Superior O-360 series
Service difficulty reports · 289
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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 = 'O360' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC"
Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
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 = 'O360' 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 2004FA0000509Brake · malfunctionedDURING ANNUAL, SPONGY BRAKE FOUND. UNABLE TO BLEED. FOUND (AGED) HYD OIL LEAD TO DETERIORATION OF SEALS IN 4 TOE BRAKES AND PARKING BRAKE. NO RECORD OF ANY PREVIOUS REPAIR. SUGGEST AC OVER 10 YEAR OLD HAVE SYSTEM FLUSH AND SEAL REPLACEMENT.SDR 2004FA0000296Rod · corrodedDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION THE TRIM TAB ROD WAS FOUND TO HAVE RUST ON IT. WHILE CLEANING THE PART, A HOLE WAS FOUND AT THE MID POINT OF THE ROD AND MOISTURE(WATER) WAS FOUND INSIDE. IT APPEARS THIS ROD IS RUSTING FORM THE INSIDE OUT. THIS UNIT SHOULD BE TAKENSDR 2004FA0000422Mount · crackedDURING ANNUAL INSP, A CRACK WAS NOTED IN THE LOWER HORIZONTAL CROSSPIECE OF THE ENGINE MOUNT. THE CRACK IS APPROX .5000 INCH AWAY FROM THE PILOT SIDE END OF THIS TUBE, NEAR THE WELD THAT ATTACHES THIS TUBE TO THE DIAGONAL TUBE THAT ATTACHES TO THE FIREWALL LOSDR CA040220001Piston Ring · cracked(CAN) CYLINDER NR 4 REMOVED DURING 100 HR INSPECTION DUE TO OIL CONTAMINATED SPARK PLUG. TOP COMPRESSION RING FOUND IN SEVERAL PIECES EMBEDDED INTO PISTON. ALL CYLINDERS REMOVED FROM BOTH ENGINES, 8 TOTAL AND 3 OTHER PISTONS FOUND WITH CRACKED TOP COMPRESSION SDR 2004FA0000224Skin · crackedDURING PREFLIGHT, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FOUND THE RUDDER SKIN CRACKED. PROBABLE CAUSE AIR FLOW OVER THE SKIN. NO RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS TIME.SDR MV5R0551Rib · crackedCRACKED OB RIB PN 430004 AND DAMAGED SKIN.SDR 2004FA0000311Bumper Block · wornNG DOOR OB EDGE CAUGHT ON GEAR WELL BUMPERS AND PREVENTED NG DOORS FROM OPENING WHEN GEAR SELECTED DOWN. IT IS CAUSED BY DOORS BEING RIGGED WITH TOO LITTLE CLEARANCE, BUMPERS WEAR THIN AND ALLOW GEAR DOORS TO RAISE ON TOP OF BUMPER AND WEDGE DOORS. NOSE GEARSDR 2004FA0000312Bumper Block · wornNG DOOR OB EDGE CAUGHT ON GEAR WELL BUMPERS AND PREVENTED NG DOORS FROM OPENING WHEN GEAR SELECTED DOWN. IT IS CAUSED BY DOORS BEING RIGGED WITH TOO LITTLE CLEARANCE, BUMPERS WEAR THIN AND ALLOW GEAR DOORS TO RAISE ON TOP OF BUMPER AND WEDGE DOORS. NOSE GEARSDR 2004FA0000313Door · out of rigNOSE GEAR OB EDGE CAUGHT ON GEAR WELL BUMPERS AND PREVENTED NG DOORS FROM OPENING WHEN GEAR SELECTED DOWN. IT IS CAUSED BY DOORS BEING RIGGED WITH TOO LITTLE CLEARANCE, BUMPER WEAR THIN AND ALLOW GEAR DOORS TO RAISE ON TOP OF BUMPER AND WEDGE DOORS. NOSE GEASDR 2004FA0000314Door · out of rigNG DOOR OB EDGE CAUGHT ON GEAR WELL BUMPERS AND PREVENTED NG DOORS FROM OPENING WHEN GEAR SELECTED DOWN. IT IS CAUSED BY DOORS BEING RIGGED WITH TOO LITTLE CLEARANCE, BUMPERS WEAR THIN AND ALLOW GEAR DOORS TO RAISE ON TOP OF BUMPER AND WEDGE DOORS. NOSE GEASDR 2004FA0000001Horn · brokenFOUND RUDDER LOOSE, FOUND RT ARM TO NOSE WHEEL STEERING ARM BROKEN OFF. PART APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN CRACKED FOR SOME TIME. RESEARCH SHOWS WHEEL FAIRINGS REMOVED FOR REPAIR DUE TO HARD CROSSWIND LANDING 145 HOURS. PREVIOUSLY, AND CABLE TENSION ADJUSTED AT LATSDR CA031201007Spring · broken(CAN) DURING A WALK AROUND BEFORE FLIGHT, AN INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT NOTICED THAT THE RT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWNLOCK SPRING WAS BROKEN. THIS SPRING IS TO KEEP THE DOWNLOCK MECHANISM IN PLACE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY MAINTENANCE THE STUDENT WHO FLEWSDR 2003FA0001299Bladder · failedDISCOVERED FUEL LEAKING, LOWER WING LT ENGINE NACELLE. REMOVED FUEL BLADDER AND FOUND THE LOWER IB NIPPLE CRACKED AND ALLOWING FUEL TO LEAK. FUEL CELL HAD BEEN REPAIRED A YEAR EARLIER. DATE OF MFG AUGUST 1978. INSTALLED NEW BLADDER, IT WAS FELT THAT THIS BSDR 2004FA0000018O-Ring · leakingWHILE ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR A FUEL SEEPAGE PROBLEM ON THE LT ENGINE PRIMER PUMP, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL SUPPLY COULD NOT BE SHUT OFF. AFTER REMOVING THE FUEL FROM THE LT AND RT WINGS. THE LT WING FUEL VALVE WAS REMOVED FROM THE SYSTEM AND DISASSEMBLESDR 2003FA0001262Vent · obstructedON RUNUP, ENGINE WOULD QUIT. ALLOWED TO SIT APPROX 3 MINUTES, IT WOULD START AND RUN, THEN QUIT. WHEN FUEL CAP WAS REMOVED A WHOOSH OF INCOMING AIR WAS HEARD. ENGINE RAN WITH THE CAP OFF. SUSPECT ICE BLOCKING FUEL VENT LINES INSIDE WING. AFTER OVERNIGHTSDR 2003FA0001165Trunnion · brokenON LANDING, THE RT LANDING GEAR DOWN LIGHT FLICKERED. THE CREW OPTED TO SHUT DOWN ONCE OFF THE RUNWAY AND MAKE A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR. THEY NOTICED THAT THE RMG WAS AT AN ODD ANGLE AND CALLED MAINTENANCE. THE MAINTENANCE CREW FOUND THAT THE AFSDR 2004FA0000194Drain Line · chafedOIL LEAK NOTED ON LOWER COWL. DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, NR 1 OIL DRAIN TUBE FOUND CHAFED BY CARB HEAT SCAT HOSE. SCAT HOSE WAS ROUTED BETWEEN OIL DRAIN TUBE AND NR 1CYCLINDER EXHAUST STACK.SDR 2004FA0000252Aileron · mislocatedFOUND RIVET IN AILERON LEADING EDGE HAD CAUGHT CORNER OF RIB INSTEAD OF THROUGH CENTER OF RIB. CONDITION IN BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT AILERONS AT WS123. REPAIRED CONDITION IAW MFG LETTER OF INSTRUCTION.SDR 2004FA0000029Stiffener · crackedDURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION, A MECHANIC NOTED THE AFT STIFFING CHANNEL, PN 62086-002, CRACKED AT THE MIDDLE LIGHTENING HOLE. ADDITIONAL INSPECTION REVEALED NO FURTHER DAMAGE. THE CRACKS APPEAR NEW. THIS CRACK IS NOT TYPICAL OF THE CRACKS FOUND PREVIOUSLY. SDR 2003FA0001128Duct · chafedGROOVES WORN IN ROCKER BOX OIL RETURN TUBE. AUXILLIARY HEAT AIR DUCT AT LOWER SIDE OF NR 1 CYL WAS RUBBING ON OIL RETURN TUBE. GROOVES APPEARED TO BE 30 PERCENT TO 50 PERCENT THROUGH TUBE. AIRPLANE WAS 2.2 HOURS TIME IN SERVICE AFTER ANNUAL / 100 HOUR INSPESDR 11032003001Bulkhead · crackedCRACKS IN LOWER LEFT BULKHEAD UNDER PILOT'S INBOARD RUDDER PEDAL TORQUE TUBE PILLOW BLOCK, ALLOWED ABNORMAL FORWARD/AFT MOVEMENT OF RUDDER PEDAL TORQUE TUBE. REPORTED TO MFG BY TELECON. (AL03200407996)SDR 2003FA0000978Link Assy · crackedTHE PROBLEM EXISTS WITH PN 6338300.THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WITH THE TWO PARTS IS THAT THERE IS A STIFFENER INSTALL IN THE 6541300. THE STIFFENER INSTALL PREVENTS THE COLLAPES OF THE BUMPER MOUNT WHICH IN TURN SPREDS THE LINK SIDE CHANNELS WHICH THEN CAUSES THE LISDR 2003FA0001288Control Cable · frayedRUDDER CABLE WAS FRAYED WHERE IT PASSES THROUGH THE FAIRLEADS, 5 OUT OF 7 BUNDLES WERE CUT THROUGH THE STAINLESS STEEL CABLE.SDR 2003FA0000876Audio Panel · miswiredUPON HAVING AN AUDIO PANEL PARTIAL FAILURE, THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE EMERGENCY MODE DID NOT OPERATE. THE UNIT HAD MODE 4 INSTALLED. IN TROUBLESHOOTING, IT WAS DETERMNED THAT THE MONO HEADSET JACKS WERE WIRED TO THE RIGHT STEREO OUTPUT INSTEAD OF THE LEFT AS SDR 2003FA0000942Nut · looseINSTRUMENT NUT CAME OFF VSI AND SHORTED FROM AM/FM RADIO CASE TO TOP TERMINAL OF CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE TURN BANK INDICATOR, CAUSING WIRE FROM BUS TO CIRCUIT BREAKER TO BURN. CHECK ALL INSTRUMENTS FOR MISSING SCREW AND REMOVE AM/FM RADIO FROM AIRCRAFT.SDR 2003FA0000847Spar Cap · blisteredON INSPECTION, LARGE BLISTER WAS OBSERVED ON RIGHT WING, OB OF WING TANK FROM WING STA 95 TO STA 108. AREA OF BLISTER WAS APPROX 10 INCHES X 15 INCHES X 3 INCHES. SMALL BLISTER WAS ALSO OBSERVED IB OF FUEL TANK BETWEEN WING STA 55 TO 65. RIVETS WERE DRILLEDSDR 2003FA0000892Nut · failedFAILURE TO SECURE JAM NUT ALLOWED ACTUATOR TO UNTHREAD FROM ROD END BEARING. THIS CAUSED OUT OF RIG CONDITION OF LANDING GEAR AND INABILITY TO EXTEND GEAR TO DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION VIA NORMAL OR EMERGENCY.SDR 2003FA0000835Wire · frayedREPLACED W2094304, DUE TO 4 FRAYED WIRES. FOUND AT ANNUAL. LOCATION , BEHIND LEFT GEAR WELL COVER WHERE CABLE COMES INTO WING.SDR 2003FA0000781Fitting · corrodedDURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, REMOVED TRIM FROM LEFT AND RIGHT WINDSHIELD POSTS. FOUND FOAM INSULATION IN CONTACT WITH STEEL FITTINGS (PN 7955300 AND 7955301). FITTINGS AND ATTACHING BOLTS (AN3) WERE RUSTED. HAVE FOUND SEVERAL A/C WITH THIS PROBLEM. RECOMMENSDR 2003FA0000974Rib · crackedDURING INSPECTION OF LT AILERON, FOUND ALL THREE AILERON ATTACH POINT RIBS CRACKED ADJACENT TO MOUNTING BELL CRANKS.SDR 2003FA0000782Air Box · crackedDURING SCHEDULED INSPECTION, RT ENGINE CARB AIRBOX WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED ADJACENT TO 3 OF THE 4 CARB MOUNTING HOLES. RESEARCH OF FLEET MECHANIC RECORDS INDICATE THIS IS THE SECOND AIRBOX IN 2 WEEKS TO BE FOUND CRACKED IN THE SAME AREA.SDR 2003FA0000803Brace · shearedPREFLT INSPECTION FOUND THE TERMINAL HOLDING THE LT FORWARD TAIL BRACE TO THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TO BE SHEARED OFF.SDR 2003FA0000651Control Cable · brokenBOTH LT AND RT FORWARD AILERON CABLES HAVE BROKEN WIRES. AT SPOT WHERE CABLE RIDES ON INBOARD PULLEY, NEAR WING ROOT. PULLEY TURNS FREELY. FOUND ON ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. PROBABLE CAUSE MISALIGNED PULLEY FROM FACTORY.SDR 2003FA0000525Plug · looseWHILE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GOES, THE INSTRUCTOR NOTICED A THIN FILM OF OIL ON THE WINDSHIELD. IT QUICKLY GOT WORSE. MADE EMERGENCY LANDING. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE CRANKSHAFT PLUG HAD COME LOOSE. OIL LEVEL WAS AT 4.5 QTS. REPLACED CRANK PLUG, CHECKED ESDR AUS20030541Doubler · cracked(AUS) RT AILERON OUTBOARD HINGE DOUBLER CRACKED. FOUND DURING INSPECTION IAW AD/PA28/16A2.SDR 2003FA0000652Control Cable · brokenDURING SCHEDULED INSPECTION FLAP OPERATION WAS FOUND TO BE DIFFICULT. FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND FLAP CABLE HAD 4 OF 7 STRANDS BROKEN AT WHERE THE CABLE ENTERS THE TURNBUCKLE TERMINAL. NO ABNORMAL SWAGING WAS NOTED ON TERMINAL.SDR 2003FA0000498Spring · failedDURING TAXI TO POSITION FOR TAKEOFF, THE RIGHT RUDDER RETURN SPRING FAILED AT THE ATTACHMENT HOOK TO THE CABLE BELLCRACK. THE PILOT HEARD A NOISE BUT DID NOT REALIZE THE SPRING HAD FAILED UNTIL LATE IN THE ROLLOUT. THE FLIGHT CYCLE WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT EVENSDR 2003FA0000484Actuator · crackedDURING A CHECK RIDE, THE PILOT EXAMINER REPORTED A CLUNKING NOISE AS THE GEAR WAS CYCLED. UPON INSPECTION AND REMOVAL OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR, IT WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE LARGE BORE AT THE FORWARD BOLT HOLE. THE SECTOR SDR 2003FA0000368Bolt · undertorquedDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION FOUND VERTICAL FIN LOOSE. UPON CHECKING ATTACHMENT HARDWARE, FOUND THE FOUR BOLTS AT THE REAR SPAR TO BE INSUFFICIENTLY TORQUED. THE SINGLE BOLT AT THE FRONT SPAR WAS TIGHT BUT WOULD NOT PREVENT SIDE TO SIDE MOVEMENT OF THE FIN(APPROX.SDR 2003FA0000528Skin · corrodedA/C RT WING OB LE SKIN WAS SLIGHTLY DAMAGED DURING TAXING. ACCOMPLISHED REPAIR OF LE AND A/C RETURNED SERVICE. IN COURSE OF INSP, FOUND EXTENSIVE CORROSION ON RT WING SPAR CAP STIFFNER BEHIND COPILOTS SEAT. CORROSION WAS SO EXTENSIVE THAT SPAR CAP STIFFNER SDR 2003FA0000390Trunnion · damagedAIRCRAFT WAS ON TAKEOFF ROLL WHEN AT ABOUT 79 KNOTS PILOT HEARD A LOUD POP AND SAW A PIECE OF NOSE GEAR FLY OFF THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF AND NOTICED A DIFFERENCE IN THE STEERING COMING BACK TO THE RAMP. WHEN CHECKED BY MAINTENANCE, NOTICED THAT THSDR AUS20030401Alternator · failed(AUS) ALTERNATOR FAILED. COMPLETE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER.SDR 2003FA0000293Mount · brokenDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION AND AD 75-09-08 COMPLIANCE, FOUND LOWER RT CORNER WELD JUNCTION FULLY BROKEN AND SEPARATED. SB M20-175 & M20-192 HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED, THAT WAS DESIGNED TO BE PREVENTED BY INSTALLING GUSSET AT THIS CORNER (P/N 590041-1). MOUNT WAS SDR 2003FA0000386Switch · failedPILOT REPORTED COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING, THE BATTERY WAS FOUND TO HAVE NO CHARGE AND THE RIGHT ENGINE STARTER WAS STILL ENGAGED AT THE BENDIX. FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND THE STARTER TOGGLE SWITCH WAS STUCK IN THE ON POSITION FORSDR 2003FA0000458Ring · separatedDURING ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, FOUND TOP BULKHEAD RING SEPARATED FROM TAILBOOM PYLON. TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX WAS STILL ATTACHED TO BULKHEAD RING. BULKHEAD RING HAD SEPARATED FROM RIVET FLANGE AT TRANSITION RADIUS DUE TO EXISTING CRACKS ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDESDR 2003FA0000299Coupling · failedB100-06 RUBBER DRIVE COUPLING BETWEEN LANDING GEAR MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION, ABSORBS SHOCK WHEN LANDING GEAR REACHES ITS LIIT, THIS IS THE ONLY CONNECTION BETWEEN TRANSMISSION AND GEAR LINKAGE, WHEN THIS PART FAILED, YOU CANNOT PERFORM ANY GEAR EXTENSION, ELECTRSDR 2003FA0000234Retainer · misinstalledPILOT COMPLAINED OF STIFF THROTTLE. FOUND THE HA-6 CARBURETOR VERY STIFF. FOUND THE SEAL RETAINERS FOR THE THROTTLE SHAFT, ACCELERATOR ROD AND ECONOMIZER RODS TO BE SEATED TOO DEEPLY CAUSING THE SEALS TO 'GRAB' THE SHAFTS TIGHTLY MAKING THROTTLE ADJUSTMENTS SDR 2003FA0000266Pivot · crackedDURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION IT WAS NOTICED BY THE TECHNICIAN THAT THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF VERY THIN GREASE SEEPING OUT FROM AROUND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR CAPS ON BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES. THE GEAR ACTUATORS AND PIVOTS WERE FOUND TO BE CRACKEDSDR 2003FA0000141Bushing · unsecureDURING 100HR INSPECTION, TECHNICIAN FOUND THE LT MLG ACTUATOR CAP BUSHING. UNSEATED AND STICKING OUT OF THE ACTUATOR CAP. DURING RETRACT TEST, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BUSHING NOW INTERFERED WITH THE BRAKE SWIVEL FITTING. THE CAP WAS REMOVED AND A NEW BUSHING SDR 2003FA0000142Bushing · unsecureDURING 100 HOUR INSPECTION, TECHNICIAN FOUND RT MLG ACTUATOR CAP BUSHING, UNSEATED AND STICKING OUT OF THE ACTUATOR CAP. DURING RETRACT TEST, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BUSHING NOW INTERFERED WITH THE BRAKE SWIVEL FITTING. THE CAP WAS REMOVED AND A NEW BUSHING WA
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