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 99ZZZX2939Flow Divider · stickingFLOW DIVIDER STUCK AND WOULD NOT FULLY OPEN. THIS HAPPENED WHILE IN SLOW FLIGHT. ENGINE SHUT OFF FOR ABOUT 10 - 15 SECONDS.SDR 99ZZZX1876Mixture Control · out of adjustNEW CESSNA WITH 9.0 HOURS FOUND MIXTURE CONTROL WOULD NOT HIT FULL RICH STOP ON FUEL CONTROL AND CONTROL IN COCKPIT HAD NO CUSHION. RE-ADJUSTED MIXTURE CONTROL, OPERATIONAL CHECK SATISFACTORY.SDR 99ZZZX1110Support · crackedNEW CESSNA WITH 50.0 HOURS UNDERGOING FIRST PHASE INSPECTION. FOUND ENGINE STARTER RING GEAR SUPPORT ASSY, PN 31M22045, HAD VISIBLE CRACK ON FRONT FACE. WHEN REMOVED, AFT SIDE ADJACENT TO CRACK HAD CASTING FLAW.SDR 99ZZZX1593Screw · looseBREAKER POINT PIVOT SCREW FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX1594Screw · looseBOTH DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK SCREWS AND BREAKER POINT PIVOT SCREW FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX1596Screw · looseBOTH DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK SCREWS AND BREAKER POINT PIVOT SCREW FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX1597Screw · looseBOTH DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK SCREWS AND BREAKER POINT PIVOT SCREW FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX1598Screw · looseBOTH DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK SCREWS AND BREAKER POINT PIVOT SCREW FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX1599Screw · looseBOTH DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK SCREWS AND BREAKER POINT PIVOT SCREW FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX1600Screw · looseBOTH DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK SCREWS AND BREAKER POINT PIVOT SCREW FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX1601Screw · looseBOTH DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK SCREWS AND BREAKER POINT PIVOT SCREW FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX1618Screw · looseBOTH DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK SCREWS AND BREAKER POINT ASSEMBLY SCREW FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX1619Screw · looseBOTH DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK SCREWS AND BREAKER POINT ASSEMBLY SCREW FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX1623Screw · looseBOTH DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK SCREWS, BREAKER POINT PIVOT SCREW, AND COIL GROUND SCREW FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX1624Screw · looseBOTH DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK SCREWS AND BREAKER POINT ASSEMBLY SCREW FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX1627Screw · looseBOTH DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK SCREWS AND BREAKER POINT PIVOT SCREW FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX1630Screw · looseBOTH DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK SCREWS AND BREAKER POINT PIVOT SCREW FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX1632Screw · looseBOTH DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK SCREWS AND BREAKER POINT PIVOT SCREW FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX1616Screw · looseBREAKER POINT CONTACT SCREW FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX1617Screw · looseDISTRIBUTOR BLOCK SCREWS AND BREAKER POINT PIVOT SCREW FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX1620Screw · looseBOTH DISTIBUTOR BLOCK SCREWS AND BREAKER POINT PIVOT SCREW FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX1621Screw · looseBREAKER POINT PIVOT SCREW AND BOTH DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK SCREWS FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX1622Screw · looseBREAKER POINT PIVOT SCREW AND BOTH DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK SCREWS FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX1625Screw · looseBOTH DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK SCREWS FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX1626Screw · looseMAGNETO HOUSING SCREWS, BREAKER POINT CONTACT SCREW, AND BOTH DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK SCREWS FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX1628Screw · looseBOTH DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK SCREWS AND BREAKER POINT PIVOT SCREW FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX1629Screw · looseBOTH DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK SCREWS AND BREAKER POINT PIVOT SCREW FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX1631Screw · looseBOTH DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK SCREWS, BREAKER POINT PIVOT SCREW, AND COIL GROUND SCREW FOUND LOOSE DURING FIRST 500-HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 99ZZZX986Piston Pin · wornNEW CESSNA WITH 24.1 HOURS, DRAINED OIL AND REPLACED OIL FILTER. WHEN FILTER WAS CUT OPEN AND INSPECTED FOUND EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF ALUMINUM IN FILTER. NOTIFIED CESSNA AND LYCOMING. THEY REQUIRED A PIECE OF FILTER TO ANALYZE. AFTER ANALYSIS, LYCOMING ADVISEDSDR 99ZZZX987Piston Pin · wornNEW CESSNA WITH 24.1 HOURS, DRAINED OIL AND REPLACED OIL FILTER. WHEN FILTER WAS CUT OPEN AND INSPECTED FOUND EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF ALUMINUM IN FILTER. NOTIFIED CESSNA AND LYCOMING. THEY REQUIRED A PIECE OF FILTER TO ANALYZE. AFTER ANALYSIS, LYCOMING ADVISEDSDR 99ZZZX988Piston Pin · wornNEW CESSNA WITH 24.1 HOURS, DRAINED OIL AND REPLACED OIL FILTER. WHEN FILTER WAS CUT OPEN AND INSPECTED FOUND EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF ALUMINUM IN FILTER. NOTIFIED CESSNA AND LYCOMING. THEY REQUIRED A PIECE OF FILTER TO ANALYZE. AFTER ANALYSIS, LYCOMING ADVISEDSDR 99ZZZX989Piston Pin · wornNEW CESSNA WITH 24.1 HOURS, DRAINED OIL AND REPLACED OIL FILTER. WHEN FILTER WAS CUT OPEN AND INSPECTED FOUND EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF ALUMINUM IN FILTER. NOTIFIED CESSNA AND LYCOMING. THEY REQUIRED A PIECE OF FILTER TO ANALYZE. AFTER ANALYSIS, LYCOMING ADVISEDSDR 99ZZZX398Plug · wornDURING A NIGHT TRAINING FLIGHT, THE CREW NOTICED AN ENGINE VIBRATION THAT BECAME VIOLENT OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. DURING LANDING, THE OIL PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO PSI. THE NR 4 PISTON WAS FOUND DESTROYED. THE PISTON PIN PLUGS (LYC P/N LW-11775) WERE WORN SSDR 99ZZZX396Wire · brokenLOW VOLTAGE LIGHT CAME ON SEVERAL TIMES DURING FLIGHT. PERFORMED ENGINE RUN-UP FOR OPERATIONAL CHECK OF ALTERNATOR. ALTERNATOR CHECKS GOOD. BATTERY AND GROUND ALTERNATOR TERMINALS WERE FOUND BROKEN. THESE WIRE TERMINALS APPEAR TO BE THIN AND ARE BREAKING SDR 98ZZZX3245Crankshaft · flakingTHE PAINTED INSIDE DIAMETER OF CRANKSHAFT PER AD 98-02-08 AND SB 530, WAS PEELING OFF EXPOSING BARE METAL. THIS ENGINE WAS TAKEN APART DUE TO A PROPELLER SUDDEN STOPPAGE.SDR 98ZZZX3197Flow Divider · scoredPILOT REPORTED ENGINE QUIT DURING RECOVERY FROM A STALL AT 3,000 FEET AGL. PILOT WAS ABLE TO RESTART ENGINE AND FLY ACFT BACK TO AIRPORT SAFELY. ENGINE WAS IDLING ROUGH. MAINTENANCE REMOVED COVER AND FOUND SCORING AND SMALL METAL FLAKES INSIDE OF THE FLOW DSDR 98ZZZX3198Fuel Servo · scoredWHILE DOING A GROUND RUN-UP PRIOR TO A 100-HOUR INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE NOTICED THE ENGINE, UPON REACHING OPERATING TEMP, BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AT LOWER POWER SETTINGS. THE FUEL FLOWS ALSO WERE EXTREMELY ERRATIC. NO FURTHER ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN. THIS IS AN ORSDR 98ZZZX3199Fuel Servo · scoredDURING MAINTENANCE FLIGHT WHILE CHECKING THE OPERATION OF THIS FUEL SERVO, ON THE THIRD APPROACH, ENGINE STARTED TO MISS AT REDUCED POWER SETTINGS. GO-AROUND, WHEN ACFT TURNED FINAL AND UPON POWER REDUCTION, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND UPON ADVANCEMENT OF THE TSDR 98ZZZX3200Fuel Servo · malfunctionedPILOT REPORTS ERRATIC ENGINE OPERATION AT LOW POWER SETTINGS AND APPEARED TO BE 'MISFIRING' ON FINAL. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL RAN ENGINE AND NOTICED AT ANY RPM BELOW 1,500, ENGINE WOULD 'LOPE' AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY ERRATIC FUEL FLOW INDICATIONS. FUEL SERVO WASDR 98ZZZX3201Fuel Servo · malfunctionedPILOT REPORTED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AT 500 FEET AGL ON TAKEOFF AND AGAIN ON FINAL. PILOT MADE A SAFE LANDING. DURING TAXI BACK, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL NOTICED ENGINE RUNNING EXTREMELY ROUGH. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING ON SUBSEQUENT MAINT RUNS, THE FUEL FLOW GAUGSDR 98ZZZX3202Fuel Servo · malfunctionedPILOT REPORTED ENGINE QUIT IN-FLIGHT AND REQUIRED A DEAD STICK LANDING. ENGINE RESTARTED ON THE GROUND AFTER A SAFE LANDING. MAINTENANCE MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO FUEL SERVO AFTER NOTICING HIGHLY ERRATIC FUEL FLOW INDICATIONS. ALL GROUND CHECKS WERE NORMAL. ACFTSDR 98ZZZX3203Fuel Servo · malfunctionedPILOT REPORTED ON ENGINE RUN-UP AT LOWER POWER SETTING, ENGINE RAN ROUGH AND WAS DIFFICULT TO KEEP RUNNING. MAINTENANCE NOTICED ON GROUND RUN-UPS, ERRATIC FUEL FLOW INDICATIONS THAT CORRESPONDED WITH THE ENGINE ROUGHNESS. A NEW UNIT WAS INSTALLED AND FLIGHT SDR 98ZZZX3124Servo · malfunctionedDURING THE MID-AFTERNOON, AIRCRAFT HAD TO DO AN ABORTED TAKEOFF AFTER AIRCRAFT JUST BROKE GROUND AND ENGINE QUIT. AIRCRAFT WAS REFIRED AND TAXIED TO HANGAR. TEST RAN AIRCRAFT AND FOUND MIXTURE WAS EXCESSIVELY RICH. SUBMITTER STATED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE SDR 99ZZZX767Filter Adapter · looseNEW AIRCRAFT HAD OIL LEAK; FOUND THE RETAINING BOLTS FOR THE OIL FILTER ADAPTER TO BE 'FINGER' TIGHT. RE-TORQUED BOLTS PER OHM SPECS. LEAK CHECK SATISFACTORY.
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