Garrett TPE331-6-252B
Service difficulty reports · 98
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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 = 'TPE3316252B' 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 = 'TPE3316252B' 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 CA190516012Duct · melted(CAN) DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB OUT, THE PILOT FELT ABNORMAL HEAT EVEN THOUGH THE HEATING SYSTEM WAS CORRECTLY SET. A LITTLE WHILE AFTER, SMOKE EXITED FROM THE VENTILATION DUCTS. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT (XXXX) WITSDR CA190506003A/C Pack · contaminated(CAN) RIGHT AFTER TAKE OFF PILOT NOTICED SMOKE IN THE CABIN. PILOT DID A CIRCUIT AND LANDED SAFELY. AIRCRAFT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. AIRCRAFT INSPECTED, ALL HEATING DUCTS INSPECTED FOR OVERHEAT AND FOUND SERVICEABLE, ELECTRICAL WIRING IN INSTRUMENT PANELSDR CA141015005A/C Pack · failed(CAN) HAD THREE FLOW PACK FAILURES AFFECTING THE PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM.SDR CA130911007Gps · failed(CAN) DURING FLIGHT, THE GPS BECAME BLANK WITHOUT ANY INDICATION OR WARNING BLANK PAGE. THE ACFT DID A 90 DEGREE TURN AND RETURN TO DEPARTURE POINT. AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE MASTER THE DISPLAY CAME BACK NORMAL. GARMIN HAS BEEN ADVISED AND A NEW GPS HAS BEEN ISDR CA130904005Flap Track · cracked(CAN) UPON INSPECTION PHASE 2, RT OUTWARD FLAP TRACK, INNER TRACK FOUND CRACKED. TRACK HAS BEEN REPLACED.SDR CA130626001Ignition Sys · shorted(CAN) DURING CLIMB THE START CONTROL LT BREAKER POP AT THE SAME TIME THE INDICATION OF EGT AND IGNITION WENT OFF. ACFT CAME BACK TO THE BASE AND MAINTENANCE ROUND THAT THE IGNITION UNIT WAS DEAD AND SHORT THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF THE START CONTROL LT BREAKER POPSDR CA121107006Fcu · defective(CAN) THE ACFT WAS TAXIING WHEN THE LT ENGINE STOPPED DURING GROUND IDLE MODE. AFTER VERIFICATION THE FCU WAS FOUND DEFECTIVE, IT WAS REPLACED AND EVERYTHING WAS BACK TO NORMAL. SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH, FCU, 897800-8.SDR CA120614001Skin · cracked(CAN) ON PREFLIGHT INSPECTION PILOT FOUND CRACK ON UPPER SUFACE CENTER OF RT AILERON.SDR CA120612001Skin · cracked(CAN) ON PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, THE PILOT FOUND A CRACK ON TOP SKIN OF RT AILERON.SDR CA120418008Engine · fire(CAN) AFTER SHUTDOWN FROM FLIGHT DURING POST FLIGHT OPERATIONS, THE PILOTS NOTICED BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE RT TAIL PIPE. THE PILOT HAND-TURNED THE PROP AND THUS TURNED THE ENGINE IN ORDER TO CLEAR THE SMOKE, BUT THE SMOKE GOT THICKER. THEY STOPPED HAND-PRSDR CA120314008Duct · melted(CAN) IN CLIMB, THE TEMPERATURE IN THE CABIN WAS REALLY HOT. PILOT PUT TEMP CONTROL OFF AND BLOWER HIGH. THEN SMOKE APPEARED IN COCKPIT. PILOT CAME BACK AND LANDED IN ST-HUBERT. MAINTENANCE CHECKED THE SYSTEM AND FOUND DUCT MELTED UNDER THE FLOOR. ALL RELEVANSDR CA120210002Torque Tube · cracked(CAN) DURING INSPECTION OF ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE TORQUE FOUND CRACKED.SDR CA120424008Tube · chafed(CAN) FOUND RUDDER TORQUE TUBE LOOSE AT BELLCRANK (RUDDER CONTROL) ATTACHMENT. THE RIVETS AROUND THE TUBE & FITTING WERE FOUND LOOSE & CHAFED AT A POINT THAT 1 RIVET HEAD WAS MISSING. RIVET HOLES WERE ELONGATED DUE TO CHAFING TOO.SDR CA111213003Latch · broken(CAN) LATCH FOUND BROKEN IN TWO PIECES WHEN WE REMOVED SPINNER FOR PROPELLER LUBRICATION. LATCH REPLACED.SDR CA110712002Firewall · crackedDURING ROUTINE INSP, A CRACK HAS BEEN FOUND ON THE RT INBD WALL OF THE COLLECTOR TANK IN THE FIREWALL FUEL SHUTOFF REGION. REPAIR HAS BEEN DONE IAW THE MM.SDR CA110513008Line · misinstalledNR 1 VSI AS NOT INDICATING AFTER INITIAL CLIMB. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING AND PITOT STATIC TESTS, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE STATIC LINE THAT CONNECTED TO THE TEE ONTO THE BACK OF THE VSI DID A LOOP AND RE-CONNECTED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SAME TEE. ESSENTIALLY SDR 2011FA0000136Fuel Nozzle · crackedAFTER TAKING OFF, LEFT ENGINE STARTED LOOSING POWER IN FLIGHT. PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN TO DEPARTURE. ACFT LANDED SAFELY. ACFT WAS THEN PLACED FOR INSPECTION. FOUND THE LT ENGINE SECONDARY FUEL MANIFOLD CRACKED AND LEAKING FUEL. CORRECTED THIS BY CLEANING SDR CA110211011Powerpack · malfunctionedLANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED UP BUT SOUNDED SLUGGISH. WHEN THE GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN THE MOTOR RAN TILL 60 AMP BREAKER UNDER FLOOR POPPED. THE GEAR DID NOT DEPLOY. EMERGENCY EXTENSION WAS CARRIED OUT, 3 GREEN, AND LANDED SAFELY. THE ACFT WAS PUT IN THE HANGESDR CA110225016Bearing · seized(CAN) APPROACHING THE AIRPORT, PILOTS NOTICED THE "START GEN" ANNUNCIATOR TO ILLUMINATE (LIGHT UP). A FEW MINUTES AFTERWARDS, THEY SAW SPARKS COMING OUT FROM THE ENGINE. FOR PRECAUTION, THEY SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE AND THEY LANDED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. AFTER SDR CA101118003Skin · crackedTHE TOP SKIN OF THE RT AILERON WAS FOUND CRACKED BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD INBOARD RIBS ON 5 INCHES ALONG AILERON SPAR AND TWO 3 INCHES LONG CRACKS WERE PERPENDICULAR TO THE SPAR.SDR CA101020002Torque Sensor · brokenTHE TORQUE SENSOR ASSY PN 3101726-3 FAILED. GEAR, PN 3103589-1, WAS FOUND WITH THE INTERNAL SPLINES STRIPPED. SPLINED DRIVE GEARSHAFT, PN 3103405-2, WAS ALSO FOUND STRIPPED. WHEN THESE PARTS FAILED THE INTEGRITY OF THE FCU DRIVE TRAIN WAS LOST AND THE ENGINESDR CA100823001Switch · unserviceableAFTER T/O PILOT REPORT THAT THE GEAR WILL NOT COME IN. HE FLEW THE ACFT GEAR DOWN AND RETURN TO MX BASE. SWITCH V3-1 ROUND UNSERVICEABLE IN THE EMERGENCY HANDLE CIRCUIT. SWITCH REPLACED AND RETURN TO SERVICE.SDR CA100127015Bracket · worn(CAN) DURING A ROUTINE INSP OF THE FLAP SYS. DISCOVERED THAT MANY BRGS WERE USED INSIDE THE BRACKETS. EXCESSIVE SIDE PLAY CAUSED WEAR OF FLAP BRACKETS. HAD TO CHANGE THE DAMAGED BRACKETS, ALSO THE BRGS AND THE WASHERS OF TEFLON. A THOROUGH INSP OF OUR FLEETSDR CA091202018Shutoff Valve · malfunctioned(CAN) BOTH FLOW PACKS INSTALLED ON AIRCRAFT CHECKED ON GROUND RUN, VERY SLOW TO PRODUCE PRESSURIZATION ON EITHER SIDE. TESTED BOTH SIDES IN HANGAR IAW MM, FOUND FIRE WALL SHUTOFF VALVE WOULD NOT OPEN AT SPECIFIED PRESSURE. LEFT SIDE REQUIRED 30 PSI AND OVER SDR CA091113002Valve · malfunctioned(CAN) DURING START UP, THE ENG DID NOT START. THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO FUEL FLOW RISE UP AND NO ITT. HAVE REPLACED THE FUEL VALVE AND THE ENGINE STARTED NORMALLY.SDR 9JL2009F00000Tube · crackedDURING ENGINE START, CREW NOTED A LARGE AMOUNT OF FLUID LEAKAGE FROM NR 1 ENGINE COWLING. ENG WAS IMMEDIATELY SHUTDOWN. MX DISCOVERED THE FUEL ENRICHMENT LINE FROM THE FUEL HEATER TO THE FUEL PUMP WAS LAKING. INSP OF THE TUBE REVEALED A HAIRLINE CRACK AT THSDR CA080724004Indicator · malfunctioned(CAN) WHILE RETURNING TO HOME BASE AT CRUISE FLIGHT, FLIGHT CREW NOTICED THAT THE LT ITT GAUGE WAS ERRATIC. THERE WAS NO NOTICE IN ENGINE PERFORMANCE NOR WERE ANY OF THE REMAINING ENGINE INSTRUMENTS SUPPORTING ENGINE PERFORMANCE ISSUES. UPON RETURN TO BASE, MASDR CA080708004Circuit Breaker · failed(CAN) ACFT DEPARTED, OR AFTER SCHEDULED MAINT WAS COMPLETED. IN THE CLIMB OUT IT WAS NOTICED BY THE CREW THAT THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT. THE ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON INSP IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD FAILED BUT HAD NOT ACTUALLY SDR CA080103005Wire Harness · failed(CAN) AFTER A STOPOVER THE AIRCREW WENT TO START THE NR 2 ENGINE, AT THIS TIME IT WAS NOTED THAT THE ITT GAUGE WAS NOT WORKING. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FLEW TO THE AIRCRAFT LOCATION AND THROUGH TROUBLESHOOTING DETERMINED THAT THE ITT HARNESS HAD FAILED. A FERRY SDR CA071011001Motor · unserviceable(CAN) IN DESCENT FOR LANDING, THERE WERE ONLY 2 GREEN GEAR DOWN INDICATION LIGHTS INSTEAD OF THREE. AFTER RECYCLING THE GEAR, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WAS DEPLOYED AND THE 3 GREEN LIGHTS WERE ON AS REQUIRED. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITSDR CA070827006Connector · melted(CAN) WHILE IN FORMATION FLIGHT, THE LT (BATTERY CHARGE) LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON FOR 15 MINUTES AND THEN EXTINGUISHED. AFTER LANDING AND ENGINES SHUTDOWN, THERE WAS NO MORE POWER COMING FROM THE BATTERIES. AN INSPECTION WAS CARRIED OUT AND THE LT BATTERY SDR CA070530002Elt · failed(CAN) WHEN TESTING ELT FOR THE REQUIREMENT OF CAR 571 APPENDIX G FOUND G SWITCH WOULD NOT ACTIVATE. (TC NR 20070530002)SDR VOX2007F00000Cowling · damagedUPPER RT COWLING CAME OPEN IN FLIGHT. RECOMMEND INSTALLING 2 SCREWS AT LEADING EDGE OF COWLING TO PREVENT THIS HAPPENING. (K)SDR CA070223002Wire Harness · failed(CAN) FLIGHT CREW DID ATTEMPTED AN ENGINE START NR 2 ENGINE WITH NO SUCCESS. AFTER MAINTENANCE HAD CORRECTED THE PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAILED START, THE CREW PROCEEDED TO CARRY OUT ANOTHER ENGINE START. ONCE THE ENGINE LIT OFF THE CREW NOTED THAT THE ITTSDR CA070206002Landing Gear · unknown(CAN) LANDING GEAR (IN TRANSIT) LIGHT STAYED ON AFTER GEAR UP SELECTION AFTER TAKEOFF. GEAR DOWN SELECTED AND GEAR WENT DOWN AND LOCKED NORMALLY (3 GREEN LIGHTS) FOR LANDING BACK TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT JACKED, RETRACTIONS DONE, LANDING GEARS INSPECTEDSDR CA070208002Window · departed(CAN) AFTER TAKEOFF AND CLIMB TO APPROXIMATELY 10,000 FEET, THE LT. (TC NR 20070208002)SDR CA061218009Torque Tube · cracked(CAN) DURING COMPLIANCE WITH SB 2145, CHANGED OUT THE DUE TORQUE TUBES AND REPLACE THEM WITH INSPECTED ONES. WHEN THE LT WAS REMOVED A CRACK WAS NOTED GOING FROM THE TAPER PIN HOLE TO THE EDGE OF THE TORQUE TUBE MOUNT BRACKET. IT APPEARS THAT THE PIN WAS OVER-SDR CA061218011Torque Tube · cracked(CAN) DURING COMPLIANCE WITH SB 2145 (REMOVED THE DUE TUBES TO SEND OUT FOR NDT AND REPLACE WITH INSPECTED SERVICEABLE ONES), A CRACK WAS DISCOVERED RADIATING FROM ONE OF THE TAPER PIN HOLES TO THE EDGE OF THE ATTACH BOSS ON THE LT TUBE. IT APPEARS THAT THE TASDR CA061215002Hinge · damaged(CAN) DURING PHASE NR 2 INSPECTION, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE LT ELEVATOR WAS LOOSE AT THE OB HINGE. AREA INSPECTED AND FOUND THAT THE 4 BOLTS THAT ATTACH THE HINGE TO THE HORIZONTAL STAB WERE LOOSE. THE HINGE WAS REMOVED AND FOUND THAT THE HOLES WERE ELONGATEDSDR BVX2006F00000Gearbox · failedIMPROPER ASSEMBLY OF THE DETAILED MOTOR GEARBOX CAUSED 2 MLG ACTUATOR IN FLIGHT FAILURES, RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT BEING DIVERTED FOR 2 FLIGHTS. THE IMPROPER ASSEMBLY REVOLVED AROUND THE CAM THAT ACTUATES THE LIMIT SWITCHES. THIS CAM IS SUPPOSED TO BE PN 99SDR CA060504006Torque Tube · wornWHILE CHECKING THE ELEVATOR SYSTEM FOR FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT, EXCESSIVE PLAY WAS NOTICED IN THE LEFT ELEVATOR. THE PLAY WAS ISOLATED TO THE ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE FITTING. THE TORQUE TUBE WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW ASSEMBLY. THE TORQUE TUBE WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND SDR CA060406002Torque Tube · corrodedDURING AN INSPECTION OF THE ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE, THE PRIMARY ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE WAS FOUND CORRODED. THE PART WAS REPLACED.SDR CA060405003Adapter · crackedDURING AN INSPECTION OF THE "OIL FILTER ADAPTER", IT WAS FOUND CRACKED IN TWO PLACES. A SMALL OIL LEAK WAS EVIDENT. THE PART WAS REPLACED.SDR CA051202003Control Panel · burnedA BURNT ODOR WAS NOTICED FOLLOWED BY SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, COMING FROM THE TRIM INDICATOR LIGHT PANEL. THE PILOT CLOSED THE RHEOSTAT AND RETURNED TO BASE. AFTER INSPECTION OF THE LIGHT PANEL, HUMIDITY WAS FOUND UNDER THE PANEL, WHICH CAUSED A SHORT CIRCUIT. SDR CA051130004Fire Detector · failed(CAN) WHEN THE INDICATOR (LT ENGINE FIRE) ILLUMINATED, THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN BY THE PILOT, AND PUT INTO FEATHER. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNEDTO BASE. AFTER VERIFICATION, NO ENGINE FIRE WAS EVIDENT. THE INDICATORS WERE VERIFIED AND THE AIRSDR CA051109002Stringer · crackedDURING AN INSPECTION OF THE ELEVATOR CABLES, AFT OF THE REAR PRESSURE BULKHEAD, THE ENGINEER DISCOVERED A CRACK IN THE NR 10 STRINGER OF THE AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD. THIS AIRCRAFT HAS A CVR INSTALLED IAW STC 'SA-02-26' AND THE MOUNTING TRAY FOR THE CVR TIES INTSDR CA051025007Barrel · brokenFLIGHT CREW REPORTED LOSS OF NOSE WHEEL STEERING DURING TAXI. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NOSE WHEEL BARREL ASSY BROKEN. SLOTS WHICH HOLD IN SPRING RETAINER FOUND BROKEN ALLOWING SPRING TO LOSE TENSION. MX REPLACED THE ASSY AND RELEASED AIRCRAFT FOR RETURN TO SERSDR CA051004006Fire Detector · failed(CAN) AFTER TAKE OFF AN (ENGINE FIRE) INDICATION FOR THE RT ENGINE ILLUMINATED. PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND LANDED ON ONE ENGINE. AFTER INSPECTION OF THE SYSTEM, NO FAULT FOUND, SYSTEM NORMAL. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA050921001Door Frame · cracked(CAN) DURING A DAILY INSPECTION 2 CRACKS WERE DETECTED ON EACH SIDE OF THE UPPER ATTACHMENT FOR THE REAR DOOR. THE PART WAS REPLACED.SDR CA050824012Torque Tube · cracked(CAN) WHILE CARRYING OUT A PHASE 2 AND 3 INSPECTION, THE RT ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE HAD A .5 INCH CRACK. THE CRACK WAS DISCOVERED BETWEEN THE ELEVATOR AND TORQUE TUBE. THE TORQUE TUBE WAS REPLACED.
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