Williams FJ44-3A
Service difficulty reports · 167
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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 = 'FJ443A' 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 = 'FJ443A' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR NUVY2015030502Flap System · misriggedMAIN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM PRESSURIZES AT RANDOM INTERVALS DURING FLIGHT. CREW REPORT UPON ARRIVAL AT DESTINATION: THE MAIN HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS PRESSURIZES AT RANDOM INTERVALS DURING THE FLIGHT AND FLASHES A WHITE LIGHT ON THE ANNUNCIATOR. ON 1 OCCASION, IT REMAINESDR 2014FA0000544Engine · leakingAIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. DURING CLIMBING OUT, THE RT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED INTO THE YELLOW, ACCOMPANIED BY A SUDDEN SOUND. RIGHT ENGINE POWER REDUCED, BRINGING OIL PRESSURE TEMPORARILY INTO THE GREEN. WITH POWER BACK OIL TEMPERATURE BEGAN TSDR 9SUA201409180002Transmitter · inaccurateCREW ENTERED A DESCENT FROM 8,000 FT. PULLED POWER BACK TO 80 PERCENT N2 AND THE LT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE POINTER WENT INTO THE RED AND INDICATED 40 PSI. PILOT INCREASED POWER ON LT ENGINE TO 82 PERCENT AND THE POINTER WENT INTO THE GREEN. CREW RAN QRH AND RANSDR 9SUA2014FA0000503Smoke Warning · illuminatedDURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL 450, WARNING MESSAGE FOR BAGGAGE SMOKE ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH THE AURAL WARNING. THE QRH WAS REFERENCED AND A DECISION WAS MADE TO LAND AT THE NEAREST AIRPORT.SDR WI5R201407300001Blade · departedDURING BORESCOPE INSPECTION, ENGINE SN 141396, ONE OF THE IP COMPRESSOR BLADES WAS FOUND LIBERATED AT THE ROOT.SDR CA140409003Starter Gen · failed(CAN) APPROXIMATELY 1.5 HOURS INTO CRUISE FLIGHT, RT GENERATOR OFF WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ATTEMPTED TO RESET RT GENERATOR IAW ACFT FLIGHT MANUAL WITH NO RESULTS. RIGHT GENERATOR SYS DEACTIVATED IAW FLIGHT MANUAL TROUBLESHOOTING AFTER FLIGHT FOUND RT STARTSDR DDEA2014F00076Attach Fitting · brokenRIGHT LANDING GEAR DOOR ATTACH FITTING MALFUNCTION.SDR DJFA20140302001Engine · failedDURING FLIGHT, AT 7000 FT MSL, LT ENGINE MADE AN AUDIBLE THUMP & ITT INCREASED TO APPROXIMATELY 800 DEGREES, N1 ROLLED BACK TO IDLE. POWER WAS REDUCED TO IDLE & ITT REDUCED TO APPROXIMATELY 500 DEGREES. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED & ACFT RETURNED TO BASE. LSDR CA140306005Starter Gen · malfunctioned(CAN) DURING ENGINE START THE LT STARTER GENERATOR WOULD NOT DISENGAGE AFTER START CYCLE WAS COMPLETE, ON SHUTDOWN A RUMBLING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM ENGINE. THE STARTER GENERATOR WAS REMOVED AND FOUND THAT THE STARTER GENERATOR INPUT SHAFT WAS LOOSE IN THE STARTSDR DJFA20140226001Gearbox · failedROUTE AT FL260, RT ENGINE SPOOLED DOWN. CREW CALLED CENTER & DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. DIVERTED. DURING DESCENT, TRIED TO RE-START THE ENGINE, RE-START FAILED. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ENGINE GEARBOX & TOWER SHAFT WERE REPLACED. LEAK & OPERATIONS CHECK CSDR CA140214003Brushes · worn(CAN) VAPOR CYCLE COMPRESSOR BRUSHES OVER WORN CAUSING THE MOTOR TO OVERHEAT WHICH IN TURN MELTED THE PLASTIC COVER, THIS CAUSED THE COOLING FAN BLADES TO CONTACT THE COVER AND BEND/TEAR. THE BRUSHES HAD 270.7 TT, INSPECTION CRITERIA IS TO INSPECT EVERY 300 HSDR HMGA2014020500056Engine · failedCREW REPORTED OILY SMOKE ODOR IN CABIN. ISOLATED SOURCE TO RT ENGINE BLEED AIR. RT ENGINE "SHUDDERED" AND BEGAN INCREASING ITT. CREW SHUTDOWN NR 2 ENGINE AND DIVERTED.SDR Z5FA2013090643001Fuel Control · failedENGINE FLAMED OUT ON SLOW DESCENT BELOW 37,000 FT. LOW PRESSURE FUEL LIGHT FLASHED THEN BOOST PUMP AS ENGINE FLAMED OUT. ENGINE WAS RESTARTED ON FIRST TRY IAW PROCEDURES AT 10,000 FT. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. ACFT LANDED SAFELY. ENGINE WAS INSPECTED AND FUSDR 2013FA0000410Blade · separatedENGINE HAD AN INFLIGHT SHUTDOWN, AFTER REVIEWING DISASSEMBLED HARDWARE, TWO LIBERATED HPT BLADE AIRFOILS SEVERED GUARD AIR TUBE OF THE FIRST LPTN WHICH ALLOWED OIL TO DUMP PAST NR 3 AND 4 CARBON SEALS LEADING TO DISTRESS OF THE NR 3 BEARING TO THE POINT OF ASDR CA130711006Capacitor · overheated(CAN) WHEN CREW SELECTED GEAR DOWN, ONLY GOT RT GEAR TO INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED, EMERGENCY EXTENSION CARRIED OUT WITH STILL ONLY RT GEAR INDICATION, DID NOT RECEIVE AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THERE WAS A FAULT WITH THE LANDING GEAR MONSDR CA130709011Sensor · failed(CAN) FLIGHT CREW REPORTED HEATER FAILURE INDICATION ON FINAL WHEN HEAT SELECTED ON. TROUBLESHOOTING CONFIRMED FAULT, PART WAS REPLACED WITH REPAIRED PART, PN 118655, OPS CHECKED OK.SDR CA130709005Engine · failed(CAN) PRECAUTIONARY SHUTDOWN OF THE RT ENGINE DUE TO LOUD BANG, AIRFRAME VIBRATION, SMELL OF BURNED ENGINE OIL, AND HIGH ITT. REMOVED RT ENGINE AND SENT FOR REPAIR. WILL UPDATE SDR FOR THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN CAUSE ONCE A TEARDOWN REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.SDR CA130603020Pressure Switch · failed(CAN) AFTER START UP LT ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE "RED" INDICATION AND AURAL WARNING ACTIVATED AND WOULD NOT CANCEL. OIL PRESSURE DIGITAL TAPE READOUT WAS NORMAL. 75 PERCENT GROUND RUNS CARRIED OUT, TAPE INDICATION FOLLOWED THROTTLE AS NORMAL BUT LIGHT/WARNING SDR Z5FA2013051741701Starter Gen · failedACFT EXPERIENCED A RT ENGINE GENERATOR FAILURE. GENERATOR WOULD NOT RESET. WHILE DIVERTING THE FUEL PUMPS CAME ON AUTOMATICALLY, THE IGNITERS CAME ON, LOSS OF POWER, AND ENGINE VIBRATION ON THE RT ENGINE. THE CREW DECIDED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED.SDR DJFA20130421001Clamp · looseCREW REPORTED DURING CRUISE THAT THEY HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE FROM REAR OF ACFT. A RAPID DECOMPRESSION WAS FOLLOWED BY THE NOISE AND THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY DECENT. DURING THE DECENT THE CABIN ALTITUDE. CONTINUED TO CLIMB TO SDR 2013FA0000229Bearing · damagedDURING CHECK 3 MX, 1 OF THE NR2 BEARING BALLS WAS MISSING. THERE WAS NO SECONDARY DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE (ABNORMAL WEAR) AS A RESULT OF THIS FINDING AND THE OVERALL CONDITION OF THE BEARING WAS CONSIDERED NORMAL.SDR DJFA20130402001Hose · leakingCREW REPORTED A HYDRAULIC LEAK COMING FROM THE NR 1 ENGINE NACELLE. MX INSPECTED AND FOUND THE HYD PRESSURE LINE TO BE LEAKING AND REPLACED THE LINE.SDR DJFA20130324001Connector · failedCREW REPORTED "ANTI-SKID FAIL" ANNUCIATOR ILLUMINATED AND HAD NO BRAKES ON LANDING UNTIL THE ANTI-SKID SYS WAS TURNED OFF. MX FOUND THE RT ANTI-SKID WIRING HAD FAILED AND REPAIRED THE WIRING ALONG WITH INSTALLING A NEW CONNECTOR PLUG.SDR DJFA2013F00035Flex Hose · chafedDURING TAKE OFF, LT AND RT HYDRAULIC LEVEL LOW LIGHTS CAME ON CLIMBING THROUGH 5000 FT AND WITHIN TWO MINUTES LT AND RT HYD PRESSURE LOW LIGHTS CAME ON. HYD PRESS WENT TO 0 WITHIN 15 SEC RAN CHECKLISTS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDING UNEVENTFULLY. LT ENGINSDR DJFA20130125001Hose · meltedCREW REPORTED HYD LEVEL LOW ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINANTED FOLLOWED BY LT PUMP PRESSURE LOW AND RT PUMP PRESSURE LOW ANNUNCIATOR. MX FOUND THE LT HYD PRESSURE HOSE IN CONTACT WITH THE BLEED AIR LINE, WHICH HAD MELTED THROUGH THE INSULATION OF THE HYD LINE. THE HYD SDR DJFA20121125001Transducer · failedCREW REPORTED DURING LANDING ROLL NO BRAKING ACTION WAS AVAILABLE, PILOT TURNED OFF ANTI-SKID SYS AND LT MAIN TIRE WENT FLAT. MX R & R LT MLG ANTI-SKID TRANSDUCER.SDR DJFA20121124001Warning Light · false activationCREW REPORTED DURING TAKEOFF ROLL "ANTI-SKID FAIL" LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND DEACTIVATED SYS. MX INSPECTED ANTI-SKID TRANSDUCERS AND PERFORMED OPS CHECKS ON THE BRAKE/ANTI-SKID SYS, ALL CHECKS FOUND BRAKE/ANTI-SKID SYS TO BE OPERATING CORRECTLY. A MX VERFICATIONSDR DJFA20120925001Brake Sys · malfunctionedCREW REPORTED DURING LANDING, NO BRAKING ACTION FOR APPROX 700FT AND THEN THEY OPERATED NORMAL. MX UNABLE TO DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY. BRAKING SYS WAS INSPECTED WITH A GROUND OPS CHECKED AND NO DEFECTS WERE FOUND. A MVF WAS PERFORMED AND PASSED.SDR DJFA20120908001Brake Assy · contaminatedCREW REPORTED PEDDLE ON LT BRAKE GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN WITH VERY LITTLE BRAKE EFFECT FROM BOTH PILOT POSITIONS. MX BLED AIR FROM BRAKE SYSTEM AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.SDR CA120823007Sensor · failed(CAN) PILOT REPORTED LT TT2PT2 HEATER FAILURE INDICATION ON DESCENT. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED WARNING WAS CORRECT, PART REPLACED.SDR DJFA20120702002Control Valve · failedON LANDING, CREW REPORTED LOSS OF BRAKING ACTION WITH THE ANTI-SKID SYSTEM ON. WITH ANTI-SKID SYSTEM TURNED OFF, THE BRAKES WORK NORMALLY. MX DETERMINED THE ANTI-SKID BRAKE CONTROL VALVE FAILED. THE VALVE WAS REPLACED.SDR Z5FA2012062342501Switch · out of rigAFTER DEPARTURE AND CLIMBING THROUGH FL 180 THE CABIN DOOR ANNUNCIATION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW RAN THE APPROPRIATE CHECKLIST AND REQUESTED A DESCENT TO A LOWER ALTITUDE IN THE EVENT THE DOOR LOST PRESSURE OR OPENED. CREW DECLARE AN EMERGENCY FOR PRIORITY HANSDR 2012FA0000446Wire · chafedACFT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF ALL NORMAL ELECTRICAL POWER AT FL400. EMERGENCY POWER WAS AVAILABLE AND OPERATED NORMALLY. BOTH ENGINES AND ASSOC FADEC ENGINE CONTROLS CONTINUED TO OPERATE NORMALLY. CREW HEARD A LOUD POP IN THE AREA OF THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL ASDR 2012FA0000198Bearing · failedON DESCENDING FROM FL 360 FT, A SMALL VIBRATION WAS FELT. ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL AND PILOT REPORTED THE VIBRATION WAS COMING FROM THE LT ENGINE. AT FL100 FT A MORE STEADY VIBRATION FELT. ALL ENGINE PARAMETERS REMAINED GREEN (NORMAL). NOTICED RT OIL PRESSURESDR WI5R201203010001Bolt · improper partDURING ON-WING REPLACEMENT OF A DIFFUSER ON ENGINE 216014, THE INCORRECT CONFIGURATION BOLT WAS FOUND INSTALLED IN THE SERVICE ISLAND OF THE DIFFUSER BEING REMOVED. INSTEAD OF THE PN MS9558-04, PLUG BOLT, THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE THIS ENGINE, A PN 45947, SPECSDR 2012FA0000104Shutoff Valve · failedDURING FLIGHT, LEFT HIGH FLOW PRESSURE RELIEF/SHUTOFF VALVE FAILED TO REGULATE LT ENGINE BLEED AIR RESULTING IN DOWN STREAM OVER PRESSURE CONDITION CAUSING THE OVER PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE TO OPEN PREVENTING WHICH FURTHER DAMAGED TO DOWN STREAM COMPONENTS. FAILSDR CVGA20120022Warning System · activatedRIGHT ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER TAKEOFF.SDR 2011FA0000804Bearing · failedWHILE PERFORMING A 200 HR A INSPECTION ON THE RT ENGINE OF ACFT, THE MAGNETIC CHIP COLLECTORS WERE REMOVED FROM THE GEAR BOX AND OIL TANK. METAL PARTICLES WERE FOUND ON BOTH COLLECTORS. OIL SOAP SAMPLES WERE SENT TO FOR EVALUATION. THE OIL FILTER ANALYSIS RSDR XXD2011F00000Fdu · defectiveAT REDUCTION OF RT ENGINE POWER DURING DESCENT FROM FL 45,000 FT IN CLEAR AND VISIBLE MOISTURE FREE CONDITION WHILE PASSING THROUGH FL 43,000 FT THE RT ENGINE BEGAN TO DECREASE N1 RPM UNTIL SHUTDOWN. ALL CORRESPONDING ENGINE RELATED INDICATIONS ADVISORY WARNISDR 2011FA0000575Valve · crackedPRESSURE CYLINDER REGULATOR VALVE FOR THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR AND EMERGENCY BRAKES FOR THE AIRCRAFT HAD A CRACK IN IT. FAILURE OF THE VALVE DUE TO CRACKING WOULD RESULT IN LOSS OF PRESSURE TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR IN THE EMERGENCY EXTENSISDR Z5FA2011F00191Fuel Control · failedRIGHT ENGINE FUEL DELIVERY UNIT FAILED IN FLIGHT, R & R AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR 2011FA0000506Heater · burnedATA REF: 30-70-00-1-3, CREW FOUND THE FORWARD EVAPORATOR REFRESHMENT CENTER DRAIN HEATER HAS SCORCHED. CREW FOUND THE RELIEF TUBE DRAIN HEATER HAS SCORCHED.SDR H432011F00000Lamp · burned outTHE MALFUNCTION OF THE BEACON ASSY IS THAT IT KEEPS BURNING OUT THE LAMPS, SOMETIMES 2 TO 3 TIMES A MONTH. PROBABLE IS VIBRATION INTHE TAIL CAUSING ELEMENT TO BURN OUT. RECOMMENDATION TO INSTALL LED LIGHTING FOR TAIL BEACON ASSYSDR Z5FA010911N111KJ1Hydraulic System · contaminatedON DEPARTURE, WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED THE HYD PRESS AND GEAR UNLOCK LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE LT & RT MAIN GEAR EXTENDED AND LOCKED WITH THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE UP POSITION. THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST WAS COMPLETED. THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED WITH THESDR Z5FA123010N413CS1Smoke Detector · defectiveON APPROACH, THE BAGGAGE SMOKE ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED WITH THE MASTER WARNING. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND REQUESTED DIRECT FOR LANDING. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, CLEARED RUNWAY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL INSPECTED ACFT BAGGAGE COMPARTMENTS AND NO SIGNS OF SSDR Z5FA123010N111KJ1Switch · out of adjustINBOUND, THE HYD PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE USING THE SPEED BRAKES. CREW CONTACTED DISPATCH AND MX ENROUTE. THEY RETRACTED THE SPEED BRAKES AND PULLED THE CB, LIGHT WENT OUT, THEY DECIDED TO DIVERT, WHERE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT MET THEM UPON LANDING. CREWSDR Z5FA120510N428CS1Fuel Control · defectiveDESCENDING ENROUTE, CREW PULLED BACK BOTH THROTTLES TO FLIGHT IDLE AND THE LT ENGINE ROLLED BACK AND SHUT DOWN. AFTER GOING THROUGH AFM CHECK LIST CREW ATTEMPTED AN UNSUCCESSFUL RESTART, AT 24,00 FT. AT 15,000 FT A WINDMILL RESTART WAS SUCCESSFUL AND ATC GAVESDR Z5FA112110N429CS1Tire · flatDURING LANDING ROLLOUT, JUST AFTER TOUCHDOWN ACFT BEGAN TO PULL HARD TO THE RT. AS THE CREW CONTINUED LANDING ROLL AND BEGAN CORRECTING PATH TO REMAIN ON CENTERLINE THE ROLLOUT BECAME ROUGHER AND ROUGHER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THEY MOST LIKELY HAD A TIRE THAT SDR Z5FA111910N423CS1Smoke Detector · inoperativeABOUT 5 MINUTES FROM AIRPORT, CREW RECEIVED A BAGGAGE SMOKE INDICATION. THEY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY INTO AIRPORT. THEY LANDED UNEVENTFULLY WHERE THEY WERE MET BY FIRE AND RESCUE FOR INSP. MX R & R THE FWD BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT SMOKE DETECTOR. SYS OPS CHECKS PASDR Z5FA102810N427CS1Smoke Detector · inoperativeON DESCENT, RED BAGGAGE SMOKE WARNING INDICATION ILLUMINATED. CREW RAN ABNORMAL/EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. AFT LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. SYS TROUBLESHOT TO A FAULTY FWD BAGGAGE SMOKE DETECTOR. DETECTOR WAS REPLACED. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
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