Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17
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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 = 'JT8D17' 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 = 'JT8D17' 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 CA961220008Module · intermittent(CAN) ELECTRICAL SMELL COMING FROM FIRST OFFICER'S INSTRUMENT PANEL AREA. TURNING GASPER FAN, BACKGROUND LIGHTS OR FLOOD LIGHTS OFF HAS NO EFFECT. SMELL LIKE BURNT OUT LIGHT BALLEST. #2 ENGINE ANTI-ICE INOPERATIVE AND SMELL/HEAT COMING FROM MODULE. REPLACED.SDR 9625162716Epr Syst · malfunctionedAS POWER WAS APPLIED FOR TAKEOFF, LEFT ENGINE EPR INDICATION WAS LOW. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO GATE. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED LEFT ENGINE AND PLACED EPR SYSTEM ON MEL.SDR 9625129856Nose Dome · malfunctionedAS POWER WAS APPLIED FOR TAKEOFF LEFT ENGINE EPR INDICATION WAS ABNORMALLY HIGH. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO GATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED LEFT ENGINE NOSE DOME AND EPR TRANSMITTER. RAN ENGINES TO TAKEOFF AND PART POWER SETTINGS, ALL INDICATIONS WERE SDR 9625109987Compressor · stalledDURING TAKEOFF ROLL, ONE OR MORE ENGINES EXPERIENCED COMPRESSOR STALLS. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED BOTH ENGINES, PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK AND CHECKED OK. COULD NOT DUPLICATE STALLS.SDR CA970212007Controller · intermittent(CAN) ON DESCENT AIRPLANE TOTALLY DEPRESSURIZED. DID NOT AUTO SWITCH TO STANDBY. NO TIME TO TROUBLESHOOT. DID NOT APPEAR TO WORK IN STANDBY. REPLACED.SDR CA961104004Turbine Section · failure(CAN) NR 2 ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALLED FOLLOWED BY VIBRATION WHEN APPLYING TAKEOF F POWER. TAKEOFF WAS REJECTED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE RAMP. INSPECTION FOUND A MAJOR FAILURE OF THE TURBINE SECTION. THE NR 2 ENGINE WAS REPLACED.SDR EISA96196Fitting · looseENGINE NR 3 OIL QTY BEGAN RAPIDLY DROPPING ON APPROACH AND OIL TEMPERATURE ENTERED YELLOW BAND. ENGINE SHUTDOWN ACCOMPLISHED APPROXIMATELY 1/4 GALLON REMAINING UPON LANDING. OIL SYSTEM INSPECTED, BANJO FITTING ON SYSTEM RETURN FOUND LOOSE. THREAD PITCH CHECSDR 96UAL900822Turbine Wheel · disintegratedAPU MUFFLER AND EXHAUST PIPE REQUIRE REPLACEMENT DUE TO DAMAGE DURING APU FAILURE. *S/D* THE TURBINE WHEEL FAILED CAUSING UNCONTAINED SEPARATION. THE CAUSE IS BEING ADDRESSED BY INTRODUCTION OF CONTAINMENT AUGMENTATION RING THROUGH SERVICE BULLETIN 49-A7189SDR 9621779883Pt2 Line · leakingDURING CLIMB, THE RIGHT ENGINE EPR WAS INDICATING A HIGH READING. CREW PERFORMED AN AIR TURNBACK WHERE THEY LANDED AT MSP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED A LEAK ON THE PT2 LINE, LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECK OK.SDR CA961016008Start Valve · chafed wire(CAN) #3 ENGINE START VALVE LIGHT ON IN FLIGHT. ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BLOCKS. WIRE CHAFED APPROZIMATELY 10 INCHES FROM MAIN PYLON ELECTRICAL CONNECTION. REPAIRED.SDR 9620989873Turbine · failedDURING CLIMB AT FL270 A NOISE WAS HEARD, THE LEFT ENGINE EPR DROPPED TO 1.2. CREW DIVERTED TO ALB AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE.SDR 9620532713Turbine · failureAFTER TAKEOFF AT 1,500 FEET AGL, THE NR 2 ENGINE BEGAN VIBRATING, EGT REDLINED AND EPR N1 INDICATIONS WERE DECREASING. CREW PERFORMED A PRECAUTIONARY SHUTDOWN OF NR 2 ENGINE AND RETURNED TO DEN WHERE THEY LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE NR 2SDR 96UAL900745Battery · dischargedEMERGENCY EGRESS LIGHTING INOP ROW 1AB. REPLACED EEL BATTERY. OPERATION CHECKS NORMAL.SDR 9619959873Prbc · malfunctionedWHEN APPLYING TAKEOFF POWER, THE LEFT ENGINE EXPERIENCED COMPRESSOR STALLS. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE PRBC, RAN ENGINE TO TAKEOFF POWER, LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECK OK.SDR 96UAL900697Indicator · inoperativeFLAPS WOULD NOT EXTEND DURING APPROACH,TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY FINALLY EXTENDED AFTER THE SIXTH TRY. AFTER LANDING FLAPS WOULD NOT RETRACT. *S/D* REPLACED TRAILING EDGE FLAP POSITION INDICATOR, CHECKED OK.SDR CA960925005Gyro · jamming(CAN) F/OS A.D.I. HORIZON CARD KEEPS JAMMING. VG CHANGED AND RESET OF C/B HAD NO EFFECT. F/OS A.D.I. AND GYRO REPLACED. #2 VG TRANSFER RELAY REPLACED AS PER MAINTENANCE REQUEST.SDR CA960923024Clamp · loose(CAN) DURING TAKEOFF #3 ENGINE FIRE WARNING CAME ON, FUEL DUMPED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED DUCT SEPARATED UP STREAM OF #8 STAGE CHECK VALVE. CLAMPS AND VALVE REPLACED.SDR CA960924010Line · split(CAN) NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ON WITH GEAR SELECTED UP. HYDRAULIC LINE TO UPLOCK ACTUATOR SPLIT, REPLACED.SDR CA960924012Computer · intermittent(CAN) ABORTED TAKEOFF ROLL AT 70 KTS DUE STAB OUT OF TRIM LGIHT ON. PITCH CHANNEL COMPUTER REPLACED.SDR 9619379884Fuel Heat Valve · failedWHILE APPLYING TAKEOFF POWER, THE LEFT ENGINE FUEL HEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND THE SYSTEM WAS PLACED ON MEL. FLIGHT RESUMED AS SCHEDULED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE FUEL HEAT VALVE. OPERATIONAL CHECKED OK.SDR 96UAL900676Bulkhead Angle · crackedMULTI-SITE CRACKS FOUND AT BODY STATION 178 BULKHEAD CHORD ANGLE AND AT STRINGER 17R TEE COMMON TO THE BULKHEAD ANGLE. THE CRACKS WERE APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES AND 1 INCH RESPECTIVELY. CRACKS WERE DUE TO FATIGUE. BULKHEAD CHORD ANGLE REPAIRED PER 737 STRUCTURASDR 96FDEA01386Engine · damagedADVANCED POWER FOR TAKEOFF AND HAD LARGE AIRFRAME VIBRATION. THROTTLES RETARDED AND TAKEOFF ABORTED. EPR MADE IT AS FAR AS 1.3, BUT NOT UP TO 1.4. SUBSEQUENT POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NUMBER OSDR 9617729864Fuel Control · water contamDURING TAKEOFF ROLL, THE NR 2 ENGINE EPR AND N1 INDICATIONS BEGAN FLUCTUATING. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE DRAINED FUEL CONTROL MOISTURE TRAP AND RAN ENGINE TO TAKEOFF POWER. ACCELERATION AND OPERATIONAL CHECK OK.SDR 96UAL900630Control Unit · failedENGINE WOULD NOT DEVELOP TAKEOFF THRUST, WOULD GO NO HIGHER THAN 96.5 PERCENT N-1. ABORTED TAKEOFF. *S/D* FUEL CONTROL UNIT FAILED. REPLACED FUEL CONTROL UNIT CHECKS OK. SEVERAL ITEMS WERE FOUND UNSERVICEABLE IN THIS UNIT AND COLLECTIVELY THEY CONTRIBUTEDSDR CA960826088Cadc · intermittent(CAN) TAKEOFF REJECTED DUE TO FAILURE OF CAPTAINS ASI AND ALTIMETER. CADC REPLACED.SDR 96UAL900614Battery · overheatAIRCRAFT BATTERY WAS ON FIRE THROUGH THE TOP OF THE BATTERY. *S/D* THE BATTERY OVERHEATED DUE TO A FAILURE OF ONE OF THE CELL SEPARATORS. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH MARATHON BATTERIES. THE BATTERY WAS SENT TO BOEING FOR ANALYSIS IN THEIR LABORATORY. THE SDR CA960909038Brake · worn(CAN) DURING WALKAROUND #2 BRAKE SHOWED SIGNS OF METAL SHAVINGS. ALL BRAKE PADS WERE SHEARED OFF AND THE BRAKE SEIZED. SOLID RIVETS WERE USED. TIRE HAD FLAT SPOTS. BRAKE REPLACED.SDR 9616839863Compressor · fodDURING CLIMB, THE RIGHT ENGINE EXPERIENCED A COMPRESSOR STALL. CREW RETURNED TO DTW AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED RIGHT ENGINE, OPERATIONAL CHECK OK.SDR CA960801005Duct · cracked(CAN) OVERHEAT LIGHT AND LOW PNEUMATIC PRESSURE INDICATION. NOSE COWL ANTI-ICE DUCT FOUND CRACKED AT FORWARD WELD FORWARD OF BELLOWS. REPLACED.SDR 9616302716Connector · dirtyDURING TAKEOFF, THE NR 3 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WAS 20 PSI. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF. MAINTENANCE CLEANED CONNECTOR ON THE NR 3 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR. OPERATIONAL CHECK OK.SDR CA960801002Eye End · sheared(CAN) EYE END OF MAIN GARGO DOOR ACTUATOR FAILED WHILE CLOSING DOOR FROM FULLY OPEN. DOOR CLOSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO ONE LOCK ASSEMBLY.SDR 9615799905Epr Line · brokenDURING TAKEOFF, THE LEFT ENGINE EPR INDICATION DROPPED FROM 1.97 TAKEOFF SETTING TO 1.7. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO GATE WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED BROKEN EPR PROBE LINE FOR NR 2 ENGINE, OPERATIONAL CHECK OK.SDR CA960723003Structure · damaged(CAN) AIRCRAFT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO LEADING EDGES, HORIZONTAL STAB, VERTICAL STAB, RADOME, #1 WINDSHIELD CRACKED. ALL SLATS REPAIRED OR REPLACED. UPPER ANTI COLLISION LIGHT DAMAGED.SDR CA960724005Starter · disintegrated(CAN) 5-8 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF THE #2 ENGINE FIRE ALARM SOUNDED, THE FIRST FIRE BOTTLE WAS DISCHARGED. WARNING LIGHT DID NOT GO OUT SO SECOND FIRE BOTTLE WAS DISCHARGED 30 SECONDS LATER. LIGHT WENT OUT AFTER 5 MINUTES. AIRCRAFT DECLARED EMERGENCY LANDING AND SDR CA960724004Pack Valve · inoperative(CAN) PRESSURIZATION LOST ON CLIMB AT 25,000 FEET. LH SIDE PACK VALVE REPLACED.SDR 96UAL900520Fire Warning · activatedNUMBER TWO ENGINE SHUT DOWN IN FLIGHT DUE TO FIRE WARNING, FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGED.SDR 96UAL900521Boost Pump Cb · trippedTHE LEFT HAND CENTER TANK FUEL BOOST PUMP PREVIOUSLY INOP ON CLIMB DUE TO POPPED CIRCUIT BREAKER, THE RIGHT CENTER TANK BOOST PUMP CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. RETURNED TO FIELD.SDR 96UAL900488Fire Loop Conn · intermittentAPU FIRE WARNING SOUNDED. FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGED. LANDED UNDER AMBER ALERT. REPLACED FIRE WARNING LOOP CONNECTOR. CHECKS O.K.SDR 9614289858Fuel Control · malfunctionedNR 1 ENGINE EPR, N1 AND FUEL FLOW INDICATORS WERE UNSTABLE DURING CLIMB. THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO DTW AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE FUEL CONTROL UNIT WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT.SDR CA960625001Seal · leaking(CAN) AIRCRAFT DIVERTED DUE TO LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID. ATTENUATOR SEAL REPLACED.SDR 9613279858P/D Valve · malfunctionedDURING CLIMB, THE LEFT ENGINE OPERATING PARAMETERS BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MEM AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. GROUND MAINTENANCE REPLACED P AND D VALVE AND PERFORMED ENGINE GROUND RUN AND LEAK CHECK.SDR 96ZZZX4016Blade · crackedAFTER DISASSEMBLY OF THE 9TH STAGE COMPRESSOR DISK, FOUND 3 BLADES WITH CRACKS IN THE ROOTS. THESE CRACKS ARE ON THE CONCAVE SIDE OF THE BLADE, BEGINS AT THE TRAILING EDE OF THE ROOTS, AND RUNS ALONG THE PRESSURE SIDE. ONE OF THESE BLADES IS ALMOST TOO LOOSESDR 96ZZZM1042Turbine · damagedSTL - DURING APPROACH SHUT DOWN NR 2 ENGINE, S/N 1722, DUE TO INCREASING EGT. ACCOMPLISHED NORMAL LANDING. FOUND TURBINE DAMAGE AND METAL PARTICLES IN TAILPIPE. REPLACED ENGINE. ENGINE OPERATION THEN CHECKED NORMAL.SDR 96ZZZX3855Engine · failedSTL - FLT 564 - DURING APPROACH, SHUT DOWN NR 2 ENGINE, S/N 1722, DUE TO INCREASING EGT. ACCOMPLISHED NORMAL LANDING. FOUND TURBINE DAMAGE AND METAL PARTICLES IN TAILPIPE. REPLACED ENGINE, ENGINE OPERATION THEN CHECKED NORMAL. ENGINE TOTAL TIME: 35,307 HOSDR 9611489876Nose Dome · missingDURING CRUISE FLIGHT, NR 2 ENGINE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCED COMPRESSOR STALLS. THRUST REDUCED AND STALL CEASED. OPERATED NR 2 ENGINE AT IDLE THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO DSM AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. GROUND MAINTENANCE INSPECTED SDR CA960827101Card · corroded(CAN) DURING APPROACH WITH FLAPS AT 40, AIRCRAFT YAWED UNTIL YAW DAMPER TURNED OFF. AUTOPILOT WAS OFF, ALTITUDE 1200 AGL, WIND 10 MPH, TEMP 18C, REPLACED COUPLER. EXTENSIVE CORROSION ON ANODE CONNECTOR LUG FOR CR3 ON A1A1 CARD.SDR CA960604015Yaw Damper · intermittent(CAN) ON APPROACH WITH 40 UNITS OF FLAPS SELECTED AIRCRAFT HAD EXCESSIVE YAW TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT. AIRCRAFT STABILIZED WHEN YAW DAMPER SELECTED OFF. AUTOPILOT OFF/ALT 1200 AGL/WIND 10/TEMP 18 DEGREES. REPLACED.SDR CA960604016Seal · leaking(CAN) AFTER TAKEOFF WITH THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS UP, THE HYDRAULIC QUANTITY WAS 3.0 GALLONS. ONE HOUR INTO FLIGHT HYDRAULIC QUANTITY WAS 1.8 GALLONS. SEVENTEEN MINUTES LATER QUANTITY WAS 1.5. QUANTITY DROPPED 1.4 GALLONS IN 10 MINUTES. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED. ONSDR CA960528101Cell · melted(CAN) BATTERY CHARGER CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED AND BATTERY HOT TO TOUCH. ON GROUND A VERY NOTICEABLE ELECTRICAL SMELL WAS NOTED. REPLACED 60 AMP BATTERY CHARGER. SMELL STILL EXISTS NEAR BATTERY. BATTERY ALSO RE PLACED.SDR 9610642762Fuel Control · malfunctionedDURING LEVEL OFF AND RETARDING OF THE THROTTLES, NR 2 ENGINE HAD A COMPRESSOR STALL. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON TO DESTINATION AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED CHECK OF INLET AND EXHAUST PS3 AND 13TH STAGE DUCT END CAPS. REPLACED FUEL CONTROL A
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