Dehavilland DHC-8-201
Service difficulty reports · 299
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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 = 'DHC8201' 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 aircraft_model_key = 'DHC8201' 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 2026FA0000665Fuel Sys · abnormalTHE AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN MODIFIED WITH STC ST03382NY, WHICH CONVERTS A DRY BAY IN EACH WING TO AN EXTENDED RANGE AUXILIARY FUEL TANK. STANDING FUEL WAS NOTED IN THE DRY BAY ADJACENT TO THE BAY MODIFIED INTO AN AUX FUEL TANK. THE FUEL WAS TRAPPED BY STRINGERS AND SDR HKGA20220314001Spacer · crackedBLEED SYSTEM PRSOV SPACE MOUNTING EARS FOUND CRACKED DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. REMOVED AND REPLACED SPACER ASSEMBLY.SDR CA190709011Capacitor · damaged(CAN) THE OCCURRENCE HAPPENED ON GROUND DURING MAINTENANCE WITH NO PASSENGERS OR FLIGHT CREW ON BOARD. DESCRIPTION: DURING MAINTENANCE, IT WAS DISCOVERED SMOKE FROM AVIONIC SHELF. CIRCUIT BREAKERS 115/26 VAC XFMR LT AND CIRCUIT BREAKER RNAV 2 (J2) WAS FOUND PSDR CA190610009Outflow Valve · malfunctioned(CAN) CREW OBSERVED CABIN ALT FLUCTUATION (BOTH INCREASING AND DECREASING) WITH CAB RATE OF CLIMB 2000 FPM. THE AIRCRAFT DESCEND TO A/C ALT 7000 FT (WITH CAB ALT 6000 FT). AIR TURN BACK PERFORMED. CREW REPORTED EAR ACHE AND A KIND OF WHITE SMOKE MOMENTARILY. SDR HNAA2017042500146Bulb · inoperativeGREEN LIGHT ON EMERGENCY LIGHT SWITCH AT FLIGHT ATTENDANT PANEL INOPERATIVE. R & R THE BULB.SDR HNAA2017042500145Bulb · inoperativeEMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. R & R THE BULBS.SDR HNAA2017042500139Power Supply · inoperativeGROUND EMERGENCY LIGHT BY FWD EMERGENCY EXIT DIMS AND GOES OUT AFTER A FEW SECONDS R & R THE POWER SUPPLY AT SEAT 7AC IAW AMM 33-50-00.SDR HNAA2017042500138Bulb · inoperativeF/A PANEL EMERGENCY LIGHT SWITCH NORM INDICATING BULB INOPERATIVE. R & R THE BULB.SDR HNAA2017021500052Control Panel · malfunctionedAFTER TAKEOFF, THE F/O SELECTED GEAR UP. THREE RED UNSAFE LIGHTS AND THREE GREEN ILLUMINATED ON THE MLG PANEL ALONG WITH BOTH HANDLE LIGHTS. CREW FOLLOWED CHECKLIST AND THE LIGHTS CLEARED WHEN GEAR SELECTED DWN. OK AFTER THAT. R & R THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR SDR JJBA20160109007Battery · dischargedEMERGENCY LIGHTS WILL NOT ILLUMINATE. R & R 6 EMER LIGHT BATTERIES. PERFORMED OPERATIONS CHECK. THE RESULTS OF THE OPERATIONS CHECK WAS SATISFACTORY.SDR JJBA20160108008Fuel Control · malfunctionedON CLIMB OUT, NR 2 TORQUE LAGGED BEHIND NR 1 TORQUE GAUGE, WHICH EVENTUALLY DROPPED TO 20% & CREW SHUTDOWN THE ENG. FUEL FLOW WAS 100 LBS LESS. R & R FUEL CONTROL, ECU & PERFORMED OPERATIONS TEST, RESULTS OF OPERATIONS TEST WAS SATISFACTORY.SDR JJBA20160108006Smoke Detector · faultyLAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR ALARM SOUNDED DURING TAXI. R & R SMOKE DETECTOR & OPERATIONS CHECK DONE. OPERATIONS CHECK WAS SATISFACTORY.SDR JJBA20160107005Ditching Dam · low pressureRIGHT SIDE DITCHING DAM PRESS INDICATES 1000 PSI. SERVICED DITCHING DAM TO PROPER PSI.SDR JJBA20160103003Switch · out of adjustEMERGENCY LIGHT SWITCH IS NOT ILLUMINATING GREEN. ADJUSTED EMER LIGHT SWITCH. PERFORMED OPERATIONS CHECK OF SYS, SYS TESTED SATISFACTORY.SDR JJBA20160102004Indicator · defectiveTAKEOFF AIRSPEED DIFFERENCE OF 30 KNOTS, BETWEEN THE AIRSPEED INDICATORS, FIRST OFFICERS SIDE. R & R FIRST OFFICERS AIRSPEED INDICATOR, PERFORMED OPERATIONS CHECK, CHECKED SATISFACTORY.SDR JJBA20151226010Battery Pack · dischargedEMERGENCY LIGHTS DO NOT WORK WHEN TESTED. R & R LIGHT BATTERY PACKS.SDR JJBA20151210007Warning System · false activationCABIN PRESS LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. PERFORMED CABIN PRESS OPERATIONS CHECK. OPERATIONS CHECK WAS SATISFACTORY.SDR JJBA20151113003Warning System · false activationPASSENGER DOOR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. INSPECTED DOOR CLOSED SENSOR & OVER CENTER PROXIMITY SENSOR WIRING & CONNECTIONS. PERFORMED DETAILED VISUAL INSPECTION & OPERATION CHECKED DOOR, PRESSURIZED ACFT TO 3 PSI WITH NO LEAKS OR WARNING.SDR JJBA20151104002Battery Pack · dischargedEMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT ABOVE CABIN DOOR INOPERATIVE. R & R BATTERY PACK.SDR JJBA20151104001Battery · dischargedTHREE CABIN EMER EXIT LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. R & R PS-1 & PS-2 EMER BATTERIES.SDR JJBA20151029010Warning System · activatedWITH LG DOWN & LOCKED, RECEIVED GEAR UNSAFE HORN AS WELL AS BOTH AMBER & RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHTS, WHICH WERE ILLUMINATED. GEAR UNSAFE LIGHTS CYCLED 6 TIMES FROM AMBER TO RED WHILE PROCEEDING TO GO AROUND IN LEVEL FLIGHT. ALTERNATE EXTENSION PROCEDURES WERE EXSDR JJBA20151029009Trim Panel · out of adjustTYPE NR 2 EMER EXIT DOOR HITTING THE OVERHEAD BIN WHEN REMOVING. ADJUSTED TYPE NR 2 EMER EXIT DOOR TRIM.SDR JJBA20151029008Handle · detachedTYPE NR 2 EMER EXIT DOOR HANDLE NOT ATTACHED. SECURED TYPE NR 2 EMER EXIT DOOR HANDLE TO DOOR.SDR JJBA20151028007Vsi · defectiveCAPTAINS INERTIAL VERTICAL SPEED INDICATOR SCREEN WENT BLANK, THEN THE SMELL OF SMOKE WAS IN THE COCKPIT. INSPECTED SYS & FOUND NR 1 INERTIAL VERTICAL SPEED INDICATOR DEFECTIVE.SDR CA151117011Strut · cracked(CAN) CRACKS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON NLG OUTER CYLINDERS. REPORTED CYCLES SINCE NEW RANGE BETWEEN 18,995 CYCLES TO 49,039 CYCLES. REPORTED CYCLES SINCE O/H HAVE RANGED BETWEEN 2034 CYCLES AND 18,888 CYCLES. ALL CRACKING WERE LOCATED ON THE STARBOARD AFT FACE,SDR JJBA20151019005Hydraulic Line · brokenLOSS OF ALL HYD FLUID ON THE NR 2 ENG. FOUND CASE DRAIN LINE BROKEN. REPLACED BROKEN LINE WITH FLEXIBLE LINE.SDR JJBA20151018006Stud · looseWHILE AUTOPILOT WAS OFF, VERY BUFFET IN THE CONTROL COLUMN APPEAR TO BE WORSE AT HIGH SPEEDS, BUFFET WENT AWAY WITH AUTOPILOT ON. PERFORMED GENERAL VISUAL INSPECTION OF ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS, INSPECTED UNDER FLOOR CONTROLS, PILOTS YOKE & COPILOTS YOKE. FOUND LSDR JJBA20151018004Connector · dirtyBAGGAGE SMOKE WARNING TEST 2 WON'T TEST. CLEANED & RE-SEATED CONNECTOR.SDR JJBA20151009002Light · inoperativeLAST 2 EMER CEILING LIGHT INOPERATIVE. PERFORMED OPERATIONS CHECK OF THE EMER LIGHT SYS.SDR JJBA20151007001Battery · not seatedEMERGENCY THRESHOLD LIGHT INOPERATIVE. RE-SEATED BATTERY.SDR JJBA20150925006Smoke Detector · false activationSMOKE WARNING ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. R & R FWD & AFT SMOKE DETECTORS.SDR JJBA20150920005Battery · dischargedFLIGHT ATTENDANT EMER LIGHTS WILL NOT TEST. R & R 6 EACH EMER LIGHT BATTERIES, PS 1 - PS 6.SDR JJBA20150908002Battery · dischargedEMERGENCY LIGHTS FLICKER ON WHEN SELECTED, THEN GO OUT. R & R EMER BATTERY PS-2.SDR CA150717002Pitot Tube · malfunctioned(CAN) AIRCRAFT ENTERED ICING CONDITIONS. CREW REPORTED PITOT HEAT 1 AND 2 CAUTION ILLUMINATED WITH THEIR ASSOCIATED CB TRIPPING. QUICK DESCENT WAS INITIATED. REPORTS OF SMOKE SEEN COMING OUT OF THE AIR-CONDITION VENTS, HOWEVER THERE WAS NO SMELL OF SMOKE. EMERSDR CA150410008Unknown · odor(CAN) SURVEILLANCE FLIGHT PERFORMED AN AIR RETURN SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FOR MINOR OIL SMELL IN CABIN. ACFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. TROUBLESHOOTING IS ONGOING.SDR CA141006014Propeller · overspeed(CAN) DURING CLIMB, THE PROPELLER HAD AN OVERSPEED AND THE PILOT SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE. ELECTED TO RETURN TO ORIGIN WHERE AN UNEVENTFULLY LANDING WAS PERFORMED. ALSO DURING CLIMB, THE PILOT SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE AFTER TORQUE FLUCTUATION OCCURRED. AT THIS TIME TSDR CA140522014Starter Gen · failed(CAN) PILOT REPORT, AFTER ACFT BOARDED AND AN ATTEMPTED APU START MADE A CHECK FIRE DETECT WARNING WAS OBSERVED ALONG WITH A GEN OVERHEAT ADVISORY LIGHT. FUMES AND SMOKE FROM THE APU AREA WERE CONFIRMED. NO APU FIRE ADVISORY WAS PRESENT. ACFT WAS DE-POWEREDSDR CA140604002Control Unit · faulted(CAN) DURING CRUISE ENGINE FIRE MASTER WARNING LIGHT, FIRE BELLS AND MASTER WARNING CHECK FIRE DETECTION LIGHTS CAME ON WITH NO OTHER INDICATIONS. FIRE BELLS AND LIGHT COULD NOT BE CANCELLED OR SILENCED FOR APPROXIMATELY 90 SEC. AFTER THAT FAULT DID NOT RETURSDR CA140311008Connector · damaged(CAN) CREW REPORTED THAT THE GROUND FAN WAS INOPERATIVE. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING WAS FOUND THAT THE CONNECTOR OF THE GROUND FAN WAS BURNED DUE TO A SHORT CIRCUIT. THE UNIT WILL BE SENT TO THE VENDOR FOR INVESTIGATION TO FIND THE ROOT CAUSE.SDR CA140522011Line · burst(CAN) NR 1 ENGINE HAD IN-FLIGHT SHUTDOWN DUE TO ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. MAINTENANCE ACTION C/O: ERG DONE TO CHECK FOR OIL LEAKS. FOUND OIL LEAK DUE TO MAIN OIL SUPPLY LINE BURST. NR 1 ENGINE OIL HOSE, PN DSC391-2, FOUND CRACKED ASDR CA140119008Warning Light · activated(CAN) REPORTED THAT THE NR 1 ENGINE HAD A PILOT-INDUCED IFSD DUE TO A LOW OIL PRESSURE CAUTION LIGHT. PRELIMINARY INSPECTION POINTING TOWARDS AN EXTERNAL OIL LEAK.SDR CA130910001Spu · leaking(CAN) AN ACFT EXPERIENCED PROBLEM ON NR 2 HYDRAULIC SYS DURING APPROACH. THE CREW DECLEARED AN EMERGENCY, PERFORMED ALTERNATE LG EXTENSION AND LANDED. HYDRAULIC LEAKAGE WAS CONFIRMED FROM NR 2 SPU, PN 731840, 2 MECHANICS AND 1 QA INSPECTOR WERE DISPATCHED ONSDR CA130314013Acm · seized(CAN) DURING CRUISE AT 13,000 FT, CABIN DUCT TEMPERATURE STARTED TO RISE. QRH FOLLOWED, ACFT DESCENDED TO 10,000 FT. MAINTENANCE HAS CONFIRMED THE ACM HAD SEIZED. ACM REPLACED.SDR CA120920001Windshield · sparks(CAN) CREW OBSERVED AN ELECTRICAL FLASH ACCOMPANIED WITH A SMOKE PLUME FROM THE CAPTAINS WINDSHIELD AREA FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 SECONDS. CREW CONDUCTED THE COMPANY SMOKE RECALL. CREW DECLARED A PAN CALL AS A PRECAUTION & CONDUCTED ALL RELEVANT CHECKLISTS AFTER WHSDR CA120522008Blade · damaged(CAN) DURING APPROACH AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 FT A LOUD TAP NOISE WAS HEARD. THIS NOISE SOUNDED UNLIKE THE TYPICAL THUD THAT A BIRD MAY MAKE UPON IMPACT. CREW FOUND DURING WALK AROUND TO CHECK THE ACFT FOR DAMAGE AND SUBSEQUENTLY DISCOVERED A LARGE IMPACT MARKSDR CA111030006Oil System · low(CAN) DURING DESCENT, THE PILOT REPORTED OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS AND LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING CARRIED OUT AT DESTINATION. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND THE OIL LEVEL 8 QUARTS LOW AND AN OIL LEAK SDR CA110331008Indicator · inaccurate(CAN) OIL PRESSURE LOSS DURING FLIGHT, THE OIL PRESSURE STARTED TO OSCILLATE AND THEN STARTED TO DECREASE. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING FOLLOWED. TROUBLESHOOTING IS ON-GOING AND FOCUSING ON AN INDICATION PROBLEM.SDR CA110209009Flt Controls · multiple failWHILE CLIMBING TO FLIGHT LEVEL 19000. AT APPROX 10000 FT AND IN THE CLIMB, 130 KIAS, PILOTS NOTICED AN INCREASINGLY EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS REQUIRED ON ALL PITCH AND ROLL INPUTS. LEVELING AT FL190 BOTH HANDS WERE NEEDED TO LEVEL THE ACFT DUE TO EXTREMELY EXCESSIVESDR CA101229003Shaft · cracked(CAN) OIL LEAK DURING FLIGHT, THE CREW REPORTED HIGH VIBRATIONS WHICH WAS FOLLOWED DURING APPROACH BY OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS. DURING TAXI AFTER LANDING, THE LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT FLICKERED ON AND OFF. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND A SEVERE OIL LEAK SDR CA101210004Wheel · damaged(CAN) AFTER LANDING MAINTENANCE NOTED THAT THE NR 2 MAIN WHEEL WAS FLAT. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT 30 TO 40 PERCENT OF THE BEADSEAT AREA ON THE INBOARD WHEEL HALF WAS MISSING.
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