Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15
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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 = 'JT8D15' 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 = 'JT8D15' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR CA090611007Windshield · failed(CAN) ACFT ENROUTE, IN CRUISE AT FL 380 CAPTAIN`S FRONT WINDSHIELD SHATTERED. ACFT DIVERTED, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX DETERMINED OUTER PANE FAILED, WINDOW REPLACED.SDR CA090601004Duct · ruptured(CAN) ACFT RETURNED TO YOW AFTER APPROX 30 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT DUE TO FIRE ALARM ON NR 2 ENGINE. ALARM WOULD NOT GO OFF AFTER NORMAL PROCEDURE SO ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGED. MX FOUND A 4 INCH HOLE IN THE 13TH STAGE BLEED AIR DUCT TO THE NOSE ANSDR C8GA20090075Pump · faultyFLT 720 FROM TOL TO ATL, DURING CLIMB-OUT THE NR 2 ENGINE FUEL FLOW BECAME ERRATIC, THE N1 AND N2 STARTED WINDING DOWN FOLLOWED BY COMPRESSOR STALL. THE NR 2 ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN, EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO TOL WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT ISDR C8GA20090064Fan · bentFLT 706 FROM ILN TO MSP, DURING TAKEOFF ROLL THE NR 3 ENGINE HAD A COMPRESSOR STALL. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE BLOCKS WITHOUT INCIDENT. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE NR 3 ENGINE HAD INGESTED A GOOSE. THE C1 AND C2 FSDR CA090224001Windshield · failed(CAN) THE ACFT SUFFERED AN OUTER PANE FAILURE ON RT WINDSHIELD AT THE TOP OF THE CLIMB. THE ACFT DIVERTED AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM. MX REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA090119014Drum · frozenON APPROACH INTO YYZ WHEN FLAPS 30 WAS SELECTED NEEDLES REMAINED IN FLAPS 25 POSITION BAND. "TO LOW FLAPS" AURAL WARNING SOUNDED. MISSED APPROACH WAS EXECUTED. RECTIFICATION TROUBLESHOOTING CARRIED OUT AS PER MM 27-51-000-5. UNABLE TO FAULT. SUSPECT FROZEN DSDR CA090116003Switch · worn(CAN) ESSENTIAL POWER WAS LOST AT ROTATION DURING TAKE-OFF. SECOND OFFICER WAS UNABLE TO ESTABLISH ESSENTIAL POWER WHEN CYCLED FROM GENERATOR 3, TO GEN 1, TO GEN 2. STANDBY POWER WAS SELECTED. FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT OFSDR CA090113005Cabin Pressure · unknown(CAN) ENROUTE YOW FROM YVO, THE CREW OBSERVED THE CABIN ALTITUDE CLIMBING BEYOND THE PRESET VALUE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DESTINATION AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM. (TC NR 20090113005)SDR C8GA20080073Oil System · reads highFLT 706 FROM TOL TO MSP. DURING CRUISE OPERATION THE NR 2 ENGINE LOW OIL PSI LIGHT ILLUMINATED. APPROPRIATE CHECKLIST WAS FOLLOWED AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT IN MSP. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED, FOUND NR 2 ENGISDR CA081222003Hose · failed(CAN) ON DEPARTURE FROM YVR, WHEN GEAR SELECTED UP, HYDRAULIC `A` SYSTEM FAILED. HYDRAULIC QUANTITY INDICATION 0, HYDRAULIC PRESSURE INDICATION 0. CREW EXTENDED GEAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLIGHT MANUAL PROCEDURES. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO YVR, STOPPED ON THE RSDR CA081205006Stator · broken(CAN) DURING PUSHBACK ON C-FCJF EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS REQUIRED TO MOVE ACFT AND DETERMINED NR2 MAIN WHEEL WAS DEFLATED. ACFT PULLED BACK TO GATE FOR INVESTIGATION. MAINT WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE NR2 WHEEL. AFTER SEVERAL EFFORTS WITHOUT SUCCESS IT WAS DECIDED THE TISDR C8GA20080084Structure · crackedWHILE IN HEAVY MAINTENANCE PERFORMING INSPECTIONS IT WAS NOTED THAT THE LOWER CHORD RUNNING ALONG STR 27R BY THE C2 DOOR IS CORRODED AND CRACKED AT BOTH ENDS, STA 950E-1010. CUT OUT DAMAGED AREA, PERFORMED HFEC INSPECTION AND FABRICATED REPAIR ANGLE FROM 7075SDR C8GA20080083Frame · corrodedWHILE IN HEAVY PERFORMING INSPECTIONS IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FRAME WAS DENTED AT BS 1110 JUST ABOVE STR 26R CUT OUT DAMAGED FRAME AND FABRICATED NEW FRAME FROM 7075-O .063 INCH 23 INCH BY 4.5 INCH. HEAT TREATED FRAME TO T6. INSTALLED REPAIR IAW SRM 53-10-2 ANSDR C8GA20080083AIntercostal · corrodedWHILE IN HEAVY MAINTENANCE PERFORMING INSPECTIONS SURFACE CORROSION WAS NOTED ON INTERCOSTAL BS 695 STR 27R. DAMAGED INTERCOSTAL WAS REMOVED, A NEW INTERCOSTAL WAS FABRICATED. INSTALLED REPAIR IAW SRM 53-10-2 AND 51-10-3. NO OTHER DEFECTS NOTED. AIRCRAFT WSDR CA081009007Switch · failed(CAN) JUST AFTER DEPARTURE FROM YYZ, THE PILOTS NOTICED WHEN SELECTING FLAPS 5 TO FLAPS 2, THE LEADING EDGE FLAP INDICATOR ON THE FORWARD PANEL WENT MOMENTARILY GREEN THEN BACK TO AMBER. THE LEADING EDGE INDICATOR ON THE REAR PANEL INDICATED THE NR 1 LEADING SDR CA081016004Hose · leaking(CAN) DURING DEPARTURE OF THE ACFT PRIOR TO ENGINE START, FUEL WAS NOTICED LEAKING FROM NR 3 ENGINE. MX REQUESTED NORMAL ENGINE START TO VERIFY FUEL LEAK. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN, AND ACFT TOWED BACK TO GATE FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. THE FUEL HOSE ASSEMBLY WASDR SPA2008F00001Battery Pack · inoperativeLOWER EMERGENCY LIGHTS AT DOORS L2 AND R2 WILL NOT ILLUMINATE. REPLACED EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY PACK IAW MM 33-21-27. FUNCTIONAL CHECK SATISFACTORY. (K)SDR SPA2008F00002Battery Pack · inoperativeLOWER EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT R1 AND L1 DOOR POSITIONS WILL NOT ILLUMINATE. REPLACED EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY PACK IAW MANUAL 33-21-27. FUNCTIONAL CHECK SATISFACTORY. (K)SDR SPA2008F00003Power Supply · failedLOWER EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS AT DOORS L2 AND R2 WILL NOT ILLUMINATE. REPLACED POWER SUPPLY IAW MM 33-21-27. FUNCTIONAL CHECK SATISFACTORY. (K)SDR CA080911005O-Ring · leaking(CAN) WHILE CLIMBING OUT, NOTICED ENG NR 1 OIL QUANTITY INDICATOR SLOWLY DECREASING, QUANTITY WAS 1 GALLON AT TOP OF CLIMB. AT MID POINT, QUANTITY DECREASED TOWARD ZERO. ENGINE SHUTDOWN DRILL AND CHECK LIST COMPLETED. ENGINE WINDMILLING SUPPLEMENT COMPLETEDSDR C8G2008F00018Turbine · damagedON TAKEOFF, JUST AFTER V2 THE NR 2 ENGINE FAILED. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE ACFT RETURNED, WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. POST FLIGHT INSP REVEALED TURBINE DAMAGE. THE NR 2 ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. OPS CHECK GOOD. NO OTHER DEFECTS WERE SDR SPA2008F00000Battery Pack · failedMID CABIN CEILING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS WILL NOT ILLUMINATE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK AND POWER SUPPLY IAW MM 33-51-81. FUNCTIONAL CHECK SATISFACTORY. (K)SDR PCS2008F00000Compressor · failedDURING CLIMB BETWEEN 180 TO 210 FLIGHT LEVEL NR 1 ENG COMPRESSOR STALL FOLLOWED BY OIL TEMP RISE. AFTER SECOND COMPRESSOR STALL NR 1 ENG OIL PRESS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ENG WAS SHUT DOWN PER AOM. NR 1 ENG OPERATED APPROX 9 MINUTES OIL PRESS ABOUT 20 PSI. POSTSDR C8GA20080053Mount · crackedWHILE IN HEAVY MAINTENANCE PERFORMING INSPECTION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE NR 7 SLAT ACTUATOR IB MOUNTING BRACKET HAD A 1" CRACK. REMOVED CRACKED SUPPORT. FABRICATED NEW DOUBLER FROM 301 1/2 HD .100" (7.5 X 3) AND NEW STIFFNER FROM BAC 1503-100145 (9" X 4"). INSTASDR DHLA200800088Engine · malfunctionedREJECTED TAKEOFF, ENG NR 3 WAS 1.88 EPR WITH BUG OF 2.05. GROSS WEIGHT 173.4, AIR SPEED 70 KTS, PRESS ALTITUDE 2360FT, AIR TEMP 39C. TRIMMED ENG TO CORRECT PP AND IDLE PARAMETERS PER MM CH 71-00-87. PP STOP REMOVED AND SAFTIED. TO EPR 2.07. ACFT WAS GROUNSDR CA080730002Smoke Detector · failed(CAN) ON CLIMB THROUGH FL290 CARGO SMOKE 6TH POSITION LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND FIRE WARNING BELL SOUNDED. ACFT RETURNED. ON ARRIVAL, NO SMOKE DETECTION LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED ON FE PANEL. CARGO AREA INSPECTED FOR SMOKE. NONE FOUND. SUSPECTED FAILURE OF NR 6 SMOKSDR CA080801003Engine · power loss(CAN) WHILE AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE ENROUTE, THE ACFT EXPERIENCED AN UNCOMMANDED POWER LOSS, DECELERATING TO FLIGHT IDLE. THE CREW SELECTED NR 2 THRUST TO IDLE AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO POINT OF DEPARTURE AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM. THE ACFT FERRIED FOR SDR PID2008F00001Bypass Switch · inoperativeOIL FILTER BYPASS LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. SHUTDOWN RT ENGINE IAW QRH. DIVERTED FLT. INSPECTED NR 2 MAIN ENGINE OIL FILTER AND CLEANED BYPASS CONNECTOR SWITCH. RAN NR 2 ENGINE, BYPASS CONNECTOR SWITCH. RAN NR 2 ENGINE, BYPASS LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. SDR PID2008F00003Sensor · failedGEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. OVER RIDE TRIGGER USED TO RETRACT GEAR. AC RETURNED TO FIELD. PERFORMED OVERWEIGHT LANDING INSPECTION IAW MM 05-51-291. AC IS SAFE FOR INTENDED FERRY FLIGHT.. 7/11/2008: FOUND AIR SAFETY SENSOR BAD. REPLACED AIR SAFELY SENSOR AND OSDR NWAA083069941Engine · flamed outDURING TOP OF DESCENT AS THRUST WAS REDUCED, ENGINE NR 2 FLAMED OUT. FLIGHT CREW DIVERTED TO ABE PERFORMING AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MAINTENANCE REPLACED ENGINE NR 2. (A)SDR PID2008F00005Battery Pack · inoperativeAFT EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS NOT WORKING. REMOVED AND REPLACED AFT BATTERY PACK IAW MM 33-51-57. LIGHTS WORKING NORMAL. (K)SDR 08FDEA02452Bolt · damagedNR 3 ENGINE STARTER CONTROL ROD INBD OF ENGINE, NUT HAS NO THREADS SHOWING AND SPRING CLIP NOT BENT OVER BOLT HEAD. PROPERLY INSTALLED NR 3 ENG START CONTROL ROD (UPPER) BOLT AND ATTACHING HARDWARE IAW FX MM 76-11-021-2.SDR CA080624003Indicator · malfunctioned(CAN) ON TAKE-OFF/CLIMB OUT, THE NR 3 ENGINE EGT WAS 60 DEGREES HIGHER THAN ENGINES 1 AND 2. THROUGH 1000 FEET AGL THE NR 3 OIL TEMP WENT INTO THE RED BAND. A REDUCTION IN POWER FOR QUITE THRUST BROUGHT THE OIL TEMP BACK TO THE YELLOW BAND. A RESUMPTION IN POWSDR C8G2008F00003Fitting · looseDURING CLIMB OPERATION, THE NR 2 ENGINE LOW OIL PSI LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND OIL QUANTITY WENT TO EMPTY. THE NR 2 ENG WAS SHUTDOWN, AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AC LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. POST FLIGHT INSP REVEALED THAT THE NR 2 ENGINE OIL FILTER BYPASS SWSDR C8G2008F00013Indicator · faultyDURING TAKEOFF ROLL THE NR 2 ENGINE EGT INDICATOR WENT TO ZERO INDICATION. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED, WHERE THE AC RETURNED TO BLOCKS WITHOUT INCIDENT. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED NR 2 ENGINE EGT INDICATOR AT FAULT. THE NR 2 ENGINE EGT INDICATOR WAS REMOVED SDR PID2008F00004Battery Pack · inoperativeMID CABIN CEILING - EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED BATTERY PACKS AT MID CABIN CEILING. OPS CHECK, EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS GOOD, IAW MM33-51-81. (K)SDR CA080418002Fire Detector · false indication(CAN) AFTER TAKEOFF, AT APPROX 1,000 FEET AGL, THERE WAS A FIRE WARNING ON THE NR 1 ENGINE. THRUST LEVER RETARDED, LIGHT REMAINED ON. EMERGENCY DRILL COMPLETED AND LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AFTER FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGED. AC RETURNED AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENSDR CA080411004Line · leakingAFTER TAKEOFF WHEN GEAR SELECTED UP, HYDRAULIC SYSTEM "A" LOW LEVEL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND HYDRAULIC QUANTITY DROPPED TO 2.0 GAL. FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED FOR APPROACH. PER FLIGHT CREW CHECKLIST GEAR WAS MANUALLY LOWERED HOWEVER FLIGHT CSDR C8GA20080012Helicoil · damagedFLT 708 FROM MCI TO PHX - DURING CRUISE OPERATION THE CAPTAIN WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE NR 1 ENGINE OIL QUANTITY WAS DECREASING. THE NR 1 ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO ABQ WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. POST FLIGHT SDR CA080124002Swivel · leaking(CAN) AC WAS DISPATCHED AND DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE FLIGHT ENGINEER NOTICED THAT THE (A) SYS HYDRAULICS INDICATED .1250 OF A TANK REMAINING. THE CREW DECIDED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND THE LANDING GEAR NEEDED TO BE CRANKED DOWN. THE AC LANDED SAFELY AND WASSDR DU4R2008191Skin · corrodedS/O 304002 N/R NR26444 CORROSION FWD CARGO BILGE AREA BS 660 S-28L - S-28R. REPAIRED BY CUTTING OUT CORRODED AREA BS 661 TO BS 664.5, NDT VERIFIED NO CRACKS IAW NPTM PT. 6 51-00-00 FIG. 23. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER 11.6 INCH X 16.25 INCH FROM 2SDR CA080121007Volt Regulator · odor(CAN) DURING FLIGHT CREW SHUTDOWN CHECKLIST, ON APU POWER, SMOKE ALARM SOUNDED IN THE AC LAVATORY. LAVATORY INSP REVEALED SOME SMOKE. ALARM SILENCED WHILE INSPECTING THE LAVATORY AREA. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS, THE ALARM SOUNDED AGAIN, AND THE AC POWESDR CA080115007Pcu · frozen(CAN) THE AC ARRIVED AT DESTINATION AND WAS ON A TURN-AROUND WHEN THE CREW NOTICED ON TAXI OUT, THAT THE AILERONS HAD FROZEN UP. THE AC RETURNED TO THE RAMP WHERE MAINT INSPECTED THE SYS. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AILERON POWER CONTROL UNIT HAD FROZEN UP. HESDR CA080109004Uplock Switch · faulted(CAN) FLIGHT WAS DEPARTING AND THEN DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE CREW SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR UP. WHEN THE GEAR HAD CYCLED UP THERE REMAINED A RED NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT. THE CREW CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR 3 TIMES BEFORE THE UNSAFE LIGHT EVENTUALLY WENT OUT. TSDR KNNA200700068Skin · damagedWHILE PERFORMING AN A-7 CHECK, A LIGHTNING STRIKE WAS FOUND ON THE LT ELEVATOR AT THE OUTBOARD TRAILING EDGE LOWER SIDE, UNDER I/B STATIC WICK, SPECIAL INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED IAW SKY KING GMM SECTION 4.03 AND AMM 05-51-151-201 WITH NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED. ELSDR CA071204004Accessory Unit · unserviceable(CAN) SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF WHEN GEAR WAS BEING RETRACTED, CREW NOTICED THAT THE RT MAIN GEAR RED LIGHT WAS STILL ILLUMINATED. CREW CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR (3) TIMES WITH THE SAME RESULTS. THE CREW ADVISED THAT AIR NOISE COULD BE HEARD. GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN SDR C8GA20070012Helicoil · damagedFLT 708 FROM TOL TO MCI - DURING CRUISE OPERATION AT FLT LEVEL 320, THE NR 3 ENGINE LOW OIL PSI LIGHT ILLUMINATED. OIL QUANTITY WAS OBSERVED TO BE DECREASING FOLLOWED BY A DECREASE IN OIL PSI. THE NR 3 ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO STL WHSDR KNNA200700061Slat Track · jammedAFTER TAKEOFF, LT LEADING EDGE SLAT DID NOT RETRACT, AIRCRAFT DIVERTED FROM KGNV TO KJAX. PILOT DECLARED IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY FOR FLAPS UP LANDING. AFTER REMOVAL AND INSPECTION, FOUND OUTBD AUXILIARY TRACK JAMMED, WHICH CAUSED THE SLAT TO SHIFT AND THE TRAILISDR KNNA200700043Slat Track · jammedAFTER TAKEOFF, LT LEADING EDGE SLAT DID NOT RETRACT, AIRCRAFT DIVERTED FROM KGNV TO KJAX. PILOT DECLARED IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY FOR FLAPS UP LANDING. AFTER REMOVAL AND INSPECTION, FOUND OUTBD AUXILIARY TRACK JAMMED, WHICH CAUSED THE SLAT TO SHIFT AND THE TRAILISDR CA071122006Accessory Unit · inoperative(CAN) THE CREW DISCOVERED THAT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WOULD NOT MOVE PAST THE (OFF) POSITION WITHOUT THE USE OF THE OVERRIDE TRIGGER. AT THE TERMINATING STATION, MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LANDING GEAR ACCY UNIT AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. (TC NR 2007
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