Lycoming O-320-E2D
Service difficulty reports · 494
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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 = 'O320E2D' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC"
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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 = 'O320E2D' 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 05308Seal · leakingDURING 100 HOUR INSPECTION, FOUND ENGINE VACUUM PUMP DRIVE LEAKING OIL AND CONTAMINATING VACUUM PUMP. REMOVED VACUUM PUMP AND ENGINE VACUUM PUMP ADAPTOR DRIVE ASSEMBLY. FOUND SEAL P/N STD-1774 NOT FULLY INSTALLED IN DRIVE ASSY. REPLACED SEAL AND VACUUM PUMP, SDR CA051011007Skin · crackedSEVERAL CRACKS IN SKIN THROUGH RIVET HOLES IN TRAILING EDGE. THIS SKIN IS IN THE FLAP BAY. SUSPECT FAILURE IS DUE TO FLEXING OF TRAILING EDGE, CAUSED BY TURBULENCE IN SLOW FLIGHT WITH FLAPS LOWERED. AIRCRAFT IS USED SOLELY FOR FLIGHT TRAINING.SDR CA051004005Mount · broken(CAN) DURING A 200 HOUR INSPECTION, DISCOVERED THIS TUBE WAS BROKEN. A REPLACEMENT MOUNT WAS INSTALLED.SDR CA050824013Connector · cracked(CAN) OIL LEAK DISCOVERED. UPON LANDING, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS OIL IN THE WHEEL PAN. THE PILOT CARRIED OUT ONE MORE FLIGHT AND THE LEAK WAS REPAIRED AT A FACILITY. VERIFICATION REVEALED THAT THE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY TO THE HSG COOLER INLET HOSE WASSDR CA050803004Carburetor · failed(CAN) THIS OPERATOR HAS EXPERIENCED FOR THE SECOND TIME THE PROBLEM THAT THESE CARBURETORS HAVE WORKED LOOSE BETWEEN TOP AND BOTTOM HALVES, EVEN WITH ALL 4 SCREWS AND LOCKING TABS IN PLACE. THIS PROBLEM LEADS TO AIRCRAFT ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH, ALLOWING AIR TO ESDR CA051026009Contactor · seized(CAN) RECURRING DEFECT, STARTER CONTACTOR COILS FUSED TOGETHER DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT WHICH RESULTED IN STARTER GETTING STUCK (ON). AFTER 9 ATTEMPTS, AFTER BEING MISLED BY MFG THAT THEY HAD FAULTY CONTACTORS, FOUND MAIN POWER WIRE FROM CONTACTOR TO STARTER HASDR CA050803008Mount · cracked(CAN) 2 CRACKS FOUND AT LOWER CROSS TUBE SAME CRACKS FOUND ON PREVIOUS MOUNT. BOTH MOUNTS OVERHAULED, WELDING CRACKS LOCATED BESIDE WELD AREA SHOULD HAVE GUSSET PLATE WELDED AT THIS AREA TO RE-INFORCE.SDR CA050711005Control Cable · brokenWHEN SHUTTING DOWN, THE ENGINE ON THE RAMP AFTER FLIGHT PILOT PULLED THE MIXTURE CONTROL TO LEAN AND THE CABLE BROKE. ENGINE SHUT DOWN BUT MIXTURE CABLE HAD TO BE REPLACED BEFORE NEXT FLIGHT.SDR CA050711006Generator · failedDURING FLIGHT, PILOT NOTICED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED. WHILE THE A/C WAS STILL IN FLIGHT THE BATTERY WENT DEAD AND COMMUNICATION WAS LOST. PILOT USED HANDHELD RADIO TO COMMUNICATE. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. ALTERNATOR WAS REMOVED AND A BROKEN WIRE FOUND ATSDR CA050524004Hinge Bracket · cracked(CAN) DURING AN INSPECTION A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE CORNER OF A TOP RUDDER HINGE BRACKET. THE AMO HAS BEEN MONITORING THE WEAR ON THESE BRACKETS IN OUR HIGH TIME AIR FRAMES. SUBSEQUENTLY 5 HIGH TIME AIRFRAME SHAVE HAD THEIR RUDDER HINGE BRACKETS REPLACED. NOSDR CA050509007Alternator · failed(CAN) DURING RUNUP A DISCHARGE WAS NOTICED ON AMMETER. FURTHER INSPECTION BY AN ENGINEER CONCLUDED THAT THE ALTERNATOR HAD FAILED INTERNALLY.SDR CA050503002Cylinder Head · crackedFOUND CRACKED CYLINDER WHERE CYLINDER HEAD AND CYLINDER BARREL MATE TOGETHER, CRACK WAS 4 INCHES LONG, AND LEAKING EXHAUST GAS ON THE NR 1 CYLINDER.SDR CA050418016Magneto · failed(CAN) AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. RT MAGNETO FOUND TO BE UNSERVICABLE.SDR CA050404004Drive Assy · failed(CAN) THE PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED WHEN THE STARTER DID NOT ENGAGE TO START THE ENGINE. THE STARTER BENDIX GEAR WAS FOUND TO BE IN PIECES. THIS HAS BEEN THE THIRD TIME FOR THIS PROBLEM TO OCCUR.SDR CA050310003Lamp · failed(CAN) STATIC WAS NOTED IN THE HEADPHONES WHEN LANDING LIGHT WAS TURNED ON. LIGHT WAS NOTED INOPERABLE AFTER LANDING, AND UPON VISUAL INSPECTION IT COULD BE SEEN THAT ONE OF THE FILAMENT MOUNTING WIRES HAD SEPARATED AT ITS SPOT-WELD AND WAS VIBRATING AGAINST THSDR CA050301010Line · broken(CAN) ENGINE HARD TO START. REMOVED COWLS AND FOUND PRIMER LINE BROKEN, NR 2 CYLINDER, DUE TO FATIGUE. INSPECTED ALL LINES AND FITTINGS. DETERMINED THAT THEY WERE ALL NEARING FATIGUE LEVELS. ALL WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED BY A COMPLETE SET OF LINES, FITTINGS ANSDR CA050301008Bracket · cracked(CAN) LOWER DOOR POST SUPPORT BRACKETS CRACKED BOTH SIDES.SDR CA050218006Ball Joint · broken(CAN) PILOT REPORT PROBLEM, TO TAXI AIRCRAFT ON THE RAMP. AIRCRAFT INSPECTED AND FOUND LT NOSE GEAR TUBE ASSEMBLY, STEERING BALL JOINT BROKEN.SDR CA050218005Line · chafed(CAN) DURING INSPECTION OF NOSE GEAR STEERING TUBE ASSEMBLY ON RT SIDE. THE MAIN FUEL LINE ASSEMBLY (UNION TO FUEL STRAINER) FOUND BADLY CHAFED THROUGH SIDEWALL OF L INE ASSEMBLY CAUSED BY POOR CLEARANCE BETWEEN FUEL LINE ASSEMBLY AND NOSE GEAR STEERING TUBE. SDR 2005FA0000298Wheel · failedFOUND RT MAIN TIRE WAS LOCKED UP. PUT WHEEL ON DOLLY AND PULLED PLANE TO HANGER. CLOSER LOOK IN HANGER FOUND THAT RIM HAD BLOWN APART. DEFLATED TIRE AND LOOKED INSIDE RIM. FOUND PIECE BROKEN OUT OF CENTER SECTION OF RIM. CRACKS WERE FOUND AROUND BOLT HOLES OF SDR 2005FA0000299Wheel · failedFOUND RT MAIN TIRE WAS LOCKED UP. PUT WHEEL ON DOLLY AND PULLED PLANE TO HANGER. CLOSER LOOK IN HANGER FOUND THAT RIM HAD BLOWN APART. DEFLATED TIRE AND LOOKED INSIDE RIM. FOUND PIECE BROKEN OUT OF CENTER SECTION OF RIM. CRACKS WERE FOUND AROUND BOLT HOLES OF SDR 2005FA0000301Wheel · failedFOUND RT MAIN TIRE WAS LOCKED UP. PUT WHEEL ON DOLLY AND PULLED PLANE TO HANGER. CLOSER LOOK IN HANGER FOUND THAT RIM HAD BLOWN APART. DEFLATED TIRE AND LOOKED INSIDE RIM. FOUND PIECE BROKEN OUT OF CENTER SECTION OF RIM. CRACKS WERE FOUND AROUND BOLT HOLES OFSDR 2005FA0000302Wheel · failedFOUND RT MAIN TIRE WAS LOCKED UP. PUT WHEEL ON DOLLY AND PULLED PLANE TO HANGER. CLOSER LOOK IN HANGER FOUND THAT RIM HAD BLOWN APART. DEFLATED TIRE AND LOOKED INSIDE RIM. FOUND PIECE BROKEN OUT OF CENTER SECTION OF RIM. CRACKS WERE FOUND AROUND BOLT HOLES OF SDR CA050204004Support · worn(CAN) THE DAMAGE OCCURED AROUND THE AFT IB BEARING. THE BEARING WAS FOUND WORN INTO BOTH THE SUPPORT ARMS 0523901-13 AND -14. MFG OFFERS A SERVICE KIT TO REPLACE THESE BRACKETS. SK180-44-1. THIS KIT WAS ISSUED TO REPAIR A DEFECT OCCURING ON THE FRONT ROLLESDR 2005FA0000252Impeller · destroyedFLYING AT 1700 FT WITH PWR SETTING OF 2400 RPM, VIBRATION OCCURED. SCANNED GAGES, ALL NORMAL. PULLED CARB HEAT AND VIBRATION DISAPPEARED. SCANNED GAGES AGAIN, NOTICED OIL PRESS WAS ZERO. PWR STARTED TO BLEED OFF, RPM`S DROPPED TO 2200, DID NOT RESPOND TO TSDR CA041122003Gasket · split(CAN) INTAKE FLANGE GASKET SPLIT THROUGH CIRCUMFERENCE RESULTING IN MINOR VACUUM LEAK. THE GASKET MATERIAL IS HARD AND BRITTLE, AND APPEARS TO BE ERODING ON THE INNER EDGE. THIS IS THE FOURTH GASKET FOUND SPLIT IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. THREE ON THIS ENGINE (1164SDR CA041105004Frame · cracked(CAN) DURING A 200 HR INSPECTION FUSLAGE FRAME PN 0512011-1, STA 108.0 WAS FOUND TO HAVE 4 CRACKS APPROXINATLY 1/2 - 1 INCH IN LENGTH ORIGINATING FROM THE INBOARD FLANGE OF THE FRAME AT EACH OF THE 4 CORNERS.SDR CA041103005Pushrod · broken(CAN) LT DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN AND CLOSE PROPERLY.SDR CA041015001Alternator · failed(CAN) HIGH VOLTAGE LIGHT CAME ON DURING FLIGHT. ALTERNATOR INSPECTED AND FOUND THE BRUSHES WORN TO LIMIT. BRUSHES REPLACED. A/C GROUND RUN AND FOUND HIGH VOLTAGE LIGHT REMAINED ON. FUTHER TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND ALTERNATOR WIRE SHORTED TO SHIELD WIRE. BATTERY COSDR 041403Air Filter · wrong partDURING TROUBLESHOOTING FOR EXCESSIVE MAGNETO DROP, FOUND FACE OF AIR FILTER ELEMENT DETERIORATED. THE INSTALLATION IS FOR A BRACKETT FILTER. REMOVED ELEMENT AND FOUND THAT ELEMENT WAS AN UNAPPROVED PART. THE (FILTER) WAS HAND CUT FROM A PIECE OF GREEN FOAM .62SDR 041403AGear · brokenLOST POWER ON TAKEOFF. VERIFIED PROBLEM OF LT MAGNETO INOPERATIVE. INSPECTED AND FOUND MAGNETO DISTRIBUTOR GEAR MISSING SEVERAL TEETH. GEAR WAS LOOSE ON SHAFT WHICH PROBABLY CONTRIBUTED TO BREAKAGE. SUSPECT CAUSE WAS LACK OF PROPER MAINTENANCE OVER LIFE OF MASDR DHF2005F00000Exhaust Valve · failedENGINE LOST POWER, AND AN UNEVENTFUL FORCED LANDING WAS MADE. 0 LBS COMPRESSION ON NR 4 CYLINDER. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE MFG PN 75068, EXHAUST VALVE STEM/ FAILED. (NM07200501219)SDR CA041014002Master Switch · failed(CAN) RADIO MASTER SWITCH CONTROLLING POWER TO ALL RADIOS E.G. DUAL NAV COM, VDR, TRANSPONDER, BECAME INTERMITTENT THEN FINALLY FAILED SHUTTING POWER OFF TO ALL THE RADIOS. MINIMAL PLAY IN TOGGLE SWITCH EVIDENT. REPLACED SWITCH AND NO MORE FAULT. TIME ON ORISDR CA041014008Hub · cracked(CAN) DISSASSEMBLY FOR CLEANING / CORROSION / REPAINT FOUND 3 CRACKS IN HUB WEB BY FLANGE BOLT THREADS IN CASTING. INSPECTION OF OTHER HUB FOUND SIMILAR DAMAGE.INSPECTION WITHOUT PART BEING VERY CLEAN WOULD MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE THESE CRACKS.SDR 2004FA0000777Valve · stuckPOWER LOSS ON TAKE OFF. UPON INSPECTION, FOUND PUSHROD TUBE BENT. INDICATES STUCK VALVE. DEVELOPMENT NEEDED TO AVOID EXHAUST AND/OR INTAKE VALVES FROM STICKING. (WP07200421112)SDR CA040930004Rocker · splitON CLIMB-OUT, ENG RUNNING ROUGH, BACKFIRING, SHAKING VIOLENTLY. INSTRUCTOR LEVELED OFF & REDUCED POWER, ENG SMOOTHED OUT BUT STILL RAN ROUGH. A/C RETURNED & LANDED W/O INCIDENT. ENGINEERS IDENTIFIED A PROBLEM WITH NR 2 CYLINDER. INVEST CYLINDER FOUND EXHAUST RSDR CA040827003Rail · cracked(CAN) THE LT UPPER ENGINE RAIL WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED DURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. PN 0513132-3 WAS REPLACED WITH NEW PART. NEW HARDWARE WAS INSTALLED.SDR CA040809004Spacer · loose(CAN) YOKE FOUND TO HAVE EXCESSIVE MOVEMENT DURING INSPECTION. SOURCE DETERMINED TO BE LACK OF WELDING AT LT SIDE OF LOWER BEARING CONTROL YOKE SPACER ASSEMBLY TO THE CONTROL YOKE SHAFT ITSELF. MFG HAS PROVIDED APPROPRIATE DATA TO COMPLETE THE WELDMENTS.SDR CA040806004Bolt · failed(CAN) THE PILOT DEPARTED AIRPORT: AT 2100 FT AND 4 MILES SOUTH OF DEPARTED AIRPORT, ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH, PARTIAL POWER LOSS. THE PILOT LANDED AT SAME AIRPORT WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTY. UPON INVESTIGATION OF ENGINE, FOUND THAT THE CONNECTING ROD BOLTS P/N SDR 2004FA0000771Cylinder Head · failedSTUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE FLYING, HEARD LOUD BANG. AC SHUTTERED, OIL PRESSURE STABLE, RPM DROPPED TO BOTTOM OF GREEN ARC, OIL PRESSURE STARTED DROPPING ON A PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH. NORMAL LANDING, SHUT ENGINE DOWN AT SOUTH BAY AVIATION. UPON INSP OF ENG ISDR CA040713005Pushrod · bent(CAN) PILOT WAS 10 MILES FROM AIRPORT. WHEN A POWER LOSS AND ENGINE VIBRATION WAS NOTED. PILOT INFORMED ATC OF SITUATION AND LANDED AT AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON INVESTIGATION NOTICED NO COMPRESSION AND BENT PUSH ROD AND PUSHROD HOUSING ON NR 4 CYLINDER. SDR RTE2004F00000Bulkhead · crackedDURING POST FLIGHT INSPECTION, FOUND SEVERAL SPINNER SCREWS LOOSE, AND ONE MISSING THAT HAD BEEN THERE AT PREFLIGHT. REMOVED SPINNER TO INVESTIGATE, AND FOUND FORWARD BULKHEAD CRACKED, WITH MANY SMALL PIECES MISSING. DURING PROPELLER REMOVAL TO REPLACE DAMAGSDR CA040708009Skin · cracked(CAN) SMALL CRACKS AT RIVETS, 4 PLACES, WERE FOUND ON THE RT FLAP.SDR 2004FA0000515Regulator · inoperativeAC IN FOR NO SPARK DURING START-UP. REMOVED LT AND RT MAGNETOS AND SPARK ADVANCED REGULATOR. OWNER INSTALLED BUSH KIT MODIFICATION, LT MAG WITH IMPULSE COUPLING. MAG, NR 4755, SN 04030730. MAGS TIMING SET WITH T-300 IGNITION TIMING TOOL. PERFORMED GROUNDSDR CA040604006Hinge Bracket · cracked(CAN) DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION OF RUDDER THE BRACKET IN QUESTION WAS FOUND TO HAVE TWO CRACKS BESIDE THE THRUST SURFACE. DUE TO THE HIGH HOURS OF THIS ASSEMBLY THE THRUST SURFACE WAS FOUND TO HAVE WORN TO HALF OF ITS ORIGINAL THICKNESS. REPAIR TO THE RUDDERSDR CA040604008Door Frame · cracked(CAN) INSPECTION LOWER DOOR POST IAW SB 97-1 AND FOUND CRACK AT CORNER IAW SB. BOTH RT AND LT DOOR POSTS. REPAIRED WITH MFG REPAIR KIT.SDR CA040511002Support Bracket · cracked(CAN) RT MAIN LANDING GEAR OB SUPPORT BRACKET CRACKED AT U BOLT FORWARD HOLE.SDR CA040528006Adapter · failedIN FLIGHT THE ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE INDICATION WAS IN THE RED. UPON AIRCRAFT RETURN, THE THERMOSTATIC VALVE P/N SL E19600 AND THE OIL FILTER ADAPTER 204418-156WAS REPLACED. RUN UP CARRIED OUT. TEMPERATURE INDICATION WITHIN LIMITS, P/N 69510.SDR CA040429006Propeller · corroded(CAN) PROPELLER WAS RECIEVED FOR 5 YR. CORROSION IAW CAR 625, APPENDIX C, PARAGRAPH 5. PROPELLER SPACER WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO REMOVE. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION OF SPACER DOWEL HOLES IT WAS FOUND THAT THEY WERE CORRODED BEYOND REPAIR RENDERING THE PROPELLER UNSERVSDR CA040505003Skin · cracked(CAN) SMALL CRACK WAS FOUND AT TRAILING EDGE OF THE LT FLAP.
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