE WHEEL BEARING INSPECTION AND LUBRICATION. WHILE REMOVING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR BEARINGS A SUSPECTED CRACK WAS NOTED ON THE NOSE GEAR AXLE HOUSING. AN NDT INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED ANSDR CA090519008Fuel Control · malfunctioned(CAN) JUST AFTER LEVELING OUT AFTER TAKE OFF LT ENGINE LOST TORQUE AS POWER LEVER WAS ADVANCED WHEN ENGINE WAS AT 600 DEG. EGT. FUEL BYPASS LIGHT CAME ON. APPARENTLY, THIS ENGINE POSSIBLE SPIKED AT OVER 700 DEG EGT BEFORE THE STOP AND FEATHER WAS PULLED. ACFT SDR CA090519004Valve · malfunctioned(CAN) AIRCRAFT C-GJVC DC-885B RIGHT HAND ENGINE SN: P70246C TSN: 8099.2 CSN: 6514 TSO: 1821.3 LOST COMPLETE POWER ON RIGHT HAND ENGINE 12 MILES OUT ON FINAL APPROACH. NO NTS LIGHT CAME ON. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THE STOP AND FEATHER WAS PULLSDR CA090331001Actuator · crackedPILOT REPORTED THAT AIRCRAFT HAD A HYDRAULIC LEAK COMING FROM THE LEFT AND LANDING GEAR. MAINTENANCE WAS CONTACTED AND UPON INSPECTION FOUND THE FLAP ACTUATOR CRACKED 3/4 AROUND THE BACK PART OF THE BODY. PART REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
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