Lycoming 0320-E3D
Service difficulty reports · 115
Newest first. General aviation reporting is voluntary.
Query with SQL
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 = 'O320E3D' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC"
Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
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 = 'O320E3D' 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 97ZZZX2061Fuel Pump · misidentifiedNEW FUEL PUMP INSTALLED ON OVERHAULED ENGINE. DURING INITIAL RUN-UP, FUEL STREAMED OUT OF CARBURETOR. CARB RPLD WITH RE-MFG'D ONE AND PERFORMED IN LIKE MANNER. WHILE T/S, FOUND FUEL PUMP ONE OF A WRONG P/N, AND CAME FROM 'A' SUPPLIER IN ORIG TEXTRON LYC COSDR AU970219Cylinder · cracked(AUS) NO1, NO3 AND NO4 CYLINDERS CRACKED FROM LOWER SPARK PLUG HOLES -CRACKS HEADING TOWARDS EXHAUST VALVE SEAT - CYLINDERS WERE NITRIDED ITEMS AND HAD COMPLETED TWO ENGINE LIVESSDR CA961115013Pedal Bar · cracked(CAN) LEFT RUDDER PEDAL BAR CRACKED IN FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT LANDED FROM RIGHT SEAT. RUDDER AND BRAKES LOST TO LEFT SEAT. PIPER SERVICE LETTER 671 COVERS THE PROBLEM.SDR 96ZZZX5112Lifter · failedLIFTER FAILED AT NR 4 CYLINDER CAM LOBE. LOBE DAMAGED AND PEENED ON CAMSHAFT. CRANKSHAFT PILOT END, BENT OVER LIMITS. FLANGE ON CRANKSHAFT OUT OF LIMITS ON RUN-OUT. FINDINGS RESULT OF ENGINE, TIME EXPIRED INSPECTION.SDR 96ZZZX4819Valve · failedENGINE LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF. PILOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND RETURN TO AIRPORT. VALVE APPEARS TO BE P/N 75068 WHICH IS PRONE TO BREAKAGE WHEN USING FUEL HIGHER THAN 80/87 (REF: LYCOMING SB 404). ANY VALVES STILL IN SERVICE SHOULD BE REPLACED.SDR AU960735Transponder · faulty(AUS) TRANSPONDER NOT WORKING - INVESTIGATION FOUND OFF/ON/MODEC/TEST SELECTOR ON FRONT FACE NOT CONNECTED TO SWITCH WAFER ON PCB DUETO OVERLOAD FAILURE OF THE SWITCH SHAFTSDR CA960625012Sprocket · cracked(CAN) ON ANNUAL INSPECTION, FOUND CONTROL YOKE SPROCKET CRACKED AT WELD. STOP PIN LOOSE BUT STILL IN PLACE.SDR CA960122014Bearing · worn(CAN)ENGINE WAS DIFFICULT TO START. ENGINE RUN REVEALED A MAG DROP OF 300 - 400 RPM. INSPECTION OF THE MAGNETO FOUND THE BEARING AT THE MAIN DRIVE END BADLY WORN.SDR 96ZZZX199Tube · separatedENGINE WAS ROUGH AT IDLE, AND WOULD SMOKE. IDLE ADJUSTMENT WOULD NOT HELP. CARBURETOR WAS DISASSEMBLED. THE IDLE TUBE WAS FOUND SEPARATED FROM THE THREADED PORTION.SDR CA960202021Spar · cracked(CAN)SUBMITTER FOUND THE BEGINNING OF CRACKS IN THE FILLET OF THE SPAR AT THE STABILATOR HINGE ATTACHMENT POINTS.SDR 95ZZZX4596Valve · failureEXHAUST VALVE FAILURE. ENGINE HAS 1,601 HOURS SINCE NEW.SDR 95ZZZX2959Carburetor · defectiveSINCE INSTALLING ONE-PIECE VENTURI, ENG. HAS PROGRESSIVELY RUN RICH - HAVE HAD CARB. APART ON 2 OCCASIONS TO CHECK FLOAT LEVEL, VENTURI, ACCELL. PUMP, AND NEEDLE AND SEAT FOR PERFORMANCE, MIXTURE HAS TO BE LEANED (1) KNOB. VIOLENT SHUDDER ON POWER REDUCTION USDR 95ZZZX1423Valve Spring · wrong partCUSTOMER REPORTED ENGINE 'BACKFIRING' INTERMITTENTLY AT HIGH IDLE. VALVE TRAIN PROBLEMS SUSPECTED & COLD CYLINDER TESTER DISCLOSED NR 3 CYL SLIGHTLY COOL (COMPRESSION WAS EXCELLENT). CLOSER INSP DISCLOSED INCORRECT SPRINGS PN 65427 INSTALLED INSTEAD OF LW-11SDR 95ZZZX1430Plunger Assy · looseDURING COURSE OF TROUBLESHOOTING A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE, THE HYDRAULIC PLUNGER ASSEMBLIES WERE REMOVED FROM THE TAPPETS. THE 'STEMS' OF 7 OF THE 8 UNITS WERE LOOSE AND WOULD SPIN IN THE BODY OF THE PLUNGER ASSEMBLY. NO CLUE WAS FOUND TO INDICATE WHAT MADE THSDR 96ZZZX5221Valve · brokenDURING FLIGHT, PILOT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AND SEVERE VIBRATION FROM ENGINE. PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING WITHOUT DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. FOUND NR 4 CYLINDER, PISTON AND SPARK PLUGS SEVERELY DAMAGED. REMOVED AND REPAIRED NR 4 CYLINDER AND PISTON. AIRC
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