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 WVB2003F00001Crankshaft · brokenON APPROACH, ON 10 NOVEMBER 2003, THE PILOT NOTICED FUEL FLOW FLUCTUATIONS AND AN ABRUPT LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE ON THE LT ENGINE AND IMMEDIATELY SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN. PILOT CONTINUED FLIGHT AND LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. PILOT IMMEDIATELY REPORTEDSDR AUS20031180Oil System · contaminated(AUS) ENGINE OIL SYSTEM CONTAMINATED BY UNKNOWN NON-FERROUS ITEMS. CONTAMINATES WERE SIMILAR TO SMALL PEBBLES AND WERE APPROXIMATELY 5MM BY 5MM (0.196IN BY 0.196IN) IN SIZE.SDR 2003FA0001173Tappet · brokenTAPPET BODY SEPARATED AND CAUSED ENGINE TO BECOME CONTAMINATED WITH METAL. THIS WAS RECONDITIONED TAPPET BODY. HAVE BEEN USING THESE TAPPETS FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS AND THIS IS THE FIRST ONE THAT HAVE HAD TO BREAK.SDR BSY2003F00025Downlock · lack of lubeRT GEAR NO DOWN AND LOCK LIGHT. CLEANED AND LUBED RT GEAR DOWN AND LOCK MECHANISM, JACK AIRCRAFT, SWUNG GEAR SEVERAL TIMES. OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR AUS20031047Gear · broken(AUS) RT ENGINE FAILED. INVESTIGATION FOUND ACCESSORY CASE DRIVE GEARS WITH BROKEN TEETH.SDR CA031004001Pump · failed(CAN) ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP IN SERVICE 100.1 HRS SINCE NEW. ON ENGINE RUN UP WOULD NOT SUPPLY RATED FUEL PRESSURE. ON IDLE PRESSURE 29 PSI. THERE IS ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THOSE PUMPS RG9080J7A-OUTLET AND INLET FITTING OFTHE PUMP ARE HIGH PROFILE AND DIMENSSDR AUS20031018Spring · broken(AUS) ELEVATOR DOWN SPRING BROKEN APPROXIMATELY FIVE COILS FROM THE FORWARD ATTACHMENT MOUNTING POINTS. INSPECTION USING AN EIGHT POWER MAGNIFYING GLASS REVEALS INTERGRANNULAR CORROSION.SDR AUS20030969Tube · cracked(AUS) CABIN HEATER COMBUSTION TUBE CRACKED AND BULGING.SDR AUS20031054Bushing · separated(AUS) GOVERNOR IDLE SHAFT BUSHING BROKEN AWAY AND ENTERED ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM CAUSING METAL CONTAMINATION.SDR CA030922004Stud · broken(CAN) DURING 100 HR. INSPECTION THE NR 2 ENGINE COWL WAS REMOVED. WHEN THE COWL WAS LOWERED TWO NUTS WITH HALF THE STUDS FELL OUT ONE 3/8 INCH AND ONE 1/2 INCH. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE NR 2 CYL HOLD DOWN STUDS ON THE LOWER HALF OF THE SDR AUS20030970Torque Link · broken(AUS) LT MAIN LANDING GEAR TORQUE LINK LUG BROKEN.SDR CA030912005Pump · failed(CAN) DURING OPERATIONAL CHECK OF HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOUND RT HYDRAULIC PUMP LANDING GEAR SELECTION HANDLE WON'T RETURN TO NEUTRAL POSITION WITHIN POINTED IN MM PERIOD OF TIME ( THREE TO NINE ) SECONDS. THE PUMP WAS IN SERVICE FOR 177.3 HRS SINCE NEW.SDR CA030828006Crankshaft · sheared(CAN) PILOT DEPARTED NORWAY HOUSE FOR WINNIPEG. AFTER REACHING CRUSE ALTITUDE THE L/H ENGINE RAN ROUGH FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THEN FEATHERED ON ITS OWN AND SHUT DOWN. THE PILOT RETURNED TO NORWAY HOUSE AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. ON THE GROUND IT WAS DETERMINSDR CA030903001Case · cracked(CAN) PILOT REPORTED ENGINE OIL ON NR 1 COWL WHEN COWL WAS REMOVED IT WAS NOTICED THAT THERE WAS OIL ON TOP OF THE NR 6 CYL. HOLD DOWN STUDS. AFTER THE ENGINE WAS CLEANED IT WAS GROUND RUN AND THE OIL APEARED TO BE COMING FROM AROUND THE STUD BUT AFT ER FURTHSDR CA040105002Shaft · broken(CAN) AFTER LANDING THE PILOT SHUTDOWN THE RT ENGINE SO HE COULD CHECK THE LT HYDRAULIC PUMP WHICH HE DID BY PUTTING THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN, GEAR HANDLE DID NOT COME BACK TO NEUTRAL. MAINTENANCE REMOVED THE HYDRAULIC PUMP AND FOUND THE SHAFT SHEARED, ORDERED AN SDR AUS20030807Bolt · fractured(AUS) MAIN LANDING GEAR TORQUE LINK BOLT FRACTURED CAUSING TORQUE LINK TO FRACTURE AS WELL.SDR BSY2003F00022Engine · malfunctionedRT ENGINE WILL NOT DEVELOP MORE THAN 1600 RPM. HAD MAINTENANCE CHECK AND RUN ENGINE COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM.SDR AUS20030709Gear · loose(AUS) LT ENGINE MAGNETO DISTRIBUTOR GEAR POINTER LOOSE AND CONTACTING DISTRIBUTOR CAP AND POSTS.SDR 2003FA0000714Governor · inoperativePILOT REPORTED, WENT THRU SEVERE TURBULANCE AND LOST GOVERNOR CONTROL. ENGINE WENT TO 2575 RPM. TROUBLESHOT UNIT, COULD NOT DUPLICATE, OPERATED AND CHECKED WITH PROP TACH. OPENED ON GROUND.SDR AUS20030708Cable · faulty(AUS) LANDING GEAR CABLE HAD SLIGHT BINDING. DURING INVESTIGATION OF THE BINDING PROBLEM A CRIMPED FERRULE SEPARATED FROM THE CABLE. CABLE WAS A NEW ITEM AND WAS BEING INSPECTED BEFORE FITMENT.CABLE IS FITTED BETWEEN LANDING GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE AND POWERPACK.SDR CA030730002Trunnion · cracked(CAN) NOSE LANDING GEAR HOUSING (TRUNNION) PIPER PN 4027300 NOTED CRACKED DURING WALK AROUND INSPECTION. APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES CRACK FROM RT SIDE STEERING STOP UP AND BACK ON HOUSING. THE TYPE OF CRACKING RESULTS FROM OVER STEERING OR EXCESSIVE PULL DURING GRSDR BSY2003F00019Downlock · inoperativeHAD NO GEAR DOWN INDICATION ON RIGHT GEAR, DID A TOWER FLY BY, CYCLED GEAR THEN WAS OK. CLEANED DOWN AND LOCK. HOOKS CYCLED GEAR COULD NOT DUPLICATE.SDR CA030709002Sense Line · failed(CAN) IN CLIMB THROUGH 8,500 FT, RT ENG MANIFOLD PRESSURE DROPPED BACK TO 20 INCHES MANIFOLD PRESSURE, FROM CLIMB POWER SETTING OF 40 INCHES MANIFOLD PRESSURE & 2,400 RPM WITH MIXTURE FULL RICH. PILOT DID A CAUSE CHECK WITH NO RESULTS. PILOT SECURED ENGINE & DSDR AUS20030611Bracket · cracked(AUS) LT MAIN LANDING GEAR SWITCH BRACKET CRACKED RESULTING IN SWITCH OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.SDR AUS20030657Downlock Hook · lack of lube(AUS) LT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWNLOCK HOOK STIFF IN OPERATION DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION. SUSPECT CAUSED BY INCORRECT CLEANING TECHNIQUES.SDR CA030703016O-Ring · failed(CAN) AIRCRAFT JACKED UP, GEAR SWUNG. NOSE GEAR SLOWER IN RETRACTION. FOUND NOSE GEAR RAM O-RINGS FLAT. REMOVED, REPAIRED, REINSTALLED. AIRCRAFT OK.SDR CA030616001Support Bracket · broken(CAN) FUEL MANIFOLD SUPPORT BRACKET BREAKS AT BEND RADIUS-BELIEVE DUE TO STRESS INDUCED AT MANUFACTURE. BRACKET BROKE 4 TIMES:1. AT 208.4 TTSNEACH TIME BRACKET REPLACED WITH NEW 2. AT 96.0 TTSN 3. AT 86.0 TTSN 4. AT 16.3 TTSN ON INSPECTION OF NEW BRACKETS WE FSDR CA030613003Tire · damaged(CAN) ON TAKEOFF ROLL THE PILOT NOTICE A VIBRATION IN THE AIRFRAME, THEN ABORTED TAKEOFF AND TAXIED TO THE NEAREST TAXIWAY AND NOTIFIED MAINTENANCE. UPON ARRIVAL MAINTENANCE NOTICED THE NOSE WHEEL WAS FLAT. THE NOSE WHEEL WAS DAMAGED TOO MUCH TO BE ABLE TO DETSDR CA030606007Crankshaft · cracked(CAN) CRACKS FOUND IN THRUST AREA OF CRANKSHAFT CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE END CLEARANCE OF CRANKSHAFT (IN CRANKCASE).SDR CA030609011Motor · odor(CAN) THE PILOTS DETECTED A BURNING ODOR WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN DESCENT. AFTER ELIMINATING SYSTEMS, THE PILOTS CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT WAS THE GROUND FAN. AFTER DISASSEMBLY & INSPECTION WE DID NOT FIND ANYTHING ABNORMAL. WE THINK THAT THE ODOR ORIGINSDR AUS20030603Reservoir · contaminated(AUS) HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR CONTAMINATED. CONTAMINANT WAS A BLACK SLUDGE WHICH MAY INDICATE BIOLOGICAL GROWTH. SUSPECT PROBLEM ORIGINATES FROM WATER LYING IN SPILL TRAY AROUND FILLER NECK.SDR FFS2003F00019Line · leakingPILOT REPORTED LT FUEL BOOST PUMP CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED IN FLIGHT. UPON INSPECTION OF FUEL PUMP IN LT WING ROOT, IT WAS APPARENT THERE HAD BEEN A BRIEF FIRE IN THE AREA. PLASTIC SPIRAL WRAP AROUND FUEL LINE HAD SHRUNK AND MELTED. PNEUMATIC LINE TH LT WING SDR CA030505005Control Cable · broken(CAN) AFT ELEVATOR TRIM CABLE LOCATED AT AUTOPILOT SERVO SNAPPED.SDR CA030529001Crankshaft · broken(CAN) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE RT ENGINE STOPPED. THE PILOTS TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE WITHOUT SUCCESS. WHILE SEARCHING THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE STOPPAGE, WE DISCOVERED THAT THE VALVES WERE NOT WORKING. WE REMOVED THE ENGINE AND SENT IT FOR OVERHAUL, ON DISSDR AUS20030392Filter · shorted(AUS) ALTERNATOR FILTER SHORT CIRCUITED.SDR AUS20030373Engine · making metal(AUS) ENGINE OIL FILTER CONTAMINATED WITH SMALL BRIGHT NON-FERROUSMETAL FLAKES.SDR CA030328007Piston · melted(CAN) DURING FLIGHT THE PILOT NOTICED AN OIL LEAK COMING FROM THE RT ENGINE. INVESTIGATION FOR THE CAUSE REVEALED THAT CYLINDER NR 5 HAD NO COMPRESSION. ONCE THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED, WE NOTICED THAT THE PISTON MELTED AND HAD BROKEN SEGMENTS. WE REPLACED THE CYLSDR AUS20030414Bearing · delaminated(AUS) NR 5 CONNECTING ROD BEARING DELAMINATED. AREA OF DELAMINATION APPROXIMATELY 8MM BY 2MM (0.314IN BY 0.078IN).SDR CA030227006Wire Harness · damaged(CAN) A/C DID NOT HAVE A RIGHT GEAR DOWN & LOCKED INDICATION APPROACHING AIRPORT. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RECYCLE THE GEAR HAD NO EFFECT. ALL OTHER INDICATIONS AND GEAR OPERATION APPEARED NORMAL. A/C OVERFLEWAIRPORT FOR PRECAUTIONARY REASONS. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUSDR AUS20030085Diaphragm · faulty(AUS) FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR DIAPHRAGM SUSPECT FAULTY.SDR CA030123005Nut · damagedDURING AIRCRAFT SCHEDULED INSPECTION EVENT, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND A CYLINDER BASE NUT LODGED IN THE OIL PUMP SCAVENGE SCREEN ORIFICE. THE NUT WAS TOO BIG IN SIZE TO BE REMOVED FROM ENGINE; THEREFORE ENGINE ACCESSORY CASE, OIL PAN AND THREE (3) CYLINDERSSDR CA030113008Line · broken(CAN) DURING CLIMB, PILOTS NOTICED PARTIAL POWER LOSS ON THE LT ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE AND LANDED SAFELY. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATED PROBLEM AND FOUND THE LT ENGINE NR 4 CYLINDER FUEL NOZZLE LINE BROKEN AT FLANGE.THE LINE WAS REPLACED AND AD 2002SDR CA030113009Line · broken(CAN) DURING CLIMB, PILOTS NOTICED PARTIAL POWER LOSS ON THE LT ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE AND LANDED SAFELY. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATED PROBLEM AND FOUND THE LT ENGINE NR 4 CYLINDER FUEL NOZZLE LINE BROKEN AT FLANGE. THE LINE WAS REPLACED AND AD 20SDR AUS20030130Rod End · faulty(AUS) NOSE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR DRAG LINK RODEND FAULTY. BUMPER STOP OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.SDR JAC002RRExhaust Pipe · wrong partDURING 100 HOUR/ANNUAL INSPECTION, LT ENGINE TURBOCHARGER EXHAUST PIPE WAS NOTICED TO BE ABNORMAL, IN THAT IT WAS ASSEMBLED OF 13 WELDED SEGMENTS, WHEREAS THE CORRECT PART CONSISTS OF TWO WELDED SEGMENTS. PART WAS REPLACED WITH THE CORRECT ITEM, PART NUMBER 40SDR CA021108016Engine · failed(CAN) ON CLIMB OUT OF YYC RT POWERPLANT BEGAN TO SURGE 300 TO 400 RPM. PILOT ADVISED TOWER AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT. NOTED THAT ONCE POWER WAS REDUCED POWERPLANT, THEN RAN NORMALLY. ONCE ON GROUND, ADDITIONAL ANTI ICE HOLES DRILLED IN BREATHER LINE AND 2 LBS PRSDR EEJ2002F00004Rod · strippedLT ENGINE WOULD NOT PRODUCE FULL RPM AND PROPELLER WENT TO FEATHER ON NORMAL SHUTDOWN. PROPELLER REMOVED AND TAKEN FOR INSPECTION. FOUND PITCH CHANGE ROD ADJUSTING SCREW AND HOUSING THREADS STRIPPED.SDR CA021030005Attach Angle · cracked(CAN) DURING ROUTINE 100 HOUR INSPECTION FOUND CRACKED LT AND RT PLATES LOCATED ON INBOARD SIDE OF NACELLE JUST AFT OF FIREWALL. PLATES ATTACH SKIN OF NACELLE TO FRAME. AIRCRAFT IS OPERATED FOR LOW LEVEL TERRAIN FOLLOWING SURVEY. PREVIOUSLY FOUND SAME PLATES CSDR AUS20021215Bearing · failed(AUS) LH ENGINE TURBOCHARGER FAILED. SUSPECT BEARING FAILED.SDR CA021009028Turbocharger · leaking(CAN) TURBOCHARGER LEAKING OIL AT BOTTOM OF THE UNIT.
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