Lycoming LTS-101 series
Service difficulty reports · 135
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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 = 'LTS101' 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 = 'LTS101' 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 QMLA2024030520030Frame · crackedDURING SCHEDULED INSPECTION FOUND CRACK IN 11L FRAME IN TAIL BOOM AT THE 8 O'CLOCK POSITION, 31MM LONG.SDR QMLA2017091817094Engine · making metalDURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE NR 2 ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH MASTER CAUTION LIGHT. ATTEMPTED TO BURN CHIP IAW RFM AND CHIP DID NOT BURN. ABORTED FLIGHT, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. PLACED THE NR 2 ENGINE TO GROUND POSITION. NO OTHER ABNORMAL INDICATIOSDR QMLA2016090416102Warning Light · intermittentNR 2 ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY.SDR QMLA2016052016052Chip Detector · contaminatedNUMBER 2 ENG CHIP LIGHT IN CRUISE, WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH WITH 3 ZAPS. SHUTDOWN NR 2 ENG IAW ACFT EMER PROCEDURE CHECKLIST. UPON ARRIVAL, INSPECTED THE CHIP DETECTOR FOR DEBRIS. COLLECTED & PRESERVED THE DEBRIS COLLECTED & TOOK A SOAP SAMPLE FOR ANALYSIS WITHSDR QMLA201602216009Drain Valve · failedAFTER TAKEOFF, NURSE IN THE BACK THOUGHT SHE SMELLED FUEL FUMES. LANDED AT NEAREST AVAILABLE SITE, AIRPORT, WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT..SDR QMLA2015070315057Fire Detector · faultyPILOT NOTED ENG FIRE INDICATION, FOUND FALSE INDICATION DUE TO FAULTY FIRE DETECTOR. PILOT ALSO REPORTED FIRING NR 1 FIRE BOTTLE, INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE FIRE BOTTLE DID NOT DISCHARGE. INSPECTION OF FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYS REVEALED NO DEFECTS.SDR 3D9A2015062400005Connector · dirtyNUMBER 1 ENG OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WENT TO 0 BAR INDICATION, WITH NO CORRESPONDING WARNING LIGHT. RETURNED TO BASE. CLEANED PRESSURE TRANSDUCER CONNECTOR. OPERATIONS CHECKED NORMAL DURING GND RUN.SDR QMLA2014120314136Structure · crackedDURING REPLACEMENT OF MAIN TRANSMISSION STAY ASSEMBLY PN 117-11182-03 FOUND 5 CRACKS EMANATING FROM RIVETS NEAR THE AREA OF THE STAY ASSEMBLY.SDR QMLA201403214030Drain · stuckFUEL ODOR WHEN CABIN HEAT TURNED ON.SDR QMLA2014030514023Floor Panel · failedUPON INSPECTION DISCOVERED PILOT'S THRUST REVERSER PEDAL BELL CRANK ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE FLOOR PANEL IN THE AREA OF THE FWD ATTACH BOLTS DUE TO FATIGUE OF THE POTTING COMPOUND, NO EVIDENCE OF CORROSION.SDR QMLA2014030114021Unknown · odorSTRONG FUEL ODOR IN CABIN AREA DURING FLIGHT. AFTER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT FUEL REMNANTS WAS INSIDE THE AUXILIARY FUEL TANK, MAIN TANK VENT.SDR QMLA2014011014004Frame · crackedTAIL CONE LT OUTER FRAME CRACKED.SDR QMLA2013073013108Wire · frayedPILOT REPORTED HIGH OIL TEMP WITH CONTINOUS RISING ON NR 1 ENGINE. MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. ON APPROACH NOTICED THE OIL PRESSURE WAS ALSO HIGH ON NR 1 ENGINE. TROUBLESHOT & FOUND MOISTURE (OIL AND WATER) IN THE MAIN ENGINE ELECTRICAL DISCONNECT CONNECSDR JBZA20121011001Transmission · crackedFOUND A CRACK AT THE FWD LUG OF THE TRANSMISSION TOP CASE. THIS CRACK IS ON ONE OF THE FOUR TRANSMISSION LUGS. ACFT HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM SERVICE. OPEN.SDR QMLA2012090612146Skin · crackedDURING AIRWORTHINESS CHECK, A CRACK IN A PRE-EXISTING SKIN REPAIR LOCATED ON THE TOP DECK OF THE HELICOPTER BETWEEN THE SYS 1 AND 2 HYD FILTER MANIFOLDS AT APPROX BS 233. ON REMOVAL OF CRACKED PATCH, A TWO PART CRACK APPROX 5 INCHES RUNNING FORE & AFT WAS UNCOSDR 2A6R2012062929101Shaft · shearedAFTER LANDING FROM A HOVER, WHILE PERFORMING MAIN ROTOR TRACK AND BALANCE, THE PILOT REPORTED NR 2 ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE WAS CLIMBING TO YELLOW ZONE. MX INVESTIGATED AND DETERMINED THAT THE NR 2 TRANSMISSION DRIVEN OIL COOLER BLOWER WAS NOT ROTATING. DISASSSDR QMLA2012031512029Shaft · shearedDURING CRUISE FLIGHT, NR 2 ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE JUMPED FROM 80 DEGREES C TO OVER 120 DEGREES C. THE FLIGHT WAS ABORTED AND RETURNED TO BASE USING MINIMUM POWER FROM THE ENGINE UNTIL LANDING, APPROXIMATLY 10 MINUTES LATER. OIL PRESSURE REMAINED IN THE GRESDR QMLA2012011012006Bearing · wornDURING TROUBLESHOOTING OF NR 2 ENGINE OVERSPEED, FOUND ENGINE POWER TURBINE GOVERNOR FAILED DUE TO SHAFT BEARING WORN COMPLETELY OUT.SDR QMLA2011082311088Fitting · unserviceableLIFTING, AT ABOUT 70 FT, ACFT SLIGHTLY YAWED & LOST POWER IN NR 1 ENGINE. TORQUE IN NR 2 ENGINE WAS AT MAX & NR 1 NG SURGING. LANDED AT NEARBY AIRFIELD. MX PERFORMED OPS GROUND RUN. NOTICED EXCESSIVE HOT AIR FROM ENGINE AT 0800 POSITION FUTHER INVESTIGATIONSDR QMLA2011081711087Frame · crackedTHE MECHANIC FOUND A CRACK IN THE TAILBOOM AT FRAME 10L, DURING A SCHEDULED INSP.SDR QMLA2011072511082Door Frame · crackedINTERMITTENT FLICKERING OF DOOR LIGHT ON CAUTION/ADVISORY PANEL MADE ME INITIATE A VISUAL INSPECTION OF CABIN DOOR FRAMES DUE TO PAST EXPERIENCE WITH CRACKS IN THESE AREAS CAUSING THIS LIGHT TO FLICKER. FOUND RIGHT CABIN DOOR FRAME, EXTRUSION, AND SKIN CRACKEDSDR QMLA2011042511051B-Nut · loosePILOT NOTICED HYD FLUID LEAKING ON GROUND AND LT SIDE OF ACFT. MECHANIC ARRIVED AND SERVICED NR2 HYD SYS. PERFORMED GROUND RUN AND FOUND FLUID SQUIRTING FROM B-NUT/ T-FITTING ON THE RETURN LINE, COMING FROM THE FILTER MANIFOLD. DISCOVERED B-NUT WAS NOT EVENSDR UNFR2011040200001Swashplate · out of adjustPREFORMING GROUND RUNS AND BALANCING OF M/R BLADES AND ON ADJUSTING OF LINKS FOUND PLAY IN THE SWASHPLATE ASSY. REMOVED SWASHPLATE AND RETURNED TO VENDOR WHERE PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNIT. THERE A SHIMMING WASHER WAS DISCOVERED MISSING.SDR QMLDMG1474Frame · crackedDURING INSP FOUND THE TAIL CONE "A" FRAME CRACKED AT THE ECS BLEED LINE ATTACHMENT. AWAITING A REPAIR SCHEME FROM MFG.SDR QMLDMG1475Structure · corrodedDURING INSP FOUND CORROSION ON THE LT INBD, RT INBD AND RT AFT ENGINE DECK.SDR QMLA2010110810074Sliding Sleeve · debondedUPON AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTION IN THE MORNING, THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE MAIN ROTOR SWASHPLATE SLIDING SLEEVE TEFLON BUSHING HAD TEFLON LINER DEBONDED FROM BUSHING AND WAS WORKING ITS WAY OUT OF THE LOWER PORTION OF THE SLIDING SLEEVE ASSEMBLY AND THUS AFFECTSDR QMLDMG1471Structure · chafedDURING INSPECTION OF THE AIRFRAME, FOUND CHAFING FROM THE TRANSMISSION COWLINGS ON THE LT AND RT SIDES INTO THE LT AND RT SIDES OF THE TRANSMISSION DECK. CONSULTED WITH MFG, AWAITING A REPAIR SCHEME.SDR QMLDMG1472Doubler · crackedDURING AN INSPECTION OF THE TAIL CONE AREA FOUND THE AFT DOUBLER FRAME AT STA 6135 CRACKED. CONSULTED MFG AND ARE AWAITING A REPAIR SCHEME.SDR QMLA2010092810065Engine · malfunctionedON SHORT FINAL FOR LANDING, NR2 ENGINE NP NEEDLE ON TRIPLE TACK STARTED FLUXUATING THEN DROPPED TO 40 PERCENT AND THEN WENT TO 115 PERCENT WITHOUT POWER ADJUSTMENT NG, TORQUE, TOT VALUES UNKNOWN DUE TO CLOSE PROXIMITY TO GROUND. POWER LEVER ON NR2 ENGINE REDUSDR QML3MR0241Bulkhead · crackedDURING OTHER MX 1 CRACK WAS FOUND IN BULKHEAD 222-031-505-001 AT ATTACHMENT POINT OF BEAM SUPPORT PN 222-031-519-103.SDR QML2ML0292Shaft · corrodedMAIN ROTOR SHAFT ASSY REMOVED FOR OTHER MX/INSP AND FRETTING WAS IDENTIFIED ON A JOURNAL FOR A SEAL RING.SDR QML3MR0242Skin · puncturedDURING INSP, FOUND PUNCTURE/CRACK OF UPPER WING SKIN APPROX 1" IN LENGTH CAUSED BE IMPACT FROM ABOVE.SDR QML3MR0243Skin · delaminatedDURING INSP, FOUND DELAMINATION/PUNCTURE OF RT UPPER WING SKIN IN AREA OF A PREVIOUS REPAIR. DELAMINATION MEASURES APPROX 16" X 7". PUNCTURE IS SCREW HEAD USED IN REPAIR WAS PUSHED THROUGH SKIN.SDR QML3MR0244Blade · debondedDURING INSP ROTOR BLADE FOUND APPROX 2" DEBONDING OF MIDDLE TRIM TAB LOWER SIDE AT BS 90.1-92.1 AND 1.25" TEAR IN LOWER BLADE SKIN AT BS 101.4SDR QML2ML0291Bushing · damagedDAMAGE FOUND ON THE MAIN ROTOR HEAD ASSY INNER SLEEVES AFTER THE BLADES HAD BEEN REMOVED FOR OTHER MX. THE PRIMARY BLADE BUSHING IN THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE CAUSED DAMAGE ON THE INNER SLEEVE.SDR QMLA2001070610029Gyro · failed5 MIN AFTER TAKEOFF, BASE CALLED AND SAID OUTERLINK WAS NOT TRACKING . THEN 15 MIN AFTER THE CALL FROM BASE, IT WAS NOTED, A SMELL OF SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. STANDBY DG CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. PERFORMED PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. INSPECTION SHOWED THE STANDBY GYRSDR QMLDMG1345Spar · chafedWHILE INSPECTING THE AIRFRAME FOUND THE MAIN SPAR OF THE TAIL BOOM CHAFED BY THE VERTICAL TAIL FAIRING. HAD TO SEND THE TAIL BOOM FOR REPAIR.SDR QMLA2010051810018Bushing · wornBUSHING PN 105-13241.02 FOUND TO BE PRESSED FROM THE OUTSIDE TOWARD THE INSIDE INTO FORK LINK ASSY PN 105-13241, SN 3181, INSTEAD OF FROM THE INSIDE TOWARD THE OUTSIDE AS SHOWN IN IPC. A CORRECT ASSEMBLY WOULD CAUSE THE BALL BEARING PN MS27649-5 OF THE DRIVE SDR QMLR MD270Stringer · crackedFRAME 2L CRACKED AT STRINGER CUTOUT.SDR QMLR MD270 1Support Angle · crackedSUPPORT ANGLE CRACKED AT TOP OF 10L FRAME.SDR QMLRMD2702Spar · crackedAFT SPAR CRACKED AT A CAMLOC FASTENER.SDR QMLR MD270 3Frame · crackedFRAME X6166 HAS NUMEROUS CRACKS.SDR QMLA2010042710010Frame · crackedNUMEROUS CRACKS IN TAILBOOM STRUCTURE REQUIING ENGINEERED REPAIR. PN 117-22122-15 FRAME 2L CRACKED AT OMEGA STRINGER CUTOUT. PN 105-30251-44 SUPPORT ANGLE CRACKED AT THE TOP OF THE 10L FRAME. PN 105-304061 AFT SPAR CRACKED AT A CAMLOC FASTENER. PN 117-22122-51SDR QMLR MB270Door Frame · crackedAPPROX 2 INCH CRACK ON UPPER EXTERIOR LT DOOR BOXFRAME STRUCTURE WITH LOCALIZED DISTORTION OF SKIN. RT UPPER EXTERIOR DOOR BOX FRAME HAS LOCALIZED DISTORTION.SDR QMLR3253UBulkhead · crackedDURING OTHER MX, 2 CRACKS WERE FOUND IN BULKHEAD, PN 222-031-505-001 AT ATTACHMENT POINT OF NODAL BEAM SUPPORT, PN 222-031-519-103.SDR JBZA2010F00088Blade · crackedDURING AD 2005-04-09A VISUAL INSP COMPLIANCE, FOUND APPROX .2500 INCH ONE LEG BY .7500 INCH SECOND LEG CRACK IN THE DESIGNATED INSP AREA OF THE TARGET TAIL ROTOR BLADE.SDR QMLA2010031510006Engine · out of rigUPON DEPARTURE FROM ROOFTOP PAD, NR 1 ENGINE TORQUE EXCEEDED 86.4 PERCENT AND NR 2 ENGINE TORQUE WAS NEAR ZERO WITH DECREASING RPM. ENDED UP THE ENG RIGGING NEEDED TO BE ADJUSTED.SDR QMLA2010021710004Receptacle · burnedCREWMEMBER DETECTED ELECTRICAL SMELL, SAW FLUID DRIPPING ON NEBULIZER PLUG IN THE AC OUTLET. UNPLUGGED NEBULIZER AND REMOVED FLUID BAG, SOLVED THE PROBLEM. ON POST-FLIGHT, FOUND THE OUTLET BREAKER WOULD NOT TEST. CALLED MX.SDR QMLA2010020810003Unknown · odorDURING FLIGHT, CREW REPORTED SMELLING FUEL.SDR QMLA122009049Engine · failedENROUTE TO HOSPITAL, WHILE DESCENDING, NOTICED THE TORQUE OF THE NR1 ENG HAD DROPPED TO ZERO. THE NR1 ENG PARAMETERS WERE CONSTANT AT ABOUT 75-80 PERCENT NG AND APPROX 650 DEGREES C MGT. IMMEDIATELY VERIFIED THAT BOTH THROTTLES WERE COMPLETELY OPEN. AS APPLI
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