Lycoming O-540-B4B5
Service difficulty reports · 17
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 = 'O540B4B5' 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 = 'O540B4B5' 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 9VNR20200929001Bolt · shearedOWNER REPORTED OIL LEAK IN FRONT END OF ENGINE. UPON INVESTIGATION IT APPEARED TO BE SHAFT SEAL LEAK. REMOVED PROPELLER SPINNER AND FOUND TWO (2) BOLTS SHEARED IN PROPELLER FLANGE. REMOVED PROPELLER AND DISCOVERED PROPELLER SEAL BETWEEN PROPELLER FLANGE ANDSDR 2020FA0000219Bolt · brokenAFTER LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON ROLLOUT AND SLOWING WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DUE TO THE RH MLG TURNING AFTER TORQUE LINK BOLT HAD BROKEN.SDR CA160118015Casting · broken(CAN) THE MAINTENANCE CREW FOUND THE LOWER1/2 OF THE 3200B SERIES TAIL WHEEL ON THE RUNWAY. IT HAD SEPARATED AT TAKE OFF. THE PILOT LANDED LATER AFTER BEING NOTIFIED BY THE CONTROL TOWER. THE PLANE WAS TAKEN TO MAINTENANCE WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CENTSDR 2015FA0000523Impulse Coupling · brokenLEFT MAG IMPULSE COUPLING BROKE, JAMMING THE MAGNETOS DRIVE SHAFT KEEPING IT FROM TURNING. THE MAG FAILURE ALSO CAUSED THE CRANKSHAFT ALIGNMENT PIN TO BREAK OFF AND BACK OUT HE CRANKSHAFT BOLT. THIS MAGNETO HAD AN AD 99-04-04 THAT WAS NEVER COMPLIED WITH EVESDR CA140717001Vent · kinked(CAN) DURING ENGINE TROUBLESHOOTING, NOTED ENGINE CRANKCASE BREATHER RUBBER COUPLING KINKED AND RESTRICTING VENTING ALONG WITH BREATHER ALTERNATE AIR OUTLET COVERED BY NO APPROVED SCREEN. ENGINE CRANKCASE BREATHER TUBE COUPLING REPLACED AND FREEDOM VERIFIED. CSDR 2012FA0000524Engine · power lossDURING BANNER TOW OPERATIONS, IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT APPROX 600' AGL, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE STARTED TO SHUTTER VIOLENTLY AND SUBSEQUENTLY BEGAN TO RAPIDLY LOSE POWER. CARBURETOR HEAT WAS APPLIED WITH NO EFFECT. THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO PERFORM EMERGENSDR 2008FA0000191Float · bentCARBURETOR FLOAT PN 30-802 PLASTIC FLOAT, THE CARBURETOR HAD A HIGH FLOAT LEVEL TWICE AFTER SETTING THE FLOAT TO SPEC IAW MM. THE FLOAT WAS REMOVED DUE TO THE FLOAT LEVER TANG WAS BENDING UNDER NORMAL USE CONTACTING THE NEEDLE VALVE AND RESULTING IN A HIGH FLOSDR 2004FA0000642Impulse Coupling · brokenIMPULSE COUPLING FAILED LOCKING MAGNETO, RESULTING IN FAILURE OF GEARS IN ACCESSORY CASE, PN 13S18647, 71652 AND LW-19096 GEARS. FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE FLYING IN PATTERN. (EA23200400620)SDR 2003FA0001052Fitting · damagedNOSE WHEEL SHIMMY, GROUND HANDLING AND HARD LANDING. THE RT FITTING PN 880.21.0.456.2 ALSO MADE FROM THE SAME MATERIAL AND SUBJECT TO THE SAME LOADS.SDR 2002FA0000873Spar · crackedDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION SB1006 PERFORMED. FOUND CRACKS AND CORROSION IN AFT REAR SPAR FLANGE-APPROX 3 INCHES OUTBOARD OF LANDING GEAR ATTACH. CAUSE DUE TO STANDING WATER IN WING. FIX BY ADDING DRAIN HOLE IN THIS AREA.SDR AU000291Fuel Tank · contaminated(AUS) AIRCRAFT FUEL SYSTEM CONTAMINATED WITH ETHYLENE DIAMINE (EDA).SDR 98ZZZX3028Impulse Coupling · wornREMOVED LEFT MAGNETO FOR INSPECTION. DURING PROCESS OF INSPECTING COUPLING ASSY, NOTICED THE COILED SPRING SHOWING SIGNS OF ABNORMAL WEAR NEAR THE CONNECTING PORTION OF SPRING TO THE POST OF HOUSING. SPRING IS WEARING ON CENTER POST OF PAWL ASSEMBLY. NO ABNSDR AU971591Seat Track · corroded(AUS) RH OUTBOARD SEAT TRACK CONTAINED EXFOLIATION CORROSION.SDR CA970604007Low Stop · wrong part(CAN) PROPELLER RECEIVED FOR CORROSION INSPECTION. INSPECTION FOUND AN INCORRECT STOP INSTALLED. LOW STOP NUT WOULD NOT LOCK. A LONGER STOP WAS INSTALLED.SDR 96ZZZX5485Pump · failedDURING OVERHAUL DISASSEMBLY OF OIL PUMP, DISCOVERED WOODRUFF KEY DRIVE SHAFT AND SINTERED IRON GEARS. AD 75-08-09 REQUIRES REMOVAL OF THIS STYLE, BUT THIS SERIAL NUMBER IS OUTSIDE OF THOSE SPECIFIED BY LYCOMING. AD 81-18-04 CALLS FOR REPLACEMENT AT 2,000 HRSSDR AU960471Rib · corroded(AUS) RH WING FLAP HAS EXTENSIVE CORROSION BETWEEN THE STEEL ATTACHMENT BRACKETS AND THE INTERNAL NOSE RIBS - ALL RIBS HAD PARTED FROM THE ATTACHMENT BRACKETS - THE TRAILING SKIN RIB SITUATED UNDER AND ON THE OUTER END OF THE STRENGTHENED WALKWAY PORTION OF THSDR AU960472Rib · corroded(AUS) LH WING FLAP HAS EXTENSIVE CORROSION MAINLY BETWEEN THE STEEL ATTACHMENT BRACKETS AND INTERNAL NOSE RIBS - ALL OF WHICH HADDEPARTED FROM THEIR ATTACHING SURFACES DUE TO THE CORROSION - SEEMDR 96/0471 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
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