Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A
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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 = 'JT8D15A' 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 = 'JT8D15A' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR DL73S971424Duct · crackedAFTER T/O NR 1 ENG OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON. EXTINGUISHED WHEN THROTTLE RETARDED TO IDLE. MX IN PROGRESS, FOUND BROKEN DUCT FROM HP VALVE TO HORSE COLLAR, REPLACING DUCT.SDR DL72W971378Csd · failedON FINAL APPROACH NR 1 ENG DRIVEN GEN FAILED. AFTER LANDING NR 1 ENG FIRE WARNING ILLUMINATED AND BELL CAME ON. FIRE HANDLE WAS PULLED AND BOTH BOTTLES DISCHARGED. AFTER OPENING COWLING FOUND THE CSD AND GEN TO BE THE SOURCE OF IGNITION. REPLACED CSD AND GSDR USAASB97186Bleed Valve · failedMCI - FL 2160 - ON T/O ROLL, THE NR 2 ENG HAD ABNORMAL LOW EPR AND N1 READINGS AND VERY HIGH EGT. FUEL FLOW AND N2 WERE NORMAL. EXCEEDING 100 KNOTS, CAPT ELECTED TO CONTINUE TAKEOFF. DURING CLIMB-OUT, CREW PULLED BACK ON POWER AND READINGS CONTINUED. CAPT SDR DL72W971352Clamp · failedON CLIMBOUT, GOT NUMBER 1 ENGINE FIRE WARNING, BOTH LOOPS AND BELL. RETARDED THE THROTTLE AND FIRE WARNING LIGHTS AND BELL WENT OUT. DID NOT SHUT DOWN ENGINE, DID NOT FIRE BOTTLE. RETURNED TO ATLANTA. FOUND CLAMP HAD FAILED ON THIRTEENTH STAGE DUCT IN PYLOSDR DL72L971298Hydraulic Line · crackedLOSS OF B-SYSTEM PRESSURE IN FLT. BRAKE PRESSURE RESTORED AFTER LANDING GEAR EXTENSION. ACCOMPLISHED SYSTEM-B LOSS PROCEDURES IAW 727-POM. REPLACED HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LINE FROM NR 2 B-PUMP QUICK DISCONNECT FILTER MODULE. LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMSDR DL73E971122Fuel Pump Plug · looseFUEL LEAK ON NUMBER ONE ENGINE. FOUND TEST PLUG ON FUEL PUMP FILTER HOUSING BACKED OUT. SECURED, SAFTIED SYSTEM LEAK CKS GOOD.SDR MYWA970008Turbine · failedON DESCENT WITH POWER APPROX 50 PERCENT, A MODERATE VIBRATION WAS FELT. WITH THRUST LEVER AT IDLE NO VIBRATION NOTE, HOWEVER, ON ACCELERATION VIBRATION INCREASED WITH LEVER MOVEMENT. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 3 ENGINE S/N 700279. ON INSPECTION OF ENGINE FOUNDSDR 97ZZZM713Anti-Ice Elbow · brokenYOW - FL1226 - ON DESCENT INTO YOW, CREW NOTICED THAT THE ENG ANTI-ICE LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMIATED WITH SWITH IN THE 'ON' POSITION. THE NR 2 ENG ANTI-ICE WING CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED AND COULD NOT BE RESET. THRUST LEVER FOR THE NR 2 ENG WAS UNADVANCED AND SDR 97ZZZM721Turbine Blade · failedDURING TAKEOFF FROM MIAMI, THE NR 3 ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALLED, THE ENGINE FAIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. EPR WS 2.13, EGT WAS 595 DEGREES. THE CREW REDUCED POWER ON THE NR 3 ENGINE AND RETURNED TO MIAMI FOR AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. AIRCRAFT WAS TWO ENGINE FERRIED FRSDR USAASB97145Engine · failedYOW - FL1226 - ON DESCENT INTO YOW, CREW NOTICED THAT THE ENG ANTI-ICE LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMIATED WITH SWITH IN THE 'ON' POSITION. THE NR 2 ENG ANTI-ICE WING CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED AND COULD NOT BE RESET. THRUST LEVER FOR THE NR 2 ENG WAS UNADVANCED AND SDR DL73S970896Duct · looseAT CRUISE, POWER NR 1 ENG OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON, RETARD THROTTLE AND LIGHT WENT OUT. PUSH POWER UP AND LIGHT REMAINED OFF, TESTED THE FAULT LOOPS AND NR 1 ENG DID NOT TEST AND ENGINE FIRE BELL AND LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON NR 1. IDLE TEST NORMAL. FOUND AIR LEAKSDR 97ZZZM720Engine · malfunctionedDURING TAKEOFF FROM MIAMI, THE NR 3 ENGINE EGT WENT TO 595 DEGREES. THE CREW REDUCED POWER ON THE NR 3 ENGINE AND RETURNED TO MIAMI FOR AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MAINTENANCE IS TROUBLESHOOTING.SDR DL73E970766Duct · rupturedNR 1 ENG OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON AT 1200 MSL, ALL ENG IND NORMAL. WHEN THROTTLE RETARDED LIGHT WENT OUT. FOUND DUCT TO NOSE COWL A/I VLV RUPTURED.SDR DLL12970610Light · inoperativeON L/O FOUND L1 EMERGENCY EXIT LT INOP.SDR DL73K970604Engine · tailpipe fireDURING NR 1 ENG START HAD POSSIBLE TAIL PIPE FIRE AFTER ABORTED START. FIRED LEFT ENG FIRE BOTTLE. REPLACED LEFT ENG FIRE BOTTLE. PERFORMED VISUAL INSP OF NR 1 ENG, NO DEFECTS FOUND. STARTED NR 1 ENG, OPS CKS GOOD.SDR DL73K970606Fuel Control · failedPUSHED PWR UP FOR T/O AND ENGAGED, ATS NOTICED NR 2 ENG INST ROLLING BACK AS IF FLAMING OUT. PERFORMED ABORT PROCEDURES AND REALIZED NR 1 ENG WAS STILL OPER AT T/O PWR WITH BOTH THROTTLES AT IDLE. SHUT DOWN NR 1 ENG AFTER EXITING RUNWAY. REPLACED NR 1 ENGINSDR DLL13970605Pack · failedOVERHEAT LIGHT IN PACK NR 3 FOLLOWED BY AREA -C- OVERHEAT WITH PACKS 1 AND 2 RUNNING SMOKE STARTED ENTERING CABIN. TURNED NR 2 PACK OFF AND OPENED DOORS SMOKE SEEMED TO DISSIPATE SOME. UNABLE TO DETERMINE SOURCE OF SMOKE. LOCKED OUT NR 3 PACK ISOLATION VALVSDR USAASB97088Anti-Ice Tube · failedCLT - FL 775 - ON CLIMB-OUT FROM CLT, AT 10,000 FEET, THE NR 1 ENGINE OVERHEAT ILLUMINATED. CAPTAIN ACCOMPLISHED ENGINE OVERHEAT CHECKLIST. WHEN THRUST WAS REDUCED, LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. FLIGHT RETURNED TO FIELD AT CLT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NOSDR DL73S970492Engine · fodAFTER TAKEOFF, HAD BURNING SMELL IN CABIN LIKE OVENS, BUT OVENS WERE NOT ON, FELT A SIDEWAY KICK AND A LOUD BANG. DECLARED EMERGENCY. RETURNED TO CVG. NO ABNORMAL ENG INDICATIONS. ON RETURN, PASSENGER REPORTED SEEING A BAG SUCKED INTO AN ENG ON TAXI OUT. SDR USAASB97073Garlock Seal · leakingBWI - FL 8028 - ON CLIMB-OUT OF BWI, AT FL 250, CAPTAIN SHUT DOWN THE NR 1 ENGINE DUE TO LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATING WHICH WAS VERIFIED BY OIL PRESSURE GAUGE AND LOSS OF OIL QUANTITY. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO FIELD AT BWI ASDR DLL19970426Light · inoperativeEMERGENCY TRACK LIGHTS INOP IN MID SECTION. FOUND 2 BAD POWER SUPPLIES.SDR USAASB97050Fuel Ht Manifold · failedSYR - FL 637 - FLT WAS CLIMBING OUT OF SYR AT 6,000 FT WHEN THE NR 1 ENGINE OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CAPTAIN FOLLOWED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. FLT RETURNED TO FIELD AT SYR AND LANDED W/O FURTHER INCIDENT. MX FOUND THE NR 1 ENGINE FSDR 9702962299Fuel Control · malfunctionedDURING CRUISE AT FL370, THE NR 2 ENGINE EXPERIENCED COMPRESSOR STALLS. CREW REDUCED NR 2 ENGINE TO IDLE AND ELECTED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. FLIGHT CONTINUED TO DESTINATION AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE NR 2 ENGINE FUEL CONTRSDR DL72W970296Start Valve · failedDURING CLIMBOUT, NR 1 ENG START VLV LIGHT ILLUMINATED. REPLACED START VLV AND PRESS SW.SDR BJNA97021Bleed Valve · inoperativeLOSS OF CABIN PRESSURE, UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE IN MANUAL MODE. DEPLOYED OXYGEN MASKS. FOUND NR 2 ENGINE BLEED VALVE STUCK IN THE CLOSED POSITION. REMOVED AND REPLACED VALVE IAW BOEING MM 36-11-11. (M)SDR DL72S970201Compressor Case · damagedON TAKEOFF AT 1,000 FEET, NR 1 ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND FIRE BELL OCCURRED. ALL ENGINE INDICATIONS ON TAKEOFF AND FIRE LIGHT WERE NORMAL AND APPROX EQUAL. ALL EMERGENCY CHECK LISTS COMPLETED AND RETURNED TO LAND, ENGINE WAS THEN SHUT DOWN ON FINAL. SDR DL73K970186Anti Ice Duct · crackedDURING CLIMB-OUT, NR 1 ENGINE OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AS THROTTLE REDUCED. RETURNED TO MCO. FOUND NOSE ANTI-ICE DUCT CRACKED. REPLACED SAME. FOUND BLEED DUCT ON LEFT SIDE OF ENGINE LEAKING AT FLANGE. REPLACED SAME. LEAK CHECKS NSDR DL72S970152Engine · failedAFTER LEVEL OFF AT 26,000 FT, NR 3 ENG INST'S JUMPED AS ENG MADE LOUD POP. EPR DROPPED, EGT ROSE, RPMS SURGED, ENG SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATELY. REPLACED ENGINE.SDR DL73K970106Turbine · failedDURING CLIMBOUT PASSING 12,000 FT, RT ENG AUDIBLE BANG WITH ENG INDICATIONS OF UNWINDING N2, N1 EGT 350 C, AND RAPID LOSS OF OIL QTY, AIRSPEED 340 KTS. PERFORMED ENG SHUTDOWN AS PER POM. ATL MTC CREW REPLACED ENG PER R/C DECK TRANS 3T214.SDR 97ZZZM223Anti-Ice Tube · failedTPA - FL 232, FLIGHT WAS CLIMBING THRU 12,000 FT WHEN THE NR 2 ENGINE OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CAPT RETARDED THROTTLE AND THE LGIHT WENT OUT. ADVANCED THROTTLE AND THE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. CAPT DECIDED TO RETURN TO FIELD AT TPA. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLSDR USAASB97017Heat Manifold · failedTPA - FL 232, FLIGHT WAS CLIMBING THRU 12,000 FT WHEN THE NR 2 ENGINE OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CAPT RETARDED THROTTLE AND THE LGIHT WENT OUT. ADVANCED THROTTLE AND THE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. CAPT DECIDED TO RETURN TO FIELD AT TPA. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLSDR DL73S980089Hyd Line · rupturedON CLIMBOUT AT 12000, THE MASTER CAUTION AND HYD LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON GLARESHIELD PANEL. ENG NR 2 HYD PUMP LOW PRESSURE ILLUMINATED ON OVERHEAD PANEL, QTY WENT TO 0. RETURNED TO ATLANTA. MTC IN PROGRESS, BROKEN HYD PRESS LINE RT ENG PUMP. REPLACED LINE.SDR 97ZZZM236Compressor · damagedNR 2 ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALLS AT FLT LVL 33,000. NO BLEED CONFIGURATION. REDUCED POWER TO 1.6 EPR AND CHANGED BLEED AIR FORCE FOR LEFT AIRCONDITIONING PACK. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO TPA. FOUND METAL IN TAIL PIPE. OPENED ALL 3 BANDS FOR BORESCOPE INSPECTION. SDR 97ZZZM200Oil Tank Cap · missingFLT 549 - MIA - AFTER TAKEOFF DURING CLIMB-OUT, OIL QTY ON NR 2 ENGINE DECREASED FROM 4 TO 2 GALLONS. FOUND OIL SERVICE CAP OFF. SERVICED TANK AND REPLACED CAP. (M)SDR DL73K962776Manifold · rupturedRIGHT ENGINE OVERHEAT LIGHT ON T/O. FOUND RT ENGINE FUEL HEAT MANIFOLD RUPTURED. REPLACED MANIFOLD.SDR DL72L962769Fuel Pump · sheared shaftNR 1 ENG FAILED ON T/O, ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL. FOUND FUEL PUMP SHAFT SHEARED. REPLACED PUMP, CHECKS NORMAL.SDR DL72L962767Compressor · stalledREJECTED TAKOFF DUE TO NOISE OF COMPRESSOR STALL, FOLLOWED BY ENG FAIL LIGHTS. STRONG CROSS WIND AT 70 DEGS OF 19 KNTS OCCURED PRIOR TO TAKE OFF AIRSPEED INDICATION. INSPECTED 1, 2, AND 3 ENGINE INTAKE AND EXHAUSTS, RAN ENGINES PER P.F.H.B. 4-0-7-7 ALL PARASDR 9627002707Compressor · stalledDURING CLIMB, THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE COMPRESSOR STALLS. CREW REDUCED POWER ON THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE, DIVERTED TO LAS AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE DUE TO FOD.SDR USAASB96262Engine · failedRIC - FL 2316 - DURING CRUISE, THE CREW HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE NR 2 ENGINE THEN SHOWED INDICATIONS OF LOW POWER. THE NR 2 ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO RIC. CAPTAIN DID DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. FLIGHT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. SDR DL73K962636Anti-Ice Duct · rupturedDURING CLIMB AT 16,000 FT, MASTER CAUTION ILLUMINATED WITH NR 1 ENG OVHT LIGHT. PULLED BACK THROTTLE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. FOUND COWL ANTI-ICE DUCT RUPTURED. REMOVED AND REPLACED DUCT, RAN ENG AND OPS NORMAL.SDR 9625272708Epr Indication · lowAS POWER WAS APPLIED FOR TAKEOFF NUMBER ONE ENGINE EPR INDICATION WAS LOW. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO GATE. MAINTENANCE TRIMMED NUMBER ONE ENGINE AND A/C WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR 96ZZZX6181Fuel Control · failedFLT PT 301 DEPARTED MIAMI, FL FOR CUARAZAO (CUR) ON THIS DATE. TAKEOFF WAS NORMAL UP TO THE TIME OF THE FIRST POWER REDUCTION. POWER REDUCTION WAS NORMAL FOR NR 2 AND NR 3 ENGINES; BUT, NR 1 ENGINE REMAINED AT HI POWER WITH NO RESPONSE TO THROTTLE MOVEMENT. SDR DL73E962536Wire Harness · chafedJUST PRIOR TO TAKEOFF, SPARKING AND POPPING FROM WET COMPASS AND IGN SWT SOME SMOKE. FOUND CHAFED WIRE ON NR 1 IGN SWT. REPAIRED WIRE, IGN SWT CKS OK.SDR DL73E962538Anti-Ice Duct · blownRIGHT ENGINE OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON ABOUT 1 MIN AFTER TAKEOFF. RETARDED THROTTLE TO IDLE AND LIGHT WENT OUT. RETURNED TO ABE. FOUND RT ANTI-ICE DUCT BLOWN AT 13TH STAGE TAPOFF. REPLACED DUCT, RAN ENG AND LEAK CHECKED.SDR USAASB96217Engine · failedBDL - FLT 268 - AT FL 285, CAPTAIN HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE NR 1 ENGINE THEN SHOWED INDICATIONS OF LOW POWER. AS A PRECAUTION, THE NR 1 ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO BDL. CAPT DID DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENTSDR 9622292298Compressor · stalledUPON APPLYING TAKEOFF POWER, NR 2 ENGINE STALLED. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF. CROSSWINDS WERE PRESENT WHILE TAKEOFF WAS ATTEMPTED. ENGINE WAS INSPECTED AND STALL COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.SDR USAASB96197Fuel Heat Vlv · stuck openCMH - FL 1183 - DURING CLIMB AT FL 280, CAPTAIN SHUT DOWN THE NR 1 ENGINE DUE TO HIGH OIL TEMPERATURE. THE OIL TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE YELLOW BAND FOR APPROX 15 MINS PRIOR TO SHUTDOWN. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO CMH WHERE THE FLIGHT LANDED WITSDR 9618932298Bleed Contl Vlv · malfunctionedWHEN APPLYING TAKEOFF POWER, THE LEFT ENGINE EXPERIENCED COMPRESSOR STALLS. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE PRESSURE BLEED CONTROL VALVE, LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECK OK.SDR DLM11961968Track Light · failedON CHECK, FOUND TRACK LIGHTS OUT ON LT AND RT AISLES FROM ROW 37 AND 39 TO 51. FOUND PIGTAIL AT 37G BAD. REPLACED SAME AT 37G. ALSO, REPLACED FWD LT BATTERY PACK. ALL OPS NORMAL.SDR DL73E961961Turbine · failedNR 2 ENGINE HAD TURBINE FAILURE ON TAKEOFF ROLL.
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