JASC 8500
Service difficulty reports · 745
Reports filed under 8500 · Engine (Reciprocating), newest first.
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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 jasc_code = '8500' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR CA020507003Engine · failed(CAN) -PILOT REPORTED 'PROP NOT CYCLING DURING RUN-UP, ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL'.- LINEMAN ATTEMPTED RUN-UP & TRIED TO REACH MAX RPM'S & CYCLE PROP. ENGINE REPORTEDLY LOST POWER & LINEMAN INCREASED THROTTLE, HE KEPT DOING SO UNTIL ENGINE RAN ROUGH, AT WHICH POISDR AUS20020483Engine · malfunctioned(AUS) ENGINE REMOVED FOR INVESTIGATION INTO LOW OIL PRESSURE AND HIGH OIL TEMPERATURE.SDR CA030102004Engine · making metal(CAN) EVENT NR 2 INSPECTION, FOUND RT ENGINE METAL PARTICLES IN OIL FILTER, BETWEEN 20-40 PARTICLES. ENGINE SERVICED WITH 15W50 OIL. AIRCRAFT GROUND RUN AND LEAK CHECKED. ONE HOUR TEST FLIGHT, OIL CHECKED AFTER FLIGHT. AT 523.6 HOURS, CUSTOMER DECIDE NOT TO FSDR CA020402007Carburetor · malfunctioned(CAN) (AIRCRAFT ON FLOATS) DURING TAXI OUT FOR TAKE OFF, ENGINE STARTED TO POP AND BACKFIRE WHICH CREATED ENGINE FAILURE. CARB REPLACED AND IS CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED. (NOTE: RT MAGNETO ALSO REPLACED)SDR 2002FA0000378Boss · crackedINSPECTOR FOUND LOOSE RIGHT TURBO BOTTOM ATTACHMENT STUD, CAUSED BY CRACKED MOUNTING BOSS IN MAGNESIUM OIL SUMP ASSEMBLY.SDR 2002FA0000646Bearing · failedDURING REGULARLY SCHEDULED OIL CHANGE AT 399.5 HRS, UPON EXAM OF OIL FILTER, METAL CONTAMINATES WERE DISCOVERED IN THE ELEMENT FOLDS. CONTACTED MFG, ADVISED THERE WAS A SERVICE INSTRUCTION THAT PERTAINED TO THIS ENGINE THAT OUTLINES INSPECTION PROCEDURE FOR OSDR 2002FA0000383Wheel · crackedDURING REMOVAL OF FAN ASSEMBLY WHICH IS MOUNTED ON A TAPERED SHAFT, THE FAN MOUNTING HUB WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED THROUGH. ALSO THE REINFORCEMENT PLATE WHICH IS USED TO STRENGTHEN THE FAN ASSEMBLY WAS FOUND TO BE SEVERELY CRACKED. THIS SIDE OF THE FAN ASSEMBSDR 2002FA0000355Wheel · crackedDURING REMOVAL OF FAN ASSEMBLY WHICH IS MOUNTED ON A TAPERED SHAFT, THE FAN MOUNTING WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED THROUGH. ALSO THE REINFORCEMENT PLATE WHICH IS USED TO STRENGTHEN THE FAN ASSEMBLY WAS FOUND TO BE SEVERELY CRACKED. THIS SIDE OF THE FAN ASSEMBLY MOSDR 2002FA0000175Engine · failedWHILE PERFORMING A STATIC GROUND RUN, AT APPROX. 2200 RPMS THE ENGINE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE ENGINE WAS QUICKLY SHUT DOWN AND FUEL SHUT-OFF VALVE SELECTED TO THE OFF POSITION. CLOSE INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE NR 6 CYLINDER HAD SEPARATED FROM THSDR AUS20020081Engine · making metal(AUS) LT ENGINE OIL FILTER CONTAMINATED WITH METAL.SDR CA030102003Engine · making metal(CAN) PILOT REPORTED LOW OIL PRESSURE READING 10 MINUTES PRIOR TO LANDING. VISUAL INSPECTION OF ENGINE EXTERIOR & OIL LEVEL CHECK CARRIED OUT BY PILOT. 3 LITERS OF OIL ADDED. AIRCRAFT TEST FLOWN, TAKEOFF NORMAL, RUN UP WAS NORMAL, AT CRUISE POWER OIL PRESSURESDR 2003F00327Cap · crackedDURING PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, FOUND A CRACK ON THE INNER SIDE APPROXIMATELY 3 O'CLOCK POSITION OF THE RIGHT ENGINE INLET NOSE CAP P/N 6352602-2. THE CRACK WAS APPROX .75 OF AN INCH IN LENGTH RUNNING FROM THE EDGE OF THE METAL TO THE ATTACHING FASTENER. (M)SDR AUS20020037Bearing · making metal(AUS) ENGINE MAKING METAL. SUSPECT DEFECTIVE BEARINGS.SDR AUS20011349Engine · making metal(AUS) RT ENGINE OIL FILTER METAL CONTAMINATION.SDR NACA20010041Engine · roughNR 4 ENGINE WILL NOT TAKE A LEAN (POSSIBLE LOW COMPRESSION ON THE NR 10, NR 16 CYLINDERS). REPLACED ENGINE, (DUE OVERHAUL).SDR CA011105015Case · cracked(CAN) CRACK FOUND IN CASE AROUND FORWARD UPPER THROUGH BOLT.SDR CA011017004Engine · making metal(CAN) DECAYING OIL PRESSURE SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. THERE WAS SOME METAL CONTAMINATION IN THE MAIN OIL SCREEN. DUE TO THE HIGH T.S.O. (1373.1 HRS) THE DECISION WAS MADE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AND HAVE FURTHER INVESTIGATION CARRIED OUT BY THE ENGINE OVERHAUL AGENSDR 2001FA0000358Crankcase · crackedENGINE FOUND TO BE CRACKED. THE FRACTURE OCCURRED ON THE LEFT HAND CASE HALF RUNNING FROM THE 9 OCLOCK POSSITION OF THE NR 2 CYLINDER PAD TO THE MAIN BEARING BOSS AREA. THIS CRACK WAS CAUSED BY POOR SCAVENGING OF AIR DURING THE CASTING PROCESS.SDR HYI2001F00000Case · damagedAIRCRAFT WAS AT CRUISE ALTITUDE, WHEN THE RIGHT ENGINE SHUTTERED, FOLLOWED BY A BANG AND LOSS OF POWER. CREW SECURED THE ENGINE AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MECHANIC DETERMINED THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED AN INTERNAL FAILURE, RESULTING IN 2 ONE INCH HOLES IN THE SDR AUS20010946Engine · making metal(AUS) RT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DECREASED AND TEMPERATURE INCREASED. INVESTIGATION FOUND EXTENSIVE METAL CONTAMINATION. ENGINE WAS ON A TEST FLIGHT FOR RT ENGINE INSTALLATION. THE ENGINE HAD JUST BEEN REPAIRED WITH SUPERCHARGER BEARINGS AND SOME CYLINDER BAFFLES SDR MHJ2001F00000Engine · malfunctionedLEFT ENGINE HAD A FUEL FLOW PROBLEM. ENGINE QUIT ON TAKE-OFF WITHOUT INCIDENT. MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW. WHEN ACTUAL PROBLEM IS FOUND.SDR 2001F00310Engine · making metalFOUND METAL CONTAMINATION. (M)SDR 2001FA0000287Engine · malfunctionedFLYING IN CRUISE WHEN BUTTERFLY ON INTAKE STARTED FLUCUATING. PULLED UP AND REDUCED POWER. APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS LATER LOST POWER. ACFT. HIT LOW LEVEE SKIDDED ACROSS FIELD AND HIT SECOND LEVEE. UPON STRIKING SECOND LEVEE ACFT. ROLLED OVER ON ITS NOSE AND SKSDR WVBA2001042Engine · seizedPILOT REPORTED THAT IN CRUISE THE RIGHT ENGINE MANIFOLD PRESSURE DROPPED 2 INCHES, THE OIL TEMPERATURE STARTED TO RISE WITH THE OIL PRESSURE REMAINING IN THE GREEN. CHART WAS WITHIN LIMITS, AT THIS POINT HE DECIDE TO DO A PRECAUTIONARY SHUT DOWN OF THE ENGINESDR AUS20010807Engine · failed(AUS) LT ENGINE POWER LOSS AND VIBRATION.SDR 2001FA0000196Engine · failedPILOT REPORTED SEVERE ENGINE VIBRATION FOLLOWING POWER REDUCTION ON INITIAL CLIMB-OUT AFTER DEPARTURE FROM AIRPORT. ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND FEATHERED. NOTED CATASTROPHIC LEFT ENGINE FAILURE UPON INITIAL INSPECTION. NR 5 CONNECTING ROD OBSERVED WITH CLEAN BREAK SDR 2001FA0000119Door · looseDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, PART WAS OBSERVED TO BE EXTREMELY LOOSE. REMOVED PART FROM ASSEMBLY. FOUND PORTION OF HINGE MISSING, HINGE PIN 95 PER CENT WORN THROUGH AND SIDE BRACKETS WORN 90 PER CENT THROUGH. REMOVED ASSEMBLY AND REPLACED DOOR AND FRAME WITH SSDR 2001FA0000328Block · crackedAIRCRAFT WS ON FINAL APPROACH TO OCF, ENGINE WAS NOISY AND QUIT. AIRCRAFT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING ON HORSE RACE TRACK. OPENED COWLING, FOUND 3 INCH CRACK AFT, LEFT, TOPSIDE OF ENGINE BLOCK. ENGINE HAS 2776 HOURS SINCE OVERHAUL. 15 DAYS OUT OF ANNUAL INSPECTSDR AUS20010845Engine · making metal(AUS) LT ENGINE OIL FILTER METAL CONTAMINATION. ENGINE CHANGED.SDR CA010628030Engine · contaminated(CAN) ENGINE LOST OIL PRESS AT NORMAL OPERATING RPM. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED CONTAMINATION IN OIL SCREENS, LOOSE RODS, PROBABLE MAIN BEARING SHOT. ENGINE REPLACED IN A/C WITH FACTORYSDR CA010820009Cylinder Head · cracked(CAN) NO. 11 CYLINDER HEAD CRACKED CYLINDER REPLACED. A/C RETURNED TO SERVICE. ON A TRAINING FLIGHT FLIGHT, ONE WATER PICK UP WAS CARRIED OUT, LOAD WAS DROPPED ON TARGET, WHILE GOING BACK FOR A SECOND LOAD, THE MAP SHOWED A SUBSTANTIAL SPEED. VISUAL CHECKS OF SDR ACSA020ACrankshaft · brokenENGINE WAS NOT MAKING FULL RPM. PROP GOV WAS REPLACED, GROUND RUN WAS NORMAL. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF OIL PRESSURE FELL BELOW GREEN ARC. PILOT WAS SHUTTING THE ENGINE DOWN, OIL APPEARED ON THE WINDSHIELD, LOUD BANG WAS HEARD, AND PROPELLER DEPARTED THE AIRCRASDR 2001F00225Engine · malfunctionedDURING AN ATTEMPT TO PERFORM A MAINTENANCE RUN ON THE NR 2 ENGINE, THE ENGINE BECAME FLOODED AND BACKFIRED, RESULTING IN A MINOR COWLING FIRE. THE TECHNICIAN THEN PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY SHUT DOWN, AND PULLED THE T-HANDLE FOR THE NR 2 ENGINE, FOLLOWED BY THE ASDR 2001FA0000027Bolt · loosePROPELLER BOLTS (AN6-57A) BROKE IN FLIGHT AT CRUISE POWER (2500 RPM) AT 7500 FT. MSL. NOTICED THAT ONE BOLT WAS MISSING AND THE NUT ON ANOTHER COULD BE REMOVED BY HAND. POSSIBLE THAT TWO NUTS, (MS 20365-624) LOOSENED CAUSING VIBRATION IN PROPELLER WHICH CAUSESDR 2002FA0000043Engine · failedENGINE ACTED AS THOUGH CARBURETOR ICE WAS BEING CLEARED WITH CARBURETOR HEAT ON. LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. AT TOUCHDOWN, COULD HEAR A LOUD SQUEAK. AT ENGINE SHUT DOWN, ENGINE STOPPED AS THOUGH A BRAKE WAS APPLIED. PROP WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN BY HAND. ALUMINUM ASDR 20010419CW002Engine · failedAFTER DEPARTURE, AT CLIMB POWER, THE NR 1 THRUST METER BEGAN A REDUCTION FOLLOWED BY A DROP IN OIL PRESSURE AND AN INCREASE IN OIL TEMPERATURE. THE CAPTAIN SHUT DOWN AND SECURED THE NR 1 ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNESDR 20010501CW002Stud · misinstalledDURING ENGINE INSTALLATION AFTER OVERHAUL, FOUND ALL 4 GOVERNOR HOLD DOWN STUDS NOT SCREWED FAR ENOUGH INTO CASE. STUDS HAD TO BE TURNED IN .2500 FURTHER TO ALLOW GOVERNOR TO MATE WITH ENGINE.SDR CA010406008Engine · failed(CAN) PILOT/OWNER REPORTED NORMAL PRE-TAKEOFF START/RUN-UP PROCEDURES. NORMAL TAKEOFF WABASCA, ALBERTA, IN ROUTE, EXPERIENCED A SURGE (OVERBOOST) RT ENGINE. ADJUSTED POWER BACK TO CRUISE, LT AND RT. WHILE ADJUSTING MIXTURE - RIGHT ENGINE ''THE ENGINE BLEW UP'SDR AU010177Engine · failed(AUS) RT ENGINE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE.SDR 20010412CW010Engine · making metalAIRCRAFT LANDED. RIGHT ENGINE SHUTDOWN IN FLIGHT, DUE TO LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. INSPECTION REVEALED METAL CONTAMINATION.SDR 20010420CW005Engine · failedENGINE HAD FAILURE. THRU THE NR 2 CONNECTING ROD AND DESTROYED CASE, CAM AND OTHER CYLINDERS AND RODS BEFORE STOPPING. FOUND ONE BROKEN CONNECT ROD BOLT BROKEN IN NR2 CYLINDER. NO SIGN OF OTHER.SDR CA010219021Engine · failed(CAN) AFTER TAKEOFF OUT OF URANIUM CITY PILOT HAD TO RETURN TO AIRPORT AFTER EXPERIENCING LOSS OF POWER ON RT ENGINE. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATED AND FOUND THAT THE ACCESSORY CASE COMPONENT DRIVE GEARS WOULD NOT TURN. ALSO FOUND OIL FILTER FULL OF METAL. MATINTENSDR CA010214008Engine · failed(CAN) ENGINE HAD STOPPED / SEIZED AFTER THE ENGINE HEATER PLATE WHICH HAD BEEN INSTALLED THE DAY BEFORE THE FLIGHT WAS DISLODGED WHEN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DRAG LINK CONTACTED WITH THE PLATE IN GEAR UP POSITION. THE PLANE LANDED THE PILOT DIDNT NOTICE ANYTHINGSDR AU010028Engine · seized(AUS) ENGINE RAN ROUGH AND THEN SEIZED. LIMITED INFORMATION PROVIDED.SDR 20010302AP004Engine · malfunctionedI AM A STUDENT PILOT AND WAS AT 3000 FT AT A LEVEL CRUISE AND THE ENGINE SHUTTERED FOR APPROX. 1-3 SECONDS. WE NEVER LOST POWER AND CONTINUED ON. APPROX. 20 MINUTES LATER AT 2000'''' THE SAME CONDITION OCCURED. MY FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FELT THAT WATER HAD PASSEDSDR 20010208CW017Engine · leakingIN ROUTE FROM ILN TO MEM, LEFT ENGINE DEVELOPED OIL LEAK AND STARTED TO LOOSE OIL PRESSURE. LANDED AT CVG. IT APPEARED THAT OIL WAS LEAKING OUT OF THE NOSE CASE.SDR AU001071Engine · overspeed(AUS) ENGINE OVERSPED IN EXCESS OF 3,300 RPM. (X)SDR 20001127SH018Engine · failedENGINE FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY IN-FLIGHT AND SUBSEQUENTLY AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP NEXT TO CANAL. INITIAL INSPECTION INDICATED ROD BEARING OR ROD CAP FAILURES. MANUFACTURER''S INSPECTION RESULTS ARE PENDING. (X)SDR CA001030012Engine · failed(CAN) ENGINE QUIT IN CRUISE, EMERGENCY LANDING TOOK PLACE. ENGINE REMOVED AND IN POSSESSION OF TRANSPORT SAFETY BOARD. 2000-11-01TC: REPORT EXPECTED FROM ORIGINATOR. (X)SDR AU000897Engine · power loss(AUS) ENGINE LOST POWER. GROUND RUN CARRIED OUT WITH NO FAULT FOUND. (X)
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