Wright R3350 series
Service difficulty reports · 43
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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 = 'R3350' 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 = 'R3350' 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 NI6R201708260046Warning Light · false activationDURING CLIMB OUT FROM FIREFIGHTING DROP, THE CREW NOTICED A REAR OIL SYSTEM CHIP LIGHT ON THE RT RADIAL ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND SECURED AND A IFE DECLARED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE WITH AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. UPON EXAMINING THE CHIP DETECTSDR NI6R201708230045Oil System · low pressureIN LOADED CRUISE FLIGHT, RIGHT RADIAL ENGINE LOST MANIFOLD PRESSURE FOLLOWED BY A REAR OIL SYSTEM CHIP LIGHT. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN, JETTISONED THE LOAD, AND RETURNED TO BASE WITH AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. IFE WAS DECLARED.SDR NI6R201708050044Trim System · twistedIMMEDIATELY AFTER LIFT OFF, AT APPROXIMATLEY 500 FT AGL, THE CAPTAIN NOTICED THE NOSE WAS INCREASING INTO AN UNCOMMANDED PITCH UP. THE CREW ATTEMPTED TO TRIM THE AIRCRAFT USING THE ELEVATOR TRIM SYSTEM BUT THE INDICATOR DID NOT MOVE. TRIED TO USE THE THE TRSDR NI6R201707250043Chip Detector · malfunctionedIN CRUISE FLIGHT, THE LT RADIAL ENGINE OIL SYSTEM REAR CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY, THEN WENT TO STEADY ON. NO OTHER ABNORMAL INDICATIONS WERE NOTED. ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND SECURED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE AND CREW RETURNED TO BASE, JETTISONED THESDR NI6R201707220042Governor · faultedON TAKE OFF ROLL, CAPTAIN SAW THE RT RADIAL ENGINE RPM INDICATING HIGH. ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY TOGGLE THE PROPELLER TO DECREASE THE ENGINE RPM. WHEN NO RPM DROP OCCURRED, ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKE OFF. AS THE CREW HELD REVERSE PROPPELLER LONGER THAN NORMAL WSDR NI6R201707180041Exhaust Pipe · leakingNORMAL LOADED TAKE-OFF & ROTATION. RECIP NR 2 FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH THE AIRCRAFT AIRBORNE OVER THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND ENGINE POWER AT TAKE-OFF POWER. POWER WAS REDUCED TO CLIMB POWER SETTING AND THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED IMMEDIATELY. LOAD WAS JETTISONSDR NI6R201706110039Rocker Shaft · failedAFTER RETARDANT DROP, THE FLIGHT CREW NOTICED OIL STREAMING DOWN THE SIDE OF THE RH RADIAL ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN, AND AN IFE DECLARED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE AND PERFORMED AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE ROCKER ARM FOR NR 12 CYLSDR NI6R201608270037B-Nut · crackedNR 2 RADIAL ENGINE HYDRAULIC PUMP PRESSURE LINE INTERNAL TO THE FUSELAGE BEGAN LEAKING IN FLIGHT. UPON IDENTIFICATION OF THE LEAK, THE NR 2 ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND AN IFE WAS DECLARED. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. UPON INVESTIGATION OF THE LEAK, IT WAS DISCOVERESDR NI6R201603270032Cylinder · inoperativeLEFT RADIAL ENGINE BEGAN POPPING AND BANGING. FLIGHT CREW CHECKED ENGINE ANALYZER AND FOUND A DEAD CYLINDER INDICATION. ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND SECURED. UNEVENTFUL LANDING.SDR NI6R201508160031Warning Light · illuminatedFORWARD OIL SYSTEM CHIP LIGHT FLICKERED ON AND OFF AFTER RETARDANT DROP, THEN REMAINED OFF. ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND SECURED FOR REMAINDER OF FLIGHT ON A PRECAUTIONARY BASIS. CHIP WARNING LIGHT CAME BACK ON AGAIN ON FINAL APPROACH TO LANDING WITH ENGINE SHUTDSDR NI6R201507060028Sequence Valve · bindingDURING RETURN LEG THE LT RADIAL ENGINE OIL SYSTEM BEGAN INDICATING OVER TEMP READINGS. OTHER ENGINE INDICATIONS APPEARED NORMAL. ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND SECURED FOR REMAINDER OF FLIGHT TO BASE. IFE WAS NOT DECLARED, LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL.SDR NI6R201503080026Oil System · leakingDURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE CAPTAIN NOTICED OIL STREAMING FROM THE LT RADIAL ENGINE. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO NEAREST BASE WITH AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING.SDR NI6R201503060025Chip Detector · warning lightLT RADIAL ENGINE REAR OIL SUMP CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER T/O ON CLIMB AT METO POWER SETTING. ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO BASE WITH AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING.SDR NI6R201409060019Warning Light · illuminatedNR 2 RADIAL ENGINE FRONT OIL SUMP CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN CRUISE FLIGHT. ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND RETARDANT LOAD JETTISONED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE WITH AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING.SDR NI6R201409050018Engine · malfunctionedDURING A POST INSPECTION FCF, IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THE NR 2 RADIAL ENGINE BACKFIRED WITH A CORRESPONDING FUEL FLOW FLUCTUATION INDICATED. ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND AN IFE DECLARED. ACFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.SDR CA140818015Blade · deformed(CAN) THE PROPELLER BLADE WAS REMOVED AND DISASSEMBLED FOR INSPECTION. THE INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE BLADE TIP DEFORMITY WAS CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF THE BLADE INTERNAL RUBBER CENTRE SECTION RIB. PORTIONS OF THE RIGHT SIDE TRAILING EDGE CENTRE SECTION RIB HSDR NI6R201408100016Turbine · failedDURING CRUISE RETURNING TO BASE, WHEN THE NR 2 RADIAL ENGINE REAR SUMP METAL CONTAMINATION LIGHT ILLUMINATED, FOLLOWED BY A DEGRADATION OF TORQUE REQUIRING ADDITIONAL MANIFOLD PRESSURE TO MAINTAIN CRUISE POWER, WHITE SMOKE OBSERVED FROM THE INBD POWER RECOVERSDR NI6R201408100017Engine · making metalDURING DEPARTURE, THE NR 1 RADIAL ENGINE REAR SUMP METAL CONTAMINATION LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON CLIMBOUT. NO OTHER ABNORMAL INDICATIONS WERE NOTED. THE ENGINE WAS SECURED, THE ACFT RETURNED TO BASE AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENCE. AN IFE WAS NOT DECLAREDSDR NI6R201407200014Engine · making metalDURING CLIMB, THE NR 1 RADIAL ENGINE FRONT CHIP DETECT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. NO OTHER ABNORMAL INDICATIONS WERE PRESENT. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO JETTISON THE RETARDANT LOAD AND SECURE THE ENGINE. BOTH JETS AND NR 2 RADIAL ENGINE WERE OPERATING NORMALLY. AN ESDR 2012FA0000564Skin · looseFOUND WING SKIN AT THE ATTACHING FASTENERS AT THE RT LOWER FWD SPAR CAP RUNNING FOR APPROX 20" TO HAVE WORKED LOOSE. SKIN CAN BE PUSHED UP AND DOWN APPROX .020". UPON REMOVAL OF THE L/E AND NACELLE PANEL, A 4" CRACK IN THE WING SKIN WAS DISCOVERED RUNNING AFSDR 2010FA0001060Regulator Valve · worn(NI6R) ON APPROACH FOR LANDING, THE AIRCREW DISCOVERED THE MAIN HYD SYS WOULD NOT BUILD PRESSURE ABOVE 1,000 PSI. NORMAL IN-FLIGHT OPERATING RANGE IS 1,400 - 1,725 PSI. AN IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, THE ACFT LANDED SAFELY, AND WAS TOWED FROM THE ACTIVE SDR CA100830002Engine · overspeedON TAKEOFF POWER APPLICATION, ENGINE AND PROPELLER OVERSPEED OCCURRED. TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN. PROPELLER CONTINUED TO ROTATE AFTER ENGINE SHUTDOWN. PROPELLER FEATHER WAS CARRIED OUT. ENGINE AND PROPELLER REMOVED FOR INVESTIGATION, OVER SSDR 2010FA0000517Spoiler Sys · broken((NI6R)) FOUND THAT AT FULL AILERON DEFLECTION AND DESCENT SPOILERS DEPLOYED, WHEN ROLLING AILERONS OUT OF FULL TRAVEL BINDING OCCURRED BETWEEN P/N 428409 AND P/N 428414, CAUSING FAILURE OF PN'S 428409 AND 428410. THIS RENDERS THE ROLL AND DESCENT SPOILERS INSDR 2010FA0000518Arm · broken((NI6R)) FOUND THAT AT FULL AILERON DEFLECTION AND DESCENT SPOILERS DEPLOYED, WHEN ROLLING AILERONS OUT OF FULL TRAVEL BINDING OCCURED BETWEEN PN 428409 AND PN 428414, CAUSING FAILURE OF PN'S 428409 AND 428410. THIS RENDERS THE ROLL AND DESCENT SPOILERS INOPESDR 2010FA0000086Window · separatedPILOTS OVERHEAD HATCH WINDOW SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. THE PLEXIGLASS WINDOW IS MOUNTED BY USE OF A FIBERGLASS LAMINATE. THE FIBERGLASS LAMINATE IS WHAT FAILED CAUSING THE SEPARATION. THE WINDOW RIPPED OFF THE COMM 1 ANTENNAE AND DENTED TSDR 2007FA0000378Actuator · failedWHEN LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED DOWN, THE RT RED IB GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH. GEAR DOWN LOCK LIGHTS WERE GREEN. NORMAL LANDING. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE ACTUATOR SHAFT HAD UNSCREWED FROM THE PISTON NOT ALLOWING THE DOOR TO CLOSE. FURTHER EXSDR 2007FA0000377Rod · failedWHEN LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED DOWN, THE RT RED IB GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH. GEAR DOWN LOCK LIGHTS WERE GREEN. NORMAL LANDING. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE ACTUATOR SHAFT HAD UNSCREWED FROM THE PISTON NOT ALLOWING THE DOOR TO CLOSE. FURTHER EXAMSDR USAA050347Angle · crackedCLT - C2 - ANGLE, .250 INCH CRACK, CLOSE-OUT WEB JUST OB OF LT AILERON QUADRANT. REPLACED WITH FABRICATED ANGLE IAW SRM 51-10-02. (K)SDR 18069Structure · crackedTHE CRACK/CORROSION IS LOCATED ON THE AFT VERTICAL SIDE OF STRINGER (HAT SECTION) NR 18. IT IS LOCATED IN THE LEFT HAND OUTER WING AT WING STATION 284. THE CRACK/CORROSION IS 1.25 INCH LONG AND RUNS SPAN WISE. THE CORROSION WAS REMOVED COMPLETELY AT .024 OFSDR 2003F00653Skin · crackedCRACKS EMANATING FROM THE LT AND RT MLG FORWARD LOWER CUTOUTS IN THE CENTER WING SKIN. CRACKS RUN FORWARD FROM THE IB CORNERS TO THE FIRST AND SECOND RIVETS. CRACKS DO NOT CONTINUE TO THE EDGE OF THE SKIN. LOCATIONS OF THE CUTOUTS ARE JUST INBOARD OF THE NASDR 2003FA0001277Skin · crackedCRACKS EMANATING FROM THE LT AND RT MLG FORWARD LOWER CUTOUTS IN THE CENTER WING SKIN. CRACKS RUN FORWARD FROM THE IB CORNERS TO THE FIRST AND SECOND RIVETS. CRACKS DO NOT CONTINUE TO THE EDGE OF THE SKIN. LOCATIONS OF THE CUTOUTS ARE JUST INBOARD OF THE NASDR 2003FA0001249Skin · crackedCRACKS EMANATING FROM THE LT AND RT MLG FORWARD LOWER CUT-OUTS IN THE CENTER WING SKIN. CRACKS RUN FORWARD FROM THE INBOARD CORNERS TO THE FIRST AND SECOND RIVETS. CRACKS DO NOT CONTINUE TO THE EDGE OF SKIN. LOCATIONS OF THE CUTOUTS ARE JUST INBOARD OF THE NSDR 2003FA0001250Skin · crackedCRACKS EMANATING FROM THE LT AND RT MLG FORWARD LOWER CUT-OUTS IN THE CENTER WING SKIN. CRACKS RUN FORWARD FROM THE INBOARD CORNERS TO THE FIRST AND SECOND RIVETS. CRACKS DO NOT CONTINUE TO THE EDGE OF SKIN. LOCATIONS OF THE CUTOUTS ARE JUST INBOARD OF THE NSDR 2003FA0000040Doubler · corrodedFUEL INTERCONNECT ACCESS PANEL CUT OUT DOUBLER IS CRACKED AT LT AND RT PANEL NUMBERS 53L AND 53R. LT AND RT UPPER CENTER WING BOX BEAM COVERS HAVE MODERATE TO MILD CORROSION ON THE UPPER HAT SECTIONS AND THE SKIN BETWEEN WING STATIONS 84.5 TO 192 LT AND RT. SDR 2003FA0000041Spar Cap · corrodedFUEL INTERCONNECT ACCESS PANEL CUT OUT DOUBLER IS CRACKED AT LT AND RT PANEL NUMBERS 53L AND 53R. LT AND RT UPPER CENTER WING BOX BEAM COVERS HAVE MODERATE TO MILD CORROSION ON THE UPPER HAT SECTIONS AND THE SKIN BETWEEN WING STATIONS 84.5 TO 192 LT AND RT. SDR AUS20010844Governor · faulty(AUS) NR 4 ENGINE GOVERNOR FAULTY.SDR AU010054Piston · broken(AUS) LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE PISTONS (2OFF4) BROKEN ACROSS SHANK IN AN O-RING SEAL GROOVE. BROKEN PISTON JAMMED IN PORT.SDR 99ZZZX3818Engine · contaminatedFLIGHT CREW WAS INFORMED BY LOCAL FUEL DISTRIBUTORS THAT ALL AIRCRAFT (100 CL) NEEDED TO BE TESTED IN AIRCRAFT FOR POSSIBLE FUEL CONTAMINATION WITH JET FUEL. AIRCRAFT WAS SUMPED AND JET FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL SYSTEM. REPLACED BOTH RECIPS AND INSPECTED TUSDR AU990428Engine · malfunctioned(AUS) LEFT ENGINE BACKFIRING. LIMITED INFORMATION PROVIDED.SDR AU981093Cover · cracked(AUS) ENGINE CYLINDER ROCKER COVER CRACKED AND LEAKING.SDR AU970700Guide · failed(AUS) NO2 ENGINE FRONT SUMP PLUG CONTAMINATED WITH A SMALL PIECE OF FERROUS MATERIAL - INVESTIGATION FOUND PIECE OF METAL HAD CHIPPED OFF NO2 CYLINDER INLET VALVE TAPPET GUIDESDR AU961050Valve Guide · worn(AUS) ENGINE CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE GUIDE WORN AND LOOSE IN CYLINDER HEADSDR AU960183Cable · broken(AUS) NO3 ENGINE EMERGENCY SHUTOFF CABLE FAILED - SUSPECT CABLE FAILED AT A POINT WITHIN A PULLEY BLOCK WHERE THE CABLE HAD BEEN DAMAGED- NO CORROSION OR WEAR WAS EVIDENT
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