Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217
Service difficulty reports · 279
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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 = 'JT8D217' 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 = 'JT8D217' 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 USAAD00119Annunciator · malfunctionedPHL/DTW - FLT 1164 - DURING CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF, THE LEFT FUEL FILTER PRESSURE DROP LIGHT CAME ON, BUT THE ENGINE PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL. ABOUT 1 MINUTE LATER, LEFT FUEL FILTER PRESSURE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AND RIGHT FUEL PRESSURE DROP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ACFT SDR 20000424AP003Engine · flamed outSJO - FLT 626 - DURING CLIMB, 26 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, A FLAME OUT WAS DETECTED ON NR 1 ENGINE, MSN=702675B, THE AIRCRAFT RETURN TO SJO STATION, LANDING WAS SUCCESSFULLY. AIRCRAFT IS ON GROUND SUBJECT TO INVESTIGATION BY MX DEPARTMENT. (M)SDR AALA20000052Valve · failedMIA - FLT 758 - DURING FLIGHT, LEFT ENGINE ANTI-ICE VALVE CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. RESET AND POPPED AGAIN WITHIN TWO MINUTES. RETURNED AND LANDED MIA WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED LEFT ENGINE ANTI-ICE VALVE. SYSTEM GROUND CHECK NORMAL OPERATION. (M)SDR GTIA9901221Engine · failedPBI - FLT 648A - LOUD BANG CLIMBING OUT OF 1400 FEET. NR 2 ENGINE FAILURE. ACCOMPLISHED ENGINE FAILURE CHECKLIST AND SHUTDOWN LIST. RETURNED TO PBI. OVERWEIGHT LANDING (140,00 LBS). (M)SDR USAAD99172Engine · failedPIT - BUF - FLT 1648 - AFTER TAKEOFF, THE CREW HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND VIBRATION. THE CREW SUSPECTED A NOSE GEAR DOOR NOT FULLY CLOSED AS THER WERE NO ABNORMAL ENGINE INDICATIONS. HALF WAY THROUGH THE FLIGHT THE LEFT ENGINE REVERSE THRUST LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SDR TWAA9914703Engine · failedDURING CRUISE, THE LEFT ENGINE SHOWED VIBRATION, CREW SHUT DOWN THE ENG. REPLACED LEFT ENG AND PERFORMED ENG RUN.SDR USAAD99064Fuel Control · failedPIT-DFW - FLT 1588 - DURING CRUISE, THE CREW ATTEMPTED TO ADJUST THE LEFT ENGINE THRUST SETTING BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE TO THE THROTTLE LEVER MOVEMENT. THE ENGINE POWER STAYED ON 90 PERCENT N1. DURING APPROACH FOR LANDING AT THE DESTINATION THE LEFT ENGINESDR USAAD99047Compressor · damagedBDL-PIT - FLT 1147 - AFTER TAKEOFF AND CLIMBING THROUGH 26,000 FT, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VIBRATE. THE RIGHT ENGINE N1 INCREASED 6 PERCENT AND A SHUDDER WAS FELT IN THE COCKPIT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER ALL WAS NORMAL. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LEVELED AT 28,000 FT THE SASDR USAAD98187Engine · failedBUF-PHL - FLT 1045 - UPON DESCENDING FROM CRUISE THE THROTTLES WERE RETARDED AND A SEVERE VIBRATION WAS FELT. THE RIGHT ENGINE VIBRATION METER WAS AT FULL SCALE. THE THROTTLES WERE MOVED TO IDLE AND THE VIBRATION SUBSIDED. REAPPLICATION OF POWER BROUGHT BACSDR USAASB98274Engine · fodCHS - FLT 175 - AFTER T/O AT APPROX 500 FT, CREW HEARD A LOUD NOISE AS IF A COMPRESSOR STALL OCCURRED ON THE NR 2 ENG. THE NR 2 ENG INSTRUMENTS DROPPED OFF TO NEAR IDLE THEN GRADUALLY RECOVERED TO NORMAL. SMOKE WAS REPORTED IN THE CABIN, WHILE ONE PAX REPORTESDR USAAD98179Filter · cloggedBOS/CLT - FLT 1638 - DURING CRUISE, THE LEFT ENGINE OIL FILTER CLOG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ENGINE THRUST WAS REDUCED, BUT THE LIGHT REMAINED ON. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THERE WAS 20 MINUTES SINGLE ENGINE TIME. MAINTENASDR USAAD98171Engine · failedATL/PIT - FLT 592 - EN ROUTE, LT ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE SEVERELY. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO THE DISTINATION AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. 12 MINUTES SINGLE ENGINE TIME. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE. (X)SDR USAAD98141Engine · malfunctionedPIT - FLT 365 - EN ROUTE BUF-CLT - CREW NOTED A RISE IN THE LEFT ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE, EXCEEDING 165 DEGREES. THE ENGINE STARTED TO VIBRATE. CREW SECURED THE ENGINE. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO PIT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE ENGSDR USAAD98135Filter · cloggedPIT-TPA - FLT 219 - THE RIGHT ENGINE OIL FILTER CLOG LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING CRUISE. AFTER ABNORMAL PROCEDURES FAILED TO EXTINGUISH THE LIGHT THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO CLT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLASDR USAAD98137Engine · failedBUF - FLT 433 - AFTER TAKEOFF THE RIGHT ENGINE EXPERIENCED TWO COMPRESSOR STALLS, THE EGT INCREASED AND THE ENGINE WAS UNRESPONSIVE TO THROTTLE MOVEMENT. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE TO REVERSE THRUST SDR CALA9801183Fuel Tube · rupturedTHE NR 2 ENGINE FLAMED OUT WHILE EN ROUTE FL330. THE NR 2 ENGINE WAS RESTARTED. THE NR 2 ENGINE FLAMED OUT A SECOND TIME AND WAS RESTARTED AGAIN. THE FLIGHT WAS CONTINUED TO IAH WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NR 2 ENGINE FUESDR USAAD98097Engine · failedMCO - FLT 2292 - DURING CLIMB-OUT, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG FROM THE LEFT ENGINE AND THE N1 INDICATION DECREASED. THE VIBRATION INDICATION WENT OFF SCALE ON THE HIGH SIDE. THE ENGINE THROTTLE WAS RETURNED TO IDLE, THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE FIELD AND LANDED WSDR 9809049305Engine · failedDURING CLIMB AT 19,000 FEET, THE LEFT ENGINE OIL STRAINER CLOG LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH ASSOCIATED VIBRATION. CREW SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE, RETURNED TO ONT, AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE. OPERATIONAL CHECK OK. RESDR USAAD98072Filter · failedMCO - FLT 1445 - EN ROUTE CLT/ MIA, CREW RECEIVED THE RIGHT ENGINE OIL CLOG LIGHT. CREW REDUCED POWER TO IDLE AND THE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO MCO AND LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE OIL FILTER PAPERS WERE SEPARASDR 9804419302Wire · damagedDURING CLIMB, THE RIGHT ENGINE START VALVE OPEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO LAX AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED THE RIGHT ENGINE WIRE HARNESS. ENGINE OPERATIONAL CHECK OK.SDR 9804279302Start Valve · failedDURING CRUISE AT 20,000 FEET, THE RIGHT ENGINE START VALVE OPEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW SHUT DOWN THE RIGHT ENGINE, DIVERTED TO RST, AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGHT ENGINE START VALVE, OPERATIONAL CHECK OK.SDR TWAA9803201Vane · damagedLAX - FLT 467 - AT APPROX 2000 FT LEFT ENGINE FAILED. RETURNED LAX. MADE SMOOTH OVERWEIGHT LANDING. FOUND TURBINE FAILURE INCLUDING LOSS OF TAIL CONE. CHANGED ENGINE. CHECK-C 3-15-97. EXAMINATION OF ENGINE FOUND ONE T2 VANE FRETTED THROUGH INNER SHROUD ASDR TWAA9802604Engine · failedPHL - FLT 561 - AT APPROX 3000 FEET, CREW HEARD LOUD POP. THE RT ENGINE EPR DROPPED OFF. CREW REPORTED ENGINE FAILED AND SHUT DOWN. FLT RETURNED TO PHL. REPLACED THE RT ENGINE. (M)SDR USAAD98014Engine · vibrationCLT-BUF - FLT 825 - DURING CRUISE THE FLIGHT CREW NOTICED VIBRATION FROM THE LEFT ENGINE. THE CREW REDUCED THE POWER TO IDLE, AND THE ENGINE STAYED WITHIN NORMAL PARAMETERS. THE AIRCRAFT THEN DIVERTED TO PIT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED SDR USAAD97214Engine · failedMCO - FLT 1554 - AFTER TAKEOFF, THE TOWER ADVISED THE CREW THAT SPARKS WERE OBSERVED COMING FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE. THE FLGIHT DIVERTED TO MCO, LANDED AND TAXIED TO THE GATE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE ENGINE. (M)SDR 97ZZZX4861Bearing · failedENGINE REMOVED FROM SERVICE DUE TO IN-FLIGHT SHUT DOWN FOR LOW OIL PRESSURE. DISASSEMBLY REVEALED FAILURE OF OIL PUMP DRIVE GEAR FORWARD BEARING IN THE N2 GEARBOX. CAUSE OF THE BEARING FAILURE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY GREENWICH.SDR TWAA9713802Turbine Blade · failedABQ - FLT 160 - AFTER TAKEOFF, AT 200 FEET, THE LEFT ENGINE FAILED. SHUT DOWN ENGINE. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOLLOWED. ENGINE CHANGED. A SECOND STAGE TURBINE BLADE FAILED. AIRFOIL SEPARATED FROM ROOT AT INNER END DUE TO FATIGUE CRACK. (M)SDR USAAD97178Engine · failedBDL - FLT 628 - EN ROUTE BOS/CLT, CREW RECEIVED NR 1 OIL STRAINER CLOG LIGHT. CREW REDUCED POWER TO NR 1 ENGINE AND IT BEGAN TO VIBRATE. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO BDL AND LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. (SET 20 MINUTES). MAINTENANCE REPLACSDR 9718839301Control Cable · damagedDURING DESCENT AS THROTTLES WERE ADVANCED, THE LEFT ENGINE WAS UNRESPONSIVE TO THROTTLE MOVEMENT AND REMAINED AT IDLE POWER LEVEL. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT IND WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE THROTTLE CABLE, OPERATIONAL CHECK OK.SDR 9718539304Oil Filter · dirtyDURING TAXI, THE LEFT ENGINE OIL STRAINER CLOG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE MAIN OIL FILTER. ENGINE OPERATIONAL CHECK OK. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR USAAD97163Engine · failedMCO - FL 1484 - CLIMBING THROUGH 3000 FT, CREW RECEIVED THE NR 1 ENGINE OIL STRAINER CLOG LIGHT. CREW REDUCED POWER ON THE NR 1 ENGINE. FLIGHT RETURNED TO MCO AND LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NR 1 ENGIEN 'MAKING METAL' AND REPLACEDSDR USAAD97159Anti-Ice Duct · failedPBI - FL 1681 - AFTER TAKEOFF, CREW RECEIVED THE LEFT ENGINE FIRE WARNING INDICATION. CREW WENT THROUGH EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND WARNING EXTINGUISHED (ENGINE WAS NOT SHUT DOWN). FLIGHT RETURNED TO PBI AND LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND TSDR USAAD97130Compressor · stalledFLT 1899 - BOS-PHL - ON DESCENT INTO PHL, THE RIGHT ENGINE EXPERIENCED A COMPRESSOR STALL. ENGINE READINGS DROPPED, CAPT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. FLIGHT LANDED PHL SAFELY. TOTAL SINGLE ENGINE TIME WAS 15 MINUTES. (M)SDR CALA9700979Compressor Blade · failedTHE TOWER REPORTED SPARKS COMING FROM THE NR 1 ENGINE AT START OF TAKEOFF ROLL. THE TAKEOFF WAS REJECTED AT LESS THAN 60 KNOTS. EQUIPMENT WAS DISPATCHED AND THERE NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF FIRE OR SMOKE. THE NR 1 ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. ENGINE OPERATIONSDR 9712119305Hydraulic Line · leakingDURING TAKEOFF ROLL, THE LEFT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM PRESSURE INDICATION DROPPED TO ZERO. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO GATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED HYDRAULIC LINE ON THE LEFT ENGINE THRUST REVERSER, OPERATIONAL CHECK OK.SDR USAAD97086Engine · failedFLT 463 - CLT-IAH - AFTER CLIMB THROUGH 19,000 FEET, CREW HEARD A LOUD BANG, AND LEFT ENGINE PARAMETERS BEGAN TO DROP. RETURNED TO CLT. REPLACED LEFT ENGINE. (M)SDR TWAA9758001Stator Support · crackedIAD - FLT 341 - DURING CLIMB, A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD ACCOMPANIED BY A RISE IN EGT ON NR 2 ENGINE, SN 1227. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN IN-FLIGHT. ENGINE TOTAL TIME: 26,295 HOURS; 17,232 CYCLES. CHECK C - 2-24-97 - JFK. INVESTIGATION OF THE RISE IN EGT IN THE NR 2SDR USAAD97085Engine · failedFLT 2260 - DCA-FLL - AFTER TAKEOFF, AT ABOUT 500-600 FEET, THE CREW HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THE NR 1 ENGINE SHUTDOWN. DIVERTED TO IAD. REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE. (M)SDR CALA9700489T-4 Blade · failedCREW REPORTED A LOUD BANG WITH NR 2 ENGINE HIGH EGT AND EPR 1.44 WHILE EN ROUTE FROM LGA TO IAH. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO EWR WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE NR 2 ENGINE WILL BE REMOVED AND REPLACED. *S/D* SHOP FINDINGS REVEALED T-4 BLADE FAILURESDR USAAD97066Gearbox · failedFLT 891 - CLT-RSW - LEFT ENGINE OIL STRAINER CLOGGING LIGHT CAME ON IN FLIGHT. DIVERTED TO TPA. REPLACED LEFT ENGINE GEARBOX ASSEMBLY. (M)SDR 9706819301Bleed Contl Vlv · malfunctionedAS TAKEOFF POWER WAS APPLIED, THE LEFT ENGINE EXPERIENCED A COMPRESSOR STALL. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE PRBC VALVE. ENGINE OPERATIONAL CHECK OK. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR 9707689304Pt 7 Line · iced upAS TAKEOFF POWER WAS APPLIED, THE RIGHT ENGINE EPR INDICATION DID NOT RESPOND. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE RIGHT ENGINE PT7 LINE OBSTRUCTED WITH ICE. HEAT WAS APPLIED TO PT7 LINE AND OBSTRUCTION WAS REMOVED. ENGINE SDR USAAD97042Engine · failedFLT 821 - SRQ-PHL - IN CRUISE AT FL 330, THE RIGHT ENGINE FAILED. SHUT ENGINE DOWN AND DIVERTED TO CLT. REPLACED RIGHT ENGINE. (M)SDR USAAD97003Engine · failedFLT 1020 - RSW-CLT - DURING CLIMB, A LOUD BAND WAS HEARD, AND THE NR 2 ENGINE EPR WENT TO 1.0. CREW REDUCED ENGINE TO IDLE, AND DIVERTED TO MCO. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AFTER LANDING. REPLACED ENGINE. (M)SDR 9626919301Epr Indicator · malfunctionedAS TAKEOFF POWER WAS APPLIED, THE NR 1 ENGINE EPR INDICATION DID NOT RESPOND. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND EPR SYSTEM WAS PLACED ON MEL. MAINTENANCE LATER REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE EPR INDICATOR, OPERATIONAL CHECK OK.SDR 9627049301Epr Transmitter · failedAS TAKEOFF POWER WAS APPLIED, THE NR 1 ENGINE EPR INDICATION WAS LOW. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGHT ENGINE EPR TRANSMITTER AND PROBLEMS CONTINUED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BROUGHT TO THE HANGAR. THE PT7 LINES WERE FOSDR USAAD96169Oil Filter · looseFLT 1468 - FLL-DCA - TEN MILES NORTH OF MCO, RIGHT ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING CAME ON. GAUGES SHOWED PRESSURE DROPPING TO ZERO WHILE OIL QUANTITY ALREADY INDICATED ZERO. SHUT DOWN NR 2 ENGINE AND DIVERTED TO MCO. FOUND PULLED STUDS ON MAIN OIL FILTER. SDR 9623419301Oil Press Ind · malfunctionedDURING TAKEOFF ROLL AT 80 KNOTS, THE LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE INCREASED TO 60 PSI. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE OIL PRESSURE TRANSMITTER, OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR AND ADJUSTED THE PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE ON THE LEFT ENGSDR USAAD96128Engine · failedFLT 984 - CLT-ORF - AFTER TAKEOFF, THE NR 2 OIL FILTER CLOGGING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AT IDLE POWER, THE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED, ACCOMPANIED BY RISING OIL TEMPERATURE AND REDUCED FUEL FLOW. SHUT DOWN NR 2 ENGINE, AND RETURNED TO FIELD. 19 MINUTES SINGLE ENGSDR USAAD96124Comp Blades · fod damageFLT 1224 - ATL-PIT - LEFT ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALLS ON CLIMB-OUT FROM ATL. RETURNED TO FIELD. NO ENGINE SHUTDOWN. FOUND FOD DAMAGE TO 7TH STAGE COMPRESSOR BLADES. REPLACED ENGINE. (M)
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