Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A
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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 = 'JT8D9A' 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 = 'JT8D9A' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR TSAA1026011Relay · failedNON-ETOPS CARGO FLIGHT 16. DURING CLIMB THE ACFT EXPERIENCED A NR2 BUS POWER FAILURE CAUSING THE LOSS OF USE OF ALL INSTRUMENTS AND SYS POWERED BY THE NR 2 BUS. CREW ACCOMPLISHED APPROPRIATE CHECK LISTS LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX R & R THE NR2 TRANSDR DALA1012679989Power Supply · inoperativeDURING LINE CHECK, FOUND CAT WALK AND AFT TAIL CONE RELEASE HANDLE EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP. MX REPLACED POWER SUPPLY PACK IAW WD 33-51-01. OPS CHECK OF LIGHTS NOW CHECK GOOD.SDR DALA1010563261Floor Panel · corrodedDURING M-CHECK FOUND CORROSION ON FLOOR PANEL 262FF. REPLACED FLOOR PANEL IAW WORK CARD 2500-6602.SDR DALA1010879989Battery Pack · dischargedON FLIGHT CHECK MX FOUND EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN THE AFT 4 ROWS IN COACH INOP. MX R & R BATTERY PACK FOR EMERGENCY LIGHT. OPS CHECK OF LIGHTS NOW CHECK GOOD.SDR DALA109819925Power Supply · inoperativeON FLIGHT CHECK MX FOUND EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN CATWALK IN TAIL OF ACFT INOP. MX REPLACED POWER SUPPLY OF EMERGENCY LIGHTS IAW AMM 33-53-00. OPS CHECK OF LIGHTS NOW CHECK GOOD.SDR DALA106329969Battery · dischargedDURING LINE CHECK, MX FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY PATHWAY LIGHTING AFT THROUGH ROW 9 OF THE CABIN WERE TOO DIM TO PROVIDE ESCAPE GUIDANCE. MX CHARGED THE BATTERIES FOR 3 HOURS AND THE LIGHTS RETURNED TO AN OPS AND BRIGHT CONDITION.SDR C8GA201000004Duct · separatedFLT 2739 FROM ATL TO TOL. DURING CLIMB OPERATION AN AIRFRAME VIBRATION WAS NOTED AND ISOLATED TO THE NR 2 ENGINE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO ATL WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE 8TH STAGE DUCT SEPARATESDR DALA103869995Battery Pack · inoperativeDURING LINE CHECK, MX FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY PATHWAY LIGHTING IN THE FIRST CLASS SECTION OF THE CABIN HAD FAILED. MX REPLACED THE BATTERY PACK AND THE LIGHTS RETURNED TO AN OPERATIONAL CONDITION.SDR CA100223006Pressure Switch · faulty(CAN) CREW EXPERIENCED A LOW OIL PRESS/FILTER BYPASS LIGHT ILLUMINATE FOR THE NR 3 ENG. THE NR 3 ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN IAW THE CHECKLIST. A FAULTY FILTER BYPASS SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (TC 20100223006)SDR CA100201003Switch · damaged(CAN) UPON FLAP RETRACTION AFTER DEPARTURE, THE NR 6 KRUGER FLAP IN TRANSIT LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. ACFT RETURNED TO BASE. THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (TC 20100201003)SDR CA091117005Bolt · sheared(CAN) DURING ROUTINE WALK AROUND INSP, FOUND A BOLT MISSING AT RT ATTACH FITTING TO REAR PRESSURE BULKHEAD. FURTHER INSP FOUND BOLT HAD SHEARED AT MID POINT AND WAS RECOVERED SITTING IN LWR STURCTURE. NUT END OF BOLT HALF STILL IN POSITION. BOTH BOLT HALVES SHSDR KNNA20090007Unknown · unknownJUST AFTER ROTATION, A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD AND THE ACFT HAD A NOTICEABLE SHUDDER. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. SUSPECTED BIRD STRIKE.SDR CA090520004Controller · arced(CAN) ON CLIMB OUT, CREW NOTICED ARCING FROM THE R2 WINDOW. ACFT DIVERTED TO A MX BASE WHERE THE WINDOW AND TEMP CONTROLLER WERE REPLACED AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR K11A2009051772201Case · damagedNO EMERGENCY PROCEDURES USED, PER DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS INSPECT NR 3 ENGINE DUE THROTTLE STAGGER, UPON INSPECTING NR 3 ENGINE FOUND QUARTER SIZE HOLE AT 10 O'CLOCK POSITION IN INTERMEDIATE CASE.SDR Y2PA2009051400002Pump · inoperativeDURING CLIMBOUT, RT ENGINE DRIVEN HYD PUMP PRESSURE DROPPED (INDICATED) "0" PRESSURE. (LT SYS NORMAL) PERFORMED COM PROCEDURE - RESTORED RT SYS PRESSURE WITH "AUX" PUMP. AT 18,000 FT APPROACH CHECKLIST ALTITUDE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH APPROACH AS A PRECSDR CA090408004Window · failed(CAN) WHILE IN CRUISE, FIRST AIR FLIGHT FAB 860 ENROUTE, EXPERIENCED MIDDLE PANE FAILURE ON THE NR 4 LT WINDOW (FWD EYEBROW). THE CREW REQUESTED LWR AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO POINT OF DEPARTURE, LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MX REPSDR KNNA20090001Seal · failedNR 1 ENGINE OIL QUANTITY DROPPED TO ZERO DURING FLIGHT FOLLOWED BY DROP IN OIL PRESSURE LEADING TO ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND DECLARATION OF AN EMERGENCY. IT WAS DISCOVERED DURING TROUBLE SHOOTING THAT BOTH THE STARTER SEAL AND THE FUEL PUMP SEALS WERE LEAKING. BSDR CA090313006Strut · low(CAN) FOLLOWING DEPARTURE, THE CREW OBSERVED A FAIL TO RETRACT INDICATION ON THE NOSE GEAR. THE ACFT RETURNED TO POINT OF DEPARTURE AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM. MX FOUND A LOW OLEO PRESSURE CONDITION. THE OLEO WAS SERVICED AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SDR CA090203005Skin · corrodedDURING ROUTINE SCHEDULED HEAVY MAINTANANCE VISIT (C3 CHECK), CORROSION WAS FOUND ON A LAP JOINT AT STA 460 TO 480, ON STR 26L. THIS CORROSION IS BELIEVED TO BE CAUSED BY THE BONDING PROCESS AT FACTORY. THE PROCESS (COLD BONDING) WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON THE FIRST SDR CA090109009Blades · damaged(CAN) ON TAKEOFF, A JUMP IN EPR AND WAS OBSERVED AS WELL AS A MOMENTARY ILLUMINATION OF THE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ON THE NR 3 ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AFTER THE TOWER REPORTED SEEING SPARKS. ON EXAMINATION DAMAGE WAS FOUND TO THE C1 AND C2 BLADES AND SSDR CA081201012Actuator · worn(CAN) A "CLUNK" IN THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING TILLER WAS REPORTED. BOTH STEERING ACTUATOR ROD ENDS WERE FOUND PULLING OUT OF THE PISTONS. BOTH STEERING ACTUATORS WERE REPLACED. A/C RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA081121011Accessory Unit · failed(CAN) JUST AFTER TAKEOFF, THE CREW ATTEMPTED TO SELECT GEAR UP, THE GEAR HANDLE WOULD NOT GO PAST THE OFF POSITION. ACFT RETURNED TO WHERE MAINT REPLACED THE LANDING GEAR ACCY UNIT. A/C RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA081119004Motor · failed(CAN) ENROUTE, SYS A HYD QTY DROPPED TO ZERO. MX FOUND OTBD FLAP HYD MOTOR FAILED. MOTOR REPLACED AND SYS CHECKED SERVICABLE.SDR CA081122001Bulkhead · cracked(CAN) DURING WALK-AROUND INSP, FOUND BELTFRAME AT 9G BULKHEAD CRACKED BY LT CARGO CAN CUTOUT. TEMPORARY REPAIR CARRIED OUT. A/C FERRIED. PERMANENT REPAIR CARRIED OUT. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA080911003Actuator · failed(CAN) DURING CLIMB THROUGH APPROX 2,000 FT NR1 ENGINE LOW HYDR PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, SYS `A` HYDRAULIC OIL AND PRESSURE LOSS. ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. NR5 KRUGER FLAP ACTUATOR FOUND FAILED AND ATTACH BRACKET DAMAGED. REPLACED ACTUATOR AND TESTED IAW ASDR CA080911006Engine · failed(CAN) AFTER T/O AND CLIMB OUT, NR2 ENGINE LOST OIL QTY AND OIL TEMP ROSE RAPIDLY INTO RED INDICATION. INFLIGHT SHUTDOWN COMPLIED WITH AND ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. NR2 ENGINE REPLACED IAW AMM AND KFL TASK CARDS, ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. ENGINE TO BE EVALUATSDR CA080728003Pcu · failed(CAN) ENROUTE, CREW NOTICED HYD SYS (A) QUANTITY DECREASING RAPIDLY. SYS (A) HYDR WERE SHUTOFF AND EMERGENCY DECLARED. UPON ARRIVAL AT DESTINATION, A/C REQUIRED TOWING TO RAMP WHERE MAINT DISCOVERED THE AILERON PCU HAD FAILED. THE AILERON PCU WAS REPLACED AND SDR CA080716008Position Switch · malfunctioned(CAN) ON APPROACH AN IN-TRANSIT INDICATION WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE NR 6 L/E SLAT. THE CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO VANCOUVER WHERE THEY LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE NR 6 L/E SLAT WAS FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY BUT THE L/E SLAT POSITION SWITCH WSDR KNNA20080007Keelbeam · corrodedAFTER OPEN UP FOUND CORROSION AT RT KEEL BEAM AT STA 727, AREA WENT OUT OF LIMITS AFTER CORROSION REMOVAL. REPAIRED AREA IAW BOEING MESSAGE 1-522105282 AND IAW SKY KING ACO-0753105.SDR KNNA20080005Keelbeam · corrodedAFTER OPEN UP, FOUND CORROSION AT RT KEEL BEAM AT STA 727, AREA WENT OUT OF LIMITS AFTER CORROSION REMOVAL. REPAIRED AREA IAW BOEING MESSAGE 1-522105282 AND IAW SKY KING ACO-0753105.SDR KNNA20080006Keelbeam · corrodedAFTER OPEN UP, FOUND CORROSION AT RT KEEL BEAM AT STA 727, AREA WENT OUT OF LIMITS AFTER CORROSION REMOVAL. REPAIRED AREA IAW BOEING MESSAGE 1-522105282 AND IAW SKY KING ACO-0753105.SDR CA080328011Duct · leaking(CAN) AFTER TAKEOFF OUT, NR 2 ENGINE FIRE WARNING CAME ON. THE THROTTLES WERE RETARDED AND THE WARNING EXTINGUISHED. THE AC RETURNED TO AIRPORT. AFTER INVESTIGATION, MAINTENANCE FOUND THE DUCT FOR THE FUEL HEAT VALVE HAD COME OUT OF ITS SLEEVE CAUSING A DUCT SDR NWAA081159974Engine · malfunctionedON TAKEOFF FLIGHT, CREW NOTICED FORWARD CARGO SMOKE WARNING FOLLOWED BY FIRST CLASS LAV SMOKE DETECTOR SOUNDING. PILOT AND FIRST OFFICER BOTH SMELLED EXHAUST/OIL. FLIGHT CREW RETURNED AIRCRAFT TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT. NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE FOUND. CARGO SMOKE COSDR 08FDEA00512Stiffener · crackedNR 1 ENG UPPER COWL STIFFENER CRACKED BETWEEN 2ND AN 3RD LOWER LATCH CUTOUTS. REMOVED SEAL AND SEAL RETAINER, REMOVED CRACKED COWL STIFFENER, VERIFIED MATERIAL ID. FABRICATED NEW COWL STIFFENER, TREATED AND PRIMED, INSTALLED NEW COWL STIFFENER. REINSTALLED SDR CA080219004Skid · defective(CAN) UPON GEAR RETRACTION, TAIL SKID LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. A/C RETURNED TO STATION WHERE SKID TIP WAS REPLACED, SWITCH CONTACT CONFIRMED AND A/C RETURNED TO SERVICE. (TC NR 20080219004)SDR ABXA070385Engine · malfunctionedRIGHT OIL STRAINER CLOGGING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON CLIMBOUT AT REDUCED THRUST. AT IDLE, THE LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED. SHUT DOWN RIGHT ENGINE. RIGHT ENGINE WINDMILLED FOR LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. OIL PRESSURE OBSERVED AT ZERO. REPLACED NR 2 ENGINE IAW ABX JOB CSDR KNNA200700064Ball Joint · leakingWHILE EN ROUTE, THE CREW WAS ALERTED BY A NR 1 ENGINE FIRE WARNING ALARM BELL/LIGHTS. DECLARING AN IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCY, AND SHUTTING DOWN NR 1 ENGINE, AND A SINGLE ENGINE LANDING WAS MADE. THE CREW WAS TOLD TO WAIT AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND WAS MET BY THESDR QPR2007F00000Duct · contaminatedPRIOR TO DEPARTURE, SMELLED SOMETHING LIKE PAPER BURNING. CHECKED THE E/E COMPARTMENT AND OBSERVED COOLING FAN WAS SHUTOFF. COULD NOT LOCATE SOURCE OF SMOKE AND ALL SYSTEMS OPERATED NORMALLY. TEST FLEW AIRCRAFT, OK. LATER, FOUND A BIRD NEST IN THE RADIO RSDR Y2PA200700026Csd · failedCREW REPORTED ENGINE VIBRATION THEN FAILURE ON NR 2 ENGINE. IRREGULARITY FILLED OUT BY CREW REPORTED AS FOLLOWS. AFTER DEPARTURE IN CLIMB, VIBRATION FOLLOWED BY NR 2 ENGINE FLAME OUT AT FL190 FOLLOWED BY AIRCRAFT CROSSTIE LOCKOUT. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCYSDR TSAA0772049Engine · failedNON-ETOPS FLIGHT 90 HNL-KOA - ON TAKEOFF, THE NR 1 ENGINE DID NOT DEVELOP FULL POWER. THE CREW ELECTED TO TAKEOFF AND THEN RETURNED TO HNL WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 1 ENGINE ASSEMBLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH MAINTENANCE FORMSDR GAIA07013OPLight · inoperativeNO FLIGHT: DURING A CHECK, FOUND L-1 EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT. OPS CHECK NORMAL. AC WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (K)SDR CA070809001Cdu · failed(CAN) IN CRUISE AFTER DEPARTURE, THE CREW OBSERVED A FAILURE WITH THE WEATHER RADAR. DUE TO FORECAST CONDITIONS THE CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO POINT OF DEPARTURE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE DISPLAY UNIT AND THE SYSTEM TESTED SERVICEABLE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURSDR PIDA07037Skin · corrodedDURING C-CHECK, NOTED CORROSION AROUND INNER SKIN OF FUSELAGE AT ELECTRONIC BAY DOOR OPENING. REPAIRED AREA IAW EA 53-199.SDR PIDA07038Skin · crackedDURING C-CHECK, REMOVED PREVIOUS REPAIR AT RT FWD CORNER OF ELECTRONIC ACCESS DOOR FOR EVALUATION AND NOTED ADDITIONAL CRACK IN SKIN UNDER DOUBLER. REPAIRED AREA IAW SRM 52-00-3 FIGURE 5.SDR PIDA07039Skin · crackedDURING C-CHECK, NOTED CRACK IN EDGE OF SKIN AT LT AFT CORNER OF ELECTRONIC ACCESS DOOR. REPAIRED AREA IAW SRM 52-00-3 FIGURE 5.SDR GAIA0709Servo · inoperativeON DOWN WIND LEG TO LANDING WITH THE AUTO PILOT ON THE FLIGHT CREW TURNED THE YOKE LEFT AND RIGHT WITH NO MOVEMENT OF THE AIRCRAFT. A RATCHETING SOUND WAS OBSERVED. THE AUTO PILOT WAS TURNED OFF AND THE CONDITION CONTINUED FOR 1 MINUTE THEN NORMAL OPERATION SDR CA070727004Fitting · damaged(CAN) TOP OF DESCENT, THE NR 1 LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, QTY AT ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY ENGINE SHUTDOWN CARRIED OUT. GEARBOX FITTING (OIL PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL SWITCH) THREAD REPAIRED AND FITTING REPLACED. ENGINE INSPECTEED IAW MM AND RETURNED TO SERVSDR TSAA0726029Fire Detector · failedFLIGHT 93 HNL-LIH - AFTER STARTING THE NR 1 ENGINE, THE CREW NOTED THE NR 1 ENGINE FIRE INDICATION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW FOLLOWED THE QRH PROCEDURES: SHUT DOWN NR 1 ENGINE AND DISCHARGED BOTH ENGINE FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLES. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK TO THESDR TSAA0772028Compressor Wheel · failedNON-ETOPS CARGO FLIGHT 956 HNL-ITO - DURING CLIMB AT 24500 FEET, CREW HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A COMPRESSOR STALL FROM THE NR 1 ENGINE. CREW REDUCED POWER SETTINGS AND ALL ENGINE PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL. CREW LANDED IN ITO WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCSDR ABXA070152Oil System · low pressureLEFT ENGINE OIL STRAINER CLOGGING LIGHT FOLLOWED BY LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT. OIL PRESSURE WAS 22 PSI. SHUT DOWN LEFT ENGINE. REPLACED LEFT ENGINE IAW JC 9090010. GROUND OPS CHECK GOOD.
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