Lycoming O-540-B2C5
Service difficulty reports · 16
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 = 'O540B2C5' 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 = 'O540B2C5' 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 2009FA0000456Exhaust Pipe · crackedWHILE FLYING PART OF THE EXHAUST PIPE ON THE PILOT SIDE SEPARATED FROM THE PLANE. THE BREAK OCCURRED AT THE WELD JOINT WHERE THE LAST HEADER JOINED THE MAIN PIPE. THIS EXHAUST SYS WAS A CUSTOM BUILT EXHAUST WITH NO SLIP JOINTS OR SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORTS. THE SDR 2009FA0000457Pressure Switch · intermittentWHILE PERFORMING VARIOUS TEST FLIGHTS, PERFORMED SLOW FLIGHT AND EXTENDED LANDING GEAR. THE GEAR FAILED TO COMPLETELY EXTEND WITH ONLY THE PILOT SIDE MAIN GEAR SHOWING GREEN LIGHT. THE GEAR WAS CYCLED A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. COMPENSATING MANESDR 2006FA0000478Magneto · disintegratedMAGNETO WAS REMOVED FROM ENGINE FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE INSPECTION. THREADS ON MAGNETO SHAFT AND NUT WERE COMPLETELY STRIPPED. SLOT IN SHAFT FOR WOODRUFF KEY WAS WALLOWED OUT. COTTER KEY WHICH RETAINED NUT TO SHAFT WAS STILL IN PLACE. AT TIME OF REMOVAL ENGSDR 2003FA0000695Bearing Cage · disintegratedDURING MAINTENANCE ACTION, FOUND LT IMPULSE COUPLING MAG GEAR ROLLER BEARING CAGE, PN LYC 67542 DISINTEGRATED AND DEPOSITED IN OIL SUMP. BOTH SIDES OF ROLLER CAGE CAME LOOSE AND ROLLER BALLS BUNCHED UP INSIDE BEARING RACES. ADDITIONAL STRESS OF IMPULSE MAGNESDR 2003FA0000696Bearing Cage · disintegratedDURING MAINTENANCE ACTION, FOUND LT IMPULSE COUPLING MAG GEAR ROLLER BEARING CAGE, PN LYC 67452 DISINTEGRATED AND DEPOSITED IN OIL SUMP. BOTH SIDES OF ROLLER CAGE CAME LOOSE AND ROLLER BALLS BUNCHED UP INSIDE BEARING RACES. ADDITIONAL STRESS OF IMPULSE MAG SDR 2002FA0000079Impulse Coupling · separatedDURING GROUND RUN, OPERATOR NOTED A LOUD BANG AND SUDDEN OIL LEAKAGE. AFTER SHUT DOWN FOUND THAT LT MAGNETO CAME OFF THE ACCESSORY HOUSING, CAUSING OIL LEAK. BANG WAS CAUSED BY MAG HOUSING WHICH CAME APART AT UPPER ATTACHMENT AREA (ATACHMENT LUG).SDR CA990728042Crankcase · worn(CAN) WITH THE MAGS REMOVED, MAG DRIVE IDLER WAS FOUND LOOSE. IT WAS NOTED UPON REMOVAL THAT THE CAST BOSS IN THE AFT END OF THE LEFT CRANKCASE WAS FOUND WORN TO THE POINT THAT THE BEARING FAILED AND WAS MISSING. SUBMITTER SUGGESTED NOT TO RUN ENGINE PAST TBSDR AU971472Engine · failed(AUS) ENGINE STOPPED. INITIAL INVESTIGATION FOUND THE LH MAGNETO DRIVE GEAR TO BE DAMAGED AND THE SUPPORT BEARING FAILED. ROTATING THE PROPELLER DID NOT CAUSE THE REAR CASE GEAR TRAIN TO OPERATE.SDR 97ZZZX1319Spring · brokeDURING ASSEMBLY OF THIS ENGINE, 6 SHROUD TUBE SPRINGS WERE INSTALLED, 3 BROKE WHEN THE NUT WAS TIGHTENED. THESE SPRINGS WERE SUPPLIED AS PART OF A PACKET SET FROM SUPERIOR AIR PARTS.SDR AU970109Dowel · sheared(AUS) RH CRANKCASE NO3 DOWEL SHEARED ALLOWING MOVEMENT OF THE MAINBEARINGS - WEAR ALSO TO CRANKCASE TUNNEL AND SCORING OF THE CRANKCASE JOURNAL - DOWEL WAS SUPERCEDED (STEPPED) TYPESDR AU970110Piston · cracked(AUS) NO1, NO3 AND NO5 PISTONS CRACKED IN AREA OF SKIRT OPPOSITE TO THE PISTON PIN BOSS - NO1, N3 AND NO5 INDUCTION TUBES FOUND LOOSE ALLOWING UNMETERED AIR INTO ENGINE CAUSING SUSPECTED LEAN MIXTURE - NO5 CYLINDER SPARK PLUGS IN POOR CONDITION - PISTONS ARE HSDR AU970112Nut · loose(AUS) THERMOSTATIC OIL COOLER BYPASS VALVE (VERNATHERM) NUT LOOSESDR AU970114Tappet · spalled(AUS) CAMSHAFT NO5 LOBE AND ASSOCIATED TAPPET BODIES (2OFF) SEVERELY SPALLEDSDR 96ZZZX3888Bearing · failedAFTER NORMAL TEST CELL RUN, ENGINE OIL WAS DRAINED AND THE OIL FILTER AND SUCTION SCREEN WAS INSPECTED AND A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF ALUMINUM WAS FOUND. UPON DISASSEMBLY, FOUND THE FRONT BEARING HAD FAILED AT THE NR 2 JOURNAL. THE BEARING HAD SMEARED AND TRANSFERRSDR 96ZZZX4059Cam Follower · brokenCAM FOLLOWERS BROKEN ON NR 1 CYLINDER EXHAUST NR 3, EXHAUST AND INTAKE, NR 5 CYLINDER-INTAKE. REST OF CAM FOLLOWERS PITTED OR SPALLED. NR 2 CYLINDER DROPPED THE EXHAUST VALVE. OIL SUMP REMOVED FOR INSPECTION AND CLEANING. FOUND PIECES OF CAM FOLLOWERS IN SSDR AU961102Fitting · cracked(AUS) LH AND RH WING FRONT SPARS CRACKED ON LOWER RADIUS OF FRONT AND REAR WING TO FUSELAGE ATTACHMENT LUGS
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