Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217A
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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 = 'JT8D217A' 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 = 'JT8D217A' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR CALA0300280Compressor · failedTHE AIRFRAME SHUDDERED SLIGHTLY AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY AN AUDIBLE BOOM AFTER TAKEOFF FROM IAH AT ABOUT 3,000 FEET. THE NR 1 ENGINE SUBSEQUENTLY AUTO SHUTDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO IAH WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INITIAL FINDINGS REVEALED METALSDR GTIA030275Engine · smokeAIR RETURN, ON TAKEOFF AFT CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE. AFT LAV SMOKE ALARMS WENT OFF. RETURNED TO DTW. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 ENGINE. OPS CHECK AND LEAK GOOD, NO DEFECTS NOTED.SDR MEX2003060Fuel Control · failedFLT 189 - TIJ-MEX - AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM, OSCILLATION IN ENGINE PARAMETERS. OIL FILTER, OIL MAIN FILTER AND CHIP DETECTOR WERE VERIFIED. N2 WAS ADJUSTED AT LOW LEVEL REMAIN AT 52 PERCENT AND THE REST OF PARAMETERS WERE OK. AN ENGINE VISUAL INSPECTISDR GTIA020035Engine · malfunctionedDTW - FLT 313 - AFTER START AND PRIOR TO TAXI, RIGHT ENGINE N2 DROP TO 44 PERCENT, N1 19 PERCENT, AND EGT 535 DEG. RETURNED TO GATE. NR 2 ENGINE REQUIRES CHANGED IN REF TO LOG PG 91117-1. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 ENGINE IAW MD80 MM 71-00-00. LEAK CHECKED GSDR ASAA0380113Seal · leakingEN ROUTE BUR-PDX, WITH DIVERSION TO SMF, IN FLIGHT SHUTDOWN AND DIVERSION DUE TO INDICATION OF PRECIPITOUS DECREASE IN OIL QUANTITY (FROM 13.5 TO 10 QUARTS) DURING THE FIRST 30 MINUTES OF FLIGHT. ENGINE REPLACED. SHOP TEARDOWN INVESTIGATION REVEALED DISENTIGSDR 2003F00102Manifold · fracturedLEFT HAND SECONDARY FUEL MANIFOLD FRACTUREDSDR GTIA021242Engine · vibrationDURING CRUISE, A STRONG VIBRATION NOTICED AND ERRATIC EPR AND OIL QUANTITY. HIGH OIL TEMPERATURE, REDUCED LT THROTTLE AND VIBRATION SUBSIDED BUT DID NOT GO AWAY. PERFORMED PRECAUTIONARY ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND LANDING. REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE IAW MM. OPS CHECK GSDR ZW0A0208602Engine · leakingSMOKE APPEARED IN THE CABIN AND COCKPIT. FLIGHT MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING AT ICT. EXTENSIVE CHECKS OF THE WATER SEPARATOR FILTERS, ENGINE END CAPS, ETC. FOUND NO CAUSE FOR THE SMOKE. THE AIRCRAFT OPERATED TO STL WHERE BOTH ENGINES WERE BORESCOPED PRECAUTSDR GTIA020557Inlet Screen · delaminatedDTW - FOUND NR 2 ENGINE INLET WIRE MESH DELAMINATED AT 9 O'CLOCK POSITION. REPAIRED DELAMINATED IAW MD80 SRM 54-04. (M)SDR P2EA2002M037Throttle Cable · bindingRIGHT THROTTLE (NR 2 ENGINE) MECHANICAL BINDING. ONLY APPROX 1/2 THROTTLE MOVEMENT. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RIGHT ENGINE THROTTLE CABLE PER MM 76-11-01, OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR ZW0A0203001Blade · failedA LOUD BANG WAS HEARD FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE AND THE ENGINE SHUT ITSELF DOWN. THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO AIRPORT AND THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. A FOURTH STAGE TURBINE BLADE HAD FAILED.SDR MEX2002012Blade · damagedFLT 419 - IAH-MEX - BLADE OF ENGINE 1 HAS A FOLD OF 1.25 INCH TO .25 INCH FROM THE TRAILING EDGE, THE DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED IAW MM 72-33-22, THE ENGINE RUN WAS OK. DURING RON 13/14 IN MEX THE ENGINE 1 WAS REPLACED IAW MM 71-00-02, TESTS OK. (M)SDR P2EA2001M0009Engine · damagedDURING TAKEOFF LOUD BANG WAS HEARD. ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO GATE WITHOUT INCIDENT. DAMAGE REPORTED TO EXHAUST AREA OF NR 1 ENGINE. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE IAW TASK CARD J271-00-01.SDR P2EA2001M0002Smoke · detectedWHILE TAXIING TO GATE AFTER FLIGHT NR 2 ENGINE SHUT DOWN, GROUND PERSONAL REPORTED BLACK SMOKE, NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS IN COCKPIT. OPERATED ENGINES UP TO TAKEOFF POWER ALL PARAMETERS NORMAL. SUSPECTED FUEL ICE PROBLEM. OPS CHECK FUEL ANTI-ICE PER MM 73-14-SDR ZW0A0106101Engine · failedDURING CLIMB OUT NUMBER 2 ENGINE FAILED. CAUSE-UNKNOWN. CHANGED NUMBER 2 ENGINE. LAST CHECK C 012201 JFK ---OPEN---SDR GTIA010671Compressor · stalledNR 2 ENGINE HAD A COMPRESSOR STALL/PARTIAL POWER FAILURE DURING FINAL APPROACH AND LANDING INTO DTW ENGINE POWER EXCEEDED THAT QA LIMIT BY APPROX .05 FOR IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO STALL/POWER LOSS. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 ENGINE IAW MM 71-00-00. (M)SDR ZW0A0105101Blade · fracturedAT 3500 FEET IN CLIMB HEARD ONE COMPRESSOR STALL FROM THE LT ENGINE THEN ENGINE PARAMETERS ALL DECLINED. COMPLETED ENGINE SHUT DOWN PROCEDURE AND RETURNED TO SJC. FOUND TURBINE DAMAGE AND REPLACED THE ENGINE. FOUND ONE NINTH STAGE COMPRESSOR BLADE HAD FRACTSDR AALA20011308Valve · leakingCLT - FLT 1855 - EN ROUTE CLT-DFW - ON CLIMB-OUT, DETECTED LEFT SIDE ENGINE STALL. RETURNED CLT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. REPLACED LEFT SIDE ENGINE. REPLACED LEFT SIDE FUEL P AND D VALVE. ACCOMPLISHED LEAK CHECK. NO LEAKS NOTED. SYSTEM GROUND SDR 20010504CW007Shaft · shearedAFTER NORMAL TAKEOFF AT WEIGHT OF 124K LBS. WHILE PASSING THROUGH ABOUT 4000 FEET. FELT AND HEARD A THUMP, SLIGHT YAW AND LOOKED DOWN TO SEE LEFT ENGINE HAD SPOOLED DOWN. NO EVIDENCE OF VIBRATION OR COMPRESSOR STALLING. WE PERFORMED EMERGENCY CHECKLIST FOR SDR GTIA010048Engine · failedPBI - FLT 509 - RIGHT ENGINE FAILED. THE RIGHT OIL STRAINER CLOGGING LIGHT CAME ON. ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. REF MM 71-00, TASK-CARD NR 0191, INSTALLED SERVICEABLE ENGINE. (M)SDR TWAA0020002Turbine · failedIN CLIMB THE NR 1 ENGINE SHUT DOWN. FLIGHT RETURNED TO STL. FOUND TURBINE FAILURE. CHANGED THE ENGINE. CHECK-C 3-3-00 MCI.SDR AALA20001869Stator · brokenDFW - FLT 2002 - EN ROUTE DFW-MCI, AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET, DETECTED SEVERAL VIOLENT COMPRESOR STALLS LEFT SIDE ENGINE. AIR INTERRUPTED, RETURNED DFW AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. REPLACED LEFT SIDE ENGINE. REPLACED 8TH STAGE STATOR SUPPORT FLANGE SDR AALA20001698Bleed Valve · leakingDFW - FLT 441 - DURING APPROACH DFW ON DESCENT, FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED SMELLING FUEL FUMES IN AREA OF LAST 5 ROWS AND AFT GALLEY. LANDED DFW WITHOUT INCIDENT. SMELL DISSIPATED UPON LANDING DFW. REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE BLEED CONTROL VALVE. REPLACED COALESCSDR TWAA0005901Tube · fracturedTHE RT ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN DUE TO OIL LOSS. MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING AT SAT. FOUND OIL IN THE TAIL PIPE. REPLACED THE ENGINE. CHECK-C 9-3-99. *S/D* FOUND THE NUMBER 4 1/2 AND NUMBER 6 BEARING INTERNAL PRESSURE TUBE ASSEMBLY HAD FRACTURED, LEAKING OILSDR GTIA000144Engine · stalledACY - FLT 335 - AT FL250, RIGHT ENGINE EXPERIENCED COMPRESSOR STALLS. RIGHT EGT ROSE FROM 430 CELSIUS TO 590 CELSIUS AND EPR REDUCED TO 1.4 EPR. FOUND NR 2 ENGINE BAD, REFERENCE ITEM 474 LP 81021. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 ENGINE PER MD 80 MM 71-00-00 AND SSDR TWAA0002901Unknown · smokeTHERE WAS SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND CABIN DURING TAKEOFF. CLEARED UP IN 5 MINUTES. FOUND OIL IN THE ENGINE END CAPS. REPLACED THE ENGINE. CHECK-C 10-28-99 STL.SDR 20000814SH009Fan Blade · improper partPWA ENGINE JT8D-217A ESN 717421 REMOVED FROM ACFT NR 839 12-14-99, DUE TO FUEL NOZZLE AIR SCOOP ROTATION. ENGINE SENT FOR REPAIR. UPON INSP OF FRONT COMPRESSOR 1ST STAGE ASSY (FAN ROTOR) NOTED THE FAN BLADES HAD BEEN MIXED. TWO OF THE FAN BLADES, (180 DEGRESDR AALA991770Engine · malfunctionedPHX - FLT 1267 - EN ROUTE DFW-LAX, RIGHT ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE ILLUMINATED. OIL QTY READ ZERO. SHUT ENGINE DOWN. CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED PHX WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. REPLACED NUMBER 6 PUMP CARBON SEAL ASSEMBLY AND BEARING ASSEMBLY AS A PRECAUSDR AALA991626Duct · blownBOS - FLT 2039 - DURING CLIMB-OUT, EN ROUTE BOS/ORD, RIGHT ENGINE FIRE LOOP B ILLUMINATED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY LOOP-A AND ENGINE FIRE WARNING. ACCOMPLISHED ENGINE FIRE CHECK LIST. RETURNED AND LANDED BOS WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTED ENGINE WITH NO FIRE NOSDR AALA991253Turbine · failedMIA - FLT 1381 - DURING GO-AROUND FOR LANDING AT MIA, NR 2 ENGINE FAILED AND SPOOLED DOWN. RE-START WAS NOT ATTEMPTED. AIRCRAFT LANDED MIA WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED NR 2 ENGINE. PERFORMED ENGINE RUN-UP. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED, NORMAL OPERATION. (X)SDR TWAA9908003Turbine · damagedTHE RT ENGINE SHUT ITSELF DOWN WHILE EGT INDICATION INCREASED. CREW ACCOMPLISHED THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN PROCEDURE AND MADE UNSCHEDULED LANDING AT IND. FOUND TURBINE FAILURE AND REPLACED THE ENGINE. CHECK-C 8-24-98 STL. *S/D* FOUND FOD IMPACT TO 1 EACH 7TH SSDR CALA9900454Manifold · crackedNUMBER 2 FUEL FLOW INDICATES HIGHER THAN NUMBER 1 ON TAKEOFF. AT CLIMB POWER NUMBER 2 FUEL FLOW IS 1000 POUNDS HIGHER AND AT CRUISE 500 POUNDS HIGHER. FUEL USED AND FUEL REMAINING VERIFY THE HIGHER FUEL FLOW. FOUND CRACKED FUEL MAINFOLD. REMOVED AND REPLACSDR USAAD99056Engine · failedRSW-PIT - FLT 352 - WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 15,000 FEET THE RIGHT ENGINE EGT WAS 80 DEGREES HIGHER THAN THE LEFT AND THE FUEL FLOW WAS 1,000 LBS PER HOUR HIGHER. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO MCO AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AN OVERWEIGHT LAND INSPECTION WAS PERFOSDR MWEA99072Fuel Control · inoperativeSTL - FLT 302 - DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE RIGHT ENGINE PARAMETERS EPR N1 N2 WERE FLUCTUATING AND AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO STL. MTC REMOVED AND REPLACED RIGHT ENGINE FUEL CONTROL. (X)SDR 99ZZZX1124Gearbox · failedENGINE WAS REMOVED FOR IN-FLIGHT SHUT DOWN DUE TO OIL LOSS AND GEARBOX FAILURE. GEARBOX TOWERSHAFT BEARINGS HAD FAILED AND BEVEL GEAR MATERIAL LIBERATED THROUGH FRONT LOWER HOUSING. FAILURE INVESTIGATION IS IN PROGRESS AT GEES DALLAS AND GE ARTEX.SDR AALA990070Flowmeter · failedBOS - FLT 2221 - DURING CLIMB-OUT PVD, RIGHT FUEL FLOW INDICATOR BEGAN OPERATING ERRATICALLY WITH CLIMB POWER. FLIGHT AIR INTERRUPTED AND LANDED BOS WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED RIGHT FUEL FLOW TRANSMITTER. RIGHT ENGINE WAS GROUND RUN AT POWER WITSDR CALA9802193Compressor · damagedTHE NR 1 AND NR 2 ENGINES INGESTED ICE ON TAKEOFF FROM CLE AND ON ROTATION THE NR 1 ENGINE EPR FELL TO 1.1. THE NR 1 ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO CLE WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND BOTH ENGINES HAD FAN BLADE DAMASDR TWAA9819903Compressor · damagedTHE NR 1 ENG EXPERIENCED COMPRESSOR STALLS. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND FLT RETURNED TO STL. FOUND SIX EACH FIRST STAGE FAN BLADES WITH DAMAGE INDICATING POSSIBLE ICE INJESTION. REPLACED FIRST STAGE FAN. CHECK-C 1-19-98 STL.SDR TWAA9818805Sense Line · rupturedTHE RT ENGINE START VALVE OPEN LIGHT CAME ON AFTER CLIMB POWER SET. RETARDED THROTTLE AND LIGHT WENT OUT. RETURNED TO STL. FOUND START VALVE PRESSURE SENSE LINE HAD FAILED ALLOWING THE START VALVE TO OPEN. REPLACED LINE. ALSO REPLACED THE STARTER, START SDR 98ZZZX4216Lpt Shaft · twistedENGINE WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE DUE TO AN IN-FLIGHT SHUTDOWN. DISASSEMBLY OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THE NR 3 BEARING HAD FAILED AND THE LPT SHAFT TWISTED AT THE HPC CENTER TUBE. FAILURE INVESTIGATION IS IN PROCESS AT GE ENGINE SERVICES - DALLAS.SDR CALA9801455De-Ice Duct · blownTHE NR 2 ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT AND BELL ACTIVATED DURING CLIMBOUT. THE NR 2 ENGINE WAS RETARDED TO IDLE AND THE FIRE WARNING CEASED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO IAH WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NR 2 ENGINE NOSE COWL ANTI-ICE SDR 98ZZZX3320Blade · fracturedENGINE REMOVED FROM SERVICE FOR 'METAL IN THE TAILPIPE'. DISASSEMBLY OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A FRACTURED 4TH STAGE COMPRESSOR BLADE. CAUSE OF FAILURE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION AT GEES.SDR AALA981474Fuel Pump · failedORD - FLT 1949 - DURING CRUISE, EN ROUTE DTW-DFW, UNABLE TO TRANSFER FUEL FROM CENTER TANK. PHASE B PLUS C CIRCUIT BREAKER WILL NOT RESET ON FORWARD CENTER FUEL PUMP. AIR INTERRUPTED AND LANDED ORD WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED FORWARD CENTER FUEL PUMP AND HARSDR CALA9801369C-7 Blade · brokenTHE TOWER REPORTED THAT THE NR 1 ENGINE HAD SPARKS COMING FROM EXHAUST AREA AFTER TAKEOFF. THE CREW REPORTED THAT THERE WERE NO UNUSUAL NR 1 ENGINE INSTRUMENT INDICATIONS AND OPERATION APPEARED NORMAL. THE ENGINE WAS NOT SHUTDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED SDR CALA9801258C-4 Blade · brokenTHE NR 1 ENGINE GAVE OFF A LOUD BANG WITH VIBRATION AND YAW FELT WHILE EN ROUTE. THE NR 1 ENGINE GAUGES BECAME ERRATIC. THE N1 AND N2 EVENTUALLY STABILIZED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO MSY WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE NR 1 ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND SDR 98ZZZX2605Vane · damagedENGINE REMOVED FROM SERVICE FOR LPT FAILURE. THE SECOND STAGE VANE DAMAGE AT INNER AIR SEAL. SPECIFIC CAUSE OF FAILURE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION AT GE.SDR AALA981253Filter · cloggedDFW - FLT 2083 - EN ROUTE DFW/IAH IN CRUISE, RIGHT ENGINE OIL STRAINER CLOGGIN G LIGHT ILLUMINATED. OIL TEMPERATURE WAS 128 DEGREES AND OIL PRESSURE 45 PSI. RETARDED THROTTLE AND LIGHT WENT OUT. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND AIR INTERRUPTED. ACCOMPLISHED REDUCSDR CALA9800990Air Seal · wornTHE NR 1 ENGINE FAILED ACCOMPANIED BY A LOUD BANG DURING CLIMB-OUT OF EWR AT 10,000 FEET. THE CREW SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO EWR WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE NR 1 ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE ENGINE WAS RUN AND ASDR AALA981025Fuel Control · failedLAX - FLT 7 - DURING FINAL APPROACH LAX AT 5,000 FEET, THROTTLES WERE RETARDED AND RIGHT ENGINE SHUT DOWN IN FLT. FLIGHT CREW ACCOMPLISHED ENGINE OUT PROCEDURES AND LANDED LAX WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. REPLACED RIGHT ENGINE FUEL CONTROL UNIT AND AS A PRECAUTSDR 98ZZZX2262Ring · failedENGINE REMOVED FROM SERVICE FOR 'LPT DAMAGE'. THE SECOND STAGE VANE INNER SUPPORT LOCATING PIN BROKE LOOSE AND CAUSED IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE T2 AND T3 BLADES, AND COMPLETE FAILURE OF ALL T4 BLADES.
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