Lycoming TIO-540-R2AD
Service difficulty reports · 16
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 = 'TIO540R2AD' 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 = 'TIO540R2AD' 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 CA070503003Connecting Rod · broken(CAN) IT WAS REPORTED TO MAINTENANCE THAT THE RT ENGINE HAD EXPERIENCED SOME TROUBLE. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN (DURING FLIGHT) AND PROP WAS FEATHERED. THE AIRCRAFT COMPLETED THE FLIGHT TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PRELIMINARY INSPECSDR CA070426003Rocker Cover · separated(CAN) SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PILOTS EXPERIENCED A POWER LOSS IN THE LT ENGINE, HOWEVER THE ENGINE REMAINED RUNNING. THEY RETURNED TO THE NEARBY AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE ENGINE AND FOUND THAT NR 6 CYLINDER ROCKER COVER HAD BEENSDR CA070313006Crankshaft · broken(CAN) APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES OUT, THE CREW NOTED A VIBRATION FROM THE LT ENGINE. THE CREW SECURED THE ENGINE AND FEATHERED THE PROP IAW THE CHECK LIST. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO DESTINATION WITHOUT INCIDENT. WITH COWLING’S REMOVED, NOTED THE CASE HAD BEEN BRSDR CA061122001Wastegate Valve · failed(CAN) WHEN THE PILOTS APPLIED MAX POWER FOR TAKE-OFF THE LH ENGINE WOULD ONLY PRODUCE 30 INCHES M.P. THE TAKE-OFF WAS STOPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO CHALKS. AFTER FOUND NO FAULTS. THE TURBO WHEEL WAS ABLE TO TURN FREELY. THE WASTE GATE WAS CHANGED OUT. SDR CA061018004Cylinder Head · broken(CAN) AFTER CLIMB OUT THE LT ENGINE LOST POWER AND A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD. THE ENGINE (PROPELLER) WAS FEATHERED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE NR 2 CYLINDER ASSEMBLY WAS CRACKED/BROKEN BETWEEN THSDR CA060530005Rocker Cover · separatedDURING TAKEOFF, THE CREW NOTED THE LT ENGINE SURGING AND SMOKE FROM THE EXHAUST. THE AIRCRAFT COMPLETED THE TAKEOFF AND CAME BACK FOR LANDING WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE. CLOSER INVESTIGATION FOUND THE TAB THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE ROCKER COVER HAD COME OFF. THIS TABSDR CA060323001Housing · cracked(CAN) DURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, AN OIL LEAK WAS NOTED AT THE RT ENGINE MAGNETO GASKET. THE MAGNETO WAS REMOVED TO REPLACE A DEFECTIVE GASKET. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION A SMALL CRACK WAS FOUND ALONG THE MAGNETO MOUNTING FLANGE. OIL WAS SEEPING THROUGH THE CRACSDR CA051214002Crankshaft · brokenDURING LAST LEG OF THE DAY, 10 MINUTES FROM LANDING, A WOOSHING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE RT ENGINE, OIL PRESSURE, RPM, FUEL FLOW AND VACUUM INDICATIONS FOR THE RT ENGINE WENT TO ZERO. MANIFOLD PRESSURE WENT TO 39". THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND PROP FEATHEREDSDR CA051221004Crankshaft · separatedCRANKSHAFT FAILED AT THROW BETWEEN NR 2 MAIN JOURNAL (AS NUMBERED BACK TO FRONT) AND NR 4 CRANK PIN. CRACK STARTED AT RADIUS OF MAIN JOURNAL AND PROPAGATED APPROX 70% THROUGH THROW BEFORE SEPARATING. AFTER SEPARATION, THROW BETWEEN NR 3 ROD AND NR 3 MAIN FRASDR CA041209007Tire · blown(CAN) LT MAIN TIRE WAS REPORTED TO ME AS THE D.M. TO BE FLAT. THE CREW WERE ON TAKEOFF WHEN THERE WAS SHAKING AND AIRCRAFT VEERING TO THE LT. THEY CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF AND MADE A LOW PASS BY THE FSS STATION FOR A VISUAL. IT WAS DETERMINED TO LAND WITH NO PROSDR CA041119002Segment · burnedDURING THE INSPECTION OF THE LT ENGINE AFTER IN-FLIGHT STOPPAGE, A HOLE WAS FOUND N AN EXHAUST SEGMENT. DUE TO RESTRICTED SPACE A HEAT SHROUD THAT CONCEALED THE HOLE COULD NOT BE REMOVED WITHOUT REMOVING THE ENTIRE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE HOT GASES ESCAPING FROMSDR CA021203002Flyweight · failed(CAN) GOVERNOR WAS BENCH CHECKED & FOUND TO HAVE ABOUT A 30-RPM OVER SPEED WITH FULL CONTROL OF GOVERNOR OVER ENTIRE RPM RANGE. GOVERNOR WAS DISASSEMBLED, FOUND FLYWEIGHT HAD PARTIALLY FAILED. DRIVE SPRING WAS DISCONNECTED FROM DRIVER, ALLOWING FLYWEIGHT HEASDR CA030106016Governor · failed(CAN) PILOTS NOTICED RT ENGINE GOING INTO OVERSPEED CONDITION. IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO REDUCE ENGINE RPM WITH THROTTLE & PROP CONTROL, NO SUCCESS. ELECTED TO SHUTDOWN & SECURE RT ENGINE AFTER WHICH THEY CONTACTED TORONTO CENTER AND INFORMED THEM THAT THEY WERE SDR 2003FA0000889Governor · malfunctionedPN 4508-042 WAS OF A LOWER THAN SPECIFIED HARDNESS WHEN INSPECTED. THIS LOWER HARDNESS ALLOWED THE PART TO WEAR AT A FASTER RATE THAN EXPECTED. THIS WEAR ALLOWED THE DRIVE SPRING TO DISENGAGE FROM THE DRIVER IN THE PROPELLER GOVERNOR AND PERMITTED THE PROPELSDR CA010529017Placard · damaged(CAN) WHEN ADDING OIL TO ENGINE WE NOTICED THAT EXTERNAL MARKING ON LITRE CONTAINER SAID "EXXON AVIATION OIL 100". WE CHECKED THE CARTON CONTAINING 12 LITRES AND IT READ "EXXON AVIATION OIL EE100". ONE INDICATED ASHLESS DISPERSANT OIL AND ONE INDICATED STRAIGHSDR CA971014004Magneto · worn(CAN) ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH IN FLIGHT. ENGINE WAS SECURED. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND THE CIRCLIP RETAINER ON THE MAGNETO DRIVE SHAFT WAS NOT IN THE LOCKED POSITION, THIS ALLOWED THE SHAFT TO MOVE (AXIALLY) IN AND OUT. THIS CAUSED INTERNAL COMPONENTS TO
Back to Lycoming TIO-540-R2AD