Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A
Service difficulty reports · 538
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 = 'JT8D15A' 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 = 'JT8D15A' 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 NACA2017072000044Engine · failedNR 2 ENGINE FAILED AT 2000 FEET ON TAKEOFF. MI AT 1705 FEET DURING CLIMB, LOUD NOISE FROM NR 2 ENGINE, NO EPR, SMOKE IN COCKPIT, AND ENGINE VIBRATION. NR 2 ENGINE HAD A FAILURE OF MULTIPLE STAGES OF THE TURBINE SECTION. THE ENGINE AND THRUST REVERSER WERE REMSDR K11A2016080391601Warning Light · illuminatedPERFORMED PRECAUTIONARY SHUTDOWN OF LEFT ENGINE DUE TO OIL PRESSURE LOW LIGHT, LOW OIL PRESSURE & ZERO ON OIL QUANTITYSDR CA150805005Pulley Bracket · broken(CAN) DURING A DAILY SERVICE CHECK THE MECHANIC FOUND THE RT MLG DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN USING THE MANUAL RELEASE. VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE SYS FOUND THE PULLEY BRACKET BROKEN AT BS 940. THE BRACKET WAS REPLACED AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR K11A2014122200001Shaft · shearedFUEL PUMP DRIVE GEAR SHAFT SHEARED, CAUSING ENGINE TO FLAME OUT.SDR NACA201411140001Sleeve · leakingNR 1 ENGINE SHUTDOWN DOWN DUE TO LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. ENGINE MAIN OIL FILTER HOUSING ON GEARBOX SLEEVE BORE REPAIR LEAKING AT MATING SURFACES. REMOVED REPAIR SLEEVE, CLEANED AREA AND REINSTALLED SLEEVE WET WITH ADHESIVE. REF: EM 72-61-01, REPAIR 43, PARA 4SDR PCSA2014060501Compressor · stalledAT 3500’ NR 3 ENG COMPRESSOR STALL. RETARDED THRUST, SLOWLY INCREASED THRUST, COMPRESSOR STALLED AGAIN. THRUST AT IDLE, RETURNED TO MIAMI.SDR CA131018009Housing · damaged(CAN) DURING TROUBLESHOOTING OF A L/E FLAP/SLAT DEFECT, UPON CYCLING FLAPS UP & DOWN HYD SYSTEM "A" MODULE CHECK VALVE FAILED, THREADED CHECK VALVE DEPARTED THE HOUSING BODY, THREADS PULLED FROM HOUSING BODY. SYSTEM A MODULE REPLACED, ALL SYSTEMS CHECKED NORSDR CA130912006Blades · failed(CAN) ON ENGINE THROTTLE UP FOR TAKE OFF CREW REPORTED A BANG ON NR 2 ENGINE WITH HIGH EGT AND LOSS OF THRUST. TAKEOFF ABORTED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND HP AN LP COMPRESSOR WHEEL/BLADE FAILURE. ENGINE REPLACED.SDR 7AHR201308072272Skin · corrodedNR 1 ENGINE OTB COWL HAS CORROSION. INSTALLED REPAIR IAW SRM 51-30-02.SDR 7AHR201308072305Channel · chafedNR 1 OTBD ENGINE COWL ZEE CHANNEL CHAFED 45" FROM AFT END UPPER. INSTALLED REPAIR IAW SRM 51-40-3, PG 1.-6.SDR NACA201305230001Indicator · faultyABORTED TAKEOFF DUE TO INTERMITTENT EGT NR 1 GAUGE. REMOVED AND REPLACED INDICATOR.SDR NACA2013051000001Engine · failedNR 1 ENGINE FAILURE IN FLIGHT, ENGINE SHUT DOWN. REMOVED AND REPLACED ENGINE DUE TO TURBINE FAILURE.SDR NACA2013040900001Transmitter · faultyTAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AT 90KTS DUE TO EXCESSIVE FUEL FLOW INDICATION ON NR 2 ENGINE. REPLACED NR 2 ENGINE FUEL FLOW TRANSMITTER, REF: B737-200MM 73-31-11.SDR NACA2013032700001Oil Filter · dirtyABORTED TAKEOFF DUE TO NR 1 ENGINE OIL FILTER BY-PASS LIGHT ILLUMINATING DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. REPLACED MAIN OIL FILTER. RAN ENGINE, NO LEAKS NOTED. P&WMM 72-61-00-430-00.SDR CA130308011Turbine Blades · failed(CAN) CREW REPORTED UPON ADVANCING THRUST ON TAKEOFF ROLL NR 1 ENGINE FAILED. TAKEOFF ABORTED ACFT RETURNED TO GATE WITH OUT INCIDENT. UPON MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION, SIGNIFIGANT METAL DEBRIS LOCATED IN TAIL PIPE INDICATED TURBINE FAILURE. ENGINE REPLACED.SDR NACA20130116001Seal · failedMECHANICAL INTERUPTION,NR 1 ENGINE SHUTDOWN IN FLIGHT DUE TO LOSS OF OIL QUANTITY AND DECREASE IN OIL PRESSURE. WINDMILL TIME APPROX. 3-4 MINUTES WITH OIL PRESSURE AT 35 PSI AT SHUTDOWN. BORESCOPED ENGINE THROUGH LEFT IGNITOR HOLE BOSS OF LOCAL OIL LINE. NOSDR NACA20121129001Engine · faultyNR 2 ENGINE SHUT DOWN IN FLIGHT DUE TO LOSS OF OIL QUANTITY AND OIL PRESSURE. REPLACING ENGINE AT THIS TIME.SDR SPAA2012080800001Sliding Window · crackedPREFLIGHT CHECK, CAPTAIN'S NR 2 SLIDING WINDOW SHOWS SIGNS OF INTERLAYER CRACKING. REPLACED WINDOW IAW AMM 56-12-11.SDR CA120112007Duct · cracked(CAN) ON DECENT CREW OBSERVED NR 2 ENGINE FIRE WARNING INDICATION. COMPLETED FIRE DRILL, FIRE LIGHT STAYED ON, FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGED. DECLARED EMERGENCY, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE IGV ANTI-ICE DUCT CRACKED AT WELDED FLANGE. DUCT AND FISDR K11A2011111572601Pump · shearedENGINE NR 1 FLAME OUT DURING TAKEOFF AT 80 KNOTS, ALL PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL UNTIL FLAME OUT OCCURED. CREW ADVICED TOWER CLEARED RUNWAY AND RETURNED BACK TO BLOCKS. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE FUEL PUMP AND DISCOVERED THE SHAFT SHEARED OFF. PERFORMED LSDR CA110802001Line · rupturedDURING APPROACH ON SHORT FINAL THE ACFT HAD LOST ALL HYD FLUID IN SYS A. THE ACFT CONTINUED THE APPROACH AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS. UPON POST-FLIGHT INSP BY MX PERSONNEL, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT 1 LT MLG DOOR ACTUATOR FLEXIBLE LINE RUPTURED AND CAUSSDR NACA20110044Turbine Blades · disintegratedNR 2 ENGINE FAILURE ON TAKEOFF ROLL (TURBINE SHELLED). REPLACEMENT OF ENGINE IN PROGRESS. TURBINE BLADES DISINTEGRATED. UNCLEAR WHY AT THIS TIME. DAMAGE CONTAINED WITHIN ENGINE COMPARTMENT.SDR K11A2011042072601Shaft · shearedENGINE NR 2 LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON IN FLIGHT, OIL PRESSURE GAUGE ALSO INDICATED NO OIL PRESSURE, CREW PERFORMED PRECAUTIONARY ENGINE SHUTDOWN IAW PROCEDURES AND DIVERTED TO AND LANDED. R & R NR2 ENG MAIN OIL PUMP IAW MM 72-00-61-03-011 AND 72-00-61-43SDR SPAA1000009Structure · crackedRT OTBD MIDFLAP INBD THRUST BEARING BORE HAS CRACK AT 3 O'CLOCK POSITION. REPLACED FLAP WITH O/H SERVICEABLE UNIT IAW AMM.SDR FDEA201009023244Relay · burnedDURING COCKPIT PREFLIGHT, NOTICED HEAVY WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM OVERHEAD CONTROL PANEL. ADVISED 2ND OFFICER TO REMOVE ELECTRICAL POWER FROM ACFT. ADVISED CREW TO EVACUATE. INSP O/H PANEL AREA & FOUND NO SIGNS OF BURNED WIRES, SWITCHES, CONNECTOR'S OR RELAYSSDR PCSA2010083001Tube · leakingNUMBER 1 ENGINE OIL QUANTITY STEADILY DECREASED DURING FLIGHT. ALSO OIL TEMP EXCESSIVE. ONLY DROPPED DURING POWER BACK. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NUMBER 6 BEARING OUTER TUBE ON NUMBER 1 ENGINE LEAKING. THE TUBE PART NUMBER 793651 WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT SDR NACA20100005Line · leakingNR 2 ENGINE POWER LOSS, ENGINE SHUT DOWN. REMOVED PRESSURIZING & DUMP VALVE, REPLACED LEAKING LINE AND RE-INSTALLED P&D VALVE. OP & LEAK CHECK GOOD. REF: P&W MM 73-12-01.SDR KNNA2497232010CMHPump · failedFAR 91 MX FERRY KACY-KSLC-KMER FOR C-CHECK, AT FL360 NR 2 RIGHT ENGINE SHUTDOWN, FUEL FLOW 0 N1, N2, & OIL PRESS NORMAL. DIVERTED TO KCMH.SDR 2010FA0000221Fuel Nozzle · burnedAS A RESULT OF BURNED T2 VANES, COMBUSTION MODULE DISASSEMBLED. NR 8 FUEL NOZZLE RETAINING NUT FOUND LOOSE WITH LOCK TAB INTACT. SEVERE BURN AWAY AREAS OF FUEL NOZZLE BODY, COMBUSTION CAN SWIRL VANES, INTERNAL LOUVER AND NR 1 LINER. DIFFUSER CASE BUCKLED FROSDR FDEA201002090366Engine · power lossDURING STANDARD PWR TAKEOFF AT 2000 FT, EXPERIENCED SUDDEN VIBRATION IN CTR PEDESTAL ACCOMPANIED BY ABNORMAL NOISE. DISCOVERED RETARDING NR 2 THROTTLE RESOLVED VIBRATION. ALL ENGINE INDICATIONS NORMAL. ENG HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR REMOVAL BY POWERPLANT ENGINESDR CA090416004Manifold · chafed(CAN) DURING MX RUN, FOUND SIGNIFIGANT FUEL LEAKING FROM NR 3 ENGINE "COLD STREAM" COWL. MX DETERMINED FUEL NOZZLE MANIFOLD CHAFED THROUGH ON HEAT SHROUD TO PRODUCE A PIN HOLE. MANIFOLD AND HEAT SHROUD REPLACED.SDR NWAA09679759Fuel Sys · malfunctionedDURING TAKEOFF ENGINE NR 1 WAS SLOW TO REACH TAKEOFF POWER. DURING ROTATION AND CLIMB, ENG NR 1 EPR BEGAN TO DETERIORATE. ENGINE NR 1 FUEL FLOW WAS HIGHER THAN ENGINE NR 2. FLIGHT CREW RETURNED ACFT TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT. DURING MX GROUND RUN SLIGHT FUEL MISDR FDEA200812015036Pressure Switch · malfunctionedNR 1 ENGINE SHUT DOWN IN FLIGHT DUE TO LOW PRESSURE/FILTER BYPASS LIGHT. COMPLIED WITH QRH ENGINE WINDMILLED 2 MIN PRIOR TO SHUT DOWN. OIL PRESSURE AT APPROX 40 PSI. FOUND FAULTY LOW OIL PRESS SWITCH, REMOVED AND REPLACED SWITCH IAW MM 79-34-001-4, ALSO CSDR CA081112005Connector · damaged(CAN) AT APPROX 700 FT, AGL T/O YHZ FIRE WARNING LIGHTS ON GLARE SHIELD WERE DIMMLY ILLUMINATED. NO AURAL WARNING. APU FIRE HANDLE ILLUMINATED. SWITCH PULLED AND BOTTLE DISCHARED. ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. RECTIFICATION AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND APU FISDR CA080917003Shutoff Valve · failed(CAN) DURING CLIMBOUT, SEPT 16 2008, PRESSURIZATION FAILED TO OPERATE NORMALLY. WHEN CLIMBING THROUGH 23,000 FT, CABIN ALTITUDE EXCEEDED 10000 FT. FUEL DUMP CARRIED OUT IN ORDER FOR ACFT TO RETURN TO DEPARTURE. CABIN PRESSURIZATION LEAK CHECK CARRIED OUT, NO SDR PID2008F00006Switch · dirtyOIL 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 LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. PERFORMED OPS CK IAW MM 79-02. RELEASED OSDR CA080707002Indicator · broken(CAN) AFTER TAKE-OFF WHEN RETRACTING FLAPS THE INBD FLAPS STUCK AT APPROXIMATELY 5 DEGREES WITH AN ASYMMETRY. THE ACFT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH A FLAP PROBLEM AND RETURNED TO CYYC. THE ACFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. TROUBLESHOOTING WAS CARRIED OUT ANDSDR NACA20080009Engine · out of trimNR 2 ENGINE NOT MAKING TAKEOFF THRUST. REJECTED TAKEOFF AT APPROXIMATELY 80 KNOTS. FOD INSPECTION COMPLETED WITH NO DEFECTS. FOUND ENGINES OUT OF TRIM. TRIMMED NR 1 AND NR 2 ENGINES BACMM 71-09-200. OPERATIONAL CHECKED GOOD.SDR DHLA200800038Engine · vibrationFLT NR 155 ON TAKEOFF ROLL LOUD BANG AUTO PACK TRIP AND ENG FAIL LIGHTS ILLUMINATE AT 70KTS. RTO, ALL ENG RUNNING W/IN NORM, PARAMETER. CLEARED AUTO PACK TRIP AND PERFORMED RTO FLOW CHART. NOTIFY MX CNTRL. ON TAXI BACK ENG NR 1 LOW OIL PRESS LIGHT ILLUMINASDR C1HA200879001Engine · overheatedON TAKEOFF ROLL, ENGINES WERE BROUGHT TO 1.4 EPR THEN WERE BEING ADVANCED TO FLEX THRUST WHEN NR 2 ENGINE MADE A LOUD NOISE, FE CONFIRMED NR 2 ENGINE WAS AT 1.65 EPR WHEN NOISE OCCURRED. NR 2 FUEL FLOW WENT TO 0, ENG FAIL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, THRUST LEVERS WERSDR KNNA20080003Engine · failedACCORDING TO THE PILOT IN COMMAND’S REPORT, THEY HAD TO DEICE THE PLANE BEFORE TAKEOFF. THEN, ON TAKEOFF ROLL, DURING ROTATION, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND VIBRATION. THE CAPTAIN’S FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT A TIRE HAD BLOWN. ONCE AIRBORNE, THE VIBRATION CONTINUESDR DHLA200800017Fcu · out of adjustFLT NR 385, 1 ENG WOULD NOT PRODUCE TAKEOFF EPR RTO WT 174.9 24 DEGED C PA-70 BRAKE ENERGY ZONE NORMAL IAS LESS THAN 60 NTS SWAPPED NR 1 AND 2 EPR GAUGES FOR TROUBLESHOOTING RAN ENGINE, ALL ENGINE PARAMETER LOW ON NR 1 ENG. RETURN NR 1 AND 2 EPR GAUGES TO ORISDR SPAA0800096Power Supply · inoperativeAFT SECTION OF FLOOR PATH ESCAPE LIGHTING INOPERATIVE. REPLACED FLOOR TRACK POWER SUPPLY IAW MM 33-21-27. OPS CHECK SATISFACTORY.SDR DHLA200700093Overheat Loop · misroutedNR 1 STRUT OVERHEAT LIGHT AFTER T/O PERFORMED NORMAL SHUTDOWN NR 1 ENGINE PER PROCEDURE. FOUND 4 DUCT CONNECTIONS LEAKING ON DUCT FROM PRECOOLER TO THE ENG. REMOVED AND REINSTALLED DUCTS PER 727 M/M 36-00-01 (DUCTS WERE MIS-ALIGNED) ALSO FOUND NR 1 PYLON OVESDR NWAA073589993Engine · malfunctionedDURING FLIGHT, ENGINE NR 1 PARAMETERS WERE ERRATIC AND THROTTLE LEVER SPLIT OF 1.5 KNOBS. ENGINE NR 1 FLAMED OUT AT APPROX 14,000 FT. FLIGHT CREW DIVERTED AC TO GRR AND PERFORMED AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. GROUND PERSONNEL REPORTED FUEL LEAK AT ENGINE. MAINTENSDR NWAA073189967Engine · seizedDURING APPROACH AT 1000 FEET FLIGHT CREW HEARD A LOUD BANG AND FELT AIRCRAFT YAW. FLIGHT CREW LOG ENTRY STATES ENGINE "SEIZED" AND N1, N2 INDICATING 0. FLIGHT CREW PERFORMED A UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MAINTENANCE REPLACED ENGINE NR 2.SDR CA070813002Pitot Tube · blocked(CAN) THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DEPART ON THE TAKE-OFF ROLL WHEN THE FLIGHT CREW OBSERVED THAT THE CAPTAINS AIRSPEED INDICATION HAD FAILED. THE TAKE-OFF WAS ABORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE WITH NO ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS. UPON INSPECTION OF THE CAPTAINS SDR C8GA20070006Connector · looseFLT 716 FROM TOL TO MEM, AFTER TAKEOFF, NR 2 ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE PEGGED HIGH. CREW PERFORMED PRECAUTIONARY ENGINE SHUT DOWN, DECLARED EMERGENCY, AND RETURNED TO TOL. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND OIL TEMP BULB CONNECTOR BACKSDR C8GA20070005Line · leakingFLT 2819 FROM DFW TO TOL. DURING DESCENT INTO TOL, THE NR 1 ENGINE WAS UNRESPONSIVE TO THROTTLE MOVEMENT. AS PRECAUTIONARY NR 1 ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED THE FUEL INLSDR KNNA200700030Lever · bindingIN FLIGHT DURING DESCENT INTERMITTENTLY AT FIRST THEN STEADY PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED WITH THRUST LEVERS BINDING (RESTRICTED) ENGINE 1 WAS SHUTDOWN IAW CHECK LIST. EMERGENCY DECLARED. THRUST REVERSER WAS TRANSFER TO DMI LOG TROUBLESHOOTING IS IN PROCESS.
Back to Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A