Aerospatiale AS350B2
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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 aircraft_model_key = 'AS350B2' 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 aircraft_model_key = 'AS350B2' 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 2013FA0000032Hose · leakingHYDRAULIC HOSE LEAKING AT SWAGED FITTING.SDR CA121213009Screw · sheared(CAN) ACFT WIRING WAS BEING CHECKED AND WHEN THE LOWER FAIRINGS WERE REMOVED. THE HEAD OF THE BOLTS SECURING THE LEAF TO THE AIRFRAME WAS LOCATED, SEPARATED FROM THE BOLT. 2 BOLTS HAD THE HEADS SHEARED FROM THE SHANK. THESE BOLTS WERE LOCATED AFT NEXT TO THSDR 2A6R201212103121Collective Stick · failed144 MONTH INSPECTION IAW AMM 05-24-00. A HARDNESS TEST WAS PERFORMED; THE COLLECTIVE FLIGHT CONTROL FAILED THE HARDNESS TEST AND THE COLLECTIVE FLIGHT CONTROL IS DEEMED AS "NOT AIRWORTHY".SDR CA121207004Housing · worn(CAN) CONDUCTING A "T" INSPECTION ON AN ACFT WITH AN FDC AERO FILTER ASSEMBLY INSTALLED, A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE FIBERGLASS. THE FIBERGLASS WAS WORN ON AFT FLANGE WHERE UPPER HOUSING, PN 1350A3-1, CONTACTS LOWER HOUSING. THE LOWER HOUSING CAUSED CHAFE DAMASDR CA121206001Servo · malfunctioned(CAN) DURING THE GROUND RUNS, THE PILOT COULD NOT GET THE SERVOS TO DEPLETE WHILE DOING THE HYD TEST CHECK. THE TEST BUTTON ON THE CONSOLE WAS PRESSED IN AND THE PILOT STIRRED THE CYCLIC FOR ABOUT A MINUTE WITH NO INDICATION OF THE SERVO ACCUMULATORS DEPLETINSDR 2012FA0000798Indicator · failedINSTRUMENT RECEIVED AS REPLACEMENT. DURING CALIBRATION TO THE TORQUE TRANSMITTER AS SPECIFIED BY ACFT AND ENGINE MFG, THE INSTRUMENT NEEDLE CONTINUED TO ROTATE CONSTANTLY IN A 360 DEGREE CIRCLE REGARDLESS OF PRESSURE SETTINGS. A KNOWN WORKING TRANSMITTER WASSDR CA121128007Line · leaking(CAN) DURING A PRE-FLIGHT WALK AROUND, COWLS WERE OPENED, PILOT NOTICED THE HYDRAULIC LINE WAS LEAKING AROUND THE SWAGGED END AND FLUID ON THE DECK. LINE WAS REMOVED AND TESTED TO CONFIRM THE LEAK. LINE WAS REPLACED WITH NEW AND TESTED, ACFT RELEASED.SDR CA121203017Cable · damaged(CAN) THE HELICOPTER WAS WASHED THE NIGHT BEFORE. THE ACFT WAS LEFT IN THE HANGER TO DRY OVER NIGHT. THE NEXT MORNING THE TEMPERATURE CHANGE WAS EXTREME WARM TO COLD. MORNING, THE MACHINE DEPARTED, THE PILOT WENT THROUGH A NORMAL START AND TAKEOFF. PULLED SDR CA121120001Hose · leaking(CAN) DURING A DAILY INSPECTION, THE AME FOUND THE HYD HOSE WAS LEAKING AN EXCEESSIVE AMOUNT OF HYD FLUID THROUGH THE STAINLESS BRAIDING HOSE MATERIAL. THIS HOSE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED ON OCT 10/2012 AND WAS REPLACED NEW AT THIS TIME, 247 TAFT HRS PRIOR. THESDR CA121108008Union · worn(CAN) DURING RUN-UPS AFTER MAINTENANCE ON OTHER SYSTEMS, AN OIL LEAK IS DETECTED BETWEEN THE ENGINE FULL FLOW CHIP DETECTOR FITTING AND THE THERMOSTATIC VALVE ON THE TRANSMISSION DECK, RT SIDE. AFTER REMOVAL, THE UNION IN REF IS FOUND SLIGHTLY GROOVED AT THE SDR QMLA2012102112171Servo · unserviceablePILOT HAD NORMAL START AND TAKEOFF, AS AIRSPEED PICKED UP ACFT HAD UNCONTROLED ROLL TO RIGHT. FULL LEFT CYCLIC AND LEFT PEDDAL WOULD NOT FIX STRAIGHTEN ACFT OUT. WENT WITH ROLL TO RIGHT AND JUST MADE A BIG RIGHT TURN AND LANDED BACK AT PAD WITH NO PROBLEMS. SDR CA121104002Servo · leaking(CAN) WHILE CONDUCTING AN AFTER LAST FLIGHT OF THE DAY CHECK THE AME FOUND HYD FLUID ON THE DECK OF THE ACFT. THE FLUID WAS FOUND COMING THE FORWARD PRESSURE SERVO LINE. LINE ONLY HAD A 63.3 HRS AND 33 DAYS CALENDAR TTSN SINCE IT WAS INSTALLED. HYD FLUID WASDR CA121002007Seal · cracked(CAN) INVESTIGATED TGB INPUT SEAL LEAK BY REMOVING SEAL. FOUND CRACK ON RACE OF MAIN PART OF SEAL, NOT CARBON SURFACE.SDR CA121002005Motor · failed(CAN) OIL TEMP RISING WHEN ACFT RUNNING ON THE GROUND. FAN NOT SPINNING WHEN SUPPLIED WITH 28V. RATTLING SOUND WHEN ROTATED BY HAND. MOTOR FAN REPLACED, AND THEN NORMAL OPERATION OF THE CIRCUIT.SDR CA120927004Bolt · sheared(CAN) ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. CHIP PLUGS FOUND TO HAVE METAL CONTAMINATION FROM THE ENGINE GENERATING METAL. IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT A TORQUEMETER GEAR ASSY BOLT HEAD WAS SHEARED BEING THE SOURCE OF THE METAL GENERATION. ENGINE REMOVED. ENGSDR CA121003015Tail Boom · failed(CAN) AFTER THREE TAILBOOM FAILURES, WHICH ALL TAILBOOMS WERE REBUILT, DECIDED TO PURCHASE 1 NEW FROM MFD, IT HAD 4 HRS ON IT. WE INSTALLED IT AND RAN THE MACHINE FOR 85.3HRS MOVING DRILLS. THE MACHINE WAS LANDED FOR A RE-FUELLING STOP WHEN THE PILOT NOTICESDR CA120924013Hose · leaking(CAN) THE ACFT RETURNED TO THE OPERATORS MAIN BASE TO DROP OFF PASSENGERS, THE PIC NOTICED A SMALL PUDDLE OF FLUID COMING FROM THE BELLY OF THE ACFT DURING HIS TURN-AROUND CHECK. A GROUND RUN WAS PERFORMED AND HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS FOUND LEAKING OUT OF BOTH ENSDR CA121012009Servo · leaking(CAN) SERVO ACTUATOR FOUND TO BE LEAKING. SERVO ACTUATOR REPLACED.SDR CA120926008Bearing · failed(CAN) ENGINE CHIP LIGHT IN FLIGHT. METAL FLAKES/CHIPS FOUND ON ELECTRIC FULL FLOW TRANS DECK DEBRIS MONITOR AND NON-ELECTRIC OIL TANK CHIP PLUG. ENGINE REMOVED FROM ACFT. ENGINE TTSN = 7924.3, ENG TTSI, 1800 HR INSP = 37.5. IT WAS FOUND BY HELI-TECHNIK THATSDR QMLA2012090312144Switch · defectiveON TAKEOFF, FIRE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN WENT OUT. DETERMINED TO BE A DEFECTIVE WARNING LIGHT TEST SWITCH.SDR CA120831005Bearing · worn(CAN) BEARING WORN BEYOND LIMITS.SDR 2012FA0000611Blade · crackedTAIL ROTOR BLADE MAKING A POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE SPAR WHEN FLEXED. FOUND BLADE SPAR CRACKED IN TWO PLACES, ONE APPORXIMATELY 48 MM OTBD FROM CENTER OF SPAR , 20 MM LONG FROM L/E TO CENTER OF SPAR ON TARGET BLADE AND ONE APPROX 51 MM LONG FROM L/E TO CSDR CA121104001Disc · cracked(CAN) DEFECT DISCOVERED WHILE AME PERFORMING ALF CHECK ON ACFT. DISC PACK WAS FOUND CRACKED. WHEN PACK WAS REMOVED IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A FEW OF THE BOLT BUSHING BORES WERE ALSO FOUND ELONGATED AND ATTACHING BOLTS WERE FOUND WITH LESS THAN THEIR REQUIRED TSDR CA120926004Bolt · failed(CAN) ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. CHIP PLUGS INSPECTED AND FOUND METAL ON BOTH ENGINES AGB AND ENGINE OIL TANK CHIP PLUGS. ENGINE REMOVED. ENGINE TTSN = 9901.5 HRS ENG TTSO BY MFG = 587.7 HRS BOLT BINDS TORQUE IDLER GEAR & TG DRIVE GEAR. 2 GEASDR CA120822019Hose · unserviceable(CAN) A/C LANDED AT MAIN BASE WITHOUT INCIDENT, HYDRAULIC SYS LEAK WAS DISCOVERED DURING TURN-AROUND CHECK, GROUND RUN WAS C/O AND FAILED HYDRAULIC HOSE WAS IDENTIFIED. HOSE WAS NEW, TSN 6.9 AND HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN INSTALLED IAW MANDATORY SB 350-29.00.10, REVSDR CA120817010Tail Boom · damaged(CAN) AFTER REPLACEING TAILBOOM ONCE, REPLACED THE TAILBOOM WITH ANOTHER REPAIRED UNIT . THE TAILBOOM WAS INSTALLED AND GROUND CHECK WERE CARRIED OUT OK. ACFT WAS FLOWN DIRECTLY TO DESTINATION, AFTER ALL MAINTENANCE CARRIED OUT. TAILBOOM WAS OK UNTIL THIS POSDR 7EMA20120729911Warning Light · illuminatedENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY & LANDED. CHIP PLUGS CLEANED, AIRCRAFT OIL CHANGED, ACFT RUN UP FOR LEAK TEST AND TEST FOR FURTHER CHIPS. NO ANOMOLIES NOTED. ACFT APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.SDR CA120731005Drive Assy · failed(CAN) FOLLOWING A REPAIR, THE ENGINE FAILED TO START AND WITH INVESTIGATION WAS DISASSEMBLE AND 2 MODULES, M02 AND M03, SENT TO ENGINE MFG FOR REPAIR. ON RECEIVING REPAIR/INSPECTED MODULES, ENGINE TECH REP WAS ON SITE TO ASSEMBLE ENGINE AND THEN IT WAS INSTALSDR QMLA2012072712120Unknown · odorTHE PILOT AND CREW REPORTED AN OFF ODOR IN THE CABIN JUST AFTER TAKEOFF. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO THE HELIPAD AND CALLED FOR MAINTENANCE. THE MECHANIC ARRIVED AND INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT FOR POPPED CIRCUIT BREAKERS, BELTS AND FLUID LEVELS. NO DEFECTSDR CA120727007Structure · buckled(CAN) REPLACED TAILBOOM ON MACHINE DUE TO BUCKLING ON THE LT SIDE UPPER ON THE TAILBOOM. REPLACED WITH AN O/H TAILBOOM IAW PN AND SN ABOVE. THE ENGINEER IN CAMP MONITORED TAILBOOM VERY CAREFULLY DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS OF FLYING ONLY TO FIND THAT IT WSDR CA120717011Tail Boom · vibration(CAN) PILOT IN COMMAND FLEW 2.5 HRS OR SO IN THE MORNING, THEN REPORTED THAT THE MACHINE FELT "FUNNY" AND HAD A WEIRD VIBRATION. THE MACHINE WAS FLOWN BACK TO CAMP WHERE THE ENGINEER WAS. UPON SHUTDOWN THE ENGINEER NOTED A LARGE DENT OR OIL CANNING ON THE LTSDR CA120718003Accumulator · leaking(CAN) DURING NORMAL HYDRAULIC TESTS, THE PILOT FOUND THAT THE FORE/AFT ACCUMULATOR HAD A REDUCED CAPACITY THAN BEFORE. THE NITROGEN PRESSURE WAS RE-ADJUSTED, BUT THE ACCUMULATOR DIDN`T HOLD IT. BELLOWS PUNCTURE SUSPECTED, ACCUMULATOR REPLACED, NORMAL OPERATISDR QMLA2012070612111Wire · failedSMALL PUFF OF GREY SMOKE EMERGED FROM FRONT, LOWER LEFT CORNER OF INSTRUMENT PANEL WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT. CREW ALSO DETECTED A "BURNING ELECTRICAL" ODOR. NO FLAMES WERE OBSERVED. ELECTRICAL ITEMS WERE SHUTDOWN AND ACFT SUCCESSFULLY LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER ISDR QMLA2012062912109Compressor · seizedDURING FLIGHT, CREW DETECTED A BURNING ODOR AND LOSS OF AIR CONDITIONING. INSPECTED AND DID NOT FIND EVIDENSE OF DEFECTS. ACFT RETURNED TO BASE. DURING FLIGHT TO BASE BURNING ODOR AGAIN. UPON LANDING AT BASE AIR CONDITIONER BELT WAS BURNED IN HALF. COMPRESDR CA120709006Skin · distorted(CAN) THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING GROUND RUN AFTER A 600 HR T INSPECTION, WHEN AN ENGINEER NOTICED A LARGE AMOUNT OF DISTORTION AT STN 40 ON THE LT SIDE OF THE TAIL BOOM BESIDE THE TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT COVER AND THE HEAT PROTECTION SHIELD. THE DISTORTION LOOKEDSDR QMLA2012062112104Gearbox · leakingDURING PIC WALKAROUND, NOTED EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF OIL THAT LEAKED OUT OF THE TAIL GEARBOX.SDR HDNA201206210001Compressor · burnedTHE ACFT WAS ON THE GROUND RUNNING, GETTING READY FOR DEPARTURE, WHEN A GROUND CREW MEMBER NOTIFIED THE PILOT VIA RADIO, THAT THE ACFT WAS SMOKING. THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE. A POST FLIGHT REVEALED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSSDR 2012FA0000381Generator · inoperativeDURING LOW ALTITUDE FLIGHT, PILOT OBSERVED RAD ALT INDICATOR FLUCTUATE, FUEL PUMP CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED, BATTERY VOLTAGE DROP TO 15 VOLTS, RADIOS INOPERATIVE. AMMETER INDICATED NO OUTPUT, HOWEVER GENERATOR FAIL ANNUNCIATOR DID NOT ILLUMINATE. WHEN REMOVESDR 2012FA0000380Starter Gen · inoperativeDURING LOW ALTITUDE FLIGHT, PILOT OBSERVED RAD ALT INDICATOR FLUCTUATE, FUEL PUMP CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED, BATTERY VOLTAGE DROP TO 15 VOLTS, RADIOS INOPERATIVE. AMMETER INDICATED NO OUTPUT, HOWEVER GENERATOR FAIL ANNUNCIATOR DID NOT ILLUMINATE. WHEN REMOVESDR 2012FA0000428Compressor · failedTEN MINUTES INTO FLIGHT, PILOT NOTICED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING AND SHORTLY NOTICED SMOKE IN COCKPIT. TURNED OFF THE A/C AND THE SMOKE WENT AWAY. RETURNED TO BASE. ON EXAMINATION BY THE MX, IT WAS DETERMINED THE AC COMPRESSOR HAD FAILED INTESDR CA120612007Pressure Switch · failed(CAN) AFTER START, THE MGB LOW PRESSURE LIGHT STAYS ON AT IDLE. EVEN WHEN THE NR IS INCREASED, THE LIGHT STAYS ON. THE ENGINE IS SHUTDOWN. THE LIGHT CIRCUIT IS TESTED OK. MGB PRESUURE SWITCH REPLACED, START C/O, NO MORE DEFECT.SDR CA120613003Seal · failed(CAN) THE NR 1 ENGINE OIL SEAL FAILED ALLOWING THE ENGINE OIL TO ENTER THE AIRFLOW INTO THE COMPRESSOR AND THEN GET BURNED UP IN THE HOT SECTION. THIS LOSS OF OIL WAS FINALY MADE KNOWN TO THE PILOT WHEN THE OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH THE CORRESDR CA120604010Exhaust Stack · cracked(CAN) EXHAUST FOUND CRACKED AT THE FRONT PART OF THE INTERNAL CONE ON AN ENGINE, SOLOY CONVERSION IAW STC SR01647SE. THE CRACK WAS STILL WITHIN REPAIRABLE AREA, BUT COULDN`T BE STOP-DRILLED, SO THE EXHAUST HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A REPAIRED ONE.SDR 2012FA0000337Buckle · failedLEFT FORWARD SEAT BELT BUCKLE WOULD NOT RELEASE AFTER LANDING. SEAT BELT HAD TO BE DISCONNECTED FROM AIRCRAFT TO ALLOW INSTRUCTOR PILOT TO EXIT. POTENTIALLY DEADLY IF THERE HAD BEEN AN EMERGENCY LANDING.SDR QMLA2012052012084Switch · burnedON STARTUP, SMELLED ELECTRICAL BURNING AND NOTICED LOWER FUEL PUMP SWITCH LIGHT TO NOT BE ON AND THE ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT TO BE ON IN THE WARNING CAUTION PANEL. FOUND WARNING BREAKER TO BE TRIPPED AND LOWER FUEL PUMP SWITCH TO BE BURN AND STUCK IN THE ON SDR QMLA2012051112077Fire Warning · false activationON ENGINE START, ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IMMEDIATELY SHUT ENGINE DOWN. NO ENGINE FIRE WAS OBSERVED, ENGIE FIRE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. COMPLETE ACFT SHUTDOWN, ACFT OUT OF SERVICE.SDR CA120507014Seal · leaking(CAN) INPUT SEAL LEAKING SO SEAL WAS REPLACED AND GROUND RUN TO CONFIRM NO LEAKS.SDR CA120507015Seal · leaking(CAN) INPUT SEAL LEAKING. TGB REMOVED FOR REPAIR.SDR QMLA2012050112072Bar · damagedDURING PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, NOTICE LT FWD MGB SUPPORT BAR EXTREMELY EASY TO TWIST AND HAD A POPPING SOUND WHEN CHECKING BEARING PLAY. INSPECTED THE OTHER SUPPORT BARS AND FOUND THE RT FWD SUPPORT BAR LOWER CRIMPED COLLAR SHOWED MARKING THAT LOOKED LIKE IT HASDR CA120502008Battery · weak(CAN) COULD NOT START THE ACFT BECAUSE THE BATTERY WAS WEAK. REMOVED THE BATTERY TO FIND IT LEAKING. REPLACED THE BATTERY WITH A NEW RG355. THIS BATTERY WAS INSTALLED NEW IN SEPTEMBER 2011.
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