Lycoming O-320-B2C
Service difficulty reports · 171
Newest first. General aviation reporting is voluntary.
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 AU970684Drive Belt · failed(AUS) ENGINE TO TRANSMISSION DRIVE FORWARD `V' BELT SPLIT AND ROLLED OFF PULLEY.SDR AU970625Oil Cooler · cracked(AUS) ENGINE OIL COOLER CRACKED AND LEAKING - COOLER HAD COMPLETED ONLY 0.7 HOURS SINCE NEWSDR AU970534Camshaft · damaged(AUS) ENGINE CAMSHAFT LOBE DAMAGED - HARDENING BREAKING DOWNSDR AU970709Pitch Control · faulty(AUS) TAIL ROTOR PITCH CHANGE ASSEMBLY FAULTY - ASSEMBLY WAS REFITTED AT THE 2000 HOURLY SERVICING WITH NO WORK RELEASE ORDER OR RELEASE NUMBER SHOWING IT TO BE OVERHAULED BY ROBINSON HELICOPTER - PERSONNEL/MAINTENANCE ERROR - UNAPPROVED PARTSDR AU970713Bearing · out of hours(AUS) FANSHAFT ASSEMBLY LOWER BEARING OUT OF HOURS - BEARING HAD NOTBEEN REPLACED AT THE 2000 HOURLY INSPECTION - FANSHAFT ASSEMBLY HAD NO RELEASE NUMBER FROM ROBINSON HELICOPTERSSDR AU970716Swashplate · defective(AUS) SWASHPLATE ASSEMBLY OUT OF HOURS - ASSEMBLY HAD NO RELEASE NUMBER FOR OVERHAUL AT 2000 HOURSSDR CA970626015Bearing · chafed(CAN) AT 100-HOUR INSPECTION, THE MAIN ROTOR TEETER HINGE BEARING WAS FOUND CHAFED AND ELONGATED.SDR CA970514001Control Cable · broken(CAN) PILOT COULD NOT ADJUST CARBURETOR HEAT OUT OF YELLOW ZONE. CABLE BROKEN.SDR AU970884Transmission · making metal(AUS) MAIN ROTOR TRANSMISSION METAL CONTAMINATION. SUSPECT CAUSED BY FATIGUE SPALLING OF PINION AND RING GEARS.SDR AU970098Frame · cracked(AUS) FUSELAGE UPPER FRAME CRACKED IN AREA UNDER MAIN GEARBOX MOUNT PADS AS REFERRED IN AD/R22/41 AMDT1SDR CA961128012Spacer · corroded(CAN) PILOT REPORTED A CYCLIC STICK AND MAIN ROTOR VIBRATION. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SPINDLE BEARINGS WERE ROUGH. AFTER DISASSEMBLY THE INNER SPACER (P/N A155-1) WAS FOUND TO BE SEVERELY CORRODED AND PITTED. THE PART LOOKED TO HAVE BAD MACHINING. THE BEARINGS BSDR AU960991Frame · broken(AUS) FUSELAGE UPPER FRAME TUBE BROKEN IN AREA OF LH GEARBOX MOUNT CLUSTERSDR AU961160Frame · cracked(AUS) LOWER LH FUSELAGE FRAME CRACKED AT UPPER REAR ATTACHMENT LUG - FOUND DURING NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTINGSDR AU961002Locating Tab · broken(AUS) COLLECTIVE JACKSHAFT LOCATING TAB BROKEN ALLOWING JACKSHAFT TO FLOAT AND THE MAIN ROTOR REAR CONTROL PUSH-PULL TUBE TO CONTACTTHE LOWER FAIRING FRAMESDR CA960529001Vent Line · kinked(CAN) FUEL WAS VERY SLOW TO DRAIN FROM AUXILIARY TANK TO MAIN TANK AND SELECTOR VALVE. THE AUXILIARY TANK VENT LINE WAS FOUND KINKED OVER THUS BLOCKING ANY AIR FLOW INTO TANK. THE SUSPECTED CAUSE OF THIS CONDITION WAS THE ROTOR BRAKE ENGAGEMENT CHAIN WHICH APPSDR AU960580Camshaft · wrong part(AUS) CAMSHAFT SUSPECT FAULTY - COMPARISON WITH A NEW ITEM FOUND THAT THE CAM PROFILE WAS DIFFERENT - INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE CAMSHAFT WAS MARKED IN SMALL LETTERS WITH THE PNO LW18837-85 BUT WAS ALSO MARKED WITH THE PNO 76097 WHICH IS THE PART NUMBER FORSDR CA960313007V Belt · split(CAN)DURING A TEST FLIGHT THE TWO BELTS SPLIT IN TWO.SDR AU960370Clutch · damaged(AUS) ENGINE TO TRANSMISSION SPRAG CLUTCH ASSEMBLY DAMAGED - WEAR EVIDENT ON CLUTCH SHAFT, CLUTCH HOUSING AND SPRAG ROLLERS -SUSPECT CLUTCH SLIPPAGE CONTRIBUTED TO THE FAILURE OF THE FORWARDFLEX PLATESDR AU960371Flex Plate · failed(AUS) CLUTCH TO TRANSMISSION FLEX PLATE FAILED AT ALL FOUR ATTACHMENT POINTS - TWO LOOSE BOLTS WERE FOUND ON THE FORWARD YOKE ON THE TRANSMISSION - FLEX PLATE WAS A PRE 'F' MODELSDR 96ZZZX708Camshaft · wornDURING REMOVAL OF NR 1 AND NR 3 CYLINDERS FOR MAINTENANCE, INTERNAL INSPECTION OF THE CAMSHAFT AND TAPPET BODIES REVEALED EXCESSIVELY WORN CAMSHAFT LOBE AT THE NR 3 INTAKE POSITION. THE TAPPET BODY WHICH CONTACTS AND RIDES ON THE CAMSHAFT LOBE WAS HEAVILY SPASDR 95ZZZX2374Bolt · missingONE BOLT, PN STD-1204, NUT, P/N STD-1411 AND WASHERS, P/N STD-160 AND STD-8 WERE MISSING FROM THE OIL SUMP-TO-CRANKCASE INSTALLATION. THE AREAS NORMALLY COVERED BY THE BOLT AND NUT DURING PAINTING OF THE ENGINE WERE PAINTED, INDICATING THAT THE PARTS WERE OMI
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