Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7B
Service difficulty reports · 753
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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 = 'JT8D7B' 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 = 'JT8D7B' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR 96UAL900376Tire · blow outLEFT OUTBOARD IN TIRE BLEW ON TAKEOFF, DID NOT RETRACT GEAR. REPLACED NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO MAIN TIRES, CHECKS OK.SDR 96UAL900377Coffee Warmer · dirtyCREW REPORT, AN ELECTRIC OVERHEAT SMELL IN THE COCKPIT WITH BOTH PACKS ON, STARTED EIGHT MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF. *S/D* REPLACED COALESCER BAGS. FOUND PLASTIC ON FORWARD COFFEE WARMER, REMOVED PLASTIC. RAN PACKS WITH ENGINE AND APU, NO SMELLS NOTED.SDR 9611419974Oil Press Reg · malfunctionedON TAKEOFF ROLL, NR 1 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE EXCEEDED NORMAL LIMITS. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE OIL FILTER AND OIL PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE WITH SERVICEABLE UNITS.SDR TAOA059607Engine · failedFLT NR 6151 - BOS-LGA - OIL TEMP WENT INTO YELLOW GAUGE BAN, PROCEDURE FOLLOWED. ONLY ADDITIONAL THROTTLE WOULD KEEP INDICATION OUT OF YELLOW OR RED GAUGE BAN. SHORTLY, THEREAFTER OIL QUANTITY DECREASED, LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, NR 2 ENGINE SHUT DSDR UPS96220135Engine · failedNR 2 ENGINE FAILED INFLIGHT. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 ENG PER T/C 1202 (P/N JT8D-7B) (S/N 68500). REMOVED MAIN ENGINE OIL STRAINER, FOUND LARGE AMOUNTS OF METAL.SDR TAOA059605C1 Bearing · failedFLT NR 6011 - LGA-BOS - VERY LOUD NOISE OCCURRED, TAKEOFF WAS REJECTED, NR 3 ENGINE SHUT DOWN, DUE C1 BEARING FAILURE. REPLACED NR 3 ENGINE. (M)SDR UPS96220129Bearing · failedINSPECTION TYPE: DURING FLAP EXT FROM 5 DEG TO 15 DEG, ONLY O/B T/E FLAPS INDICATED 15 DEG, I/B FLAPS SHOWED 5 DEG. ATTEMPTED AGAIN WITH NO CHANGE. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED UNEVENTFUL AT SDF. FOUND RT ELEPHANT EAR LOCKED UP, PARTIALLY REMOVED SAME. SDR 96UAL900340Line · leakingCREW REPORTS LOSS OF A-SYSTEM HYDRAULIC FLUID WHEN GEAR LOWERED ON APPROACH. DECLARED AN AMBER ALERT. *S/D* FOUND HYDRAULIC LINE TO A-SYSTEM LEAKING. INSTALLED NEW LINE, CHECKS OK.SDR CA960524015Oil System · oil leak(CAN)ON CLIMBOUT, #2 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPPING, ENGINE SHUTDOWN INTERNAL OIL LEAK TOWARD THE AFT OF ENGINE. FOLLOW-UP COMINGSDR 9610379874Prbc · failedNR 1 ENGINE EPR INDICATION FLUCTUATED ON TAKEOFF ROLL. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE PRBC WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT.SDR 9610379974Prbc · failedNR 1 ENGINE EPR INDICATION FLUCTUATED ON TAKEOFF ROLL. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE PRBC WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT.SDR 96ZZZM963Fuel Heat Vlv · malfunctionedFLT NR 533 - ATL-MSY - AIR RETURN, THE FUEL HEAT LIGHT CAME ON SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. THE RIGHT FUEL TEMP WENT TO 80 DEGREES WITHIN 10 MINUTES. THE OIL TEMP WAS 145 DEGREES FOR ONE MINUTE. THE AVERAGE OIL TEMP WAS 130 DEGREES. EXCEEDED 120 DEGREES FOR 15 MSDR 9609502283Compressor · stalledNR 2 ENGINE EXPERIENCED A COMPRESSOR STALL ON TAKEOFF ROLL. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE ENGINE. NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR 96UAL900305Light Strip · inoperativeEMERGENCY ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING AT ROW 12 INOPERABLE. REPLACED EMERGENCY ESCAPE PATH LIGHT STRIP. CHECKS O.K.SDR USAAD96046Fuel Pump · failedFLT 1121 - BOS-DCA - RIGHT ENGINE FAILED AFTER TAKEOFF. NO INDICATION PRIOR TO FAILURE, NO FIRE WARNING. SINGLE ENGINE TIME 5 MINUTES. REPLACED RIGHT ENGINE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL CONTROL UNIT. (M)SDR CA970305001Combustion Case · liberated(CAN) THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND SENT FOR INVESTIGATION DUE TO HIGH EGT AND TREND ANALYSIS THAT INDICATED HOT SECTION DISTRESS. INVESTIGATION FOUND THE INNER COMBUSTION CASE HAD LIBERATED FROM THE FORWARD FLANGE. IT APPEARED TO SUFFER FROM METAL FATIGUE. ALL TSDR CA960507007Duct · ruptured(CAN)#2 ENGINE ANTI-ICE C.B. TRIPPED AND WOULD NOT RESET. #2 OIL PRESSURE/BYPASS ILUMINATED. #2 SHUTDOWN. AIR SUPPLY DUCT FROM 13TH STAGE TO NOSE COWL ANTI-ICE AND FUEL HEAT HAD RUPTURED AT THE ATTACH FLANGE FOR THE ANTI-ICE VALVE CAUSING THE WIRING HARNESS DASDR Y2PA96024Gear Box · oil leakDFW - SHUT DOWN RIGHT ENGINE DUE TO LOW OIL PRESSURE AND QUANTITY. INSPECTED AND FOUND ENGINE GEARBOX LEAKING AT SCAVENGE PORT. REMOVED AND REPLACED GEARBOX. (M)SDR Y2PA96021Fan Guide Vane · crackedYIP - FLIGHT CREW REPORTED LIGHT ENGINE VIBRATION EN ROUTE TO YIP. UPON LANDING, ENGINE WAS INSPECTED AND A 30-INCH CRACK WAS DETECTED IN THE LEFT ENGINE LOWER FAN EXIT GUIDE VANE CASE. CRACK WAS IN THE FORWARD RADIUS OF THE CASE AND RAN DOWN FROM THE TOP OFSDR CAL960515T1 Blade · brokenTHE NR 1 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE READ 60 PSI, BUT FLUCTUATED PLUS OR MINUS 5 PSI AND WITHIN 30 SECONDS THE OIL TEMPERATURE BEGAN RISING RAPIDLY. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND RETURNED TO GSO. THE NR 1 ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. SHOP TEAR-DOWN FINDINGS REVESDR 9609059949Oil Press Ind · malfunctionedTHE NR 1 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE INDICATION WAS ABOVE THE RECOMMENDED MAXIMUM AND FLUCTUATING ON TAKEOFF ROLL. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT.SDR 96ZZZM819Saddle Duct · rupturedFIRE WARNING SOUNDED ON NR 1 ENGINE AFTER TAKEOFF. DISCHARGED LEFT FIRE BOTTLE. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. REPLACED 13TH STAGE SADDLE DUCT ON NR 1 ENGINE. REPLACED LEFT FIRE BOTTLE.SDR 96UAL900256Switch · inoperativeWHEN GEAR EXTENDED FOR LANDING GOT A RED UNSAFE LIGHT FOR NOSE LANDING GEAR. RECYCLED GEAR AND SECOND EXTENSION GOT NO LIGHTS AT ALL. VISUALLY CONFIRMED NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN. MAIN GEAR INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. *S/D* REPLACED NOSE LANDING GEAR INDICATION SWISDR 96UAL900240Turbine Wheel · failedAPU DISCHARGED METAL FRAGMENTS ONTO RAMP. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE: FOUND TURBINE WHEEL FAILED. CAUSE UNDER INVESTIGATION. PART TOTAL CYCLES, 6,673.SDR 96UAL900231Duct · damagedHEARD LOUD NOISE AFTER TURNING ON RIGHT PACK AFTER TAKEOFF. *S/D* FOUND RIGHT AIR CONDITIONING DISTRIBUTION DUCT IN CENTER BAY AFT OF FORWARD CARGO PIT DAMAGED. REPLACED DUCT, CHECKS OK.SDR 96UAL900232Battery · dischargedRIGHT OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOP. REPLACED BATTERIES, CHECKS OK.SDR 96UAL900217Qty Transmitter · shortedAFTER TAKEOFF ON GEAR RETRACTION, "A" SYSTEM HYDRAULIC QUANTITY DROPPED TO 1/2 GALLON. AFTER LOWERING GEAR, QUANTITY SHOWED FULL, THEN WENT BACK TO 1/2 GALLON. GAUGE JUMPED AROUND AFTER LANDING AND WENT TO FULL. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE: REPLACED "A" SYSTESDR MWEA96102Engine · failedAT CRUISE A LOUD NOISE CAME FROM RT ENGINE. EPR AND N1 DROPPED, ENG OIL STRAINER CLOGGING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND OIL TEMP WENT TO 115. MADE UNSCHEDULED LANDING, FORT SMITH AR. FOUND BRASS LIKE METAL IN OIL FILTER AND REPLACED ENGINE. SUSPECT GEARBOX PROBLEMSDR 96UAL900204Windshield · failedNR 1 LEFT WINDSHIELD OUTER PANE SHATTERED. WINDOW HEAT TURNED OFF AND OPERATED AT REDUCED PRESSURIZATION. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE: MOISTURE AT THE POWER BUS CAUSED SHORT AND CRACKED THE OUTER PANE. REPLACED WINDSHIELD. CHECKS O.K.SDR 96UAL900187Tire · separatedRIGHT OUTBOARD MAIN TIRE SEPARATED AND DAMAGED THE FLAP AND NUMBER ONE SPOILER. *S/D* REPLACED NUMBER THREE AND FOUR MAIN TIRE. REPAIRED FLAP AND SPOILER. TIRE CAP COMPLETELY GONE.SDR 96UAL900188Csd Hose · leakingABORTED TAKEOFF DUE TO LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON AT 90 KNOTS. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE: CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE OIL SERVICE LINE WAS LEAKING. REPLACED TWO SHORT HOSES ON THE ELBOW FITTING AND ASSOCIATED "O" RINGS. CHECKS O.K.SDR 96UAL900184Toggle · brokenDURING INSPECTION OF FLAPS FOR A AIRCRAFT ROLLING PROBLEM WITH FLAPS AT 10 DEGREES, FOUND LEFT SIDE FOREFLAP LOOSE FROM MIDFLAP. LEFT OUTBOARD TOGGLES WERE FOUND BROKEN. AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN DE-ICED WITH TYPE II FLUID 55 HOURS PREVIOUS TO THE INCIDENT. TOGGLE SDR 96UAL900185Light Strip · damagedEMERGENCY ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING INOP FROM ROW 15 TO ROW 18. REPLACED DAMAGED LIGHT STRIP AND CHECKS OK.SDR 96ZZZX2540Engine · out of adjustABORTED TAKEOFF, NR 1 ENGINE WOULD NOT MAKE TARGET EPR (1.95) N1 INDICATED 847 DEGREES WITH LEFT THROTTLE ALL THE WAY TO STOP (N2, FUEL FLOW, EGT APPEARED NORMAL ON NR 1 ENGINE). EPR WOULD ONLY MAKE 1.84 THROTTLE FULL FORWARD. TRIMMED NR 1 ENGINE TO MM REF 7SDR 96ZZZM679Fuel Heat Valve · stuck openON FLT NR 525 - ATL-DFW - RIGHT ENGINE FUEL HEAT VALVE STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO ATL. REMOVED AND REPLACED ENGINE FUEL HEAT VALVE PER MM 73-10. LEAK CHECK GOOD. (M)SDR CA960315011Engine · failure(CAN) BOROSCOPE EXAMINATION OF ENGINE WAS INCONCLUSIVE BUT APPARENT DAMAGE SUGGESTS A COMBUSTION CAN FAILURE OF SOME DESCRIPTION MAY HAVE INDUCED THE NOZZLE AND T1 DAMAGE OR THE POSSIBILITY OF T1 BLADE FAILURE AS THE SECOND OPTION. AN ENGINE CORE STRIP REPORT SDR CA960315003Engine · duct torn(CAN) DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION, BROKEN METAL WAS FOUND IN THE COWL OF #3 ENGINE. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED AN APPROXIMATELY 3 SQ.IN. HOLE AND A 8"X4" TEAR AT THE APPROXIMATELY 3 O'CLOCK POSITION OF THE BYPASS DUCT WHERE THE IGNITOR FLANGE IS MOUNTED. LOOKSDR 96ZZZM682Engine · failedON FLT NR 236 - DFW - THE LEFT ENGINE FAILED AFTER TAKEOFF. REMOVED AND REPLACED FUEL PUMP AND FUEL CONTROL PER MM 73-00, NO HELP. REMOVED AND REPLACED ENGINE PER MM 71-00, OPS CHECK AND LEAK CHECK GOOD. (M)SDR 96ZZZM683Engine · failedON FLT NR 236 - DFW-DFW - AIR RETURN AFTER TAKEOFF, LEFT ENGINE FAILED.SDR MWEA96055Pt 2 Line · ice buildupPILOT REPORTS UPON SPOOLING UP FOR TAKEOFF, THE NR 1 ENGINE EPR WOULD NOT RISE ABOVE 1.4 INDICATED. ALL OTHER PARAMETERS NORMAL. RETURN TO GATE. FOUND ICE IMBEDDED IN PT2 INLET. CLEANED ICE. RAN ENGINE TO TAKEOFF POWER. OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR 96UAL900166Light · disconnectedNR ONE LEFT DOOR EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REINSTALLED EXIT LIGHT AT DOOR ONE LEFT. CHECKS O.K.SDR 96UAL900158Gland Nut · fracturedON GEAR RETRACTION LEFT MAIN GEAR RED LIGHT STAYED ON WITH GEAR HANDLE IN THE UP POSITION. RECYCLED GEAR AND GOT 3 GREEN LIGHTS IN DOWN POSITION. RED LIGHT REMAINED ON WITH GEAR HANDLE IN THE UP POSITION, HAD HEAVY DRAG IN CRUISE. *S/D* LEFT MAIN GEAR GLANSDR CA960311023Engine · vibration(CAN) ON TAKEOFF, THE CREW CARRIED OUT A PRECAUTIONARY ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO VIBRATION.SDR USAAD96028Heat Manifold · leakingCLT - FLT 1426 - IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM CLT, THE RIGHT ENGINE 'B' FIRE LOOP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE RIGHT ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. CREW REDUCED POWER ON THE ENGINE AND THE LIGHTS WENT OUT. FLIGHT RETURNED TO CLT ANDSDR 96UAL900150Air Distr · odorELECTRIC SMOKE SMELL IN COCKPIT AND CABIN SWITCHING BLEEDS. CEILING IN FORWARD GALLEY HOT TO TOUCH. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT REQUESTED. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE: ACCOMPLISHED POWER RUN, CHECKED ALL SYSTEMS, COULD NOT DUPLICATE. REMOVED CEILING PANELS AND CHECKSDR 96ZZZM645Seal · failedON FLT NR 183 - ATL-MSY - DIVERTED TO MGM, EN ROUTE TO MSY NR 2 ENGINE OIL QUANTITY WENT TO ZERO THEN OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO 35 PSI, SHUT DOWN NR 2 ENGINE AND LANDED IN MGM. MAINTENANCE FOUND OIL LEAKING FROM THE STARTER OIL SEAL ON GEAR BOX. REMOVED STARTESDR 9604779908Pt2 Probe · malfunctionedNR 1 EPR INDICATION WAS ERRATIC DURING CLIMB AND CRUISE. FLIGHT RETURNED TO DTW AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE INLET NOSE BULLET/PT2 PROBE WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT AND SYSTEM OPERATION RETURNED TO NORMAL.SDR 96UAL900138Coalescer Bag · contaminatedCREW REPORTS, HEAVY SMOKE IN COCKPIT AND CABIN. TURNED RIGHT PACK OFF AND THEN LEFT PACK, NO HELP. CREW TURNED OFF SOME ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS AND SMOKE WAS SOMEWHAT BETTER ON APPROACH. SOURCE OF SMOKE MAYBE OIL OR ELECTRICAL. OIL WAS FOUND IN THE LEFT PACK SDR 96UAL900130Coalescer · contaminatedDURING CLIMB, KEROSENE LIKE SMELL IN PASSENGER CABIN. BOTH PACKS AND BLEEDS ON AT THE TIME. FUEL SMELL ORIGINATED FROM THE GROUND PNEUMATIC CONNECTOR, WHICH WAS CONTAMINATED FROM A GROUND TRUCK USED FOR STARTING THE ENGINES. THE DUCTING WAS CLEANED, COALESCSDR GRAA9610Oil Filter · dirtyRNO - ON TAKEOFF ROLL, AIRCRAFT HAD A NR 2 ENGINE OIL STRAINER CLOGGING LIGHT ILLUMINATE. AIRCRAFT ABORTED TAKEOFF AT 60 KIAS. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER OCCURRENCE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 2 ENGINE MAIN OIL FILTER ASSEMBL
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