Lycoming TIO-540-J2BD
Service difficulty reports · 868
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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 = 'TIO540J2BD' 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 = 'TIO540J2BD' 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 CA001229013Camshaft · worn(CAN) PILOTS REPORTED LOW FUEL FLOW ON RIGHT ENGINE.THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS INSPECTED AND ONE CAMSHAFT LOBE WAS FOUND DEFECTIVE.SDR CA010507004Tube · pin hole(CAN) NOSE TIRE DEFLATED. TUBE WAS FOUND DEFECTIVE WITH PIN HOLE IN SIDE WALL.SDR AU001178Spar · cracked(AUS) RT ELEVATOR SPAR CRACKED AT OUTBOARD END. FOUND DURING INSPECTION IAW AD/PA31/126 AMDT3.SDR AU001088Spar · cracked(AUS) ELEVATOR SPAR CRACKED. FOUND DURING INSPECTION IAW AD/PA31/126AMDT3. (X)SDR CA001205019Uplock · failed(CAN) ON APPROACH GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN, NOSE AND RT MAIN INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED. GEAR WAS CYCLED 3 TIMES, ON FOURTH TRY ALL GEAR EXTENDED AND LOCKED DOWN, AIRCRAFT LANDED NO PROBLEM. AIRCRAFT FLOWN TO MAINTENANCE BASE, PLACED ON JACKS, GEAR SYSTEM TESTESDR CA010507003Tube · pin hole(CAN) NOSE TIRE DEFLATED. TUBE WAS FOUND DEFECTIVE WITH PIN HOLE IN SIDE WALL.SDR 20001204SH010Line · brokenTHE NR 1 ENGINE QUIT EN ROUTE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE DEAD ENGINE WITH NO SUCCESS. A FORCED LANDING WAS SUCCESSFULLY MADE. THE LEFT ENGINE WAS LATER REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND INSTALLED ON A TEST STAND. THE NR 6 CYLINDER MANIFOLD TO NOZZLE, SDR CA001110004Magneto · failed(CAN) PILOT REPORTED HE HAD MAG DROP AT END OF LEG. OK AT RESTART AND AGAIN BAD AT ARRIVAL. RETURN LEG SHOWED HI-EGT AND HI-CHT. CHECKED MAGNETO TIMING FIRING AT TDC INSTEAD OF 20 DEGREES BDC. ATTEMPTED RE TIMING TO 20 DEGREES IN VAIN. CONCLUSION: INTERNALSDR CA001108003Channel · cracked(CAN) CRACKS FOUND WHEN TEARING DOWN ELEVATOR TO PERFORM INSTALLATION OF KIT 766-642 PER SB 1008 - BUTT RIB REPLACEMENT. SB 998A RELACEMENT OF SPAR ALSO CARRIED OUT TO COMPLY WITH AD 99-12-05. NOTE: NEW CHANNEL COMES IN KIT 766-642. THESE CRACKS COULD NOSDR CA001123002Spring · broken(CAN) ON TAKEOFF, PILOT FELT A SNAP ON THE CONTROL WHEEL, THINKING THAT THE TRIM HAD STUCK MOMENTARILY HE FLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO ITS NEXT DESTINATION WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS BUT NOTICED NO DOWN PRESSURE ON THE CONTROLS ONCE HE LANDED. ON INVESTIGATION WE FOUND THE SDR CA001103011Line · damaged(CAN) AD 93-02-05 AND LYC SB 342C ADDR BENDING LIMITS FOR FUEL LINE ALONG WITH MEANS OF MINIMIZING HAZARDS OF FUEL LINE DAMAGE. 2 LIMITS LISTED ARE NO BENDS WITHIN 0.69 INCH FROM END AND MIN RADIUS OF 0.62 INCH (.6250 INCH) TO CENTER OF FUEL LINE. WHEN LINESDR CA001110002Spline Adapter · sheared(CAN) PNEUMATIC PUMP WARNING CAME ON IN CRUISE ON RETURN FLIGHT TO BASE (CARGO FLIGHT). REPLACED PUMP, USUAL DRY AIR PUMP FAILURE.SDR 20001016SH024Camshaft · damagedDURING INSPECTION, LOW CYLINDER COMPRESSION WAS DETECTED DURING THE COMPRESSION CHECK. THE CYLINDER WAS REMOVED AND A VISUAL INSPECTION PEFORMED ON THE CAMSHAFT. DETERMINED BOTH NR 3 AND NR 4 INTAKE LOBES AND TAPPET FACES WERE DAMAGED. SUBMITTER STATED THISSDR CA001020017Pump · failed(CAN) RECURRING PROBLEM. AIRCRAFT HAS FLOWN 48.7 HOURS SINCE LAST OCCURRENCE AND REPAIRS. THIS TIME FOLLOWS REPLACEMENT OF IN-LINE ELECTRIC FUEL BOOST PUMP 481-802, AFTER FAILURE. FUEL SERVO SCREEN CHECKED, NOZZLES REMOVED, FLUSHED LINES SERVO TO NOZZLES. SDR CA001020016Pump · failed(CAN) THIS PUMP TURNS ON FROM ENGINE START UNTIL SHUT DOWN. AT THE END OF GING TO LEG, PILOT NOTICED FUEL PRESSURE HITTING VARY MIN (25 PSI)A T IDLE 750 RPM, UNBURN RUNNING OK AT 1000 RPM. (CARGO FLIGHT ON RETURN LAG, TAKEOFF AND CLIMB OK. DURING CRUISE, SDR AU000916Switch · intermittent(AUS) NOSE LANDING GEAR MICROSWITCH INTERMITTENT IN OPERATION. (X)SDR PNSA0903Turbocharger · seizedSHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER. RETURNED TO BASE. REPLACED TURBOCHARGER. OPS CHECKED OK. (X)SDR AU001033Gasket · faulty(AUS) ENGINE OIL FILTER CONVERTER PLATE GASKET FAULTY. GASKET WAS SWOLLEN AND SPONGY IN APPEARANCE. (X)SDR CA001012004Rod End · broken(CAN) LOG PAGE 665 REFERS. PILOT REPORTED GEAR NOT LOCKED, LIGHT ILLUMINATE AFTER TAKEOFF - RECYCLED 3 TIMES FOR 3 GREEN LIGHT FOR LANDING. MAINTENANCE FOUND LEFT MAIN GEAR RETRACTION ARM BROKEN OFF FROM ROD END. (X)SDR AU000894Gasket · deteriorated(AUS) LEFT ENGINE OIL FILTER GASKET DETERIORATED AND LEAKING. ATTACHMENT STUD ALSO LOOSE. (X)SDR CA001024050Fork · bent(CAN) (AC TTSN 16500 HOURS) COULD NOT CONFIRM GEAR UP INDICATION. GEAR DOWN SATISFACTORY AND RETURNED TO BASE. NEW FORK ASSEMBLY INSTALLED. SUSPECT FAILURE DUE TO HIGH TIME/CYCLE LIFE AND ASSOCIATED FATIGUE. LOOSE OR IMPROPERLY RIGGED GEAR DURING LIFE OF AIRCRSDR 20000908SH004Clamp · strippedCLAMP AND NUT THREADS SEPARATED CAUSING CLAMP TO SPRING OPEN. THUS, HIGH PRESSURE TURBO AIR LEAKED OVERBOARD CAUSING MANIFOLD PRESSURE TO DROP TO 25 POUNDS (NATURALLY ASPIRATED). (X)SDR AU000799Regulator · leaking(AUS) CABIN FUEL HEATER REGULATOR LEAKING. SUBMITTER SUSPECTED HOLED DIAPHRAGM. (X)SDR AU000637Cylinder · worn(AUS) ENGINE EXHAUST VALVE SEATING INCORRECTLY. (X)SDR AU000660Pump · failed(AUS) LEFT ENGINE DRIVEN HYDRAULIC PUMP DRIVESHAFT SHEARED. PUMP HAD ONLY COMPLETED 1.7 HOURS TIS SINCE OVERHAUL. (X)SDR AU000663Turbocharger · leaking(AUS) LEFT ENGINE EXHAUST TURBOCHARGER LEAKING OIL. (X)SDR AU000664Piston Ring · cracked(AUS) LEFT ENGINE PISTON RINGS CRACKED AND STUCK. PISTON RING GROOVES WORN. (X)SDR AU000668Magneto · misinstalled(AUS) LEFT AND RIGHT MAGNETOS INCORRECTLY FITTED. SUBMITTER SUSPECTED THE MAGNETOS WERE TRANSPOSED DURING ENGINE OVERHAUL. (X)SDR AU000669Csd · faulty(AUS) CONSTANT SPEED UNIT (CSU) FAULTY. FINE PITCH STOP ADJUSTED WITH NO INCREASE IN RPM. (X)SDR AU000672Cylinder · damaged(AUS) RIGHT ENGINE N=R 5 CYLINDER SUSPECT DETONATION. DAMAGE TO CYLINDER HEAD, PISTON AND PISTON PIN. TOP PISTON RING BROKEN CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE CYLINDER HEADM VALVES AND TURBOCHARGER TURBINE WHEEL. (X)SDR AU000698Stud · failed(AUS) LEFT ENGINE NR 2 CYLINDER HOLD-DOWN STUDS (4OFF) FAILED. BROKEN STUDS FOUND IN ENGINE COWL. (X)SDR AU000714Seal · loose(AUS) RIGHT ENGINE CRANKSHAFT SEAL ADRIFT. (X)SDR AU000715Gasket · faulty(AUS) RIGHT ENGINE NR 2, NR 4 AND NR 6 INDUCTION SYSTEM GASKETS FAULTY. (X)SDR AU000716Seal · leaking(AUS) LEFT ENGINE NR 5 AND NR 6 PUSHROD GUARD TUBE SEALS LEAKING. (X)SDR AU000717Seal · leaking(AUS) LH AND RH ENGINE CRANKSHAFT SEALS ADRIFT AND LEAKING OIL.SDR AU000726Cylinder · glazed(AUS) ENGINE SPARK PLUGS CONTAMINATED WITH OIL. INVESTIGATION FOUND NR 2, NR 4, NR 5, AND NR 6 CYLINDER BORES GLAZED WITH NR 5 AND NR 6 CYLINDERS ALSO CONTAINING CORROSION IN THE BORES. THE ENGINE WAS ONLY 247.9 HOURS OUT OF FACTORY OVERHAUL. SUBMITTER SUSPECSDR AU000812Regulator · leaking(AUS) CABIN HEATER REGULATOR LEAKING FROM DIAPHRAGM. BASE PLATE APPEARS WARPED. (X)SDR AU000809Adapter · failed(AUS) RIGHT WING FUEL ADAPTER FAULTY. FUEL CAP CAME LOOSE. (X)SDR AU000893Stud · sheared(AUS) LEFT ENGINE NR 2 CYLINDER HOLD-DOWN STUDS SHEARED. THE TWO THROUGH-BOLTS WERE INTACT. (X)SDR CA000824006Seal · ruptured(CAN) RT ENGINE OIL FILTER CONVERTER PLATE SEAL RUPTURED DURING TAKEOFF, CAUSING OIL LOSS ONTO HOT TUBOCHARGER AND EXHAUST COMPONENTS. THE FLIGHT CREW NOTED DECAYING OIL PRESSURE AND LOSS OF PROPELLER RPM CONTROL, AND INITIATED ENGINE IN-FLIGHT SHUTDOWN. INVESSDR 20000816SH023Housing · crackedPILOT REPORTED GEAR WOULD NOT CYCLE DOWN. GEAR WAS PUMPED DOWN MANUALLY. FLUID WAS OBSERVED LEAKING FROM LEFT HYDRAULIC FILTER HOUSING. HOUSING WAS REMOVED AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LAST FEW THREADS ON THE HOUSING SIDE HAD CRACKED THROUGH. HOUSING ANDSDR WVBA01100Camshaft · damagedDURING INSPECTION, METAL CONTAMINATION WAS DISCOVERED IN THE SPIN ON OIL FILTER. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND NR 4 AND NR 6 CYLINDER INTAKE VALVE LIFT IN EXCESS. NR 6 CYLINDER REMOVED AND THE INTAKE LOBE OF NR 4/NR 6 CYLINDERS ON THE CAMSHAFT TO HAVE SEVERE SDR WVBA01000Regulator · leakingON POST INSPECTION RUN-UP, FUEL WAS OBSERVED DRIPPING OUT OF THE DRAIN OF THE FRONT JANITROL HEATER AND FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR DRAIN. THE REGULATOR WAS REMOVED AND FUEL WAS NOTED TO BE LEAKING FROM WHERE THE POWER WIRE ENTERS THE UNIT. SUBMITTER STATED THISSDR AU000582Gasket · fractured(AUS) ENGINE OIL FILTER ADAPTER GASKET LEAKING.SDR AU000609Barrel · glazed(AUS) PILOT REPORTED VIBRATION DURING ROTATION AND CLIMB. GROUND INVESTIGATION FOUND EXCESSIVE OIL IN THE LEFT ENGINE''S NR 3 CYLINDER. CYLINDER WAS REMOVED AND FOUND WITH SEVERE GLAZING OF THE BORE.SDR 20000731SH007Exhaust Pipe · crackedATTACH FLANGE (TURBO END) OF NR 2 ENGINE OUTBOARD EXHAUST CRACKED AND PIPE DISCONNECTED FROM TURBO. (X)SDR CA000718017Adapter · failed(CAN) PILOT REPORTED OBSERVING WHITE FUMES COMING OUT OF LEFT ENGINE DURING CRUISE. EMERG FIRE DRILL CARRIED OUT, AND FIRE OUT. JOURNEY LOG NR 653 REFERS. INVEST ON GROUND CONDUCTED, FOUND FIRE DAMAGE TO HIGH TENSION MAGNETO LEADS, OIL HOSES, HYDRAULIC ANDSDR AU000514Axle · cracked(AUS) MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT AXLE CRACKED. (X)SDR WVBA00500Camshaft · damagedDURING INSPECTION, BOTH CYLINDERS NR 1 AND NR 2 HAD LOW COMPRESSION. UPON REMOVING CYLINDERS INTAKE LOBES OF CAMSHAFT HAD EXTREME WEAR. THE TAPPET FACES WERE ALSO SPALLED. OVER PAST YEAR, THERE HAS BEEN FOUR SIMILAR PROBLEMS. SUBMITTER SUSPECTED PROBLEM INSDR 20000803SH011Gasket · erodedGASKET UNDER OIL FILTER CONNECTOR PLATE FAILED RESULTING IN LARGE OIL LEAK AND ENGINE FIRE. UPON REMOVAL, GASKET APPEARED TO HAVE UNUSUALLY SOFT CONSISTENCY AND EXTENDED BEYOND NORMAL DIMENSIONS. REPLACED WITH NEW. (X)
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