JASC 7414
Service difficulty reports · 2,448
Reports filed under 7414 · Magneto/Distributor, 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 = '7414' 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 = '7414' 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 FORN201210120001Points · separatedWITH ONLY 16 HRS OF USE, THE CONTACT POINTER ON THE MAGNETO SEPARATED FROM THE CONTACT POINTS.SDR CA121012010Magneto · worn(CAN) PILOT REPORTED MANIFOLD PRESSURE SPIKE AND ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH. LT MAGNETO REPLACED.SDR 2013FA0000237Magneto · faultyENGINE BECAME HARD TO START. ON INVESTIGATION, FOUND TIMING HAD SLIPPED ON THE IMPULSE MAG. CHECKING INTERNAL TIMING, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE POINTS HAD CLOSED TO THE POINT THE SPARK OUTPUT WAS DEGRADED EVEN THOUGH THE PREFLIGHT MAG CHECK WAS WITHIN LIMITSDR CA120928009Magneto · intermittent(CAN) ENGINE RPM INTERMITTENT DURING MAGNETO FUNCTION CHECK. MAGNETO REPLACED.SDR 2012FA0000661Gasket · unknownENGINE STARTED TO LEAK OIL. FOUND MAGNETO LOOSE TO ENGINE BUT HOLD DOWN BLOCKS WERE TIGHT TO THE ENGINE. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE MAGETO CASE. MEASURED A NEW GASKET AND ITS THICKNESS IS .034. THE NEW GASKETS, ARE THINNER THAN USED, WAS THE PROBLEM DUE TOSDR CA121024012Switch · faulted(CAN) ON SHUTDOWN, THE PILOT CONDUCTED A LIVE MAG CHECK AND FOUND THE MAGS WHERE BOTH LIVE. THE SWITCH WAS FOUND FAULTY AND WAS REPLACED.SDR CA120914003Magneto · malfunctioned(CAN) ENGINE RPM HUNTING ON START UP. RT MAGNETO REPLACED.SDR CA120906003Block · cracked(CAN) BLOCK FOUND CRACKED WHERE THE BUSHING IS PUSHED INTO THE BLOCK.SDR 2012FA0000720Magneto · malfunctionedMAGNETO MISFIRES DURING MAGNETO CHECK.SDR CA120828005Capacitor · failed(CAN) MAGNETO WAS BEING TEST RUN WITH THIS NEW CAPACITOR DURING O/H. THE MAGNETO WOULD RUN INTERMITTENTLY AT ALL SPEEDS. THE CAPACITOR WAS REMOVED, TESTED AND FAILED THE SERIES RESISTANCE AND CAPACITANCE TESTS. ANOTHER NEW CAPACITOR WAS INSTALLED AND THE MASDR CA120823009Bearing · worn(CAN) DURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, 100 HR INSPECTION, IN ADJUSTING POINTS, THE AME NOTICED BRASS SHAVINGS OR DEBRIS IN THE MAGNETO. CLOSER INSPECTION SHOWED THAT ONE GEAR AXLE HAD EXCESSIVE SIDE TO SIDE PLAY DUE TO A FAILED TOP BEARING. PLAY IS APPROXIMATELSDR 2012FA0000725Magneto · malfunctionedENGINE MISFIRES WHEN CHECKING LEFT MAGNETO.SDR CA120815005Rivet · loose(CAN) NEW MAGNETO RETURNED FROM CUSTOMER. DURING BENCH TEST IT WOULD ONLY FIRE AT HIGH RPM. DURING THE INTERNAL INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE POINT RIVET ON THE CONTACT ASSEMBLY WAS LOOSE.SDR 2014FA0000082Bushing · looseCENTER BUSHING OF DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK FOUND LOOSE IN THE PLASTIC OF THE DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK, ROTOR ARM WAS CONTACTING DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK BECAUSE OF THE BUSHING BEING LOOSE.SDR 2012FA0000721Magneto · malfunctionedRIGHT MAGNETO WOULD NOT FIRE DURING MAGNETO CHECK. ENGINE QUIT RUNNING WHEN RIGHT MAGNETO SELECTED.SDR 2012FA0000594Points · brokenIN FLIGHT, ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN POORLY. ON LANDING AND FURTHER INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LT MAGNETO WAS INOPERATIVE. THE MAGNETO WAS REMOVED, DISASSEMBLED AND INSPECTED. POINTS DISCOVERED BROKEN. FOLLOWER ARM FOR THE POINTS HAD SEPARATED AND WASDR 2012FA0000724Magneto · malfunctionedLEFT MAGNETO MISFIRES DURING MAGNETO CHECK.SDR CA120815009Magneto · leaking(CAN) MAGNETO FOUND LEAKING. MAGNETO REPLACED.SDR CA120802015Cotter Pin · broken(CAN) DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION WHILE CHANGING THE ENGINE OIL, WE FOUND A SMALL PIECE OF COTTER PIN ON THE OIL DRAIN PLUG MAGNET. BOTH MAGNETO WERE REMOVED AND THE PIECE WAS CONFIRMED COMING FROM THE MAG GEAR NUT. 2 NEW COTTER PIN, PN M2556 WERE INSTALLED IASDR 2012FA0000519Points · failedOPERATOR EXPERIENCED ROUGH RUNNING LT ENGINE AT TAKEOFF AND CRUISE POWER SETTINGS. GROUND RUN UP PROCEDURES SHOWED NO DEFECTS IN MAGNETO DROPS. IN FLIGHT MAGNETO CHECKS SHOWED LT ENGINE, RT MAGNETO OPERATION TO BE VERY ROUGH AND SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF POWER. REMSDR CA120728001Distributor Blk · loose(CAN) MAG WAS REMOVED DUE TO BEING UNSERVICEABLE WITH UNKNOWN HOURS. WHEN INSPECTED THE OIL LIGHT BEARING IN THE DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK WAS LOOSE IN THE PLASTIC MATERIAL. THIS CAUSED THE DISTRIBUTOR GEAR ELECTRODE TO WEAR AGAINST THE DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK ELECTRODES SDR 2012FA0000506Points · mismanufacturedOVER THE LAST 6 MONTHS, HAD MANY CASES OF ENGINE ROUGHNESS, HIGH RPM MAGNETO DROPS, DEAD MAGNETOS. TROUBLESHOOTING SQUAWKS AND INSPECTION OF THESE MAGNETOS AT 500 HR INSPECTIONS, HAVE NOTICED INCORRECTLY MFG POINTS CAUSING MISFIRING DUE TO LARGE GAPS BETWEEN SDR 2012FA0000723Magneto · malfunctionedRIGHT MAGNETO DOES NOT FIRE. ENGINE QUITS WHEN RT MAGNETO SELECTED DURING MAGNETO CHECK.SDR CA120718007Gear · broken(CAN) DISTRIBUTOR GEAR FINGER FELL OUT ONTO BENCH FROM DISTRIBUTOR GEAR WHEN DISASSEMBLED DURING SCHEDULED 500 HR INTERNAL INSPECTION OF MAGNETO.SDR 2012FA0000719Magneto · malfunctionedENGINE MISFIRES DURING MAGNETO TEST.SDR 2012FA0000718Magneto · malfunctionedRIGHT MAGNETO WOULD NOT FIRE.SDR CA120727014Adapter · worn(CAN) LEFT MAGNETO ADAPTER DRIVE BEARING SPINNING IN ACESSORY CASE. ENGINE CASE WAS DAMAGED BY SPINNING BEARING. ENGINE REMOVED FOR REPAIR, O/H. THE OPERATOR HAS HAD A NUMBER OF OTHER INCIDENTS OF MAGNETO DRIVE BEARING FAILURE. FAULT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITHSDR CA120726006Magneto · failed(CAN) DURING A 100 HR INSPECTION OF THE HELICOPTER THE RT MAGNETO WAS REMOVED FOR INSPECTION. THE AME NOTED AN UNUSUAL NOISE WHEN MAGNETO WAS ROTATED BY HAND. MAGNETO REPLACED.SDR 2012FA0000497Impulse Coupling · crackedDURING A ROUTINE 500 HR MAGNETO AND IMPULSE COUPLING INSPECTION, THE LT MAGNETO IMPULSE COUPLING PAWL WAS FOUND CRACKED FROM THE RIVET HOLE TO OUTER EDGE OF PAWL. A NEW IMPULSE COUPLING WAS INSTALLED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. CAUSE OF CRACK MAY BE IMPROPSDR 2012FA0000464Contact · defectiveTHE PILOT NOTICED A SLIGHT POWER LOSS IN FLIGHT. A MAGNETO CHECK REVEALED AN ALMOST COMPLETE POWER LOSS WHEN THE RT MAGNETO WAS SWITCHED OFF. THE PILOT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. LT MAGNETO WAS REMOVED AND DISASSEMBLED. INSPECTION OF THE CONTACT POINTS,ONE OF THSDR 2012FA0000450Magneto · out of toleranceMAGNETO FOUND TO BE OUT OF TIME AT RUN UP. MAGNETO WAS REPLACED.SDR 2012FA0000471Points · looseFOUND MAGNETO CONTACT POINTS LOOSE WHEN POINTS ARE OPEN.SDR CA120919008Housing · failed(CAN) MAGNETOS WERE R & R WITH O/H UNITS AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING AND FINDING A NO SPARK CONDITION. UNSERVICEABLE MAGNETOS WERE SENT TO AN O/H FACILITY AS CORES. UPON TEAR DOWN IT WAS FOUND THE MOLDED ALUMINUM HOUSING CONTAINING THE ROTATING MAGNETS SUFFERED FROMSDR 2012FA0000430Points · looseENGINE WOULD NOT START. AFTER INSPECTING MAGNETO FOUND MISFIRE ON TEST STAND. OPENED MAGNETO FOR INSPECTION FOUND CONTACT POINT LOOSE WHERE RIVETED TO GROUND. THE POINTS WERE INSTALLED AS PART OF A 500 INSPECTION REPAIR, WITH APROX 25 HRS IN SERVICE.SDR 2012FA0000443Wedge · loosePILOT REPORTED ROUGH MAGNETO CHECK. REMOVED RT MAGNETO AND FOUND COIL WEDGE LOOSE IN MAGNETO. SEVERAL TEETH WERE BROKEN ON DISTRIBUTOR GEAR. MAGNETO HAD ONLY 23 HRS SINCE OVERHAUL.SDR LC1R201206200001Magneto · fracturedDURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, NOTICED THE RT MAGNETO LEAKING SOME OIL AND NOT SEATED FULLY. FURTHER EXAMINATION SHOWED THE MAGNETO FLANGE COMPLETLY BROKEN OFF UNDER THE HOLD DOWN CLIP.SDR X0NR20120619001Contact · looseENGINE RAN VERY ROUGH & RPM DROPPED OFF ON LT MAGNETO DURING MAG CHECK. REMOVED LT MAGNETO. FOUND CONTACT POINT ON MOVEABLE ARM LOOSE & MOVING AROUND DURING POINT OPEN DWELL TIME. ON REMOVING POINTS & OPENING MANUALLY, CONTACT POINT FELL OUT OF ARM. CAPACSDR CA120629005Washer · cracked(CAN) DURING 100 HR INSPECTION OF THE ACFT THE MAGNETO. FOUND PHENOLIC WASHER CRACKED UNDER TACH POINT SCREW. MAGNETO REPLACED.SDR CA120618009Points · worn(CAN) MAGNETO INSPECTED DURING 100 HR ACFT INSPECTION. TACH POINTS FOUND WORN. MAGNETO REPLACED.SDR CA120613001Points · broken(CAN) THE PILOT HAD OBSERVED MINOR FLUTTERING AND OCCASIONAL ENGINE VIBRATION FOR THE LAST HALF OF THE FLIGHT. GROUND RUN BY AME NOTED LT MAGNETO DEAD. THE INSPECTION BY AME REVEALED BROKEN LEAF SPRING PORTION OF THE POINT SET.SDR CA120608003Gear · loose(CAN) DISTRIBUTOR GEAR CONTACT FINGER FOUND LOOSE DURING MAGNETO 500 HR INSPECTION.SDR CA120612006Bushing · loose(CAN) PILOT REPORTED ENGINE OVERSPEED OF 110 PERCENT IN FLIGHT. MAGNETO WAS TESTED ON COMPONENT SHOP TEST BENCH AND FOUND TO BE MISFIRING. COMPONENT SHOP INSPECTION OF RETARD MAGNETO FOUND DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK BUSHING WAS LOOSE CAUSING DISTRIBUTOR GEAR TO WOBBLESDR 2012FA0000449Magneto · failedMAGNETO COIL FAILED AND POINTS LOOSE.SDR CA120528005Block · cracked(CAN) FOUND THE NEW BLOCK CRACKED WHERE THE BUSHING IS PUSHED INTO THE BLOCK. BLOCK DATE CODE 11-08.SDR CA120528004Block · cracked(CAN) , BLOCK FOUND CRACKED WHERE THE BUSHING IS PUSHED INTO THE BLOCK.SDR CA120528003Block · cracked(CAN) FOUND THE BLOCK CRACKED WHERE THE BUSHING IS PUSHED INTO THE BLOCK. BLOCK DATE CODE 11-08.SDR CA120528002Bearing · failed(CAN) FOUND THE DRIVE END INNER RACE OF BEARING SPINNING ON THE MAGNET,SHAFT. ALSO, FOUND THAT BLOCK 10-357426 IS CRACKED WHERE THE BUSHING IS PUSHED INTO THE BLOCK DATE CODE ON BLOCK 11 08.SDR CA120525007Bearing · failed(CAN) MFG O/H MAGNETO WAS TAKEN FROM STOCK TO INSTALL DRIVE COUPLING AS CUSTOMER WENT EXCHANGE. ROTATING MAGNET WAS TURNED AND FOUND TO HAVE SIDE PLAY AND END PLAY. END PLAY WAS MEASURED AT .008" WHICH IS MORE THAN MFG LIMITS OF .0005 TO .0015".SDR CA120525006Bearing · failed(CAN) MFG O/H MAGNETO ROTATING MAGNET WAS TURNED AND FOUND TO HAVE SIDE PLAY AND END PLAY. END PLAY WAS MEASURED AT .004" WHICH IS MORE THAN MFG LIMITS OF .0005 TO .0015". MAGNETO WAS RETURNED TO MFG FOR WARRANTY PURPOSES. A SECOND MAGNETO WAS REMOVED FROM SSDR CA120528001Bearing · failed(CAN) FOUND THE SMALL BEARING 2-202 FAILED, THE CAGE WAS IN PIECES. THE BEARING BALLS WHERE STILL RUNNING IN THE OUTER AND INNER RACE.
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