Lycoming TIO-540-A1A
Service difficulty reports · 30
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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 = 'TIO540A1A' 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 = 'TIO540A1A' 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 2020FA0000113Switch · leakingDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, FOUND OIL LEAK AT SWITCH AROUND PLASTIC BODY. THIS SWITCH APPLIES TO AD 13-11-11. TOTAL TIME ON SWITCH 883.0 SWITCH WAS NEW WITH AIRCRAFT=2006.SDR 2015FA0000241Cylinder Head · crackedACFT LOST POWER AND MADE EMERGENCY LANDING WITHOUT DAMAGED TO ACFT. INSPECTION REVEALED NR 5 CYLINDER CRACKED AND SEPARATED AT HEAD. REPLACED WITH NEW CYLINDER, O5K22680.SDR M2LA2013F00169Clamp · brokenSHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN THE CABIN. LANDED. INSTALLED NEW EXHAUST TAILPIPE ASSEMBLY V-BAND CLAMP, WHICH HAD BROKEN.SDR M2LA201309160001Clamp · brokenPILOT HAD DEPARTED AND SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN THE CABIN. LANDED. INSTALLED NEW EXHAUST TAILPIPE ASSEMBLY V-BAND CLAMP.SDR CA121203013Control Cable · binding(CAN) RIGHT PROP CONTROL STIFF TO OPERATE.SDR 2007FA0000562Line · cracked30 DEGREE FITTING HAS CRACK ON WRENCH FLAT. (K)SDR 2007FA0000268B-Nut · loosePILOT NOTICED A FLUCTUATION AND LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE IN FLIGHT, AFTER INSPECTION THE FORWARD HYDRAULIC HOSE B-NUT ON THE LT GEAR ACTUATOR WAS FOUND TO BE LOOSE. THE B-NUT WAS TIGHTENED AND TORQUE SEAL WAS PUT ON THE B-NUT. SERVICED HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR SDR 2007FA0000164Engine · making metalUNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS AND UNDER OIL SAMPLE PROGRAM, ENGINE HAS HAD (6) HIGH BAD SAMPLES, HIGH IRON, COPPER AND ALUMINUM. AC IS A PUBLIC USE AIRCRAFT WITH CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, BUT AM REPLACING ENGINE WITH NEW/ OVERHAUL. CONTACTED MFG ABOUT PROBLEMSDR 2005FA0001527Capacitor · inoperativeOPENED PRESSURIZED MAGNETO TO INSPECT FOR CORROSION DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION. DETECTED A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL IN AFT CASE OF MAGNETO. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT IT IS DIELECTRIC FLUID FROM CAPACITOR. TESTED CAPACITOR WITH A SIMPSON METER AND WAS FOUSDR W1X2004F00000Hinge · brokenSTEEL HINGE (PW 4752932) FAILED PRIOR TO AD 2000-25-01 INTERVAL. (GL13200409283)SDR 2003FA0000455Mount Bracket · crackedENGINE JUST CAME BACK FROM LYCOMING FOR SB553 AND WAS BOLTED ON AIRFRAME. FOUND THE RT REAR LIFTING RING CRACKED 85 PERCENT THROUGH. CRACK HAD GRAY PAINT IN IT. THIS COULD HAVE BROKEN WITH THE ENGINE UP IN THE AIR AND FULL ON SOMEONE OR THE AIRCRAFT.SDR 11447Baffle · crackedPN LW13383 SUMP BAFFLE WAS FOUND CRACKED AT THE 6 ATTACHING SCREWS. A FEW OF THE SCREW HOLES WERE COMPLETELY BROKE ALL THE WAY AROUND THE SCREW AND WASHER.SDR AU010360Hinge · cracked(AUS) LT MAIN LANDING GEAR INBOARD DOOR FORWARD HINGE ARM CRACKED ONINNER RADIUS. FOUND DURING DYE PENETRANT INSPECTION IAW PIPER MSB 682.SDR 20010423CW012Hose · burnedDURING THIS AIRCRAFTS FIRST INSPECTION, THE TURBO BREATHER HOSE WAS FOUND ROUTED NEXT TO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM AND BURNED, CAUSING AN OIL LEAK. FAILURE OF THIS HOSE WILL CAUSE OIL SYSTEM LEAKAGE AND SUBSEQUENT ENGINE FAILURE. NO POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM ENGINE OR SDR CA010110009Engine · failed(CAN) ON CLIMB OUT FROM YXD, THE PILOTS NOTICED FLAMES FROM INSIDE THE ENGINE COWL ACCESS DOOR ON RT ENGINE. FOLLOWING FLIGHT MANUAL PROCEDURES, THEY THEN SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND FEATHERED THE PROPELLER. THEY THEN MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING IN YEG WHERE MAISDR 20001121SH002Display · failedCODE ONE FAILURE MODE; THIRD TIME IN THIS AIRCRAFT. SUBMITTER STATED FAX''S TO PIPER, THEIR TECH REPS SAY THAT IT HAS THE ONLY AMPS AND VOLT READINGS ON THIS INSTRUMENT, SO IT IS REQUIRED. (X)SDR 20001109SH027Bearing · failedTHE TURBO WAS HUNG UP ON THE BEARINGS AND COULD NOT ROTATE UNTIL FORCE WAS APPLIED TO THE COMPRESSOR. THEN THERE WAS DRAGGING ON THE BEARINGS AND TURBINE AGAINST THE HOUSING. THERE WAS A LOT OF END-PLAY IN THE TURBINE SHAFT. (X)SDR AU000711Spar Cap · corroded(AUS) LEFT LOWER SPAR CAP CORRODED IN AREA BETWEEN THE FUSELAGE AND WHERE THE LOWER SKIN BEGINS. THE AREA IS COVERED BY AN ALUMINIUM ADHESIVE TAPE USED AS AN ANTI-CHAFING STRIP AND THE CORROSION WAS FOUND FOLLOWING REMOVAL OF THE TAPE. (X)SDR AU000946Stud · sheared(AUS) NR 4 CYLINDER MOUNT STUDS (3OFF) SHEARED. (X)SDR CA000330006Solenoid · stuck(CAN) PILOT REPORTED SLUGGISH GYRO OPERATION, FOUND LOW GYRO PRESSURE (3 PSI) ON BOTH ENGINES SELECTED OR SINGLE ENGINE OPERATION. UNABLE TO INCREASE PRESSURE. REMOVED VALVES (P/N 2H22-11) AND BENCH TESTED RESPECTIVE SOLENOIDS. SOLENOIDS FOUND TO BE PARTIASDR CA000218003Gear · sheared(CAN) DURING FLIGHT, ENGINE STOPPED. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CRANKSHAFT GEAR HAD FAILED. THE GEAR WAS STILL SECURELY FASTENED TO THE CRANK. AD 91-14-22.SDR CA991004019Stud · broken(CAN) CYLINDER STUDS FAILED.SDR AU990458Hub · cracked(AUS) PROPELLER HUB CRACKED IN THREADS OF GREASE NIPPLE HOLE.SDR 99ZZZX1217Line · crackedCRACKED/BROKEN ELBOW ADAPTER WELD. AREA AROUND WELD WAS CRACKED CAUSING ADAPTER TO BREAK OFF WITH MINIMAL FORCE. WHEN ADAPTER BREAKS OFF, A 1 INCH HOLE IS LEFT IN AIR INLET PIPE CAUSING A DROP IN M.A.P.SDR CA981007007Switch · corroded(CAN) WHEN FLAPS SELECTED TO 15 DEGREES, THEY STUCK. AIRCRAFT LANDED OK. INVESTGATION FOUND CORROSION ON THE UPPER LIMIT SWITCH.SDR CA980915012Switch · loose(CAN) NO GREEN LIGHT INDICATION FOR DOWN AND LOCKED LANDING GEAR. MAINTENANCE FOUND MICROSWITCH ON RIGHT LANDING GEAR LOOSE. MICROSWITCH ADJUSTED AND SECURED. RETRACTION TESTS CHECKS SERVICEABLE.SDR AU980378Pipe · fractured(AUS) RT ENGINE NR 4 INJECTOR LINE FRACTURED ADJACENT TO THE INJECTOR NOZZLE.SDR AU980193Bulkhead · cracked(AUS) FUSELAGE RH FRONT SPAR ATTACHMENT BULKHEAD CRACKED. BULKHEAD, CHANNEL PNO 40603-02 AND REINFORCEMENT PLATE PNO 53016 WERE REPLACED. FOUND DURING REPAIR OF CRACKED FUSELAGE SKIN.SDR AU971414Cowling · departed(AUS) LH ENGINE COWLING SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT. THE TOP COWL WAS JAMMED ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE OUTBOARD WING BY THESLIPSTREAM WHILE THE BOTTOM COWL WAS LOST. THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT AFTER THE COWLS WERE REMOVED TO CARRY OUT AD/PHZL/60 A4. SUSPSDR AU970752Nut · loose(AUS) LH PROPELLER SPINNER FORWARD SECURING NUT LOOSE AND LOCKWIRE BROKEN - THREAD ON STUD STRIPPED
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