Lycoming O-320-E3D
Service difficulty reports · 115
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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 = 'O320E3D' 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 = 'O320E3D' 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 2026FA0000419Magneto · out of adjustENGINE WAS INSTALLED JULY 2025. TIME SINCE OVERHAUL IS 100 HOURS. FOUND ENGINE DAMAGE DUE TO LEFT MAG BEING ADVANCED 15 DEGREES. PULLED ENGINE AND SHIPPED BACK TO AVIAN AERONAUTICS FOR REPAIR.SDR 2025FA0000723Sump · brokenSTATIC CONDENSATION BULB P/N S-1258-1 FOUND SEPARATED FROM AN 1/8 PIPE BY PIPE 90 DEGREE FITTING. THESE CONDENSATION BULBS ARE OF VERY CHEAP PLASTIC AND ARE FAMOUS FOR LEAKING RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO OTHER PART OF BETTER QUALITY. I HAVE SEENSDR 2025FA0000666Wire Harness · chafedTHE BATTERY BOX FOR THE LEAD ACID BATTERY INTERFERES WITH THE LEFT MAGNETO HARNESS AND CHAFES THE HARNESS LEADS OVER TIME. THE INBOARD , FORWARD CORNER IS THE POINT OF CONTACT. I HAVE SEEN THIS SITUATION IN MANY 172S. ELECTRONIC MAGNETOS LIKE THE SUREFLY HAVE SDR 2024FA0000182Starter · brokenSTARTER DRIVE MOTOR WAS FOUND LOOSE FROM BENDIX ASSEMBLY DURING 100 HOUR INSPECTION. MOTOR IS ATTACHED TO BENDIX WITH 2 BOLTS THREADED INTO BENDIX HOUSING. BOTH BOLTS HAD LOCKING TAB WASHERS STILL IN-PLACE AND UNDISTURBED. FEMALE THREADS WERE PULLED LOOSE FSDR 2021FA0000413Carburetor · jammedACCELLERATOR PUMP INJECTION NOZZLE WAS DISLODGED FROM CASTED CARBURATOR CAVITY. NOZZLE BECAME LODGED BETWEEN CARBURATOR VENTURI AND THROTTLE VALVE CAUSEING THROTTLE CONTROL VALVE TO BIND.SDR 2019FA0000216Cylinder · leakingLARGE AMOUNT OF OIL FOUND IN COWLING DURING PREFLIGHT. FOUND OIL COMING FROM CYLINDER HEAD AND BARREL CONNECTION.SDR 2018FA0000350Muffler · erodedDURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION OF AN AIRCRAFT THAT HAD ACCUMULATED 300 HOURS SINCE THE INSTALLATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL TYPE CERTIFICATE (STC) SA02168AT THE FOLLOWING CONDITION WAS OBSERVED. THE MUFFLER OF THE POWERFLOW EXHAUST USES 4 SCREWS AND NUTS AROUND THE LIP OSDR 2017FA0000164Crankcase · crackedPILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY OFF AIRPORT LANDING AFTER EXPERIENCING A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND SMOKE. INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A CRACK OF APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES ON THE CRANKCASE STARTING FROM UNDER THE NR 3 CYLINDER FLANGE AT ABOUTSDR CA160307002Bar · cracked(CAN) THE CONTROL COLUMN TEE BAR ASSEMBLY WAS REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT C-GQPV MODEL PA-28-140 SERIAL NUMBER 28-7725161 AT 18602.5 HOURS TTAF TO SERVICE C-GQPN MODEL PA-28-140 SERIAL NUMBER 28-7725157 DUE TO CONTROL COLUMN TEE BAR FAILURE IN FLIGHT. (REFERENCE SDRSDR CA160213001Bar · failed(CAN) TRAINING FLIGHT, STUDENT IN LH SEAT, INSTRUCTOR IN RH SEAT. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS VERBALLY COACHING THE STUDENT ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 13 WIND 140/12KTS, 10 DEGREES FLAP. ALTITUDE WAS MAINTAINED AT 300` AGL CLOSE TO THRESHOLD. ENGINE POWER WAS THEN RETARDEDSDR CA150608011Gear · failed(CAN) PILOTS REPORTED ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. THE RT MAGNETO HAD AN INTERNAL FAULT ON THE ROTOR GEAR WHICH WAS NEW FROM THE FACTORY 385 HRS AGO. THE METAL TAB ON THE GEAR HAD SEPARATED.SDR CA140429007Baffle · collapsed(CAN) DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT, THE PILOT NOTICED SIGNIFICANT ENGINE POWER LOSS AND RETURNED TO BASE. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE INTERNAL BAFFLE INSIDE THE MUFFLER ASSY HAD COLLAPSED. MUFFLER ASSY WAS R & R WITH NEW UNIT, THE SQUIRREL CAGE WAS INTSDR CA130115005Indicator · malfunctioned(CAN) UPON GROUND RUNUP ACFT ENGINE FOUND NOT TO BE MAKING TAKEOFF POWER. ENGINE REPORTED RUNNING GREAT WITH NO ABNORMALITLYS BUT PLANE RETURN TO MAINTAINCE. UPON MAINTAINCE GROUND RUN TACH STROBE UNIT USED TO DETERMINE THAT THE TACH WAS READING 200 RPM LOW.SDR CA121122008Spark Plug · damaged(CAN) ACFT CAME IN FOR ROUTINE INSPECTION AND IT WAS OBSERVED THAT 1 SPARK PLUG APPEARED TO HAVE A LEAK FROM THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE SPARK PLUG ITSELF WAS DEFECTIVE. THE END THAT THREADS INTO THE CYLINDER HASSDR CA130819018Clamp · separated(CAN) THE EXHAUST CLAMP ON THE LT OF THE EXHAUST HAS A PIN WHICH LOCATES THE CLAMP ON BOTH THE MUFFLER AND THE PIPE IT ATTACHES TO. THE PIN HAD ERODED TO THE POINT WHERE IT ALLOWED THE PIPE TO SEPARATE FROM THE MUFFLER CAUSING SMOKE AND HEAT TO ESCAPE. THIS CSDR CA121212001Bushing · worn(CAN) UPON INSPECTION, CONTROL TEE LOWER PIVOT POINT RETAINING BUSHING FOR PIVOT BEARING FOUND TO HAVE COME LOOSE IN ITS CRIMP WITH BLACK FRETTING PRESENT AROUND THE BUSHING. WITH SLIGHT FOR AND AFT MOTION OF THE CONTROL YOKE WITH 1 HAND WILL CAUSE ONE TO SEESDR 2012FA0000109Distributor Gear · damagedPILOT REPORTED A NORMAL RUN-UP BEFORE TAKEOFF. DURING CLIMB-OUT POWER LOSS WAS EXPERIENCED. ON LANDING ANOTHER RUN UP SHOWED THE RT MAGNETO WAS INOPERATIVE. REMOVED THE RT MAGNETO AND FOUND THE PLASTIC DISTRIBUTOR GEAR WAS MISSING TEETH .2500 OF THE WAY AROSDR CA110726015Spring · brokenSTUDENT NOTICED FLAPS NOT RETRACTING DURING PRE-FLIGHT INSP OF FLIGHT CONTROLS, THUS REFERRED TO MX. AFTER BRIEF INSP, ENGINEER NOTICED FLAP UPPER RETURN SPRING BROKEN. SPRING REPLACED. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA110329010Tension Spring · broken(CAN) FLIGHT SCHOOL REPORTED ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM FLAPS DURING STUDENTS PRE-FLIGHT WALK AROUND INSPECTION OF CONTROL SURFACES. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION BY THE AMO, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE LOWER FLAP CABLE TENSION SPRING WAS BROKEN. SPRING WAS REPLACED AND SDR CA101220013Cylinder Head · cracked(CAN) INSTRUCTER REPORTED ENGINE VIBRATION. SUSPECTED FOULED PLUG AND UPON INSPECTION NR 1 CYLINDER FOUND CRACKED AT UPPER SPARK PLUG HOLE. CYLINDER REMOVED.SDR CA100819014Cylinder Head · cracked(CAN) DURING A 100-HOUR INSPECTION AND FOLLOWING A CYLINDER COMPRESSION TEST, NR 3 CYLINDER COMPRESSION WAS FOUND TO BE 20 OVER 80 PSI. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED A CRACK IN THE PROXIMITY OF THE UPPER SPARK PLUG HOLE. THE CRACK RADIATED FROM THE TOP SPARSDR CA100811011Baffle · separatedON AUGUST, 2010, AT APPROX 20:00 PDT, RECEIVED A CALL FROM FLIGHT SCHOOL, INFORMING US THAT ACFT HAD MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING FOLLOWING A PARTIAL POWER LOSS EVENT. ACFT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE PENDING INVESTIGATION. ON THE 9TH OF AUGUST, CONDUCTED AN INSSDR CA100820006Strut · damaged(CAN) AIRCRAFT WAS IN FOR ANNUAL INSPECTION AND THE MLG ASSYS WERE FOUND CRACKED DURING THE SPECIAL INSPECTION CAST MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT CYLINDER 100 HR INSPECTION (SB 1131). UPON REMOVAL OF THE LT MLG ASSY, THE LOWER MLG TO MAIN SPAR ATTACH HOLES WERE DISSDR CA100622021Crankshaft · crackedON JUNE 20TH 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 PDT, CHEROKEE C-GCEP DEVELOPED AN OIL LEAK IN FLIGHT, BECOMING FIRST APPARENT TO THE INSTRUCTOR WITH THE APPEARANCE OF A LIQUID SPRAY ON THE WINDSHIELD (INITIALLY THOUGHT TO BE PRECIPITATION). THE INSTRUCTOR LANDED SAFELSDR CA100621013Switch · overheatedUNKNOWN CYCLES, TSN AND PART TSO -AT PRESENT- HOWEVER WE CHANGED OUT COUPLE OF YEARS AGO DUE AMENDED LIFE LIMIT PARTS. THE SWITCH APPEARS TO HAVE OVERHEATED AND WELDED ACROSS CONTACTS, CONNECTIONS SHOWING BURNING, SWITCH TOGGLE CANNOT BE SWITCHED. APPEARS SWSDR CA091127007Lever · separated(CAN) DURING THE DOWNWIND LEG, PRIOR TO LANDING, THE THROTTLE KNOB UNEXPECTANTLY SEPARATED FROM THE THROTTLE LEVER WHEN THE PILOT SOUGHT TO REDUCE POWER FOR THE DESCENT. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE THE APPROACH AND LANDING UNEVENTFULLY BY MANIPULATING THE LSDR CA090401007Rocker · broken(CAN) AFTER TAKEOFF AND JUST AS THE PILOT WAS SETTING THE ACFT UP FOR CRUISE THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH AND THERE WAS A POPPING SOUND. PILOT DIVERTED TO A NEARBY AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AME RAN ENGINE FOR A MINUTE OR SO AND FOUND THAT NR 3 EXSDR CA090319013Cable · sheared(CAN) THE PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND, ATTEMPTED TO THROTTLE DOWN BUT THROTTLE WAS UNRESPONSIVE. EVASIVE ACTION WAS TAKEN, MIXTURE WAS LEANED TO DECREASE ENGINE SPEED (RPM), AND THE ACFT SAFELY LANDED UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. AN APPRENTICE ENGINEER, UNDERTOOK THSDR CA080908001Mount · cracked(CAN) CRACKS WHERE TUBES ARE WELDED TO NOSE STRUT. CHAFING WHERE AERO DUCT HOSE TOUCHED MOUNT.SDR CA080805013Bulkhead · cracked(CAN) DURING ANNUAL INSP FWD SPINNER BULKHEAD WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED AT SCREW ATTACHMENT HOLE. NEW PART WAS ORDERED FROM MFG IAW APPLICABLE PARTS CATALOGUE. NEW PART RECEIVED WAS STAMPED WITH CORRECT PN AS ORDERED, BUT WAS PHYSICALLY DIFFERENT IN DEPTH AND SDR CA080215003Muffler · damaged(CAN)FOUND OVER THE PAST YEAR THAT USING PRESSURE TESTING VS VISUAL HAS CAUGHT MANY PIN HOLE LEAKS IN THE MUFFLER. IN THE PAST WE WERE FINDING LARGE CRACKS IN BEHIND WHEN WE PRESSURE TESTED EVERY 200 HOURS WHICH YOU COULD NOT SEE VISUALLY SO WE BEGAN PRESSURE SDR CA070802007Clamp · worn(CAN) PIN THAT PROTRUDES THROUGH THE MUFFLER AND EXHAUST PIPE WAS WORE ALLOWING THE THEM TO SEPARATE. OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE FLEET WERE CHECKED AND FOUND OK. (TC NR 20070802007)SDR CA070314006Structure · cracked(CAN) RT FORWARD WING WALK ASSEMBLY, P/N 62061-002. RT ROOT WAS CRACKED. (TC NR 20070314006)SDR CA061110003Shroud · overheated(CAN) PART FOUND DEFORMED ABD DISCOLORED AND HEAT BLISTERS. (TC NR 20061110003)SDR CA060328005Seal · collapsed(CAN) INTERNAL SEAL BETWEEN CARTRIDGE AND BASE PLATE COLLAPSED INTO CENTER OF FILTER. (TC NR 20060328005)SDR CA060316010Gear · crackedTHE STARTER BENDIX GEAR WAS BROKEN IN 3 THREE PLACES. THE STARTER HOLD DOWN BOLTS WERE EITHER BROKEN OR STRETCHED. SINCE THE STARTER AND ALT HAVE A SUPPORTING BRACE BETWEEN THEM, VERY STRONGLY SUSPECT THAT THE STARTER WAS ENGAGED WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNINGSDR CA060221012Camshaft · spalledSPALLING ON CAM AND LIFTERS.SDR CA060124004Bellcrank · cracked(CAN) CRACKS ON THE LT RUDDER CABLE ATTACHING BELLCRANK FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING PICTURES CONTACT SUBMITTER. (TC NR 20060124004)SDR CA060125008Bar · cracked(CAN) PILOTS SIDE LT RUDDER BAR, CRACK FOUND ON COLLER BETWEEN ACCUATING ARM (FOR RUDDER CABLE) AND RUDDER BAR. 2 ADDITIONAL CRACKS WERE FOUND ADJACENT TO THE INITAL CRACK. (TC NR 20060125008)SDR AU510001983Bulkhead · crackedREAR FUSELAGE BULKHEAD CRACKED. FOUND FOLLOWING REMOVAL OF STEEL FORWARD FIN ATTACHMENT FITTING.SDR CA051213005Cylinder Head · crackedCRACKED FROM TOP SPARK PLUG TO BOTTOM SPARK PLUG.SDR 2005FA0001535Camshaft · making metalDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, FERROUS FLAKES OF METAL WERE FOUND IN OIL FILTER, ALSO, SEVERAL PIECES FOR FERROUS METAL WERE FOUND IN THE FINGER STRAINER. THE OIL FILTER AND THE PIECES FOUND IN THE FINGER STRAINER WERE SENT TO MFG FOR ANALYSIS. IT WAS REPORTED THSDR CA051103010Screw · backed out(CAN) THE THUMB SCREW HOLDING THE AIR FILTER/LANDING LIGHT ASSY BACKED OFF AND THE ASSY CAME OFF DURING RUNUP. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS INCURRED.SDR CA050802003Venturi · mismanufactured(CAN) INSPECTION PRIOR TO ASSEMBLY REVEALED SERIOUS CASTING FLAW IN PART.SDR 2004FA0000778Float · leakingENGINE STARTED FALTERING DURING POWER REDUCTION FOR DESCENT. ENGINE RAN FINE AT CRUISE POWER. UPON INSPECTION OF CARB, ONE OF THE PLASTIC FLOAT CELLS IS FULL OF FUEL. CARB LESS THAN 100 HOURS OUT OF OVERHAUL.SDR 2004FA0000779Float · leakingENGINE STARTED FALTERING DURING POWER REDUCTION FOR DESCENT. ENGINE RAN FINE AT CRUISE POWER. UPON INSPECTION OF CARB, ONE OF THE PLASTIC FLOAT CELLS IS FULL OF FUEL. CARB LESS THAN 100 HOURS OUT OF OVERHAUL.SDR CA040713002Exhaust Stack · cracked(CAN) UNDISTINGUISHABLE ODOR OF SOMETHING BURNING, FOLLOWED BY STIFF CARB HEAT CABLE AND ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH WITH CARB HEAT APPLICATION. THE RT EXHAUST STACK HAD CRACKED, HIDDEN BY THE CARBURETOR HEAT SHROUD. DURING FLIGHT, THE HEAT FROM THE EXHAUST BEING ESDR CA040423001Bolt · failedTHE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CHANGE PWR SETTINGS IN FLT AS THE THROTTLE DID NOT RESPOND FROM MOVEMENTS IN THE PWR LVR. THE A/C IMMEDIATELY RETURNED FOR AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WITH THE RPM SET AT 2300. INSPECTION OF A/C FOUND THAT THROTTLE CNTRL WAS DISCONNECTED FROSDR AUS20040020Hinge · corroded(AUS) UPPER RUDDER HINGE BRACKET CONTAINED SEVERE CORROSION EXTENDING TO APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT OF THE DEPTH OF THE BRACKET.SDR AUS20040021Mount · loose(AUS) RT LOWER ENGINE MOUNT LOOSE.
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