Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9
Service difficulty reports · 686
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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 = 'JT8D9' 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 = 'JT8D9' 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 TWAA9908101Pump · failedTHE RT ENGINE SHUT ITSELF DOWN DURING TAKEOFF. THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO SDF. REPLACED THE ENGINE FUEL PUMP DUE TO SHEARED SHAFT. ALSO, REPLACED THE FUEL CONTROL PRECAUTIONARY, (P/N 743602-5). CHECK-C 9-21-98 STL.SDR TWAA9908005Pump · wornTHE LEFT ENG SHUT ITSELF DOWN DURING TAKEOFF AT 800 FEET. CREW ACCOMPLISHED ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND RETURNED TO STL. REPLACED THE FUEL CONTROL, (P/N 743602-5) AND FUEL PUMP, (P/N 378201-7). CHECK-C 3-26-99 MCI.SDR 9901529990Engine · failedDURING DESCENT, THE LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE BEGAN FLUCTUATING, OIL QUANTITY DROPPED TO ZERO AND THE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE. AIRCRAFT RETURSDR EISA99063Fuel Pump · failedNR 1 ENGINE FAILED ON TAKEOFF. FOUND NR 1 ENGINE FUEL PUMP SHAFT SHEARED. REMOVED AND REPLACED FUEL PUMP. (M)SDR 9901319936Switch · malfunctionedDURING TAKEOFF ROLL AT 100 KNOTS, THE RIGHT ENGINE FUEL PRESSURE DROP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGHT ENGINE FUEL LOW PRESSURE SWITCH AND FUEL FILTER, OPERATIONAL CHECK OK.SDR EISA99069Fuel Pump · failedRIGHT ENGINE FAILED TO OR ABOUT 500 FT AGL AFTER TAKEOFF IN RDU. CREW HEARD LOUD POP OR BANG AT FAILURE. NORMAL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING AT RDU. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. REMOVED AND REPLACED ENGINE FUEL PUMP IAW MM 73-20-1. OPS GOOD PER MM CHAPTER 71-00. RIISDR EISA99059Gasket · tornADDED 5 QUARTS OIL TO NR 2 ENGINE IN LAS, TOTAL 13 QUARTS. HALF WAY TO SAN, QUANTITY WAS DOWN TO 4 QUARTS. (KEPT SLOWLY DECREASING IN-FLIGHT). SHUT DOWN NR 2 ENGINE. TEMPERATURE NEVER EXCEEDED 110 DEGREES EVEN AFTER IDLING AND SHUT DOWN. DETERMINED OIL FISDR CALA9900142Duct · failedNR 3 ENG FIRE WARNING ACTIVATED AFTER T/O FROM BWI. THE A/C WAS RETURNED TO BWI WHERE IT LANDED W/O INCIDENT. MX FOUND THE PNEUMATIC DUCT LEADING TO NR 3 NOSE COWL ANTI-ICE VALVE BLOWN. THE NOSE COWL FLANGE FITTING FOR COWL ANTI-ICE INLET WAS ALSO BLOWN. TSDR CALA9900115Duct · brokenA FIRE WARNING INDICATION ON THE NR 3 ENGINE WAS RECEIVED AFTER TAKEOFF FROM BWI. CHECKLIST PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED, FUEL WAS DUMPED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO BWI WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. THE NR 3 ENGISDR TWAA9816901Fuel Pump · failedNR 2 ENGINE HAD NO RESPONSE TO THROTTLE MOVEMENT. RETURNED TO BDL. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN ON APPROACH. REPLACED FUEL PUMP DUE TO HIGH STAGE FAILURE. CHECK-C 4-24-98 STL.SDR CALA9801858Line · leakingTHE NR 1 ENGINE THROTTLE WAS TWO KNOBS AHEAD OF NR 2 WITH CLIMB POWER SET OUT OF MSP. THE SPLIT INCREASED TO ABOUT 3 KNOBS DIFFERENCE AS CLIMB PROGRESSED. FUEL FLOW WAS ABOUT 2000 LBS HIGHER ON NR 1 FOR SAME ENGINE PARAMETERS AT ABOUT 31,000 FT. THE NR 1 ENSDR TWAA9815502Engine · failedTHE LT ENG FILTER CLOG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND EGT INCREASED. RETARDED THROTTLE AND DIVERTED TO BNA. FOUND METAL IN MAIN OIL SCREEN. ENGINE WAS CHANGED. CHECK-C 11-15-97 MCI. *S/D* ANALYSIS OF MATERIAL IN OIL SCREEN FOUND EVIDENCE OF M-50 BEARING MATERIAL.SDR CALA9801417Anti-Ice Duct · blownTHE FIRE WARNING BELL SOUNDED FOLLOWED BY ILLUMINATION OF THE NR 3 ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT ON CLIMB-OUT OF IAH AT ABOUT 900 FEET. THE NR 3 ENGINE POWER WAS REDUCED AND THE FIRE WARNINGS CEASED. A VALID FIRE TEST WAS RUN. THE LIGHT AND BELL CAME ON AGAIN WSDR EISA98148Compressor · stalledON TAKEOFF OUT OF ICT NR 3 ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALLED TRIPPING BOTH PACKS ON CLIMB NR 3 REACHED MAX CONT EGT, .10 EPR, BELOW MAX CLIMB EPR, IN CRUISE ALL ENGINE PARAMETERS NORMAL. ICT TEMP 23 DEGREES CELSIUS WIND 100 AT 7 RUNWAY 19R. GENERATED FROM PILOT REPOSDR 9809599605Engine · failedDURING CLIMB AT 1500 FEET, THE LEFT ENGINE EXPERIENCED A CONTAINED FAILURE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MKE AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE, OPERATIONAL CHECK OK.SDR 9805829915Prbc · malfunctionedAS TAKEOFF POWER WAS APPLIED, THE LEFT ENGINE EXPERIENCED AN UNKNOWN NOISE. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE PRBC, OPERATIONAL CHECK OK.SDR 9805709163Heat Valve · inoperativeDURING DESCENT AT 23,000 FEET, THE LEFT ENGINE FUEL HEAT VALVE FAILED TO CLOSE. OIL TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO THE CAUTION RANGE. CREW PERFORMED A PRECAUTIONARY SHUTDOWN OF THE LEFT ENGINE. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO CMH AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENASDR 9805229981Engine · failedDURING CLIMB AT 8,000 FEET, THE LEFT ENGINE FLAMED OUT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DTW AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE, OPERATIONAL CHECK OK.SDR TWAA9803402Chamber · crackedRDU - FLT 503 - RT ENGINE INJESTED BIRD ON ROTATION FOR TAKEOFF. EGT ROSE TO 620 DEGREES. N1 AND N2 STEADY. NO VIBRATION. REDUCED POWER AND RETURNED TO RDU. REPLACED ENGINE. S/D: EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE SHOWED SEA GULL WAS INGESTED CAUSING STALLS. THSDR CALA9800386Turbine · failedTHE NR 3 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO ACCOMPANIED BY ILLUMINATION OF THE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT WHILE EN ROUTE FROM RSW TO EWR. THE NR 3 ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO MCO WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND RSDR CALA9800211Fuel Nozzle · streakingTHE NR 1 ENGINE POPPED AND EGT WENT TO 600 DEGREES WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 18000 FEET AFTER TAKEOFF FROM IAH. THE ENGINE VIBRATED AND WAS SHUTDOWN. THE N2 DROPPED TO 70 PERCENT BEFORE THROTTLE WAS PULLED TO IDLE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO IAH WHERE IT LANSDR 9801089916Fuel Heat Light · illuminatedDURING TAKEOFF ROLL AT 80 KNOTS, THE LEFT ENGINE FUEL HEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE TESTED THE LEFT ENGINE FUEL HEAT SYSTEM, OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS NORMAL. PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.SDR 9800869996Engine · malfunctionedDURING TAKEOFF ROLL, THE LEFT ENGINE WOULD NOT REACH TARGET EPR. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO GATE. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE LEFT ENGINE, ALL PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL. PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.SDR 9800899928Nose Bullet · obstructedAS TAKEOFF POWER WAS APPLIED, THE LEFT ENGINE WOULD NOT REACH TARGET EPR. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED OBSTRUCTION FROM THE LEFT ENGINE NOSE BULLET, OPERATIONAL CHECK OK.SDR 9801219938Fuel Pump · damagedAS TAKEOFF POWER WAS APPLIED, THE LEFT ENGINE FLAMED OUT. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE FUEL CONTROL UNIT. OPERATIONAL CHECK OK. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CALA9701797Control Cable · wornWHEN REDUCING FROM CLIMB TO CRUISE THRUST, THE LEFT THROTTLE STUCK AT 85 PERCENT N1. A RETURN TO CLE WAS INITIATED AND THE NR 1 ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AT 6000 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NR 1 ENGINE THROTTLE PUSH-PULL CABLSDR 9723049994Compressor · stalledDURING TAKEOFF ROLL AT 80 KNOTS, THE LEFT ENGINE EXPERIENCED COMPRESSOR STALLS. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE LEFT ENGINE INLET, OUTLET, AND PS3 FILTER. NO DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND. ENGINE OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS ACSDR 9722119977Fuel Pump · failedDURING INITIAL DESCENT AT FLIGHT LEVEL 29,000 FEET, THE LEFT ENGINE EXPERIENCED AN UNCOMMANDED THRUST INCREASE. CREW RETARDED LEFT ENGINE THRUST LEVER TO IDLE AND N1 INDICATION REMAINED AT 92 PERCENT. CREW SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE, DIVERTED TO PIT, AND LANDSDR 9721919952Fire Loop · shortedDURING TAXI THE RIGHT ENGINE FIRE WARNING SYSTEM ILLUMINATED. CREW SHUT DOWN THE RIGHT ENGINE AND FIRED BOTH BOTTLES. NO FIRE HAD OCCURRED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGHT ENGINE FIRE LOOP AND BOTH FIRE BOTTLES. OPERATIONAL CHECK OK.SDR 9720779998Anti-Ice Valve · inoperativeDURING CLIMB AS RIGHT ENGINE ANTI-ICE WAS SELECTED, THE ANTI-ICE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MEM AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGHT ENGINE ANTI-ICE VALVE. OPERATIONAL CHECK OK. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR 9720019971Transmitter · malfunctionedDURING CLIMB, THE LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE INDICATION BEGAN FLUCTUATING. ALL OTHER ENGINE PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL. CREW ELECTED TO RETURNED TO MEM. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE TRANSMITTER. OPERATIONAL CHECK OK. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SESDR EISA97209Valve · leakingON TAKEOFF FROM BRU, THE NR 2 FIRE WARNING SOUNDED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, RETURNED TO BRU (ATB). FOUND UPPER LEFT ANTI-ICE VALVE LEAKING, RESECURED VALVE, AND RAN ENGINE. NO LEAKS NOTED. (X)SDR 9719339973Engine · failedDURING CLIMB AT 15,000 FEET, THE RIGHT ENGINE OIL QUANTITY BEGAN DECREASING WITH AN ASSOCIATED INCREASING OIL TEMPERATURE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MSP AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. DURING TAXI THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGSDR 9717649990Duct · crackedDURING CLIMB, THE LEFT ENGINE EXPERIENCED A FIRE WARNING INDICAITON. CREW REDUCED LEFT ENGINE POWER SETTING AND FIRE WARNING CEASED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LGA AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE 13TH STAGE MANIFOLD ON THE LEFT ENGINSDR 9717329959Duct · crackedDURING CLIMB, THE LEFT ENGINE EXPERIENCED A FIRE WARNING INDICATION. CREW REDUCED A LEFT ENGINE POWER AND FIRE WARNING CEASED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MSP AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE 13TH STAGE MANIFOLD ON THE LEFT ENGINE, OPESDR CALA9701319Guide Vane · separatedTHE NR 1 ENGINE LOST POWER AT FL 180 AFTER DEPARTING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO IAH. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 1 ENGINE. IN ADDITION, THE NR 1 AND NR 2 MLG BRAKES AND TIRES WERE REPLACED DUE TO HIGH ENERGY STOP. *S/D* SHOP TEARDOWN REVEALESDR 9716299959Oil Press Sw · failedLEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE LOW LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED AIRCRAFT TO GATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE SWITCH. LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL.SDR 9716309993Oil Temp Bulb · failedRIGHT ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATED AND REACHED 140 DEGREES (YELLOW BAND) AFTER TAKEOFF. FLIGHT WAS RETURNED TO MSP AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGHT ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE BULB, OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL.SDR CALA9701235Prbc · brokenTHE NR 3 ENGINE EGT HIT REDLINE ON TAKEOFF ROLL. REDUCING EPR TO 1.4 FAILED TO KEEP EGT OUT OF REDLINE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO IAH WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND FITTING ON PRBC BROKEN. THE PRBC WAS REPLACED IAW MM 75-31-13. THESDR 9716079605Egt Indicator · corrodedDURING TAKEOFF ROLL AT 90 KNOTS, THE LEFT ENGINE EGT INDICATION EXCEEDED NORMAL OPERATING LIMITS. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE EGT INDICATOR, NR 5 EGT THERMOCOUPLE, AND EGT BALANCE RESISTOR. ENGINE OPERSDR CALA9701230Guide Vane · crackedTHE NR 2 ENGINE EXPERIENCED POWER REDUCTION DURING CLIMBOUT. THE CREW ADVANCED THE THROTTLE TO MAINTAIN CLIMB POWER, RESULTING IN THE NR 2 THROTTLE BEING THREE KNOBS AHEAD OF NR 1 AND NR 3, WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER EGT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO EWR. THE NR SDR 9714539981Pt7 Line · crackedAS TAKEOFF POWER WAS APPLIED, THE RIGHT ENGINE EPR INDICATION WOULD NOT REACH TARGET EPR. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGHT ENGINE EPR TRANSMITTER, OPERATIONAL CHECK OK.SDR CALA9700974Center Tube · fracturedTHE NR 2 ENGINE LOST POWER AT FL 330 WHILE EN ROUTE. THE POWER LOSS WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A DROP IN OIL QUANTITY, VIBRATION, AND ODOR IN THE CABIN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO DFW WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE PRESSURE RATIO BLEED COSDR 9711579993Wire · shortedDURING TAKEOFF ROLL, THE RIGHT ENGINE EGT INDICATION WAS ERRATIC. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO GATE. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED OPEN WIRE IN AIRCRAFT TAIL SECTION. ENGINE OPERATIONAL CHECK OK.SDR TWAA9768002Fuel Pump · failedSTL - FLT 179 - DURING TAKEOFF, NR 3 ENGINE WENT TO BELOW IDLE POWER. REMOVED AND REPLACED FUEL PUMP AND JFC. OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL. (M)SDR 9710899613Pt 7 Line · crackedAS TAKEOFF POWER WAS APPLIED, THE LEFT ENGINE WOULD NOT REACH TARGET EPR INDICATION. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE EPR TRANSMITTER AND THE LEFT ENGINE. OPERATIONAL CHECK OK. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICESDR 9710539930Fuel Control · contaminatedAS TAKEOFF POWER WAS APPLIED, THE RIGHT ENGINE EPR, N1, AND N2 INDICATIONS BEGAN FLUCTUATING. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE DRAINED THE FUEL CONTROL MOISTURE TRAP ON THE RIGHT ENGINE, OPERATIONAL CHECK OK.SDR 9710499972Epr Indicator · malfunctionedAS TAKEOFF POWER WAS APPLIED, THE LEFT ENGINE EPR INDICATION WOULD NOT REACH TARGET EPR. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE EPR INDICATOR, OPERATIONAL CHECK OK.SDR 9710479911Fuel Control · failedDURING CLIMB, THE LEFT ENGINE EPR, N1, AND N2 INDICATIONS BEGAN FLUCTUATING. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MSP AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE FUEL CONTROL UNIT. ENGINE OPERATIONAL CHECK OK. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. POSDR 9708449936Power Lever · obstructedAS POWER WAS REDUCED FOR DESCENT, THE LEFT ENGINE POWER LEVER WOULD NOT RETARD FROM CURRENT POSITION. CREW CONTINUTED TO DESCEND AND AT FL200 THE POWER LEVER BEGAN TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND FIRE RETARD
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