JASC 8550
Service difficulty reports · 669
Reports filed under 8550 · Reciprocating Engine Oil System, 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 = '8550' 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 jasc_code = '8550' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR YD5R2015102000497Dipstick · mismarkedTHIS ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE CENTER FOR A REPORTED EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE. THROUGH INVESTIGATION AND VISUAL COMPARISON, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE OIL LEVEL DIPSTICK WAS INCORRECTLY MARKED. COMPARING TO ANOTHER DIPSTICK FROM THE SAME MODEL ENGINE, THE 2SDR CA150924007Gasket · leaking(CAN) PILOT REPORTED DEFECT, OIL STREAK FOUND DOWN SIDE OF COWL ON PILOT`S SIDE. OIL LEVEL FOUND TO BE DOWN 1 QT FROM BEGINNING OF THE FLIGHT. SUSPECT OIL LEAK. REMOVED COWLS AND INSPECTED FOR OIL LEAKS. FOUND NR 6 CYLINDER ROCKER BOX COVER LEAKING. REMOVEDSDR CA150914010Oil Filter · contaminated(CAN) FOLLOWING SCHEDULED OIL AND FILTER CHANGE TECH NOTED LOWER THAN NORMAL OIL PRESSURE AT IDLE. FILTER REPLACED AND OIL PRESSURE INDICATION WAS NORMAL. NOTED SOME PAINT CHIPS WERE REMOVED ON NEW FILTER IN THE FLANGE AREA. SUSPECT THAT PAINT CHIP COULD HASDR FQAR20150822090Oil Cooler · leakingWHEN A MECHANIC PULLED THE TOP COWLING TO PERFORM ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, HE NOTED OIL WAS ALL OVER THE FIREWALL AND ACCESSORY CASE. INSPECTION REVEALED THE OIL COOLER WAS LEAKING FROM BETWEEN THE PLEATS. THE EXACT QUANTITY OF OIL LOST IS UNKNOWN.SDR HYIA20150911001Bolt · severedON PREFLIGHT, PILOT REPORTED THE RT NACELLE, LG, FLAP & WING WERE OIL SOAKED & PUDDLES OF OIL UNDER THE WING. INSPECTED & FOUND THE SCAVENGE PUMP DRIVE GEAR BOLTS SEVERED. REPLACED THE RT ENG WITH NO FURTHER DEFECT NOTED. ENG WAS SENT OUT FOR TEAR DOWN.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 2016FA0000279Pan · mismanufacturedENGINE FAILURE DURING FLIGHT ON FACTORY REMANUFACTURED ENGINE WITH 406 HRS. INSPECTION FOUND MIS-MANUFACTURED OIL PAN/SUMP ASSOCIATED WITH STC 09319SC. SPECIFIC DEFECT CAUSES INTERFERENCE BETWEEN BOTTOM OF PAN AND OIL PICKUP. PART IS AVAILABLE FOR MEASUREMESDR 2015F00089Filter Adapter · crackedENGINE RECEIVED FOR OVERHAUL, 5317.1 HOURS SFRM. TOTAL TIME ON PART UNKNOWN. OIL FILTER ADAPTER PN 653491, CASTING PN CA641608A, WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION AT ENG OVERHAUL. THE CRACK WAS LOCATED AT LOWER LT MOUNTING STUD BORE SPOT FACSDR 2015FA0000306Crankcase · crackedIN THE PREVIOUS SEVERAL WEEKS, AN OIL LEAK WAS IDENTIFIED COMING FROM SOMEWHERE BEHIND THE OIL DIPSTICK/FILLER TUBE. IT WAS THOUGHT THAT A GASKET BETWEEN THE TUBE ASSEMBLY AND THE CRANKCASE WAS LEAKING SO IT WAS REPLACED. OIL CONTINUED TO LEAK SO THE NR 2 CYLISDR 2015F00077Filter Adapter · crackedENGINE RECEIVED FOR OVERHAUL; 3649.4 HOURS SFRM. OIL FILTER ADAPTER WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION AT ENGINE REPAIR. THE CRACK WAS LOCATED AT LOWER LEFT MOUNTING STUD BORE SPOT-FACE AT THE 10 O'CLOCK POSITION. IT APPEARS THAT THE CRACK SDR 2015F00078Filter Adapter · crackedENGINE RECEIVED FOR OVERHAUL; 5320.2 HOURS SFRM. OIL FILTER ADAPTER WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION AT ENGINE OVERHAUL. THE CRACK WAS LOCATED AT LOWER LEFT MOUNTING STUD BORE SPOT-FACE AT THE 10 O'CLOCK POSITION. IT APPEARS THAT THE CRACKSDR 2015FA0000197Adapter · not seatedAIRCRAFT WAS WRITTEN UP FOR HIGH OIL TEMPERATURE 4/18/15. T 47.2, H-9010.5. OIL FILTER ADAPTER WAS REMOVED AND INSPECTED. THERMO VALVE SEAT AND SEAT IN ADAPTER SHOWED SIGNS THAT FULL SEAT WAS NOT HAPPENING, ALLOWING BYPASS. WO-C15-040.SDR CA150506004Dipstick · dislodged(CAN) THE OPERATOR REPORTED THE LT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED BELOW 25 PSI DURING TAKEOFF. TRIGGERING THE ACFT MASTER CAUTION. THE CREW IMMEDIATELY PULLED THE POWER BACK TO IDLE. OIL PRESSURE DID NOT RECOVER AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN IN FLIGHT. THE ACFT RESDR 2015FA0000088Scavenge Pump · looseACFT WAS COMING OUT OF ANNUAL INSPECTION. LOW ALTITUDE FUNCTIONAL FLIGHT CHECK INDICATED NO ABNORMALITIES. HIGH ALTITUDE FUNCTIONAL FLIGHT CHECK INDICATED SMOKING EXHAUST PIPE AND LOSS OF TURBO SYSTEM. DECOWLING SHOWED OIL SPRAY. TRACED BACK TO FITTING ON SCASDR 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 CA150212003Oil Tank · ruptured(CAN) AFTER INSTALLATION OF A O/H ENGINE ASSY. DURING FIRST FLIGHT AFTER GROUND RUNS AND LEAK CHECKS THE PILOT NOTED TRANSMISSION LOW OIL PRESSURE FOLLOWED BY LOW ENGINE OIL PRESSURE. THEY DESCENDED TO LAND FROM 6,000 FT. UPON LANDING THE ENGINE CHIP LIGHTSDR CA150303007Setscrew · damaged(CAN) IN FLIGHT FAILURE OF ENGINE DURING CRUISE. ENGINE DISASSEMBLY AND ASSESSMENT FOUND INCORRECT PROPELLER GOVERNOR GEAR SHAFT SET SCREW P AND INCORRECT SAFTEING PROCEDURE USED FOR PEENING OF THE SET SCREW. SET SCREW CAME LOOSE INSIDE OF ENGINE CAUSING THESDR K5SR201411181911Adapter · brokenPILOT EXPERIENCED LT ENGINE FAILURE IN-FLIGHT DUE TO AN OIL LEAK. AFTER LANDING, INVESTIGATED OIL LEAK AND FOUND THAT THE OIL FILTER ADAPTER ASSEMBLY HAD CRACKED AND BROKEN OFF BELOW THE OIL FILTER, CAUSING THE LOSS OF OIL. INSTALLED NEW OIL FILTER ADAPTER, PSDR CA141117005Breather · cracked(CAN) THE OIL BREATHER/SEPARATOR TAKES BLOWBY GASES FROM THE ENGINE CRANKCASE AND CENTRIFUGALLY SEPARATES OIL MISTS FROM THEM BEFORE DUMPING THE GASES OVERBOARD THROUGH THE BREATHER TUBE. OIL IS RETURNED TO THE ENGINE SUMP. OIL WAS NOTED SEEPING FROM A CRACKSDR CA141114005Oil Filter · cracked(CAN) AFTER LANDING FOR FUEL PILOT NOTED A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL WAS VISIBLE LONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE. AN INVESTIGATION LED MAINTENANCE TO THE COOLING SHROUD ASSEMBLY FOR VACUUM PUMP. THE SHROUD HAD LOOSENED AND ROTATED COMING IN CONTSDR 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 CA140818017Engine · seized(CAN) RIGHT ENGINE SEIZED ON SHORT FINAL . ALL THREE OF THE TECNAMS HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING EXTENSIVE OIL USAGE, WITH THE AMO NOT BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHERE IT IS GOING. IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED TO BOTH THE MANUFACTURER OF THE ENGINE AS WELL AS THE AIRCRAFT MANUSDR VDKG2014FA0000426Oil Filter · mismanufacturedINSTALLED NEW OIL FILTER AND FOUND THE OIL FILTER WAS FAULTY AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO PUMP ALL OF THE OIL OUT OF THE ENGINE. OIL FILTER MOUNTING STUD WAS ONLY THREADED TO A LENGTH OF APPROXIMATELY .2500.SDR CA140717001Vent · kinked(CAN) DURING ENGINE TROUBLESHOOTING, NOTED ENGINE CRANKCASE BREATHER RUBBER COUPLING KINKED AND RESTRICTING VENTING ALONG WITH BREATHER ALTERNATE AIR OUTLET COVERED BY NO APPROVED SCREEN. ENGINE CRANKCASE BREATHER TUBE COUPLING REPLACED AND FREEDOM VERIFIED. CSDR CA140711007Dipstick · broken(CAN) THE ENGINE OIL DIP STICK CAME APART DURING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE. THE DIP STICK IS MADE UP OF A CAP, A FLEXIBLE PORTION THAT RESEMBLES A CABLE AND A SOLID END PORTION THAT HAS THE OIL LEVEL MARKINGS ETCHED INTO IT. THE END PORTION IS BONDED TO THE CABLE. SDR 2014FA0000328Adapter · crackedOIL FILTER ADAPTER CRACKED ACROSS THE UPPER LT CORNER DURING FLIGHT, CAUSING LARGE LOSS OF OIL IN APPROX 10 MINUTES OF OPERATION. PART HAS NOT BEEN DISTURBED ON THE ENGINE SINCE THE ENGINE WAS REBUILT BY MFG 573 HRS AGO IN JULY OF 2011. THE ADAPTER IS ETCHEDSDR CA140506006Drive Gear · cracked(CAN) OIL PUMP DRIVE GEAR FOUND CRACKED AT RADIUS BETWEEN GEAR FACE AND SHAFT. CRACK LENGTH IS APPROXIMATELY 1/3 THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF SHAFT. NO PREVIOUS HISTORY OF PROP-STRIKE. SUSPECTED OVER-TORQUE OF THE OIL PUMP DRIVE GEAR NUT OF 23.3-25.0 FT LBS.SDR CA140506002Adapter · cracked(CAN) AIRCRAFT IS AN AMATEUR BUILT, ENGINE AND SUBJECT OIL FILTER ADAPTER ARE USED ON MANY CERTIFIED ACFT. DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION SUBSTANTIAL OIL LEAK WAS NOTED ON BACK OF ENGINE. TROUBLESHOOTING SOURCED OIL LEAK TO CRACK ON OIL FILTER ADAPTER EAR. CRACK CSDR 2014FA0000153Transducer · malfunctionedDURING CRUISE, SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE, PILOT NOTICED A FLUCTUATION IN THE OIL PRESSURE INDICATION. THE PRESSURE WAS INDICATING IN THE 40 PSI RANGE THEN WOULD DROP TO THE LOW 20'S OVER A FEW SECONDS THEN RETURN BACK TO THE 40'S. AS A PRECAUTION THE PILOT RETSDR CA140310005Seal · failedTRAINING FLIGHT. ACFT LEVELED OFF, AFTER TAKEOFF. SMOKE FILLED CABIN AND OIL COVERED WINDSHIELD. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT. INITIAL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERED CRANKSHAFT SEAL DISLODGED FROM FRONT OF ENGINE. NO OTHER OBVIOUS DEFECTS. AMSDR 2014FA0000100Oil Filter · crackedLOSS OF ALL OIL DURING DESCENT. INSPECTION REVELED THAT THE THE THREADS ON THE OIL FILTER BOSS, CRACKED CAUSING THE FILER TO SEPARATE FROM THE ENGINE ATTACH POINT.SDR C41R201402170001Coupling · looseAFTER FLIGHT, PILOT NOTICED OIL DRIPPING FROM ENGINE ASSEMBLY. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, OIL PRESSURE SWITCH SENDING UNIT LINE WAS FOUND INSTALLED FINGER TIGHT. REMOVED LINE AND EXAMINED FITTING AND LINE, REINSTALLED THE LINE AND COMPLETED ENGINE RUN PROSDR CA140212008Sump · malfunctioned(CAN) DURING ENGINE LEAK INSPECTION, AFTER A FUEL MIXTURE DEFECT WHICH REQUIRED SID97-3F TO BE CARRIED OUT, A SMALL AMOUNT OF OIL WAS NOTICE COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE OIL SUMP. WHEN WIPED CLEAN WITH FINGER, LEAK BECAME WORSE. REMOVAL AND INSPECTION REVESDR CA131218023Seal · leaking(CAN) ON LONG FINAL, INSTRUCTOR & STUDENT NOTICED SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE IN COCKPIT. INSTRUCTOR TURNED OFF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM THINKING IT WAS ELECTRICAL. SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE STILL NOTICED IN COCKPIT. INSTRUCTOR TURNED ON ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND COMPLETED LANDISDR CA131218017Oil Cooler · cracked(CAN) ORIGINALLY PILOTS REPORTED HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION AT 1245.5 HRS. ALL 6 CYLINDERS WERE REMOVED, REPAIRED BY AN OUTSIDE AMO, AND REINSTALLED IAW MANUAL M-16, REV AUG 2011. AFTER 54 HOURS PILOTS REPORTED HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION AND OIL LEAKING OUT OF ENGINE. CSDR KY7A20131204001Gasket · failedPRIOR TO DEPARTURE FROM DEN, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE LT PNEUMATIC PUMP WAS INOPERATIVE. MX REPLACED THE PNEUMATIC PUMP & THE ACFT DEPARTED, CRUISING AT FL200. THE PILOT NOTED A DECREASE IN POWER & DECREASING OIL PRESS. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN & SECURED THE SDR 2013FA0000636Oil Filter · contaminatedUPON FILTER REMOVAL, FOUND 2" LONG PIECE OF MATERIAL STICKING OUT OF OUTLET. APPEARS TO BE EDGE OF A GASKET. COULD ONLY HAVE GOTTEN THERE A FILTER MFG. MATERIAL WOULD PLUG SMALL OIL PASSAGE AND HAD IT MOVED INTO ENGINE, AS IT WAS ON DOWNSTREAM SIDE OF FILTERSDR IDCR2013FA0000565Baffle · brokenDURING ROUTINE INSPECTION, DISCOVERED BROKEN RIVET IN ENGINE OIL SUCTION SCREEN. BASED ON PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, KNEW THIS MOST LIKELY CAME FROM A BROKEN OIL SUMP BAFFLING. CALLED MFG ENGINES TECH LINE TO CONFIRM THIS. MFG TECH FORWARDED A COPY OF MFG ENG SB SDR NUTR201309270001Oil Cooler · leakingAFTER SHUTDOWN, THE PILOT REPORTED OIL ALL OVER THE ENGINE COWL. AFTER INSPECTION, NOTICED OIL LEAKING FROM OIL COOLER. THE OIL COOLER END SEAM FAILED.SDR DJFA20130925001Cap · misinstalledDURING CRUISE, CREW NOTED LOW OIL PRESSURE INDICATION ON THE RT ENGINE. FOLLOWING THE CHECKLIST PROCEDURE, ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND THE ACFT DIVERTED TO ANOTHER LANDING SITE. MX INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE OIL CAP WAS NOT INSTALLED ON THE OIL FILLER NECK.SDR 2013FA0000517Oil System · contaminatedDURING ENGINE OIL CHANGE, OIL FILTER WAS CUT OPEN FOR INSPECTION. FOUND A PIECE OF CIRCULAR STAMPED METAL .5" DIAMETER STUCK IN THE OIL FILTER RELIEF VALVE. THE PIECE VERY CLOSELY RESEMBLED THE STAMPED PIECE THAT IS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FILTER THAT SUPPORTS TSDR CA130918014Oil System · overpressured(CAN) ENGINE FOUND TO HAVE EXTREME LOW OIL PRESSURE WITH EXTREME HIGH OIL TEMP ON INTIAL POST ENGINE INSTALLATION. ENGINE RUN-UP WITH A NEW REFURBISHED O-320-H2AD.SDR 2013FA0000489Valve · brokenOPERATOR WAS COMPLAINING OF HIGHER THAN NORMAL OIL TEMPERATURES. FOUND VERNATHERM VALVE TO HAVE BROKEN. THE NUT THAT HOLDS THE SEATING VALVE HAD BROKEN OFF THE THREADED PORTION OF THE PART. IT HAD BROKEN WHERE A ROLL PIN SECURES THE NUT TO THE THREADS. THESDR JKGC2013080701Oil System · unknownENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE RISING AND ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPPING.SDR EPUA201307250001Oil Cap · unsecurePILOT REPORTED OIL ON WINDSCREEN, OIL LEAK. MX SECURED OIL CAP AND CLEANED ENGINE OF OIL RESIDUE.SDR 2013FA0000448Gasket · splitDURING EXTENDED FLIGHT, LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE OCCURED AND LEAD TO TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE. GASKET FOR OIL FILTER ADAPTER TO ENGINE FAILED. ON REMOVAL, NOTED THE GASKET HAD SPLIT AND WAS OFF TO ONE SIDE OF THE ADAPTER.SDR 2013FA0000181Hose · leakingFIRST GROUND RUN REVEALED A LEAKING OIL PRESSURE TO WASTGATE HOSE OR FITTING. REPLACED FITTING IN ENGINE WITH NEW STEEL FITTING. SECOND GROUND RUN, OIL LEAKED FROM HOSE AGAIN. AFTER SLIGHT ADDITIONAL TORQUE APPLIED AND THIRD GROUND RUN, THE HOSE WAS REPLACEDSDR CA130222005Bypass Valve · mismanufactured(CAN) WHILE CARRING OUT A 100HR ACFT INSPECTION, AME WAS ABOUT TO INSTALL A NEW OIL FILTER WHEN HE NOTED A DEFECT DURING HIS VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE PART. THE INTERNAL BYPASS VALVE WAS FOUND TO BE POSITIONED AT AN ANGLE WHEN VIEWED FROM THE INLET END OF THESDR CA130219004Housing · cracked(CAN) DURING UNSCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, AN OIL LEAK WAS DISCOVERED AT THE OIL SCREEN HOUSING. UPON REMOVAL OF THE HOUSING, A CRACK WAS FOUND FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER OF ONE OF THE MOUNTING EARS. THE HOUSING WAS REPLACED WITH AN INSPECTED USED SERVICEABLE HOUSSDR 5RJR2013020811562Crankcase · contaminatedACFT ON RAMP OVERNIGHT 0-10 FARENHEIT. OPERATOR HAD HARD TIME STARTING ENGINE. AIRCRAFT WARMED UP. LATER STARTED NORMAL. CREW TOOK OFF NORMAL. ABOUT 15-20 MINUTES INTO CRUISE, CREW FELT A SHUTTER IN CONTROLS & RUDDER PEDALS, ENGINE STUMBLING WORSENED. AC
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