Lycoming IO-360-L2A
Service difficulty reports · 994
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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 = 'IO360L2A' 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 = 'IO360L2A' 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 GM82004F00003Alternator · failedALTRNATOR, LOW FIELD RESISTANCE.SDR GM82004F00004Alternator · shortedALTERNATOR, FIELD SHORT TO GROUND, ROTOR JAMMED.SDR GM82004F00005Alternator · inoperativeALTERNATOR, INOPERATIVE.SDR CA040916010Switch · worn(CAN) WHILE PERFORMING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON THE AIRCRAFT, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE LANDING LIGHT SWITCH WAS FUNCTIONING INTERMITTENTLY. PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH THIS TYPE OF DEFECT URGED US TO REPLACE THE SWITCH WITH A NEW PART. THE OLD SWITCH WAS OPENED UP TSDR CA040907002Alternator · damaged(CAN) ALTERNATOR CHARGING SYSTEM WOULD NOT COME ONLINE. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THAT EVERYTHING SHOULD BE WORKING NORMALLY. HOWEVER SYSTEM WOULD NOT CHARGE. ALL VOLTAGES (IAW M.M.) APPEARED TO BE NORMAL BUT STILL THE CHARGING SYSTEM WAS SHOWING A DISCHARGE.SDR 2004FA0000739Controller · failedALTERNATOR VOLTAGE WENT OVER VOLT. OV PROTECTION FAILED AND BUSS VOLTAGE WENT WAY HIGH BURNING UP EVERTHING THAT WAS TURNED ON INCLUDING NAV LIGHTS, LANDING AND TAXI LIGHTS, ALL RADIOS, MOST INSTRUMENT LIGHTS AND ALL ELEC INSTRUMENTS, ANNUNCIATOR PANEL, INTERSDR 2004FA0000673Cylinder · detachedTHE CREW REPORTED A SEAT BACK WHICH WOULD NOT RECLINE PROPERLY. THE MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN INSPECTED THE SEAT MECHANISM AND FOUND THE SEAT RECLINING ACTUATOR WAS BROKEN AT THE AFT ATTACH POINT. THE BREAKAGE WAS AT THE USAGE POINT.SDR 2004FA0000746Spar · damagedDURING INSP, HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS FOUND TO BE LOOSE AT BOTH FORWARD SPAR MOUNT HOLES. ENTIRE EMPENNAGE WAS REMOVED FROM AIRFRAME FOR DETAILED INSP. BOTH HOLES AT STABILIZER SPAR AND FORWARD BULKHEAD WERE FOUND TO BE ELONGATED .316 INCH TO .319 INCH. BOSDR CA040629007Capacitor · chafed(CAN) INTERMITTANT OCCURRENCE OF ALTERNATOR FAILING TO STAY ON LINE. INCORRECT POSITIONING OF CAPACITOR ALLOWED UNIT TO CHAFE AGAINST ENGINE BAFFLING UNTIL INTERNAL PORTION WAS EXPOSED CAUSED INTERMITTENT SHORT.SDR AUS20040505Control Rod · bent(AUS) RT AILERON PUSH-PULL ROD BENT.SDR 2004FA0000571Servo · inoperativeAIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED, ENGINE DIES ON IDLE SPEED, EXCESSIVE RICH MIXTURE, BLACK SMOKE EMITTED FROM EXHAUST. IDLE SPEED AND MIXTURE COULD NOT BE ADJUSTED IAW AD 2001-06-17 INSTRUCTIONS REF D, L, I, THRU 2, 1.SDR CA040610008Bulkhead · broken(CAN) THE CORNER SECTION OF SPINNER AT LEADING EDGE OF PROPELLER BLADE CUT-OUT BADLY BENT (PEELED BACK) BY CENTRIFUGAL FORCE. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE ADJACENT CORNER SECTION OF THE BACKPLATE (AROUND ANCHOR NUT) BREAKING OFF DURING OPERATION. NEW BACKPLATE DESISDR 2004FA0000655Starter · damagedSTARTER BENDIX FAILED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE STARTER RING GEAR. THIS IS THE 6TH STARTER BENDIX FAILURE ON THIS AIRCRAFT.SDR AUS20040449Drive Assy · seized(AUS) STARTER MOTOR BENDIX DRIVE SEIZED INTERNALLY.SDR AUS20040402Rib · cracked(AUS) LH HORIZONTAL STABILIZER RIB AFT ATTACHMENT ANGLE CRACKED.SDR AUS20040358Angle · cracked(AUS) RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AFT RIB ATTACHMENT ANGLE CRACKED. A GAP BETWEEN THE AFT RIB ATTACHMENT ANGLE AND SPAR CAUSES CRACKING OF THE ANGLE WHEN THE ATTACHMENT BOLTS ARE TENSIONED. ON REMOVAL OF THE FORWARD STABILIZER ATTACHMENT BOLTS FRETTING WAS EVIDENSDR AUS20040306Rib · cracked(AUS) HORIZONTAL STABILIZER RIB CRACKED AROUND CIRCUMFERENCE OF AFT ATTACHMENT HOLES.SDR CA040427018Rib · cracked(CAN) DURING INSPECTION OF HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ATTACH BOLT HOLES INSPECTION IAW MFG SB04-55-01, FOUND RT AFTER ATTACHMENT HOLE ON THE RIB HAS TWO .0937 INCH LONG CRACKS. THE CRACKS ARE HIDDEN UNDER THE MOUNTING WASHER.SDR CA040423010Wire · chafed(CAN) PILOT REPORTED THAT FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE (STIFF AND VERY HARD TO MOVE). DURING RUN-UP PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO BASE. AMO FOUND THAT WIRE HARNESS BEHIND RADIO PANEL WAS CHAFING ON THROTTLE MOUNT CAUSING SHORT TO GROUND. THIS CAUSESDR 2004FA0000394Servo · inoperativeENGINE HAD VERY ROUGH AND RICH IDLE, COULD NOT ADJUST IDLE MIXTURE IAW AD. FUEL SERVO WAS INSTALLED ON A FRESH O/H ENGINE AND FUEL SERVO WAS ALSO FRESH FROM O/H. ENGINE WAS OPERATED AND LEAK CHECKED. AFTER .2 HOURS OF ENGINE OPERATION. FUEL SERVO BECOME ROSDR AUS20040264Servo · faulty(AUS) FUEL CONTROL UNIT AIR CHAMBER CONTAMINATED WITH FUEL.SDR 2004FA0000383Engine · making metalDURING A PHASE INSPECTION, SOME METAL WAS FOUND IN THE FILTER, TOOK OIL SAMPLE FROM OIL COOLER, REMOVED SUCTION SCREEN, MORE METAL WAS FOUND, SENT FILTER AND OIL TO LAB FOR ANALYSIS, SENT METAL FROM SCREEN, WAS ADVISED THAT THE SCREEN MATERIAL WAS FROM BEARINSDR SO1450Rod · bentDURING PREFLIGHT, PILOT FOUND LT AILERON CONTROL ROD BENT AT AILERON SURFACE. AIRCRAFT GROUNDED AND TAKEN TO MAINTENANCE. REMOVED LT AILERON CONTROL ROD AND FOUND IT TO BE BENT APPROXIMATELY 25 DEGREES JUST AFT OF AFT ROD END BEARING. REPLACED WITH NEW ROD.SDR AUS20040218Gear · broken(AUS) STARTER MOTOR BENDIX DRIVE GEAR DISINTEGRATED.SDR 2004FA0000291Firewall · crackedLOWER FIREWALL NUMEROUS CRACKS IN LOWER LEFT SIDE ZONE, 124, RADIATING FROM LOWER BATTERY MOUNT AND COWL MOUNT BRACKETS. THIS IS THE THIRD FIREWALL THAT DEVELOPED CRACKS IN THE SAME AREA.SDR AUS20040116Motor · failed(AUS) ENGINE STARTER MOTOR BENDIX DRIVE WOULD NOT ENGAGE.SDR CA040216006Lock · sheared(CAN) DURING THE PRE-FLT PHASE, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ADJUST THE LT SEAT WHEN THE SEAT BACK DROPPED BACK BEYOND ITS NORMAL RANGE OF ADJUSTMENT. IT WAS DETERMINED THEN THAT THE SEAT WAS NOT IN A SAFE CONDITION TO USE AND THE CREW MADE AN ENTRY IN THE LOGBOOK SDR CA040205005Drive Assy · jammed(CAN) STARTER DRIVE ONCE ENGAGED DID NOT RETRACT JAMMED OUTWARD.SDR 2004FA0000137Keeper · wornDURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION, AND WHILE ACCOMPLISHING SB 388, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE VALVE KEY RETAINERS (P/N-17C21191) ON THE EXHAUST VALVE, WERE WORN WHERE THEY CONTACT THE ROTOR CAP. THE WEAR WAS RADIAL, AND THE DEPTH WAS ESTIMATED APPROXIMATELY .020 INCSDR 2004FA0000031Stud · meltedPOSITIVE TERMINAL ON ALTERNATOR MELTED. INSPECTED ALTERNATOR WIRING HARNESS FOR CORRECT ROUTING AND DAMAGE. PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THIS MALFUNCTION OCCURRED IN THE ALTERNATOR ITSELF, AS THE POSITIVE STUD AND NUT WERE RECOVERED WITH THE NUT IN THE TORQUED POSITION.SDR 2004FA0000099Contactor · failedRELAY, CONTACTOR FAILS UNDER LOAD ACCROSS TERMINALS. CAUSE IS CONTACTOR NOT DESIGNED TO HANDLE CONTINOUS LOAD, (CURRENT). SEVERAL FAILURES NOTED IN THE PAST. MFG WILL NOT ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. SEVERAL OCCURRENCES NOTED IN LAST 3 YEARS.SDR AUS20031314Fuel Control · contaminated(AUS) FUEL CONTROL UNIT AIR CHAMBER CONTAMINATED BY FUEL.SDR 2004FA0000100Contactor · failedRELAY, CONTACTOR FAILED UNDER LOAD ACROSS TERMINALS. CAUSE IS CONTACTOR NOT DESIGNED TO HANDLE CONTINOUS LOAD, (CURRENT). SEVERAL FAILURES NOTED IN PAST.SDR AUS20031263Injector · failed(AUS) ENGINE FUEL INJECTOR SYSTEM FAULTY. LIMITED INFORMATION PROVIDED.SDR AUS20031248Fcu · contaminated(AUS) FUEL CONTROL UNIT AIR REFERENCE CHAMBER CONTAMINATED WITH FUEL.SDR 2003FA0001254Valve · brokenOWNER COMPLAINED OF NO HEAT IN CABIN AND CONTROL FROZEN. FOUND FLAPPER VALVE PN NR 04530181 BROKEN AT LT SIDE HINGE NOT ALLOWING DOOR TO OPEN AND CONTROL SHAFT GO OVER CENTER. REMOVED CABIN HEAT BOX AND REPLACED VALVE AND REASSEMBLED. OPS CHECKED OK. PART SDR AUS20031150Fuel Control · contaminated(AUS) FCU IMPACT DIAPHRAGM CHAMBER CONTAMINTED WITH FUEL/OIL.SDR AUS20031185Exhaust Valve · burned(AUS) EXHAUST VALVES ON ALL FOUR CYLINDER BURNED. CAUSED BY FAULTY SWAGING ON ENGINE INDUCTION PIPES WHICH ALLOWED LEAN MIXTURE TO CYLINDERS.SDR CA031104002Transmitter · incorrect(CAN) UPON COMPLIANCE OF THE FUEL QTY INDICATORS PERFORMANCE TEST (ANNUAL ITEM), IT WAS NOTED THAT THE LT WING TRANSMITTER DID NOT GO QUITE TO ZERO. (INDICATED SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE '0' READING ON THE GAUGE) FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE TRANSMITTER ARM SDR AUS20031092Fuel Control · contaminated(AUS) FUEL CONTROL UNIT IMPACT AIR CHAMBER CONTAMINATED WITH FUEL.SDR 2003FA0001083Brushes · wornALTERNATOR BRUSHES EXCESSIVELY WORN FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME ON ALTERNATOR. (3/16 IN.LONG) A NEW BRUSH IS .5 INCH LONGSDR AUS20031097Fuel Control · faulty(AUS) FUEL CONTROL UNIT FAULTY. WORKSHOP INVESTIGATION COULD FIND NO FAULT.SDR AUS20031035Fuel Control · contaminated(AUS) FUEL CONTROL UNIT IMPACT DIAPHRAGM CHAMBER CONTAMINATED WITH FUEL/OIL.SDR CA031002005Crankshaft · corroded(CAN) CRANKSHAFT FAILED SB 505. AFTER REMOVAL OF PROTECTIVE COATING, CRANKSHAFT FOUND CORRODED. ALSO AREA FOUND TO HAVE BEEN MACHINED TO LARGEST DIAMETER PERMITTED BY SB 505. THIS IS ONE OF MANY FOUND DURING OVERHAUL, SB 530 DOES NOT SEEM TO BE WORKING.SDR AUS20031252Brushes · worn(AUS) ALTERNATOR BRUSHES BADLY WORN. ALTERNATOR FAILED CAUSING WIRING TO BURN AND FAILURE OF ALTERNATOR CONTROL UNIT AND CURRENT SENSOR AND FUSING OF THE ALTERNATOR FIELD CIRCUIT BREAKER.SDR CA030930009Wire · burned(CAN) THE NAV. LIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKER/SWITCH WOULD TRIP INSTANTLY WHEN SELECTED ON. ALSO THE AMMETTER WOULD SPIKE TO 20+ AMPS FOR A MICRO-SECOND. I DEAD SHORT WAS DETECTED IN THE NAV LIGHT CIRCUIT. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THAT, WITHIN THE LT WINGTIP THE LSDR AUS20030954Fuel Control · contaminated(AUS) FUEL CONTROL UNIT CONTAMINATED IN IMPACT DIAPHRAGM CHAMBER AND TUBES. VENTURI ALSO CONTAMINATED.SDR 2003FA0000911Spar · crackedDURING MAINTENANCE OF THE AIRCRAFT IN WHICH THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS OPENED UP, A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE AFT SPAR. THE CRACK EXTENDS FROM WS 33.0 TO 34.375 AND IS APPROX 1.375 INCHES LONG. THE CRACK IS LOCATED IN THE UPPER BEND RADIUS OF THE AFT SPAR.SDR AUS20030918Fcu · faulty(AUS) FUEL CONTROL UNIT AIR CHAMBER CONTAMINATED WITH FUEL.SDR CA030930007Bellcrank · worn(CAN) THE ELEVATOR BELLCRANK MAIN BEARING WAS FOUND SPINING LOOSE INSIDE THE BELLCRANK ASSEMBLY. THE BELLCRANK WAS WORN OUT BY THE OUTER PORTION OF THE BEARING. THE BEARING IS A PRESSED FIT, AND CANNOT BE REPLACED. THE ENTIRE ELEVATOR BELLCRANK ASSEMBLY HAD T
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