Lycoming O-360-F1A6
Service difficulty reports · 142
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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 = 'O360F1A6' 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 = 'O360F1A6' 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 2023FA0000543Exhaust Valve · brokenPART OF THE EXHAUST VALVE HEAD BROKE OFF RESULTING IN COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE AND LOSS OF AIRCRAFT .SDR 2020FA0000436Line · brokenNOSE GEAR UP HOSE P/N S2178-4-0105 PULLED OUT OF ITS CRIMPED FERRULE ON LANDING GEAR UP CYCLE DURING FLIGHT. ALL HYDRAULIC FLUID LOST FROM HYDRAULIC POWER PACK. EMERGENCY GEAR DOWN SYSTEM WAS INOPERABLE DUE TO NO HYDRAULIC FLUID.SDR 2019FA0000264Governor · fluctuatesPROPELLER GOVERNOR FAILURE/MALFUNCTION. GOVERNOR FLUCTUATED IN FLIGHT.SDR CA190610008Actuator · broken(CAN) PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD NO GREEN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT INDICATION. HE COULD SEE THAT THE MAIN GEAR WAS DOWN, AND HE FLEW BY THE TOWER TO GET A VISUAL REPORT FROM THE CONTROLLER. THEY REPORTED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. UPON LANDING AFTER SDR 2018FA0000341Impulse Coupling · out of positionMAGNETO FAILED. DRIVE GEAR SEIZED DUE TO IMPULSE COUPLING GETTING JAMMED ON HOUSING. CAUSED MAGNETO DRIVE GEAR TEETH TO BE STRIPPED OFF BY ACCESSORY DRIVE GEAR IN ENGINE. SEVERE ENGINE ROUGHNESS DURING TAKE OFF ROLL RESULTED IN ABORTED TAKE OFF.SDR FAA201612020005Bolt · brokenBOLTS USED FOR THE NUMBER TWO CONNECTING ROD AND END CAP. ONE OF THE BOLTS SHOWED SIGNS OF A 45 DEGREE FRACTURE AND SIGNS OF BEING STRETCHED AND BENDING CAUSING THE BOLT TO BREAK. THE END CAP ALSO SHOWED SIGNS OF BEING DEFORMED FROM ONE OF THE TWO BOLTS FAILINSDR 2016FA0000478Crankshaft · failedCRANKSHAFT FAILURE DURING TAKEOFF WITH NO REPORTED ENGINE ROUGHNESS OR LOSS OF POWER. CRANKSHAFT FOUND TO BE BROKEN AT COUNTERWEIGHT ATTACHMENT FLANGE RESULTING IN METAL FRAGMENTS CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT ENGINE RESULTING IN SEVERE DAMAGE TO ENGINE CASE AND ALL SDR JM8S2015080700369Bar · crackedUPON INSPECTION IAW MM, 10, RUDDER SYSTEM FOUND LT RUDDER BAR WELD ASSY, TO BE CRACKED RIGHT ALONG THE JOINT WELD ON THE PILOT SIDE WHERE IT CONNECTS TO THE PEDALS: CO-PILOT SIDE SEEMED TO HAVE NO DEFECTS. R & R THE PART AND RE-RIGGED THE ENTIRE RUDDER SYSTEMSDR CA150330007Pivot · cracked(CAN) LEFT BRAKE SYS HAD UNEXPLAINED LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID, SO AS NO LINES WERE LEAKING, THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR WAS REMOVED & THE SECTOR GEAR REMOVED. THE BRAKE SYS WAS PRESSURIZED WITH THE PARKING BRAKE & BRAKE FLUID COULD BE SEEN DRIPPING FROM CRACK IN THESDR CA141205004Bolt · sheared(CAN) WHILE PERFORMING A SCHEDULED TASK TO REMOVE THE MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR FOR A SERVICE BULLETIN INSPECTION, WE NOTED THAT 2 OF THE 3 ATTACHMENT BOLTS WERE SHEARED ON THE RH ASSEMBLY AND 1 ON THE LEFT. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS DETECTED AND THE THREAD PORTIONSDR CA141027011Control Column · corroded(CAN) WHILE CARRYING OUT SB SEB10-3 R1 CONTROL YOLK INSPECTION, SEVERE CORROSION WAS FOUND IN THE LOWER PIVOT AREA. THE CORROSION HAS COMPLETELY EATEN THROUGH THE MATERIAL AND CREATED A LARGE HOLE JUST BELOW THE YOLK PIVOT HINGE.SDR BR8S2014011000014Engine · power lossSLOW LOSS OF POWER & RPM DECREASE SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. CARBURETTOR HEAT ON AND ALL ENGINE INDICATIONS IN NORMAL RANGE EXCEPT RPM DECREASING. ATTEMPTED RETURN TO HOME FIELD BUT RPM DECREASED TO APPROX 1000. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN FLIGHT AND SET ACFT DOWN ON ROSDR 2013FA0000373Actuator · crackedLEFT MLG ACTUATOR CRACKED THROUGH MOST FWD BOLT HOLE. DURING EXTENSION THE LT MLG WOULD NOT FULLY EXTEND IN NORMAL OPERATION OR IN EMERGENCY EXTENSION WITH THE HAND PUMP, RESULTING IN A GEAR UP LANDING. THE PROBABLE CAUSE IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR DURING NORMASDR CA130521002Actuator · broken(CAN) PILOT REPORTED THAT THE RT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT COME DOWN AND LOCKED. THE LT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR WERE OBSERVED TO BE DOWN. AFTER CONSULTING POH THE ACFT WAS LANDED ON THE LT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR AND DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE PILOT KEPT THE RT WING UP AS LSDR CA130411017Relay · faulty(CAN) GEAR DID NOT GO DOWN ALL THE WAY WHEN PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN. PILOT USED HAND PUMP TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR THE REST OF WAY DOWN, GEAR LOCKED DOWN AND MADE NORMAL LANDING. ACFT WAS PUT ON JACKS AND FOUND THAT THE GEAR OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSE OFSDR H6MR2013051644321Pivot · shearedLEFT MLG PIVOT ASSY, SHEARED AT THE DRIVE END WHERE THE GEAR IS ACTUATED. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RETRACT OR EXTEND THE LT MAIN GEAR FOR LANDING, WHICH CAUSED THE LT GEAR TO BE IN A PARTIALLY EXTENTED POSITION. PILOT CHOSE TO LAND ACFT WITH GEAR RETRACTED TO MISDR CA130109006Actuator · cracked(CAN) PILOT NOTICED AFTER TAKEOFF THAT LT MAIN GEAR DID NOT RETRACT ALL THE WAY AND WAS HANGING DOWN, SO HE SELECTED GEAR DOWN, GEAR CAME DOWN NORMALLY AND HE LANDED AND REPORTED IT TO MAINTENANCE. THE PROBLEM WAS CONFIRMED ON A GEAR SWING IN THE HANGAR AND TSDR CA130110009Powerpack · malfunctioned(CAN) AFTER LANDING, PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR NOTICED WHINING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER DASH. CHECKED ENGINE INSTRUMENTS NOTICED ALTERNATOR WAS SHOWING HIGH DISCHARGE. NOISE STOPPED ALL OF A SUDDEN, ALTERNATOR NO LONGER DISCHARGING. CHECKED CIRCUIT BREAKERS NOTICESDR CA121115004Distributor Gear · broken(CAN) DURING ROUTINE MAGNETO 500 HR INSPECTION, THE DISTRIBUTOR FINGER ON THE M3008 DISTRIBUTOR GEAR WAS FOUND TO BE SO LOOSE THAT IT FELL OFF WHEN GEAR WAS REMOVED FOR INSPECTION.SDR CA121005008Motor · shorted(CAN) PILOT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT, NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE DASH. PILOT INFORMED TOWER OF PROBLEM AND CAME BACK TO LAND. WHILE PUTTING GEAR DOWN FOR LANDING NOTICED GEAR WAS REALLY SLOW IN COMING DOWN BUT FINALLY GOT GREEN LIGHT. LANDED WITHOUTSDR 2012FA0000565Alternator · defectivePILOT REPORTED LOW VOLTAGE OF 22 VOLTS AND PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING. GROUND CHECK OF ALTERNATOR IDENTIFIED IT DEFECTIVE. ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED.SDR 2012FA0000254Rudder Bar · crackedRUDDER BAR WELD ASSY, RT FOOT BRAKE & RUDDER PEDAL. THE PART CRACKED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY AT THE APPROXIMATE MIDPOINT OF THE ASSY ALONG SIDE THE GEAR TEETH THAT ALLOW THIS PART TO ENGAGE THE WELD ASSY FOR THE LT BRAKE & RUDDER PEDALS.SDR 2011FA0000750Shaft · brokenRIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS DOWN BUT NOT LOCKED. PILOT PERFORMED GEAR UP LANDING. ON INSPECTION, THE RT PIVOT ASSY WAS PROTRUDING APPROX .5" OUT OF ACTUATOR. AFTER RAISING ACFT ON JACKS, HYD APPEARED TO BE WORKING PROPERLY AND POWER PACK WAS FULL OF FLUID. REMOVESDR 2011FA0000006Torque Tube · crackedDURING LANDING ROLLOUT, WITH CROSSWIND, THE ACFT DRIFTED RT. HARD LT RUDDER WAS APPLIED BY BOTH STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR AT WHICH TIME A "POP" WAS HEARD/FELT. ACFT CONTROL WAS MAINTAINED WITH BRAKING AND NOSE STEERING. INSP REVEALED A CRACK IN THE RT RUDDER TSDR CA100817018Pivot · crackedLT MLG PIVOT FOUND TO BE CRACKED BETWEEN SPLINE DRIVE SECTION AND ACTUATOR CAP BUSHING SECTION. CRACK ORIGINATED AT BRAKE LINE CHANNEL INSIDE PIVOT.SDR CA100218009Actuator · cracked(CAN) AFTER TAKEOFF AND RETRACTING LANDING GEAR PILOT WAS TOLD BY THE CONTROL TOWER THAT THE LT LANDING GEAR LEG WAS NOT COMPLETELY RETRACTED AND WAS HANGING DOWN. PILOT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND SELECTED GEAR DOWN WHICH WORKED NORMALLY AND REPORTED INCIDENTSDR CA100203012Gauge · stuck(CAN) ACFT WAS BEING BROUGHT INTO THE HANGAR FOR OVER NIGHT PARKING, PILOT NOTICED THAT WHEN HE SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE THAT THE OIL PRESSURE NEEDLE WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GREEN ARC. AME CHECKED THE GAUGE NEXT MORNING IT WAS STILL SHOWING READING IN MIDDLSDR CA091116001Shock Mount · broken(CAN) EXHAUST TAILPIPE SHOCK MOUNT BORKEN BETWEEN FIREWALL AND TAILPIPE.SDR CA091019005Actuator · cracked(CAN) LEAKED WHEN PRESSURIZED, MIDWAY ALONG CASTING SEAM (MLG).SDR 2009FA0000505Actuator · crackedDURING OCCURRENCE THE BODY OF THE MLG ACTUATOR HAS CRACKED AT THE UPPER PORTIONOF THE GEAR CAVITY OR THE BOLT HOLES. THE ACTUATOR BODY (-10) IS CONSTRUCTED FROM ALUMINUM WHILETHE PISTON/TRUNNION (-5) AND THE PISTON ROLLER (-11) ARE STEEL. CONSIDERING THE OPESDR CA090326005Line · melted(CAN) PILOT REPORTED THAT AIRSPEED INDICATOR WAS READING 20 KNOTS LOW. WHEN PITOT HEAD WAS REMOVED IT WAS FOUND THAT THE PLASTIC PITOT LINE WAS MELTED HALF WAY THRU BY THE WIRES TO THE PITOT HEAT ELEMENT. AS THESE WIRES GET WARM WITH THE PITOT HEAT ON, IT IS ISDR 2009FA0000157Pivot Assy · crackedLT MAIN LANDING PIVOT FOUND CRACKED WHEN INSPECTED IAW SEB90-1 REV 3 DURING 100 HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 2009FA0000158Pivot Support · crackedRT MAIN LANDING PIVOT FOUND CRACKED WHEN INSPECTED IAW SEB90-1 REV 3 DURING 100 HOUR INSPECTION.SDR 2009FA0000159Pivot · crackedLEFT MAIN LANDING PIVOT FOUND CRACKED WHEN INSPECTED IAW SEB90-1 REV 3.SDR 2009FA0000102Setscrew · out of positionON DISASSEMBLY OF ENGINE FOR OVERHAUL, A SETSCREW FROM THE PROPELLER IDLER GEAR SHAFT WAS DISCOVERED SLIGHTLY EMBEDDED INTO THE INSIDE OF THE REAR-LT SIDE OF THE CRANKCASE. SETSCREW WAS PROBABLY IMPROPERLY PEENED FOR RETENTION IAW OVERHAUL MANUAL SEC 7-74, ATSDR 2009FA0000063Pin · brokenONE OF THE NOSE GEAR DOWNLOCK PINS BROKE, AT THE GROOVE MACHINED INTO THE PIN FOR ROLLPIN RETENTION, ALLOWING THE UNSECURED PORTION OF THE PIN TO JAM THE NOSE GEAR DOWNLOCK HOOKS. THIS RESULTED IN A GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION AND SUBSEQUENT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE ON LSDR CA090115007Gear · wornDURING SCHEDULED 500 HOUR MAGNETO INSPECTION IT WAS NOTED THAT THERE WAS ALOT OF WHITE DUST INSIDE MAGNETO. THEN IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PLASTIC GEAR TEETH WERE PARTIALLY WORN AWAY DUE TO BEING IMPROPERLY MESHED WITH THE PLASTIC DISTRIBUTOR GEAR DUE TO THE GEARSDR 2008FA0000731Pivot Assy · shearedTHE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR PIVOT ASSY SHEARED IN TWO NEAR THE ACTUATOR END. THE SPLICED SECTION WHERE THE DRIVE GEAR IS INSTALLED SEPARATED.SDR 2008FA0000762Chain · brokenDURING A NON RELATED MAINTENANCE ACTION, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THE RUDDER TRIM WHEEL WAS MOVING WITH NO RESISTANCE. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED FURTHER AND FOUND THE CHAIN HAD SEPARATED AT ONE OF THE LINKS. AFTER CLOSER EXAMINATION IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT SEVERAL OFSDR CA080812002Clevis · broken(CAN) DAMPER SHAFT CLEVIS BROKE AT NOSE STRUT ATTACHMENT ALLOWING UNRESTRAINED MOTION OF SHIMMY DAMPER.SDR 2008FA0000583Cylinder Head · separatedON JULY 8, 2008, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN DESSERT TERRAIN AFTER THE ENGINE BEGAN TO EXHIBIT SEVERE VIBRATIONS, LOSS OF POWER AND SMOKE. THE NR 2 CYLINDER WAS FOUND TO HAVE SEPARATED FROM THE CASE, SEVEN OF THE EIGHT HOLD STUDS WERE FOUND TO HAVE SHEARED.SDR CA070821001Housing · cracked(CAN) 500 HOUR LIQUID PENETRANT INSPECTION IAW MFG SEB 01-2 REVEALED, CRACK AT INDICATED AREA (TC NR 20070821001)SDR 2007FA0000481Spar · damagedFOUND SMOKING RIVETS ON TOP OF FUSELAGE IN AREA OF THE REAR CENTER SECTION SPAR. REMOVED RIVETS (APPROX. EIGHT ON EACH END OF SPAR) AND FOUND RIVET HOLES SEVERELY ELONGATED. FACTORY ORIGINAL RIVETS WERE .1250 INCH DIA. AND SEVERAL HAD BEEN REPLACED IN THE FISDR CA070508001Starter · malfunctioned(CAN) PILOT DID RUN-UP, ALL ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL SO HE COMMENCED HIS TAKE-OFF. JUST AFTER HE STARTED TO CLIMB HE NOTICED THAT THE ACFT DID NOT WANT TO CLIMB AS IT SHOULD. ALL ENGINE INSTRUMENTS WERE WHERE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE. HE ABORTED HIS TAKESDR CA070502005Bulkhead · cracked(CAN) PARTS WERE CRACKED AT ATTACH POINTS OF WHEEL WELL COVER SKIN 2412011-1 AND BULKHEADS STATION 108 AND 124 AND CRACK ON WHEEL WELL COVER AT RT FRONT CORNER WHERE IT ATTACHES TO BULKHEAD STATION 108. TIEDOWN RINGS ALSO ATTACH IN THIS AREA. (TC NR 20070502SDR 2007FA0000394Actuator · crackedPILOT REPORTED LOUD POP JUST BEFORE INTERING THE PATTERN AT M89. WHEN HE EXTENDED THE GEAR THE GREEN GEAR DOWN LIGHT WOULD NOT COME ON. FLY BY REVEALED THE LEFT GEAR WAS IN TRANSIENT. GEAR UP LANDING FOLLOWED. INSPECTION OF LT MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR REVEALED TSDR 2007FA0000238Brake Pads · fracturedDURING A 50 HR OIL CHANGE AND INSPECTION, FOUND BOTH LT AND RT BRAKE PADS FALLING APART, SEVERELY CRACKED WITH LARGE PIECES MISSING. BOTH SIDES WERE CHANGED AT THE PREVIOUS 100 HOUR INSPECTION. THIS HAS BEEN A FREQUENT PROBLEM WITH THESE BRAKE PADS ON ALL OFSDR 2006FA0000983Control Cable · failedUPON SHUTDOWN AFTER FLIGHT, PILOT PULLED ON CARBURETOR MIXTURE CABLE TO IDLE CUT-OFF. THE CABLE CAME OUT IN THE PILOTS HAND. SUSPECT CARBURETOR MIXTURE CABLE BROKE DURING FLIGHT. SUSPECT CABLE HAS A QUALITY ISSUE. NOTE: DID NOT EFFECT OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT DURSDR 2006FA0000750Housing · crackedRT MAINT GEAR ACTUATOR HOUSING CRACKED THROUGH THE BOLT HOLES OF CASTING , CAUSING RACK TO DISENGAGE FROM PIVOT GEAR.SDR CA060510002Rib · crackedAT A 100 HOUR INSPECTION A CRACK WAS FOUND UNDER THE LEFT INBOARD RUDDER BAR BLOCK, AT THE MOST FORWARD BOLT HOLE. RUDDER BLOCK HAD ABNORMAL MOVEMENT. CRACK COULD ONLY BEEN SEEN AFTER BLOCK WAS REMOVED.
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