JASC 3416
Service difficulty reports · 1,256
Reports filed under 3416 · Altimeter, Barometric/Encoder, newest first.
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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 jasc_code = '3416' 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 jasc_code = '3416' 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 WWMA9600023Altimeter · defectiveLEFT ALTIMETER FLAG CAME ON 15 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, IT WAS FOLLOWED BY AN ELECTRICAL SMOKE ODOR. THE LEFT ALTIMETER CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PULLED AND THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO PSP WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT ALTIMETER AND RETURNED THE AIRCRASDR 96ZZZX1074Altimeter · erraticALTIMETER ERRATIC. REPLACED WITH NEW FIXTURE.SDR 96ZZZX946Casting · out of toleranceTHE CRITICAL SHAFT END SHAKES WERE CHECKED ON THIS INSTRUMENT. OVERHAUL MANUAL CALLS OUT .002 INCH TO .003 INCH. THESE END SHAKES MEASURED .0010 INCH, .0012 INCH, AND .0003 INCH. THE .0003 INCH END SHAKE COULD CAUSE THE POINTERS TO HANG UP IN THE LOWER TEMPSDR HEEA966656Encoder · erraticENCODER HAS ERRATIC OUTPUT.SDR HEEA966650Altimeter · sticksALTIMETER INTERMITTENTLY STICKS WHEN DECREASING ALTITUDE.SDR HEEA966627Altimeter · erraticENCODER OUTPUT BECOMES ERRATIC AFTER UNIT WARMS UP.SDR HEEA966617Altimeter · leakingALTIMETER LEAKING.SDR COMA9660023Radio Alt · defectiveDURING LANDING, GROUND LIFT DUMP DID NOT AUTO DEPLOY. REPLACED THE NR 1 RADIO ALTIMETER.SDR HEEA966569Indicator · friction errorNEEDLE HAS EXCESSIVE FRICTION ERROR AND READS 850 FT.SDR HEEA966568Indicator · loose partsINDICATOR HAS LOOSE PARTS INSIDE AND 24 MONTH INSPECTION DUE.SDR HEEA966567Indicator · friction errorINDICATOR NEEDLE HAS EXCESSIVE FRICTION ERROR.SDR HEEA966566Indicator · loose partsINDICATOR HAS LOOSE PARTS INSIDE.SDR HEEA966565Indicator · sticksNEEDLE INTERMITTENTLY STICKS WHEN DECREASING ALTITUDE.SDR HEEA966564Indicator · loose partsINDICATOR HAS LOOSE PARTS INSIDE.SDR HEEA966563Indicator · defectiveINDICATOR LEAKS AT BAROMETRIC KNOB.SDR HEEA966562Indicator · fail testALTIMETER FAILED POSITION ERROR TEST AND BARO. DIAL CHECK.SDR HEEA966561Indicator · loose partsALTIMETER HAS LOOSE PART INSIDE.SDR HEEA966560Indicator · fail testALTIMETER NEEDLE FAILED POSITION ERROR TEST.SDR HEEA966533Altimeter · reads highALTIMETER READS 500 FEET HIGH.SDR 9602029760Altimeter · failedDURING CLIMB, CAPTAIN'S ALTIMETER OFF FLAG CAME ON. RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER AND ALTIMETER CAME ON MOMENTARILY, THEN OFF FLAG RETURNED. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DESTINATION AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED CAPTAIN'S ALTIMETER AND OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD.SDR 96ZZZX4394Jewel Assy · missingINACCURATE READINGS PLUS OR MINUS 60 FEET CAUSED BY INCORRECT JEWEL ASSY MISSING A CAP JEWEL. THIS ALLOWED PIVOT SHOULDER TO RIDE AGAINST JEWEL FACE. SUBMITTER STATED FROM THE LOOKS OF WORK DONE, IT INDICATES POOR WORKMANSHIP AND LACK OF TRAINING. RECOMMENDSDR HEEA966450Alerter · malfunctionALERT LIGHT ON UNIT AND ON ALL ALTIMETERS, FLASHES ON THEN GOES OUT AT 1000 FEET BEFORE DESIRED ALTITUDE. AT 750 FEET BEFORE DESIRED ALTITUDE LIGHTS COME ON AND FUNCTIONS NORMALLY. UNIT CHECKED AT SEVERAL ALTITUDE SETTINGS IN CLIMB AND DESCENT AND FUNCTIONSDR HEEA966398Altimeter · inoperativeALTIMETER INOPERATIVE.SDR 9604909150Altimeter · failedDURING CRUISE, CAPTAIN'S AND FIRST OFFICER'S ALTIMETERS WOULD NOT AGREE. DIVERTED TO MEM AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED CAPTAIN'S AND FIRST OFFICER'S ALTIMITERS. REROUTED STATIC LINE TO FIRST OFFICER'S INDICATOR. PERFORMED BARFIELD TEST, CHECKED STATSDR HEEA966392Altimeter · mis repairedENCODING ALTIMETER NEEDLE LOOSE IN CASE WHEN PART RECEIVED FROM REPAIR.SDR MALA964812Altimeter · inoperativeMSP - FLT 3002 - AFTER TAKEOFF FROM MSP, THE CAPTAIN'S ALTIMETER, ALTITUDE ALERTER, TCAS, AND TRANSPONDER MODE 'C' FLAGGED INOPERATIVE. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MSP AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPLACED THE NR 1 ALTIMETER. ALL SYSTEMS SDR HEEA966370Indicator · errorPILOT REPORTED NEEDLE HAS 700 FOOT ERRORSDR 96ZZZX650Altimeter · malfunctionedFLT 591 - AIR RETURN, ALTIMETER OFF 200 FEET AT ALTITUDE AND 120 FEET OFF ON ALTERNATE STATIC SOURCE. REMOVED AND REPLACED CAPTAIN'S AND FIRST OFFICER'S ALTIMETER. ACCOMPLISHED LEAK AND OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR 96ZZZX649Altimeter · malfunctionedFLT 591 - AIR RETURN, ALTIMETER OFF 200 FEET AT ALTITUDE AND 120 FEET OFF ON ALTERNATE STATIC SOURCE. REMOVED AND REPLACED CAPTAIN'S AND FIRST OFFICER'S ALTIMETER. ACCOMPLISHED LEAK AND OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR 96ZZZX261Casting · creepWHEN THIS INSTRUMENT WAS BENCH CHECKED, IT HAD STICK AND JUMP FRICTION OF 100 FEET TO 200 FEET. THE BACK OF THE DISC POINTER HAD A CIRCULAR SCRATCH ON THE BACK SIDE WHERE SCREWS HAD BEEN HITTING IT. ADDITIONALLY, ONE OF THE END-SHAKES ON ONE OF THE CRITICAL SDR HEEA956257Indicator · reads highENCODER READS 120 FEET HIGH AT 20K.SDR 96ZZZX205Encoder · defectiveLOOSE ITEM WITHIN, ENCODING DIGITIZER.SDR 9520029928Altimeter · failedDURING CRUISE, THE CAPTAIN'S ALTIMETER FAILED. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO DTW AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED THE CAPTAIN'S ALTIMETER. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD.SDR HEEA956210Altimeter · light inopALTIMETER LIGHT INOPERATIVE.SDR HEEA956176Radar Altimeter · defectiveINTERMITTENTLY WON'T TEST CORRECTLY; JUST CAUSES INDICATOR NEEDLE TO SPIN AROUND.SDR CA951211014Knob · seized(CAN)ALTIMETER #2 SETTING KNOB WAS SEIZED. REPLACED.SDR HEEA956150Indicator · reads lowNEEDLES INDICATE 80,000 FEET LOW. TIME SINCE REPAIR 25:45.SDR HEEA956126Indicator · defectiveDH LIGHT WILL NOT OPERATE. REPLACED DH LIGHT/SWITCH ASSEMBLY. REPAIRED. BENCH CHECK GOOD.SDR HEEA956096Altimeter · defective100 FOOT NEEDLE FELL OFF HANDSTAFF. TIME SINCE REPAIR 0:00.SDR MALA954679Altimeter · failedFLT NR 3046 - ON CLIMB-OUT FROM DTW, THE CAPTAINS ALTIMETER BECAME INOPERATIVE. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DTW. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE CAPTAINS ALTIMETER AND PURGED THE NR 1 AND NR 2 STATIC SYSTEMS. ALL SYSTEMS OPERATED SATISFACTORILY. (M)SDR 95ZZZX6779Encode Disc · mismfgATC ASKED PILOT SEVERAL TIMES TO TURN OFF THE ALTITUDE PORTION OF THE TRANSPONDER BECAUSE OF ERRONEOUS CODE. BENCH CHECKING, CODE ERRATIC AND BLANKING IN SOME ZONES. CODE TRACKS FOUND TO BE ECCENTRIC RELATIVE TO THE SHAFT PIVOTS. SUBMITTER STATED THIS WAS ASDR 95ZZZX6761Encoder · not compatibleFAILED ENCODER REMOVED AND REPLACED. NEW ENCODER FAILED TO WORK. FOUND THAT WHILE BOTH UNITS HAD THE SAME PART NUMBER (0900-4099-01), THE NEW UNIT IS NOT PLUG COMPATIBLE. SUBMITTER SUGGESTS AN UNDOCUMENTED DESIGN CHANGE BY THE FACTORY IS THE CAUSE OF THIS PSDR HEEA955874Indicator · defectiveINSTRUMENT LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. TIME SINCE REPAIR 0:00.SDR 9515741147Mounting Rings · corrodedDURING T-CHECK, FOUND CORROSION ON THREE RADIO ALTIMETER MOUNTING RINGS. REPAIRED RINGS, AYB 7022 AND AYB 7053 PER EA 11-99260.SDR 95ZZZX6511Altimeter · errorALTIMETER INDICATES INCORRECTLY AND IT RATTLES.SDR HEEA955754Altimeter · reads highNEEDLE INDICATES 40 FEET HIGH AT ZERO.SDR HEEA955732Encoder · reads lowENCODER READS 500 FEET LOW OUT OF TOLERANCE.SDR 95ZZZX5537Altimeter · hang-upPILOT REPORTED ALTIMETER HANG-UP AT 5,000 FEET. TESTED IN SHOP, UNIT STOPPED AT 12,000 FEET ON DESCENT. IT WOULD START AT 10,500 FEET. UPON DISASSEMBLY, INSPECTED INSHAKE ON ALL PIVOTS. THERE WAS NO INSHAKE AT ALL. THIS UNIT WAS MFG IN 1979 AND WAS NEVER SDR HEEA955657Encoder · erraticUNIT HAS A ERRATIC OUTPUT.SDR HEEA955649Aneroid · defectiveUNIT HAS EXCESSIVE DRIFT RATE. TRANSMITS LOW OUT OF TOLERANCE ABOVE 10,000 FEET.
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