Lycoming IO-360-L2A
Service difficulty reports · 994
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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 = '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 CA120808003Rod End · broken(CAN) DURING AN APPROACH TO LANDING, THE STUDENT WENT TO TEST THE BRAKES AND HAD NO PRESSURE ON THE LT BRAKE. THE STUDENT LANDED USING NO BRAKES AND EXITED THE RUNWAY. ON INSPECTION, THE LT BRAKE FORK END WHICH ATTACHES THE PEDAL TO THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS SSDR 2012FA0000469Valve · damagedON START-UP ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. INSPECTION BY MX FOUND NR 3 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE STUCK OPEN AND CONTACTING PISTON. CYLINDER AND PISTON REPLACED ENGINE RAN SMOOTH.SDR 2012FA0000468Valve · stuckIN FLIGHT, ENGINE BECAME ROUGH, LOST POWER, MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING. ON INSPECTION, FOUND STUCK EXHAUST VALVE ON NR 3 CYLINDER. REPLACED CYLINDER WITH A SERVICABLE ASSEMBLY. RAN AIRCRAFT, MAGS CHECKED GOOD.SDR CA120713005Gps · failed(CAN) PILOT TAXIED OUT AND DURING RUNUP PILOT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM TOP OF RADIO STACK. PILOT SHUTDOWN ACFT, AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND THAT THE GPS UNIT WAS THE SMOKING RADIO. GPS UNIT REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT.SDR CA120710005Control Cable · failed(CAN) DURING TROUBLESHOOTING OF RPM SURGING SNAG THE MIXTURE CONTROL WAS FOUND TO BE STIFF AND VERNIER FOUND TO BE LOOSE. MIXTURE CABLE REPLACED.SDR CA120629004Starter · inoperative(CAN) STARTER WOULD NOT ENGAGE. STARTER REPLACED.SDR 2012FA0000350Manifold · obstructedENGINE ROUGHNESS REPORTED BY CREW. PROBLEM CONFIRMED BY MX AND TROUBLESHOT TO FUEL DISTRIBUTION MANIFOLD NOT DISTIBUTING FUEL EQUALLY TO ALL CYLINDERS. MANIFOLD AND ENGINE ONLY HAD 7.6 HRS TSMOH BY MFG. MANIFOLD WAS REPLACED AND ENGINE RAN SMOOTHLY.SDR CA120608001Hose · failed(CAN) THE ACFT WAS IN THE CIRCUIT WHEN THE OIL PRESSURE ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WAS FOUND TO BE READING ZERO. THE ACFT COMPLETED THE CIRCUIT, WITH THE ANNUNCIATOR OCCASIONALLY FLICKERING OFF TO BACK ON. THE ACFT LANDED AND TAXIEDSDR 2012FA0000349Hose · leakingENGINE HAD SLIGHT VIBRATIONS ON DOWNWIND, THROTTLE WAS ADDED WITH VIBRATION INCREASE. ENGINE DIED ON FINAL AND ACFT GLIDED TO RUNWAY SAFELY. ENGINE RESTARTED BUT WOULD NOT RUN WELL. ON INSPECTION, THE FUEL SERVO TO FLOW DIVIDER FUEL HOSE WAS FOUND TO HAVE EVSDR 2012FA0000288Strut · faultedDURING PHASE INSPECTION, NOSE GEAR STRUT BOROSCOPED AND CONECTING PINS FOR INNER STRUT TUBE FOUND TO BE LOOSE AND MIGRATING. ORIGINAL BONDED DESIGNED INNER STRUT TUBE WAS INSTALLED.SDR 2012FA0000287Tire · deflatedNOSE TIRE DEFLATED ON LANDING.SDR CA120510008Magneto · no test(CAN) DURING PRE-FLIGHT RUN-UP LT MAGNETO FAILED MAG DROP TEST. MAGNETO INTERNAL TIMING FOUND TO BE OFF BY 7 DEGREES. MAGNETO REPLACED.SDR 2012FA0000322Unknown · failedSOMETHING INSIDE CYLINDER LET GO SO THAT THE ROD WAS NO LONGER CONNECTED TO THE PISTON. BOTTOM OF THE PISTON WAS DESTROYED. WRIST PIN RIDES WAS DESTROYED FROM BANGING INTO BOTTOM OF CYLINDER. EITHER THE PISTON LET GO, OR THE ROD LET GO OF THE WRIST PIN.SDR AG2R2012040532747Transfer Tube · leakingLEAK FOUND ON CENTER MAIN OIL TRANSFER TUBE ON CRANKSHAFT, SN .SDR CA120411012Cylinder · damaged(CAN) THE CASTING THAT HOLDS THE ROCKER ARM BOSS CAME APART ON THE NR 4 CYLINDER.SDR 2012FA0000165Cable · brokenONE OF TWO ATTACHING CABLES FOR THE SEAT TRACK LOCK PINS, FOUND BROKEN AT THE SWEDGE POINT, LEAVING THE CABLE FLAPPING LOOSE AND ONLY ONE PIN LOCKED IN SEAT TRACK. PULLING ON TEE HANDLE ONLY RELEASED PIN ON ONE SIDE. R & R CABLE ASSY. OPS CHECKED GOOD. CABLSDR CA120301008Control Cable · frayed(CAN) AILERON DIRECT AND BALANCE CABLES FOUND FRAYED IN BOTH WINGS. FRAYING NOTICED AT FAIRLEAD RUB STRIPS AND OVER PULLEY MID WAY THROUGH THE WING. SB 11-27-05, PROVIDES A MODIFICATION TO THE FAIRLEADS. CABLES IN WINGS WERE ALL REPLACED.SDR 2013FA0000035O-Ring · damagedBRAKE FAILED FOLLOWING A LONG FAST TAXI. IT APPEARS THAT THE PIOT HOLDS POWER ON AND RIDES THE BRAKE. PILOT REPORTED THE HE STEPPED ON BRAKE WITH NO RESPONSE. PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. HOLDING BRAKE AT VARIOUS PRESSURES FOR PERIODS OF 5 MINUTES EACHSDR 2012FA0000152Line · out of positionFUEL LINE, TOUCHING UPPER LIP OF LOWER FUSELAGE FORMER. THIS IS THE 3RD ACFT SEEN WITH THIS PROBLEM.SDR CA120207008Tube · failed(CAN) TUBE WENT FLAT UPON LANDING, INSPECTION OF TUBE INDICATES POSSIBLE RUBBER FAILURE.SDR 2012FA0000043Arm · detachedLOST FUEL PRESSURE IN FLIGHT. FOUND FUEL PUMP ARM DETACHED FROM PUMP DIAPHRAGM.SDR CA111219003Engine · power loss(CAN) PILOT EXPERIENCED PARTIAL POWER LOSS ON DOWNWIND WHEN REDUCING POWER OF SETTING UP APPROACH CONFIGURATION. INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL AND LANDED THE ACFT UNDER PARTIAL POWER WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. ENGINE RAN POORLY ON GROUND. ENGINE RAN NORMALLY THE FSDR CA111118006Transmitter · malfunctioned(CAN) RH WING FUEL TANK TRANSMITTER REPORTED TO HAVE BOUNCING OR OCILLATING READINGS AT THE PANEL GAUGE, NOT FOUND TO BE HAPPENING FROM THE LEFT HAND TRASMITTER TO THE LEFT HAND PANEL GAUGE AT SAME TIME. RH TRANSMITTER REPLACED NEW, NEW RH TRANSMITTER FOUND TOSDR 2011FA0000741Bushing · migratedBUSHING INSERT MIGRATED TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUSHING ASSEMBLY CAUSING PLAY IN THE MAIN LANDING GEAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON TWO 172'S THAT ARE OPERATED IN A FLIGHT SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. BOTH 172'S HAVE SIMILAR TOTAL TIME. THE BUSHINGS ARE RETAINED FOR INSPECTISDR NX4R2011110100023Control Cable · frayedDURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION, THE AILERON PRIMARY CABLE, PN-0510105-360, WAS FOUND WORN AND FRAYED WHERE IT PASSES THROUGH THE SMALL NYLON PULLEYS AT FS 65.33.SDR CA111104003Alternator · inoperative(CAN) PILOT NOTED DISCHARGE INDICATION ON AMMETER AS WELL AS LOW VOLTAGE WARNING LIGHT. CONFIRMED ALTERNATOR HAD LOW VOLTAGE OUTPUT. ALTERNATOR REPLACED.SDR CA111003004Control Cable · worn(CAN) AILERON CONTROL CABLE APPEARED TO HAVE SHINY WEAR MARKS ON CONTROL CABLE STRANDS WHERE IT CONTACTS WEAR RUB STRIP IN THE RT WING AT THE AUTOPILOT SERVO AREA. THE CABLE WAS REMOVED FOR FURTHER INSPECTION AND WHEN CABLE WAS BENT INTO A LOOP, MANY BROKEN SSDR CA111011012Starter · failed(CAN) STARTER WILL SPIN BUT THE SHAFT DOES NOT EXTEND TO ENGAGE THE RING GEAR. STARTER REPLACED.SDR 2011FA0000640Tube · separatedNLG STRUT TUBE SEPARATED.SDR 2011FA0000633Tube · leakingTUBE FAILED DUE TO AN INTERNAL DEFECT, THIS IS ONE OF NUMEROUS TUBE FAILURES (OVER 20 IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS) THE FAILURES CAUSE THE TUBE TO START LEAKING AND GO FLAT WITH NO WARNING. THIS HAS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL FAIRINGS ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AS THE FSDR CA110929010Cable · damaged(CAN) DURING INSPECTION, FOUND CROSSOVER CABLE RUBS ON THE FAIRLEAD IT RESTS ON LOCATED BY THE AUTOPILOT ROLL SERVO. NO DAMAGE OR CHAFING FOUND ON FAIRLEAD. FAIRLEAD AND AUTOPILOT SERVO WERE REMOVED TO PREVENT FURTHER WEAR ON NEW CABLE.SDR CA110824005Master Switch · failed(CAN) DURING FLIGHT THE AVIONICS MASTER SWITCH FAILED. IT STARTED ARCING AND THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL, SUBSEQUENTELY THE AVIONICS CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. THE AVIONICS WERE SHUTOFF AND THE ACFT DIVERTED AND LANDED AT AN UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT. UPOSDR CA110831002Control Cable · worn(CAN) AILERON CROSSOVER CABLE IN RT WING FOUND TO BE WEARING WHERE IT PASSES OVER THE BRACKET TO GUIDE THE CABLE ABOVE THE ROLL SERVO BRACKET, DESIGNED TO GUIDE CABLE. NO NOTICEABLE DAMAGE SHOWN ON GUIDE.SDR CA110713002Starter · burnedSHORTLY AFTER START UP, THE PILOT NOTICED ONCE TAXIING, THAT AN ELECTRICAL SMOKE ODOR WAS PRESENT. THE PILOT QUICKLY SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK TO THE HANGAR FOR MAINTENANCE. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE STARTER WAS NOT FUNCTIONAL AND THAT ASDR CA110719010Servo · leakingFUEL SERVO FOUND TO BE LEAKING DURING 100 HR INSP. FUEL SERVO REPLACED.SDR 2011FA0000430Coil · defective300RPM MAG DROP DURING RUN UP, DEFECTIVE COIL. COIL HAVE BEEN FAILING MORE THEN NORMAL .SDR CA110706003Tube · damagedPOST FLIGHT TAXI TO TIEDOWN, LEFT TIRE WENT FLAT. DURING REPLACEMENT, TIRE SHOWED NO SIGNS OF DAMAGE. TUBE HAD A SMALL TEAR. CUTTING THE TUBE OPEN SHOWED 2 LINES OF MARKS/THIN SPOTS ON THE INSIDE. THESE LINES ARE ON APPROX EACH SIDEWALL, OPPOSITE THE VALVESDR 2011FA0000388Tube · flatWHILE TAXIING, ACFT EXPERIENCES A FLAT TIRE ON THE LT MAIN GEAR AT THE END OF THE TAXIWAY. MX WAS NOTIFIED AND THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING SEVERAL OF THESE PROBLEMS AND WE HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED BY OUR SAFETY DEPARTMENT TO SUBMIT SDR FORMS.SDR OG5R20110714001Tire · deflatedLT MAIN TIRE WENT FLAT ON TAXI. RECURRING PROBLEM.SDR CA110620008Distributor Gear · looseAT ROUTINE 500 HR MAGNETO INSPECTION, THE DISTRIBUTOR FINGER OF THE DISTRIBUTOR GEAR WAS FOUND TO BE LOOSE - DISTRIBUTOR GEAR REPLACED.SDR OG5R20110610001Tire · deflatedNOSE LANDING GEAR TIRE FLAT ON TAXI.SDR CA110613012Ground Wire · corrodedTHE GROUND TERMINAL OF THE ALTERNATOR WAS CORRODED/DIRTY MAKING BAD CONTACT. THE OIL TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS "BACK READING" OFF THIS WHICH CAUSED THE GAUGE TO READ HIGH. CESSNA TECH REP WAS ADVISED OF THE PROBLEM AND RECOMMENDED THIS TO CHECK AS A SOLUTION WHICHSDR CA110610005Control Cable · wornSTAINLESS STEEL AILERON CABLES FOUND WORN AT FAIRLEAD IN RT WING ABOVE ROLL SERVO, AT FAIRLEAD IN LT WING, AND AT THE 3 SMALL PULLEYS IN THE CABIN CEILING. TT 1645, RT AILERON CABLES SHOWED THIS SAME PROBLEM AT ABOUT 600 TT, CABLES WERE REPLACED AND SDR SUBMITSDR CA110608006Terminal · brokenALTERNATOR FAILURE IN FLIGHT, UNSCHEDULED LANDING, ON T/S SYS FOUND THE ALTERNATOR B & WIRE TERMINAL END BROKEN OFF AT THE B+ CONNECTION AT ALTERNATOR. TIME ON THE ACFT IS 5662, UNKNOWN IF TERMINAL END HAS BEEN CHANGED IN THE PAST.SDR OG5R20110601001Tire · deflatedFLAT NOSE WHEEL DURING TAXI.SDR CA110601011Cover · crackedON SCHEDULED INSPECTION, THE FLOW DIVIDER COVER PLATE WITH THE 4 COUNTERSUNK SCREWS HOLDING IT DOWN WAS FOUND TO HAVE MULTIPLE CRACKS FROM 3 OUT OF THE 4 BOLT HOLES ON BOTH SIDES.SDR CA110526001Transmitter · malfunctionedWE HAVE HAD SEVERAL REPORTS OF LOW FUEL LIGHTS COMING ON OR FLICKERING WHEN THE FUEL TANKS ARE FILLED TO THE MAX. THE FIX IS USUALLY REMOVING A FEW GALLONS OF FUEL FROM THE TANK. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THESE FUEL TRANSMITTERS OVER THE YEARS BUT MFSDR 2011FA0000259Master Switch · arcedTOWER STATED TRANSPONDER WASN'T SHOWING ALTITUDE. THERE WAS AN ALERT THAT STATED "TRANSPONDER 1 INOPERABLE--RETURN FOR SERVICE. USED SOFT KEY, IT SHOWED TRANSPONDER ON STANDBY. TRIED SWITCH IT TO ON, ALT OR GROUND, IT WOULD SWITCH BACK TO STANDBY AFTER A SESDR 2011FA0000191Screw · looseDURING TRAINING FLIGHT STUDENT PILOT REPORTED HIS SEAT WOULD NOT LOCK IN POSITION. ACFT RETURNED TO BASE WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON TROUBLESHOOTING OF PROBLEM MX FOUND THE ATTACHMENT SCREWS OF THE LT AND RT SEAT STOP PINS HAD BACKED OUT ALLOWING THEM TO BE DETACHSDR CA110321002Tube · split(CAN) ON 4TH LANDING OF THE DAY, PILOT NOTICED VIBRATION & LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. ACFT SKIDDED OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY, NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO ACFT. RT MAIN WHEEL WAS OBSERVED TO BE COMPLETELY FLAT. ACFT JACKED, MAIN WHEEL ASSEMBLY REMOVED & DISASSEMBLED.
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