Lycoming O-320-B2C
Service difficulty reports · 171
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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 = 'O320B2C' 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 = 'O320B2C' 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 AUS20010413Bracket · cracked(AUS) COOLING FAN SCROLL BRACKET CRACKED. CRACK ORIGINATED AT A SIDESCREWDRIVER NOTCH. FOUND DURING INSPECTION IAW AD/R22/24.SDR AUS20010429Bearing · spalled(AUS) UPPER BEARING ROUGH. ONE BALL BADLY SPALLED.SDR AUS20010405Filter · leaking(AUS) ENGINE OIL FILTER O' RING SEAL POPPED OUT ALLOWING OIL TO BE PUMPED OVERBOARD. THE RYCO R14 OIL FILTER IS FITTED TO SOME R22 AIRCRAFT BY AN ENGINEERING ORDER.SDR CA020405015Starter · inoperative(CAN) STARTER NOT FUNCTIONAL.SDR AUS20010458Arm · failed(AUS) TAIL ROTOR DRIVESHAFT DAMPENER ARM FAILED ALLOWING TAIL ROTOR DRIVESHAFT TO WHIP AND BREAK AND CAUSING DESTRUCTION OF THE TAILCONE ASSEMBLY PNO A023-20.SDR CA010423011Boot · leaking(CAN) AIRCRAFT PARKED OVERNIGHT WITH COVERS AND HEATERS ON THE ENGINE. OVERNIGHT TEMP -35C. PILOT HAD LEFT PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., THE PREVIOUS DAY AND TEMP WAS ABOUT +5C AT CYXS. PILOT NOTED NO DEFECTS THE MORNING OF DEPARTURE ON HIS PRE-FLIGHT AND AS HE REMOVEDSDR CA010110005Elt · failed(CAN) DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, THIS ELT FAILED BECAUSE OF BORDERLINE OUTPUT POWER AND NO G SWITCH. THE ELT WAS RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR REPAIR.SDR AU001201Yoke · cracked(AUS) MAIN ROTOR YOKE CRACKED IN THE AREA DESCRIBED IN AD/R22/49.SDR AU001172Shaft · sheared(AUS) CLUTCH SHAFT SHEARED AND CLUTCH DISINTEGRATED.SDR AU001157Filter · distorted(AUS) EXTERNAL ENGINE OIL FILTER MOUNT FACE WARPED AND LEAKING OIL.SDR AU001012Clutch · cracked(AUS) ENGINE TO TRANSMISSION CLUTCH SHEAVE CRACKED FROM OUTER RETAINING BOLT. SEAL RETAINING PLATES ALSO CRACKED.SDR 20001102SH029Retainer · brokenDURING A 100-HOUR INSPECTION, THE GASCOLATOR BOWL RETAINING WIRE BROKE WHILE BEING ASSEMBLED. THE BREAK OCCURRED AT THE FLATTENED PART UNDER THE SCREW. IF THE BREAK HAD OCCURRED DURING FLIGHT, IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED A MASSIVE FUEL LEAK. (X)SDR AU000633Transmission · contaminated(AUS) MAIN TRANSMISSION MAKING METAL. CHIP LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. (X)SDR AU000416Retainer · cracked(AUS) CLUTCH SEAL PLATE CRACKED.SDR AU000417Muffler · failed(AUS) EXHAUST MUFFLER SPLIT. MUFFLER WAS A NEW ITEM.SDR AU000429Bearing · worn(AUS) TAIL ROTOR TEETER BEARINGS WEARING PREMATURELY.SDR AU000258Clutch · cracked(AUS) CLUTCH ASSEMBLY FREE WHEEL UNIT REAR FACE PLATE CRACKED.SDR CA000516035Cone · chafed(CAN) THE LENGTH OF THE SCREW THAT ATTACHES INSPECTION PLATE P/N D229-4 TO SCROLL SET P/N R7156 WAS EXTENDED THROUGH SCROLL SET TO A DEPTH THAT IT CONTACTED CONE P/N A187-4 CAUSING IT TO CHAFE AS THE FAN WHEEL ROTATED. UNABLE TO DETERMINE AT THIS TIME THE P/NSDR AU000136Intake Duct · contaminated(AUS) AIR INTAKE HOUSING BLOCKED BY WATER FOLLOWING LANDING IN FLOOD WATER. ENGINE FAILURE CAUSED A HARD LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR, ENGINE FRAMES AND BELLY SKIN.SDR AU000391Spar · cracked(AUS) HORIZONTAL STABILIZER SPAR CRACKED THROUGH ATTACHMENT BOLT HOLES (4 OFF). FOUND FOLLOWING TAIL ROTOR STRIKE INSPECTION ALTHOUGH IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THE CRACKS WERE ALREADY PRESENT.SDR AU991050Strap · missing(AUS) ROTOR CONTROL PUSH/PULL TUBE P/N A121-7 WORN. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE FUEL TANK RETAINING STRAP P/N A713-1 HAD NOT BEEN FITTED DURING AIRCRAFT REBUILD ALLOWING THE TANK TO MOVE AND RUB ON THE CONTROL RODS. AN EFFORT HAD BEEN MADE TO HIDE THE DAMAGSDR AU990939Valve Seat · loose(AUS) NR 1 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE SEAT DISLODGED AND HELD THE EXHAUST VALVE OPEN ALLOWING IT TO BE CONTACTED BY THE PISTON WHICH THEN SNAPPED THE VALVE HEAD OFF. DAMAGE TO NR 1 CYLINDER AND CONNECTING ROD.SDR AU990899Bearing · collapsed(AUS) TRANSMISSION SPRAG CLUTCH BEARING OVERHEATED WITH SUBSEQUENT FAILURE AND DISINTEGRATION OF TWO BALLS.SDR AU990691Valve · faulty(AUS) ENGINE THERMOSTATIC OIL COOLER BYPASS VALVE (VERNATHERM) CRIMP NUT LOOSE.SDR 99ZZZX2906Points · misoverhauledRECEIVED ENGINE FROM VAN BORTEL AIR POWER, LYC FACTORY OVERHAUL. INSTALLED ENGINE IN HELICOPTER. ON GROUND RUN, NO ENGINE RPM INDICATION. REMOVED RIGHT (ENGINE SIDE) MAGNETO. FOUND TACH POINTS ASSEMBLED WRONG.SDR 99ZZZX2383Push Rod · wornPUSH ROD BELOW BALL END SHOW SIGNS OF RUBBING AGAINST THE INSIDE RIDGE OF THE ROCKER ARM WHERE BALL AND SOCKET MEET. IT APPEARS THE ROCKER ARM WAS NOT MACHINED OUT FOR CLEARANCE FOR WHEN THE ROCKER ARM IS PIVOTED TO ITS MAX OPENING WHICH WOULD LEAD TO THE PUSSDR AU990478Frame · cracked(AUS) FUSELAGE UPPER FRAME ASSEMBLY CRACKED AT THE EDGE OF THE WELDED JOINT ON THE DIAGONAL STRUT BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER FRAME HEXAGONAL BOLT ATTACHMENT POINT AND THE REAR RIGHT MAIN ROTOR TRANSMISSION MOUNTING BOLT TRUNNION. INVESTIGATION OF WITNESS MARSDR CA990420030Driveshaft · corroded(CAN) DURING INSPECTION OF THE T/R DRIVE SHAFT, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PAINT WAS PEELING. PAINT WAS THEN REMOVED AND SURFACE CORROSION WAS DETECTED BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE TUBE. THE TUBE IS DEFORMED AND THE NOMINAL DIAMETER IS 0.009 INCH UNDER MANUFACTURESDR CA990308023Bolt · cracked(CAN) CRACKS FOUND AT BOLT HOLES ON FAN HUB.SDR AU990106Gear · broken(AUS) MAGNETO NYLON DISTRIBUTOR GEAR HAD TWO BROKEN TEETH.SDR 99ZZZX756Crankshaft · mismanufacturedAT OVERHAUL, CRANKSHAFT GEAR COUNTERBORE WAS INSPECTED PER FAA AD 91-14-22. NEW GEAR, P/N 13S19646, COULD NOT BE INSTALLED IN CRANKSHAFT DUE TO OUT-OF-TOLERANCE CONDITION OF DOWEL HOLE RADIAL POSITION IN CRANKSHAFT. CRANKSHAFT WAS REPAIRED BY RELOCATING DOWESDR AU981672Gear · failed(AUS) MAGNETO DISTRIBUTOR GEAR FINGER CENTERING HOLE ELONGATED CAUSING ENGINE TO RUN ROUGH.SDR AU981657Oil Cooler · cracked(AUS) DURING CRUISE, THE ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT BEGAN TO FLICKER AND OIL PRESSURE DROPPED. GROUND INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE ENGINE HAD ONLY 2.75 LITERS OF OIL LEFT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND A SMALL HAIRLINE CRACK APPROXIMATELY 2.54 CM (1.0 INCHES LSDR 98ZZZX4747Crankshaft · out of toleranceWHILE INSPECTING CRANKSHAFT, S/N V21384, PER TEXTRON LYC MSB 475B AND FAA AD 91-14-22, NOTICED CRANKSHAFT COUNTERBORE HAD BEEN FACTORY REPAIRED BY CHROME PLATING PER MSB 475B; CRANK FLANGE MARKED 'L-21884-1', HOWEVER, NEW 13S19646 GEAR MARKED 7189, 29/98, MFR3SDR AU981413Sump · clogged(AUS) RECENTLY OVERHAULED MAIN TRANSMISSION CONTINUALLY RUNNING HOT. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE SUMP WAS SLUDGED.SDR 98ZZZX4079Crankshaft · out of toleranceCRANKSHAFT REMOVED FROM ENGINE AT TBO. JOURNALS REQUIRED GRINDING AND RENITRIDED DUE TO WEAR. INSPECTION OF GEAR COUNTERBORE PER AD 91-14-22 REVEALED DOWL HOLE HAD BEEN FACTORY REPAIRED BY INSTALLATION OF SLEEVE. TEXTRON LYCOMING SB 475 HAS NO DATA FOR SLEESDR 98ZZZX4083Crankshaft · out of toleranceDURING TRAIL ASSY OF NEW 13S19646 GEAR, MARKED 7/89, 27/98, MFR 30620, IN CONJUNCTION WITH FAA AD 91-14-22 INSPECTIONS, THE GEAR WOULD NOT START INTO THE CRANKSHAFT COUNTERBORE. INTERFERENCE WAS FOUND BETWEEN THE CRANKSHAFT COUNTERBORE ID AND THE P/N STD-1065SDR 98ZZZX4087Crankshaft · out of toleranceDURING TRIAL ASSY OF NEW CRANKSHAFT GEAR P/N 13S19646, MARKED 7/89, 27/98, MFR 30620, NOTED THAT GEAR WOULD NOT START INTO CRANKSHAFT COUNTERBORE DUE TO INTEFERENCE WITH THE COUNTERBORE ID AND/OR STD-1065 DOWEL. CRANKSHAFT WOULD BE ASSEMBLED WITH EARILIER 611SDR AU981303Frame · damaged(AUS) FUSELAGE UPPER FRAME TUBE LOCATED UNDER THE LEFT REAR MAIN GEARBOX MOUNT PAD BROKEN. PART TC: 2,430.SDR CA981014001Sheave · out of adjust(CAN) ON WALK-AROUND, DRIVE BELT TENSIONNER ACTUATOR MOTOR RUBBING ON FRAME. SHEAVE ALIGNMENT OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. CORRECTED.SDR AU980965Gearbox · malfunctioned(AUS) TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX FAULTY. GEARBOX OIL BLACK. EVIDENCE OF GEAR SLIPPAGE.SDR AU980922Gearbox · contaminated(AUS) TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX CHIP DETECTOR CONTAINED SMALL METAL FLAKES.SDR CA980814002Seal · leaking(CAN) THE SUBMITTER REPORTS AN INCREASE IN OIL LEAKS, IN CRANKSHAFT OUTPUT SEALS, IN RECENTLY OVERHAULED ENGINES. IN A PREVIOUS CASE, THE SEAL WAS FOUND LEAKING AND IN THIS CASE, THE SEAL WAS FOUND UNSEATED (HANGING LOOSE ON THE OUTPUT SHAFT). IN BOTH CASES,SDR AU971430Frame · cracked(AUS) FUSELAGE UPPER FRAME CRACKED IN WELD IN AREA DESCRIBED IN AD/R22/41 A1.SDR AU971388Frame · cracked(AUS) FUSELAGE FRAME CRACKED. AIRCRAFT IS USED IN MUSTERING OPERATIONS.SDR CA980325020Gear · destroyed(CAN) MAGNETO WAS SENT FOR 500 HOUR INSPECTION. ON DISASSEMBLY A STEEL WASHER WAS FOUND LOOSE IN THE COIL CAVITY. INSPECTION REVEALED THE WASHER HAD CAME LOOSE FROM THE GEAR AND AXLE ASSEMBLY ON THE DISTRIBUTOR GEAR. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT THE AXLE COULD EASISDR CA970820019Skin · dented(CAN) DURING SIMULATED ENGINE OUT IN HOVER OVER SOFT GROUND, THE ENGINE FAILURE CAUSED THE HELICOPTER TO ROTATE RIGHT AND AT GROUND CONTACT THERE WAS A COUNTERSHOCK. THIS LED TO THE TAIL CONE DAMAGE. DAMAGE LOCATED ABOUT 5 O'CLOCK A FEW INCHES BEHIND THE ATSDR 99ZZZX1547Screw · missingMAGNETO OVERHAULED. THREE SCREWS MISSING WHICH HOLD MAGNETO CASE HALVES TOGETHER. MAGNETO FALLING APART. 74.4 HOURS SINCE OVERHAUL.SDR AU970817Gear · faulty(AUS) MAIN ROTOR TRANSMISSION GEAR FAULTY - METAL CONTAMINATION OF CHIP DETECTORSDR AU971484Frame · cracked(AUS) FUSELAGE UPPER FRAME TUBE FROM RH REAR MAIN GEARBOX MOUNT PAD TO THE RH DECK BOLT CRACKED THROUGH WELD UNDER THE GEARBOX MOUNT PAD.
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