Lycoming O-235-L2C
Service difficulty reports · 521
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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 = 'O235L2C' 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 = 'O235L2C' 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 CA090305008Rib · cracked(CAN) RIB CRACKED.SDR CA090130008Attach Bracket · crackedDURING A ROUTINE 200-HR INSPECTION, CRACKS WERE DETECTED ON THE REAR FIN ATTACH BRACKET THAT IS RIVETED TO THE AFT SPAR OF THE HORIZONTAL STAB. ONE HALF INCH CRACK WAS ALONG THE WELD AT THE TOP FORWARD BOXED AREA AND THE OTHER CRACK WAS PROPAGATING FROM ONE OSDR CA081201007Rudder Bar · chafed(CAN) SCREWS ATTACHING CENTER CONTROL CONSOLE COVER PN 0413463-5 WERE TOO LONG AND CHAFING IN TO THE RT SIDE OF THE RUDDER PEDAL TORQUE TUBE.SDR CA081020003Starter · broken(CAN) SNAG REPORTED THAT ACFT WOULD NOT START. UPON INVESTIGATING IT WAS NOTED THAT THE STARTER HOUSING WHERE IT ATTACHES TO ENGINE WAS BROKEN. ALSO NOTED THAT THE BENDIX DRIVE TEETH WERE MISSING/SHEARED OFF. ENGINE CASE INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE, NONE FOUND NEW STSDR 2008FA0000899Crankshaft · brokenTHE ENGINE WAS REMOVED DUE TO ABNORMAL NOISE AND ROUGHNESS, UPON TEARDOWN INSP, FOUND THE CRANKSHAFT BROKEN IN TWO AT THE CENTER MAIN BEARING AREA. THE CTR MAIN BRG SHOWED DISTRESS, BUT DID NOT INDICATE ANY LACK OF LUBRICATION. THE CRANKCASE HAD SLIGHT DAMAGSDR CA081006001Steering Sys · inoperative(CAN) INSTRUCTOR WITH A STUDENT PILOT ON BOARD REPORTED THAT ALTHOUGH RUDDER PEDAL TRAVEL APPEARED TO BE NORMAL DURING TAXI, AT THE POINT OF LIFT OFF RUDDER PEDAL MOVEMENT WAS RESTRICTED TO RT RUDDER ONLY. RUDDER COULD NOT BE MOVED TO THE LT. THE ACFT CONTINUESDR CA081002007Fitting · fractured(CAN) ACFT BROUGHT TO MX DUE TO ACFT NOT RESPONDING CORRECTLY, VERTICAL STABILATOR WAS INSPECTED AND A FRACTURE WAS FOUND IN THE BRACKET. IT APPEARED TO BE A STRESS FRACTURE IN THE FITTING. WE WOULD LIKE ALL CESSNA OWNERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF THE TAIL HITS SDR 2008FA0000586Pushrod · cracked(3) PUSHRODS (TT73806) WERE INSTALLED IN THIS ENGINE AND ALL 3 HAD APPROXIMATELY A .3750 INCH VERTICAL CRACK ON BOTH ENDS. CAUSE UNKNOWN - NO RECOMMENDATIONS. (K)SDR CA080916006Attach Bracket · cracked(CAN) CARRIED OUT SEB 03-6 ON VERTICAL TAIL ATTACH BRKT AND STAB SPAR. SPAR WAS NOT CRACKED BUT THE STEEL ATTACH BRKT WAS CRACKED AROUND A RIVET HOLE FOR THE PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED NUT PLATES. AD PREVIOUSLY ALLOWED REMOVAL OF NUT PLATES. THIS OPERATOR HAS SEEN SDR CA080912003Plug · worn(CAN) THE PISTON PIN PLUGS IN TWO CYLINDERS ON THE ENGINE WORE UNUSUALLY AND CAUSED ALUMINUM METAL CONTAMINATION THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE.SDR CA080922002Impulse Coupling · mismanufactured(CAN) ENGINE WAS OVERHAULED AND STORED UNTIL AUGUST 2008. DURING INSTALLATION ON AUG. 22, 2008, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NOT :CLICKING: OF THE MAGNETO IMPULSE COUPLINGS AS THE PROPELLER WAS ROTATED A NR OF TIMES. BOTH MAGNETO (UNISON 4381`S, S/N 07031616SDR CA080812003Piston · damaged(CAN) TOP COMPRESSION RING BROKEN, OIL RING SEIZED, PISTON BURNED FROM BLOWBY, CONNECTING ROD UPPER BRG LOOSE, BRG BORE OUTSIDE SERVICE LIMITS.SDR CA080723006Alternator · failed(CAN) DURING CRUISE, PILOT NOTICED KX155 NAV/COM FLASHING ITS DISPLAY AND VOR NEEDLE ERATIC. PILOT DECLARED NORDO AND LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENCE. MAINT ATTEPTED TO START ACFT AND DISCOVERED BATTERY ALMOST DEAD. ACFT CHARGING SYS HAD MALFUNCTIONED SDR CA080715002Attach Fitting · cracked(CAN) LT ATTACH FITTING CRACKED AT LOWER OUTSIDE RADIUS ADJACENT TO AN 4-6A ATTACH BOLT.SDR CA080618007Cylinder · cracked(CAN) THE LOWER SPARK PLUG HOLE ON CYLINDER NR 4 HAD A CRACK, THE ACFT HAD BEEN INSPECTED ON MAY 24/08 AND THERE WAS NO APPARENT CRACKS OR ISSUES WITH THE CYLINDER, ON JUNE 2 IT WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND BROUGHT TO MX, THERE WAS FOULING OF THE PLUGS AND WHEN THE PSDR CA080317005Piston Pin · worn(CAN) ALUMINUM FOUND IN OIL FILTER DURING 100 HOUR INSP. CYLINDER BOROSCOPED, SUSPECT CYLINDER REMOVED, FWD PISTON PIN FOUND WORN ON NR 1 CYLINDER. (TC NR 20080317005)SDR CA080317009Rudder Bar · cracked(CAN) PILOT NOTED LT PILOTS RUDDER PEDAL WAS NOT IN IT`S CORRECT POSITION. THE RUDDER BAR WHICH IS A WELDMENT WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED AT THE ATTACHMENT POST FOR THE LT RUDDER PEDAL.SDR CA080318002Stud · brokenDURING WALK AROUND, PILOT NOTICED ENGINE OIL COVERING LT SIDE OF FUSELAGE AND EMPENNAGE. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED ENGINE AND FOUND ON NR 2 CYLINDER, ONE BROKEN THROUGH STUD. OIL WAS RUNNING DOWN THROUGH STUD AND EXITING CYLINDER BASE WHERE ATTACH NUT USED TO BESDR CA080317006Cylinder · worn(CAN) ALUMINUM FOUND IN OIL FILTER DURING 100 HR INSP. CYLINDER BOROSCOPED, SUSPECT CYLINDER REMOVED, FWD PISTON PIN FOUND WORN ON NR 1 CYLINDER.SDR CA080213002Tube · stuck(CAN) PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED DURING PRE-INSP RUN UP. WHEN FULL RUDDER DEFLECTION WAS APPLIED THE RUDDER MOVEMENT WAS RESTRICTED AND WOULD ONLY RELEASE WHEN ALTNATE RUDDER PRESSURE WAS APPLIED. (TC NR 20080213002)SDR CA071212026Flange · cracked(CAN) PROPELLER RECEIVED FOR CORROSION INSPECTION IAW AD 2003-12-05. A SMALL CRACK WAS LOCATED RADIALLY AT THE EDGE OF ONE MOUNTING BOLT HOLE. TIME SINCE LAST INSPECTED FOR AD 2003-12-05 WAS 409.2 HOURS. (TC NR 20071212026)SDR CA071102005Rocker Boss · cracked(CAN) ON CYLINDER NR 3 THE ROCKER SHAFT RT BOSS HAS BEEN FOUND BROKEN (SPLIT) IN THE MIDDLE SECTION. THE BROKEN PART/ALL AND REST JUST BESIDE THE EXHAUST VALVE. (TC NR 20071102005)SDR 2008FA0000228Intake Valve · wornFOLLOWING ACCIDENT THAT RESULTED IN ENGINE FAILURE, INVESTIGATION FOUND NO COMPRESSION ON THE NR 1 CYL AND REPORTED VALVE CLEARANCE WAS 0.002 INCH. THE CYL WAS NOT REMOVED AND THE AC WAS RELEASED INTO CUSTODY. REMOVED THE NR 1 CYLINDER AND VALVES. BOTH VALVESDR CA071002004Cylinder · contaminated(CAN) ENG COMPRESSION CHECK WAS COMPLETED DUE TO REPORTED ROUGH RUNNING ENG. CYL NR 3 FOUND TO HAVE NO COMPRESSION AND WAS BOROSCOPED. DURING BOROSCOPE, A PIECE OF WIRE WAS FOUND TO BE HUNG UP BETWEEN THE INTAKE VALVE AND THE EXHAUST VALVE. CYLINDER WAS REMOVESDR CA071002003Wire · failed(CAN) DURING TAKEOFF, ODOR NOTICED IN COCKPIT. FLIGHT CONTINUED. SMOKE AND SPARKS NOTICED FROM BEHIND AREA WHERE LANDING LIGHT SWITCH IS LOCATED. MASTER TUNRED OFF AND AC RETURNED TO FIELD. DURING THIS TIME, A FIRE HAD STARTED RIGHT BEHIND THE LANDING LIGHT SWSDR CA080219003Attach Bracket · cracked(CAN) DURING INSP OF FIN ATTACH BRACKET NUT PLATES IAW AD 80-11-04 CRACKS WERE DISCOVERED RUNNING ALONG THE BEND RADIUS OF THE WELDED BRACKET. THE AD ALLOWS FOR REMOVING REPETATIVE INSP REQUIREMENTS IF THE NUT PLATES ARE DRILLED OFF AND REPLACED WITH FIBERLOCKSDR CA070912010Starter · sticking(CAN) STARTER FOUND STICKING. (TC NR 20070912010)SDR CA070822007Relay · burned(CAN) STARTER RELAY STUCK CLOSED AFTER ENGINE START. SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON STARTER AS WELL. (TC NR 20070822007)SDR 2007AP080901Spar · crackedRT ELEVATOR SPAR FOUND BROKEN/CRACKED AT OB ATTACH POINT. OB HINGE BRACKET PULLED AWAY FROM SPAR.SDR CA070613003Starter · shorted(CAN) STUDENT TRIED TO START ENGINE THE STARTER WOULD NOT ENGAGE. AIRCRAFT BROUGHT INTO HANGAR AND COWLS REMOVED. AME TRIED TO ENGAGE STARTER IN THE SHOP BUT IT WOULD NOT ENGAGE. WHEN HE CHECKED THE STARTER IT WAS VERY HOT AND THERE WAS SOME SMOKE COMING OUT OSDR CA070608004Unknown · cracked(CAN) PROPELLER RECEIVED FOR INSPECTION IAW AD 2003-12-05. INSPECTION FOUND CRACK INDICATIONS IN PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED AREAS. PROPELLER HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM SERVICE IAW THIS AD AND ASB 221C. (TC NR 20070608004)SDR 2007FA0000357Landing Gear · brokenNOSE LANDING GEAR BROKE AT HARD NOSE LANDING, NO EVIDENCE OF PREVIOUS CRACKS.SDR CA070508004Control Switch · faulty(CAN) DURING CIRCUITS, PILOTS SELECTED FLAPS UP AND THEY REMAINED IN THE FULL DOWN POSITION. FOUND UP CONTROL SWITCH AT FLAP SELECTOR IN COCKPIT FAULTY, REPLACED SWITCH, OPS CHECKED OK WITH NO FURTHER OCCURANCES. (TC NR 20070508004)SDR CA070405007Throttle Control · broken(CAN) PILOT REPORTED STRANGE, SPRINGY FEELING TO THROTTLE CONTROL. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE OUTER PART OF THE CONTROL HAD SEPARATED WHERE IT WAS SWAGED TO THE FLEXIBLE, SPIRAL ROUND PART OF THE CONTROL. (TC NR 20070405007)SDR CA070530003Crankshaft · failed(CAN) ON THE WAY BACK TO THE AIRPORT THE ENGINE DEVELOPED ABNORMAL VIBRATIONS AND THE PILOT DECIDED TO CLIMB TO 2,400 FT, THEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STOPPED. THE PILOT DECIDED TO FORCE LAND ON THE AUTO ROUTE IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION. AFTER INSPECTION, IT WAS DETESDR CA070301001Intake Valve · cracked(CAN) INVESTIGATING LOW COMPRESSION REVEALED SMALL CHUNK (ONE QUARTER INCH SQUARE) OF INTAKE VALVE MISSING ON EDGE, AND A CRACK IN ANOTHER AREA. (TC NR 20070301001)SDR CA070228007Transponder · intermittent(CAN) DURING CIRCUIT FLYING, TOWER REPORTED TO PILOT THAT HIS TRANSPONDER WAS INTERMITTENT. PILOT CANCELLED REMAINDER OF FLIGHT AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT. DEFECT WAS NOT DUPLICATED ON THE GROUND. DEFECT OCCURED THE NEXT DAY WHILE AIRCRAFT WAS AGAIN IN THE CIRCUSDR CA070223008Tube · failed(CAN) THE PILOT REPORTED A FLAT TIRE ON THE RUNWAY. MAINTENANCE REMOVED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY. FOUND NO DAMAGE TO THE TIRE, THE TUBE WAS FOUND SPLIT IN TWO PLACES AROUND THE OUTER CIRCUMFERENCE. PART HAD BEEN INSTALLED APPROX 1000 HOURS AND APPROX 15 SDR CA070316004Carburetor · out of adjust(CAN) ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH, UNABLE TO ADJUST IDLE ON CARBURETOR. ENGINE WANTED TO SHUTDOWN ON APPROACH WHEN THROTTLE WAS RETARDED. (TC NR 20070316004)SDR CA070118001Skin · cracked(CAN) WHILE DOING 100 HR INSPECTION ON AIRCRAFT, MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A CRACK BY THE LIGHTING HOLE BELOW THE TOP HINGE ATTACH BRACKET. NEW SKIN ORDERED AND WHEN RECEIVED NOTICED THAT MFG HAS REMOVED THIS LIGHTING HOLE. REST OF AIRCRAFT OF THIS TYPESDR CA061109008Piston · cracked(CAN) HIGH OIL TEMPERATURE AND BURNING ODOR IN CABIN PROMPTED RETURN TO AIRPORT. COMPRESSION CHECK REVEALED LOW COMPRESSION NR 3 CYLINDER, REMOVAL REVEALED A PORTION OF THE SECOND RING LAND APPROX. 1.5 INCHES LONG BROKEN OFF THE PISTON AT THE 10 O`CLOCK POSITISDR CA061030005Arm · bent(CAN) DURING INSPECTION OF STERRING SYSTEM LT STEERING ARM TUBE FOUND BENT ON THE TUBE ASSY. NEW PART ORDERED AND INSTALLED. (TC NR 20061030005)SDR CA061016007Attach Bracket · cracked(CAN) ONE OF THE TWO VERTICAL TAIL ATTACH BRACKETS WAS DISCOVERED CRACKED APPROXIMATELY 90% OF IT’S LENGTH DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION. THE CRACK LOCATION IS IN THE RADIUS WHERE THE VERTICAL LEG INTERSECTS THE HORIZONTAL LEG. THERE IS A SERVICE LETTER WHICSDR CA070131006Skin · cracked(CAN) 2 CRACKS WERE DETECTED ON THE WING SKIN JUST UNDER THE LEADING EDGE ON BOTH WINGS. THE WING ATTACHMENT FITTINGS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE INSPECTED AND NO FURTHER CRACKS WERE DISCOVERED. THE WINGS WERE REMOVED TO CONDUCT A MORE DETAILED EXAMINATION AND THE ASDR 2006FA0000934Engine · lack of lubeLOSS OF OIL PRESSURE WHICH LED TO ENGINE FAILURE/SEIZE AND FORCED EMERGENCY LANDING ON HIGHWAY. NO VISUAL PROBLEMS ON EXTERNAL AREA OF ENGINE. REMOVED ENGINE AND SENT TO MFG FOR TEARDOWN AND EVALUATION. MFG REPORTED THAT ENGINE SUFFERED OIL STARVATION. NRSDR CA060726006Drive Assy · broken(CAN) PILOT TRIED TO START ENGINE BUT THE STARTER WOULD NOT ENGAGE. AIRCRAFT BROUGHT INTO HANGER AND STARTER WAS REMOVED FROM ENGINE. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TEETH ON THE BENDIX DRIVE THAT ENGAGE THE RING GEAR HAD SHEARED OFF. (TC NR 20060726006)SDR 2006FA0000347Carburetor · contaminatedCONTAMINANT FOUND INSIDE OF THE MAIN JET OF THE CARBURETOR. ENGINE QUIT ON TAKE OFF ROLL. (K)SDR AU510001777Spar · faultyLT AND RT WING REAR SPARS PNO 108-100000-23 (LT) AND P/N 108-100000-24 (RT) FAULTY. EVIDENCE OF WING MOVEMENT AT SKIN INTERSECTIONS ON TOP OF EACH WING.SDR AU510001977Spar · corrodedRT WING SPAR STRAP CONTAINED AREAS OF HEAVY CORROSION BETWEEN THE MATING FACES OF THE SPAR ANGLE AND SPAR STRAP LOCATED MAINLY IN THE TANK BAY AREA.SDR AU510001978Angle · corrodedRT WING SPAR ANGLE CONTAINED AREAS OF HEAVY CORROSION BETWEEN THE MATING FACES OF THE ANGLE AND SPAR CHANNEL AND THE ANGLE AND THE SPAR STRAP. CORROSION WAS MAINLY LOCATED IN THE AREA OF THE TANK BAY.
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