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 AU510001618Retainer · loose(AUS) LT MAIN LANDING GEAR FORWARD TRUNNION BOLT RETAINER HAD 1 OF 2 RIVETS SHEARED ALLOWING TRUNNION BOLT TO PIVOT IN SPAR INSTEAD OF IN TRUNNION BUSH. (CASA NR 510001618)SDR AU510001620Shock Mount · brokenPILOT`S INSTRUMENT PANEL ONLY SECURED BY TWO OF FOUR SHOCK MOUNTS. COPILOT`S PANEL HAD ALL FOUR SHOCK MOUNTS BROKEN. PANEL WAS HELD IN PLACE BY PLUMBING AND WIRING.SDR AU510001621Uplock Roller · seizedLT AND RT MAIN LANDING GEAR UPLOCK ROLLERS SEIZED.SDR AU510001622Valve · out of limits(AUS) LT AND RT ENGINES BOTH OVERDUE FOR 400 HOUR VALVE INSPECTION. NO RECORD OF INSPECTION BEING CARRIED OUT. (CASA NR 510001622)SDR AU510001623Spring · corroded(AUS) ELEVATOR DOWN SPRING SEVERELY CORRODED. (CASA NR 510001623)SDR AU510001625Rib · cracked(AUS) RIB LOCATED IN CENTER OF RT WHEEL WELL CRACKED. (CASA NR 510001625)SDR AU510001626Cable · seized(AUS) LT FUEL SHUTOFF CABLE SEIZED. (CASA NR 510001626)SDR CA050405011Turnbuckle · cracked(CAN) ON CHANGING THE RIGHT HAND AILERON CABLE AT WING STATION 70, THE CONNECTING TURNBUCKLE WAS FOUND CRACKED PN MS21251-B5S.SDR BSYA200500004Actuator · brokenAIRCRAFT TOOK OFF, PILOT NOTICED LANDING GEAR HANDLE NOT RETURNING TO NEUTRAL AND THAT THE AC WAS YAWING. ON APPROACH, COULD NOT GET LT GEAR DOWN AND LOCK LIGHT, C/W MISSED APPROACH, THEN FINALLY GOT LT GEAR DOWN AND LOCK LIGHT, LANDED WITH NO PROBLEMS. MAISDR CA050227001Rib · cracked(CAN) DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION THE AME FOUND THE TIP RIB ON THE RT ELEVATOR CRACKED. THE CRACK WAS LOCATED IN THE BEND WHERE THE RIB TRANSITIONS INTO THE FLANGE AT RIVET NR7 FROM THE TRAILING EDGE. UPON REMOVAL IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THESAME CRACK COULD BE FSDR CA050218010Crankcase · cracked(CAN) LT ENGINE LEAK, ENGINE RUN TO CONFIRM LEAK, HARD TO FIND, ENGINE PRESSURIZED, FOUND CRACK OF 1.5 INCH LONG FORWARD OF CYLINDER NR2 IN THE CASE.SDR CA050304001Rod End · broken(CAN) ON TAKEOFF ROLL RT ENGINE UNDERSPED BY 300 RPM. TAKEOFF REJECTED AND RETURNED FOR MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE FOUND RT PROP GOVERNOR ROD END (JOINT) BROKEN. PART REPLACED AND GROUND RUN C/W SERVICEABLE.SDR CA050221005Link · cracked(CAN) IN DOING MFG SL NR1088, FOUND THE LINK ASSEMBLY CRACKED. ON DOING THE INSPECTION ON THE REST OF OUR FLEET, FOUND FOUR MORE CRACKED. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE INSPECTION EVERY 500 HOURS IAW COMPLIANCE TIME OF SERVICE LETTER. DOING THE INSPECTION, ALSO NSDR CA050131002Uplock Hook · seized(CAN) FLIGHT CREW INDICATED LANDING GEAR INTRANSIT LIGHT. THE GEAR WAS CYCLED ONE MORE TIME WITH FAILED ATTEMPT. FLIGHT CREW RETURNED AND LANDED. MAINTENANCE WAS DISPATCHED AND FOUND THE NOSE GEAR UPLOCK HOOK STUCK IN DOWN POSITION. WHEN NOSE GEAR RETRACTESDR CA050131003Uplock Hook · seized(CAN) FLIGHT CREW WAS UNABLE TO SECURE LANDING GEAR IN UP POSITION. THE FLIGHT RETURNED FOR SAFE LANDING. MAINTENANCE WAS DISPATCHED AND FOUND THE LT GEAR UP LOCK HOOK STUCK AND FROZEN IN THE UP POSITION. ASSY WAS DISASSEMBLED, MOISTURE REMOVED, CLEANED ANDSDR CA050128003Channel · cracked(CAN) CHANNEL FOUND CRACKED AT FWD DOOR HINGE ATTACH POINT. A 2.5 INCH CRACK RUNNING PARALELL WITH THE CHANNEL UPPER RADIUS ABOVE HINGE PLATE AIRFRAME PORTION. CHANNEL REPLACED.SDR CA050119010Vent Line · leaking(CAN) DURING INSPECTION, FUEL WAS NOTICED LEAKING FROM THE LT WING. THERE WAS A FUEL STAIN AROUND THE VENT TUBE. WHEN THE TUBE WAS MOVED IT BROKE OFF AT THE TANK END OF THE TUBE. BOTH IB AND OB TANKS WERE REMOVED FOR INSPECTION. THEY BOTH SHOWED SIGNS OF SDR CA050118002Bearing · seized(CAN) AFTER TAKEOFF, IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PILOT NOTICED THE LT ENGINE TACHOMETER NEEDLE FLUCTUATING. SHORTLY AFTER, THE ENGINE STARTED SURGING AND A NOTICEABLE VIBRATION WAS FELT. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED, AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE LT ENGINE MAGNETO, UPPERSDR AU510001671Downlock · stickingRT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. INVESTIGATION FOUND THE RT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWNLOCK WAS STUCK DUE TO CARBON BUILDUP FROM EXHAUST AND ALSO LUBRICATION DRYING OUT.SDR CA050114004Regulator · leaking(CAN) DURING AN INSPECTION NECESSARY BY AD 2004-25-16 THE FUEL REGULATOR WAS FOUND TO BE LEAKING AROUND THE SEAM. IT WAS NOT LEAKING ENOUGH TO RUN OUT THE DRAIN FOR THE PROTECTIVE COVER.SDR CA050105014Adapter · incorrect(CAN) THE INNER RING ON THE FUEL CAP HOUSING IS HELD IN PLACE BY LOCKING TABS. THE FUEL CAP LOCKS ONTO THIS RING. THE LOCKING TABS THAT HOLD THE RING IN PLACE SLOWLY, OVER TIME OF CONSTANT USE RELEASED THE RING TO LET THE CAP COME OUT OF THE HOUSING. CHECKINGSDR 2005FA0000685Crankshaft · failedCRANKSHAFT BROKEN AT NR3 MAIN, THEN AT 2 OTHER PLACES. (K)SDR CA041216009Engine · malfunctioned(CAN) ON DEPARTURE, THE CREW HAD A POWER LOSS ON THE RT ENGINE, FEATHERED ENGINE AND RETURNED FOR A LANDING. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE ONE AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE ENGINE SHALL BE OPENED IN OUR ENGINE SHOP IN THE NEAR FUTURE TSDR CA041206004Alternator · seized(CAN) ON A FLIGHT, PILOT NOTIED RH ALT OUT LIGHT CAME ON. PILOT CONTINUED FLIGHT AIRPORT. MAINTENANCE THE NEXT MORNING NOTICED THAT THE RT ALTERNATOR BELT HAD BROKEN AND THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS SEIZED. ALTERNATOR WAS REMOVED AND DISSASSEMBLED FRONT AND REAR BSDR CA041115007Trunnion · cracked(CAN) DURING INSPECTION TWO CRACKS WERE FOUND IN THE UPPER CENTER AREA OF THE TRUNNION. IT APPEARS THAT THE CRACKS ORIGINATED IN A REPAIRED AREA THAT WAS WELDED. THE CRACKS WERE DETECTED VISUALLY.SDR CA041115008Exhaust Valve · erodedWHEN THE EXHAUST PIPES WERE REMOVED TO INSPECT THE EXHAUST VALVES, IT WAS FOUND THAT ALL SIX VALVES ON THE ENGINE HAD EROSION WEAR ON THE STEMS AND THE BACK SIDE OF THE VALVE FACE. THIS IS THE SECOND ENGINE THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN FOUND ON IN OUR FLEET.SDR CA041129012Hose · cracked(CAN) AIRCRAFT ON TRAINING FLIGHT. PILOT REPORTS STRONG FUEL ODOR IN COCKPIT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED LT FUEL PRESSURE FLEXIBLE HOSE TO GAUGE LEAKING FROM UNDER HOSE FITTING SOCKET WHEN FUEL BOOST PUMP TURNED ON. THIS FUEL LEAK WAS A FINE MIST SPRAY. HOSES WESDR 2004F00432Boot · debondedDURING FLIGHT, LEFT WING DE-ICE BOOT OUTBOARD OF LEFT ENGINE ONE FOOT OF DE-ICE BOOT DEBONDED FROM WING SURFACE.SDR CA041118001Magneto · loose(CAN) A RT BREAKER POINT HOLD DOWN SCREW CAME OUT AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO RUN ROUGH, INTERMITTENTLY. THE MAG WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR 4025Line · failedON TAKEOFF OUT OF TAMPA, ENGINE STARTED SURGING, RETURNED TO TPA. MAINTENANCE FOUND RUBBER PIECES IN FUEL INJECTION UPPER DECK LINE, CLEANED UPPER DECK AND CHANGED RUBBER HOSES, OPS CHECKS GOOD.SDR CA041001007Bracket · bent(CAN) AFTER GEAR UP SELECTED, FLT CREW DISCOVERED THE GEAR IN TRANSIT IND. ILLUMINATED. A/C RETURNED WITH 3 GREENS. A/C WAS PUT ON JACKS, GEAR CYCLED AND NOTICED THE NLG TORQUE TUBE SWITCH BRACKET WAS BENT RESTRICTING THE UP-LOCK SWITCH FROM CONTACTING.SDR CA041015005Magneto · cracked(CAN) RT ENGINE DEVELOPED 'MISSING OR SURGING' IN POWER AT HIGH POWER SETTINGS. RAN FINE AT LOW POWER. AIRCRAFT RETURNED FOR MAINTENANCE. AMO REMOVED MAGNETO AND FOUND DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK CRACKED AND BEARINGROUGH. MAGNETO REPLACED AND GROUND RUN, SERVICEABLE. MASDR CA040930001Turbocharger · leaking(CAN) AFTER A SCHEDULED LANDING THE PILOTS FOUND A POOL OF OIL UNDER THE RIGHT HAND ENGINE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NEWLY INSTALLED TURBOCHARGER HAD THE OIL SEAL FAIL IN THE INTAKE SIDE PUMPING EXCESSIVE OILINTO THE ENGINE.SDR CA040913008Valve · worn(CAN) DURING A CYLINDER CHANGE ON THE ENGINE THE EXHAUST RISERS WERE REMOVED TO ALLOW FOR INSTALLATION. WHILE CHECKING THE EXHAUST PORTS FOR FOD IT WAS NOTICED THAT THERE WAS ABNORMAL WEAR ON THE NR 3 EXHAUST VALVE JUST ABOVE THE MUSHROOM. FURTHER INSPECTIONSDR CA040910000Pump · leaking(CAN) PILOT FOUND THAT FUEL PRESSURE IN CRUISE WAS FLUCTUATING AND AT IDLE THE FUEL PUMP DID NOT MAINTAIN RATED PRESSURE. DURING INSPECTION OF THE PUMP FOUND FUEL STAINS ON PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE, THE VALVE WAS LEAKING AT ITS FLANGE.SDR CA040908004Cylinder · separated(CAN) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT MANIFOLD PRESSURE DROP WAS NOTICED. THROTTLE WAS INCREASED BUT PRESSURE WAS STILL DROPPING. A VIBRATION WAS NOTICED IN THE ENGINE AND AIR FRAME. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND SECURED AND A NORMAL LANDING CARRIED OUT. NR ONE CYLINDESDR CA040827008Pump · failed(CAN) THE PUMP FAILED OPERATIONAL CHECK, GEAR SELECT. HANDLE DID NOT RETURN TO NEUTRAL POSITION. PUMP WAS OVERHAULED RECENTLY, WAS IN SERVICE FOR 423.7 HRS.SDR CA040831022Line · unserviceable(CAN) CLIMB AFTER TAKE-OFF, CREW NOTED THAT THE NR 1 ENGINE LOST TURBO BOOST ABD THE AIRCRAFT YAWED TO THE LT. PILOT RETURNED TO AIRPORT. FOUND MANIFOLD PRESSURE SENSE LINE FROM ENGINE INDUCTION TO DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE CONTROLLER SHEARED OFF ANDTHE SENSE LINESDR CA040902004Bolt · missing(CAN) STARTER, ALL BOLTS LOOSE AND TWO MISSING.SDR CA040813001Line · cracked(CAN) A/C WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND GEAR. FOUND HYDRAULIC HAND PUMP PRESSURE LINE WAS CRACKED JUST ABOVE FIRST CHECK VALVE. ALL HYDRAULIC FUEL LEAKED OUT.SDR CA040921003Wheel · cracked(CAN) LT TIRE WENT FLAT WHILE PARKED. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED A CRACKED WHEEL IN FLANGE AREA. WHEEL, TIRE AND TUBE WERE REPLACED.SDR CA040719004Magneto · wornOIL LEAK WAS DISCOVERED AT MAGNETO MOUNTING FLANGE GASKET. UPON REMOVAL OF UPPER AND LOWER MAGNETO MOUNT CLAMPS (P/N 66M19385), WEAR AND FRETTING OF THE MAGNETO MOUNTING FLANGE WAS DISCOVERED. WHEN CHECKED, THE MAGNETO WAS STILL CORRECTLY TIMED TO THE ENGINESDR CA040719005Magneto · wornOIL LEAK WAS DISCOVERED AT MAGNETO MOUNTING FLANGE GASKET. UPON REMOVAL OF UPPER AND LOWER MAGNETO MOUNT CLAMPS (P/N 66M19385), WEAR AND FRETTING OF THE MAGNETO MOUNTING FLANGE WAS DISCOVERED. WHEN CHECKED, THE MAGNETO WAS STILL CORRECTLY TIMED TO THE ENGINESDR CA040721002Structure · crackedWHILE INSPECTING GEAR A CRACK WAS NOTICED IN THE PAINT. CRACK EXTENDS FROM INSIDE CURVE HALF WAY TO BOLT HOLE.SDR CA040714001Pump · leaking(CAN) DURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE THE FUEL PUMP WAS NOTED AS LEAKING FUEL. THIS PUMP IS NOT COVERED BY THE AD 2003-14-03 AS IT IS MODIFIED. PUMP REPLACED BEFORE FURTHER FLIGHT.SDR CA040921004Torque Link · cracked(CAN) DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TORQUE LINK WAS FOUND CRACKED. THESE P/N CH2026-1 TORQUE LINKS ARE PART OF BOUNDARY LAYER RESEARCH HEAVY LANDING GEAR KIT FOR STC NR SA00202SE.SDR CSA2004F00000Bolt · wornPILOT RADIOED THAT LT MLG SAFE LIGHT WOULD NOT COME ON, VERIFIED BULB FUNCTION, OK. VERIFIED GEAR FULLY EXTENDED DURING FLY-BY BEFORE LANDING. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON RUNWAY. PILOT REPORT GEAR SAFE LIGHT CAME ON AT TOUCHDOWN. SDR CA040625008Drive Shaft · sheared(CAN) ON LT ENGINE WARMING UP, FOUND LIGHT WARNING INDICATION (ON) IN RANGE OF RPM. WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND LT VACUUM PUMP DRIVE SHAFT SHEARED. NO OTHER DAMAGE FOUND AT VISUAL INSPECTION.SDR FFS2004F00001Exhaust Valve · crackedCOMPRESSION CHECK REVEALED ZERO COMPRESSION IN THE NR 3 CYLINDER. INVESTIGATION FOUND A HOLE BURNED THROUGH THE HEAD OF THE EXHAUST VALVE. THE FAILURE SEEMED UNUSUAL BECAUSE THERE WERE MULTIPLE CRACKS IN THE HEAD OF THE VALVE IN A CIRCUMFERENTIAL ORIENTATIONSDR CA040624003Injector · malfunctioned(CAN) ENGINE EXPERIENCED POWER LOSS. MANIFOLD PRESSURE WENT FROM 32 - 20 INCHES. FLIGHT CREW MADE UNSCHEDULED LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. ENGINEER FOUND THAT SERVO FUEL INJECTOR WAS THE PROBLEM AND HAD FLOODED OUT THE ENGINE. ENGINEER REPLACED SERVO FUEL INJE
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