Lycoming 0-320 series
Service difficulty reports · 346
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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 = 'O320' 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 = 'O320' 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 2003FA0000688Pin · brokenDURING OTHER MAINTENANCE INSPECTION REVEALED COLLECTIVE JACK SHAFT MOVED FORE AND AFT. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION, FOUND TAB PIN A437-2 BROKEN BETWEEN MOUNTING HOLE AND RODE END THRU HOLE. UNKNOWN CAUSE.SDR 2003FA0000779Fabric · rottedWING FABRIC WAS FOUND TO BE ROTTED ALONG THE EDGE OF THE STRAIGHT EDGED FIBREGLASS SURFACE TAPE ON A TWO YEAR OLD FACTORY COVERED WING. THE PAINT PPG SYSTEM DELTA, SHOWS CRACKS ALONG THE EDGES OF ALL SURFACE TAPES ON THE TOP OF BOTH WINGS IN THE PROP ARC. THSDR 2003FA0000702Bolt · shearedBYSTANDER POINTED OUT TO PILOT THAT RT MLG HAD FOLDED BACKWARDS. UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT ALL 4 STRUT CYLINDER ATTACH BOLTS WERE SHEARED OR MISSING AT THE LOWER SPAR FLANGE ATTACH POINT. AT 100 HR INSPECTION, CONDUCTED 86 HOURS PREVIOUSLY, ALL BOSDR 2003FA0000682Lever · wornINSPECTION OF FLAP SYSTEM DURING ANNUAL FOUND FLAP LEVEL HANDLE ATTACH BOLT HOLE WORN. AD96-10-03 HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY ACCOMPLISHED IAW SB 965. NEEDED NEW REPLACEMENT HANDLE, BUSHING AND BOLT.SDR 2003FA0000681Axle · brokenSTEEL AXLE BROKE AT WELD WHILE MOVING A/C BY HAND. NO HARD LANDINGS REPORTED.SDR 2003FA0000674Cylinder · crackedCYLINDER CRACKED FROM TOP SPARK PLUG HOLE AROUND OUTSIDE EX SEAT TO BOTTOM SPARK PLUG HOLE.SDR JUF2003F00000Strut · failedUPON TOUCH DOWN FOR LANDING, THE UPPER TORQUE LINK ATTACHMENT, ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR BROKE AT THE CYLINDER ASSEMBLY, CAUSING THE OLEO PISTON TO FALL OUT OF THE CYLINDER. THE ATTACHMENT POINT APPEARED TO BE CRACKED PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT. RECOMMEND THAT SDR AUS20030593Brace · cracked(AUS) HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TRIM DIAGONAL BRACE CRACKED. SUSPECT BRACE WAS BENT OUT OF THE WAY FOR ACCESS. STABILIZER HINGE BOLTS HAD MISSING SPACER WASHERS. PERSONNEL/MAINTENANCE ERROR.SDR 2003FA0000511Bearing · roughROTORCRAFT EXPERIENCED UNUSUAL VIBRATION. REMOVED MAIN ROTOR BLADES FOUND UPON VISUAL (BY FEEL) SPINDLE BEARINGS WERE ROUGH AND BRINELD. FACTORY STATES THIS IS CAUSED BY MAIN ROTOR OVERSPEEDS. IF AIRCRAFT/ROTORCAFT EXPERIENCES UNUSUAL VIBRATION TO CHECK SPISDR 2003FA0000607Arm · inoperativeWITH GUST LOCK INSTALLED BALANCE ARM LOCKED ON DOWN STOP WHILE A/C WAS TIED DOWN IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS.SDR 2003FA0000418Housing · crackedLT MLG COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLLOUT. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THAT THE DRAG LINK ATTACH EARS SEPARATED FROM THE STRUT HOUSING. VISUAL INSPECTION SUGGEST THAT A PRE-EXISTING CRACK IN THE OUTBOARD SCISSORS ATTACH POINT INDUCED SEPARATION FROM THESDR 2003FA0000604Transmitter · inoperativeLOW FUEL WARNING SYSTEM WAS INOPERATIVE: WARNING LIGHT DOES NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN FUEL IS EMPTY. INVESTIGATION REVEALED SYSTEM COMPONENTS OPERATIVE SATISFACTORY, BUT A (BUTT CONNECTOR) REPAIR HAD BEEN MADE ON THE WIRE FROM CIRCUIT BREAKER TO SYSTEM AT AN UNKNOWSDR 2003FA0000605Indicator · inaccurateFUEL INDICATION SYSTEM INACCURATE: GAUGE READS .1875 FULL WHEN TANK IS EMPTY. REPLACED TRANSMITTER WITH OVERHAULED UNIT AND PROBLEM REMAINED THE SAME. ACCURACY OF SYSTEM SHOULD BE VERIFIED AT EACH ANNUAL OR 100 HOUR INSPECTION.SDR AUS20030412Spar · corroded(AUS) LEFT WING REAR SPAR HEAVILY CORRODED UNDER THE REAR SPAR ATTACHMENT PLATE.SDR UPV2003F00000Strut · crackedEARS BROKEN OFF ON LANDING. STRUT DROPPED OUT ON BALLOON. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. CHECKED THE OTHER STRUT AND FOUND CRACKED, REPLACED BOTH.SDR 2003FA0000203Pump · failedONE PRESSURE LINE FAILED IN THE WING BETWEEN PUMP AND THE POWER PACK. AFTER REPLACEMENT OF ALUMINUM LINE THE SYSTEM WAS SERVICED AND TESTED. ON THE TEST HOP THE ENGINE DRIVEN PUMP FAILED AND THE PUMP CASE RUPTURED. THE PUMP WAS REPLACED, THE SYSTEM RESERVICSDR C852003F00000Housing · crackedDURING ROUTINE 100 HOUR INSPECTION, STRUT HOUSING WAS FOUND CRACKED IN THE AREA WHERE THE RADIUS IS, FOR THE TORQUE LINK TO PIVOT. WHERE THE EARS COME OFF THE STRUT. IN AREA WHERE RADIUS IS GROUND INTO STRUT HOUSING.SDR AUS20021471Shaft · broken(AUS) MAGNETO ROTOR SHAFT BROKEN AT THE PRIMARY GEAR & CAM FORK SECTION.SDR 2003FA0000027Line · leakingFUEL LEAK NOTED CENTER TOP EDGE OF LT DOOR FROM HEADLINER. FOUND OUTSIDE AIR DUCT CHAFING ON FUEL VENT LINE, CORRODED HOLE IN LINE. BOTH LINE AND DUCT REPLACED. SPIRAL PLASTIC WRAP ADDED TO NEW LINE DUE TO TIGHT AREA ON LT SIDE. RT SIDE INSPECTED, NO PROBLSDR BX42002F00000Spar · crackedFIN REINFORCEMENT ASSEMBLY (FORWARD SPAR) IS CRACKED AND BROKEN. JUST ABOVE WHERE THE LOWER RIBS ARE RIVETED TO THE REINFORCEMENT. THE REINFORCEMENT IS BROKEN THRU ITS WEB FROM RELIEF TO RELIEF, ONLY THE FLANGES ARE INTACT. THE LOWER FORWARD RIB IS CRACKED SDR 2002FA0001339Switch · meltedINOPERATIVE LANDING LIGHT TRACED TO A MELTED SWITCH AND BURNED WIRES AT THE SWITCH. PROBLEM TRACED TO FLIGHT SCHOOL USING LANDING LIGHT FULL TIME AS A RECOGNITION LIGHT. SWITCH AND WIRING CANNOT STAND A CONTINUOUS 20 AMP LOAD OF THE 250 WATT LAMP.SDR 2002FA0001347Fuel Line · corrodedFUEL ODOR IN CABIN, INSPECTED AND FOUND FUEL COUPLERS UNDER HEAD LINER DRY ROTTED. ON THE LEFT SIDE MFG ROUTED THE AIR VENT DUCT (SCAT HOSE) ON TOP OF THE FUEL VENT LINE, CORROSION CREATED A HOLE FROM DAMPNESS AND AGE. FUEL SEEPS THROUGH THE HOLE.SDR AUS20021316Bracket · corroded(AUS) FLAP CENTER HINGE BRACKETS SEVERELY CORRODED. LT AND RT ATTACHMENT RIBS DESTROYED BY CORROSION.SDR 2002FA0001298Bolt · lack of lubeLACK OF LUBRICATION CAUSED BOLT TO SEIZE IN FLAP DRIVE PULLEY RIGHT BUSHING. OVER PERIOD OF TIME, WITH EVERY CYCLE OF FLAPS THIS BOLT ROTATING ELONGATED TOP AND LOWER BRACKETS . ON PREFLIGHT PILOT NOTED SOMETHING STREAKING FROM LOWER SKIN. REPLACEMENT OF BRSDR 2002FA0001227Rib · crackedDURING INSPECTION NOTED CRACK AROUND STIFFENER BEAD. CRACK APPEARED TO BE PRESENT AT MFG. CONTACT WITH MFG MADE AND A REPAIR SCHEME DONE IAW SB.SDR 2002FA0001237Shaft · mismanufacturedTOP FUEL SELECTOR SHAFT AT SELECTOR HANDLE ATTACH AREA NOT MANUFACTURED CORRECTLY CAUSING INADVERTENT MISCLOCKING OF SELECTOR HANDLE. OLD SHAFT AND NEW SHAFT BOTH HAVE GLOB OF ALUMINUM WELDED ON TOP OF SHAFT TO PREVENT THIS, BUT THE WELD GLOB NEEDS TO EXTEND SDR AUS20021145Spar · corroded(AUS) LT AND RT AFT SPAR ASSEMBLIES CORRODED BETWEEN SPAR AND ATTACHMENT PLATE PNO 66762-00.SDR OG52002F00001Air Box · separatedDURING SCHEDULED INSPECTION MECHANIC FOUND AIR BOX TUBE LIP SEPARATING FROM TUBE. WELDS SECURING TUBE TO AIRBOX ASSEMBLY, WERE INTACT AND NO EXTERNAL SIGNS WERE VISIBLE.SDR 2002FA0001131Bolt · shearedLT GEAR ASSEMBLY SHEARED UPPER AND LOWER RETAINING BOLTS. UPON LANDING, AIRCRAFT USED FOR STUDENT TRAINING AND HAS OVER 12200.0 HOLES, SUSPECT HARD LANDINGS WAS CAUSE. REPLACE BOLTS AND INSPECT MOUNTING AREA AT 5000 HOURS.SDR 2002FA0001104Panel · delaminatedHONEYCOMB SIDEPANELS HAVE BECOME DELAMINATED IN NUMEROUS AREAS, EVEN IN THE AREA THAT THE CARRY THROUGH SPAR IS BOLTED TO. THE DELAMINATION OF THE HONEYCOMB PANELS IN THIS AREA REDUCE THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AND MAY ALLOW POSSIBLE SPAR SLIPPAGE AFFECTING THESDR 2002FA0001139Blade · crackedPROPELLER BLADE SHANK CRACKED RADIALLY AT THE JUNCTION OF THE SHANK AND THE BLADE. SLIGHT FORE AND AFT BLADE MOVEMENT DETECTABLE. ALL 3 BLADES CRACKED. INSTALLATION LOOKED PROPER WITH CORRECT TORQUE ON HUB AT BLADE ATTACH POINT.SDR 2002FA0001035Spar · crackedCRACKS IN FORWARD OVERLAPPING SPARS FOUND AT LIGHTENING HOLE LOCATED IN CENTER OF HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. 100 HOUR INSPECTION WAS BEING PERFORMED ATH THIS TIME. UPON REMOVAL, ADDITIONAL CRACKS WER FOUND ON THE OVERLAPPING SKIN. THE ADDITIONAL CRACKS COULD NOSDR 2002FA0001000Bracket · corrodedSUBJECT PART IS A BRACKET MOUNTING, A TORQUE TUBE FOR THE ELEVATOR TRIM CONTROL SYSTEM TO THE REAR SPAR OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, AND WAS BEING REPLACED DURING COMPLIANCE OF MFG SB. PART WAS FOUND WITH SEVERE EXFOLIATION CORROSION OF THE ALUMINUM UNDER THSDR 2002FA0000957Exhaust Valve · fracturedAIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER DUE TO FAILURE OF NR 3 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE. AIRCRAFT TERMINATED FLIGHT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.SDR CA020621004Valve Seat · damaged(CAN) INTAKE VALVE LEAKING 20/80 COMPRESSION. PROBLEM FOUND ON THE BENCH. THE CYLINDER HAD TO BE REMOVED, THE VALVE RE-SEATED AND THE CYLINDER RE-INSTALLED ON THE ENGINE.SDR 2002FA0000654Gear · mismanufacturedFOUND CRANKSHAFT GEAR TO HAVE ITS TIMING MARK OFF BY ONE TOOTH. FAA INSPECTOR NOTE: MECHANIC SAID ENGINE WOULD NOT DEVELOP FULL POWER.SDR 2002FA0000623Torque Link · damagedDURING LANDING LT LOWER STRUT ASSEMBLY SEPERATED FROM UPPER CYLINDER. LOWER TORQUE LINK FAILED IN AREA ABOVE MACHINED BOSS AT THE LOWER STRUT ATTACHMENT END, ALLOWING THE LOWER STRUT / WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO BLOW OUT OF THE UPPER CYLINDER. THIS PN TORQUE LINK REQSDR 2002FA0000402Actuator · brokenPILOT WAS TAXIING OFF OF RUNWAY ON AN UNIMPROVED AREA. THE NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK WAS RELEASED DUE TO ROUGH TERRAIN AND THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR ROD WAS BENT APPROXIMATELY 60 DEGREES.SDR 2002FA0000376Tube · damagedENGINE WILL NOT START, FOUND ACCELERATING PUMP DISCHARGE TUBE IN AIR BOX. REMOVE CARBURETOR FOR OVERHAUL.SDR 2002FA0000268Liner · crackedON INSPECTION OF BRAKE LININGS AT A 100 HOUR INSPECTION, THE RIGHT BRAKE LININGS WERE FOUND CRACKED. UPON REMOVAL, THE THEY WERE FOUND LOOSE ON THE BRAKING PLATE. LINING RIVETS WERE FOUND TO BE IMPROPERLY SWAGED AND APPEARED TO BE COMPRESSED WITH IMPROPER TSDR 2003F00327Cap · crackedDURING PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, FOUND A CRACK ON THE INNER SIDE APPROXIMATELY 3 O'CLOCK POSITION OF THE RIGHT ENGINE INLET NOSE CAP P/N 6352602-2. THE CRACK WAS APPROX .75 OF AN INCH IN LENGTH RUNNING FROM THE EDGE OF THE METAL TO THE ATTACHING FASTENER. (M)SDR 2002FA0000007Lock · inoperativeCARBURETOR BOWL SCREWS LOOSE WITH TAB LOCKS IN PLACE. LOCKS DO NOT HELP SCREWS SECURELY LETTING SCREW LOOSEN SLIGHTLY CAUSING POOR RUNNING ENGINE AND FUEL LEAK, POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. IMPROVE FIT OF LOCK TO HOUSING.SDR AUS20011145Line · failed(AUS) RIGID COPPER FUEL LINE TO GAUGE FRACTURED. SUSPECT INADEQUATE SUPPORT.SDR RMM2001F00000Strut · crackedDURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION A CRACK WAS FOUND IN ONE LEFT GEAR LOWER TORQUE LINK ATTACHMENT EAR. THIS CONDITION HAS BEEN FOUND PREVIOUSLY OVERHAULED MID TO HIGH TIME AIRCRAFT USED IN TRAINING. TIME ON PART COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. AIRCRAFT TOTAL HOURS 11SDR RMM2001F00001Carburetor · separatedOPERATOR REPORTED ENGINE WOULD NOT RUN WELL AT LOW SPEEDS. FOUND CARBURETOR BODY TO BOWL LOOSE. LOCK TABS ARE WERE IN LOCKED POSITIONS. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE ON THIS AIRCRAFT IN APPROXIMATELY 200 HRS OF FLYING. THE BOWL THREADS APPEARED TO BE EXCESSDR 2002FA0000236Spar · crackedFOUND A CRACK AT THE SPAR BUTT ON THE RIGHT FORWARD SPAR WHILE COMPLYING WITH AD. THE CRACK WAS CLOSE TO THE WING ATTACH FITTING WHICH LIMITED THE ABILITY TO FULLY INSPECT THE CRACK WITHOUT MAJOR DISASSEMBLY. A PIECE OF .020 INCH SAFETY WIRE WAS ABLE TO GO ISDR 2001FA0000415Spar · crackedWHILE INSPECTING WING SPARS IN COMPLIANCE WITH AD, THE FRONT SPAR IN THE RIGHT WING WAS FOUND TO HAVE A COMPRESSION CRACK AT THE BUTT END AND THE REAR SPAR IN THE LEFT WING WAS FOUND TO HAVE A LONGITUDINAL CRACK APPROXIMATELY 14 INCHES INBOARD FROM THE TIP.SDR CA011018011Float · worn(CAN) CARBURETOR WOULD "FLOOD WHILE AT REST", CARBURETOR BULK DISMANTLED, TOP HALF INVERTED, FOUND FLOAT HEIGHT NON EXISTENT, SHOULD BE 7/32. REMOVED FLOAT FOR INSPECTION. FOUND ADJUSTMENT TAB SEVERELY WORN FROM NEEDLE VALVE. REPLACED DEFECTIVE FLOAT WITH NEW SDR 2002FA0000078Ring · burnedPART WAS INSTALLED AROUND TACH AND CONNECTED TO REOSTATE FOR THE INSTRUMENT LIGHTS. IT SHORTED OUT THE SYSTEM AND BURNED OUT REOSTATE-S2091-5 AND POWER TRANSISTER 2N3055. THIS CAUSED NO INSTRUMENT LIGHTS IN AIRCRAFT. OWNER NOTICED NO LIGHTS AND NOTIFIED TECSDR 2002FA0000338Light · shortedTHE PART WAS INSTALLED AROUND THE TACH AND CONNECTED TO THE RHEOSTAT FOR THE INSTRUMENT LIGHTS. AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS IT SHORTED OUT THE SYSTEM. IT BURNED OUT THE RHEOSTAT S2091-5 AND THE POWER TRANSISTOR 2N3055. THIS CAUSED NO INSTRUMENT LIGHT IN THE AIR
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