Fairchild SA227-AC
Service difficulty reports · 2,182
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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 = 'SA227AC' 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 = 'SA227AC' 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 2005FA0000040Fire Detector · failedRT ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT FLICKERED ON AND OFF DURING CLIMB. CREW RETURNED TO STATION. FAILED FIRE DETECTOR PROBE (CENTER CERAMIC INSULATOR LOOSE). REPLACED FIRE DETECTOR LOCATED BELOW THE OIL COOLER MOUNTED ON THE FIREWALL. (NM05200400110) (K)SDR PNSA041203Power Lever · separatedDURING INTIAL TAKEOFF ROLL LEFT POWER LEVER REVERSE TRIGGER CAME LOOSE AND FELL IN QUANDRANT. FLIGHT CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO GATE.SDR 2005FA0000060Smoke · detectedMRR-M04-19, CREW NOTICED SMOKE IN COCKPIT AS THEY WERE CLIMBING THROUGH 12,000 FT, DESCENDED TO 10,000 FT, DEPRESSURIZED, TURNED OFF BLEEDS, AND CONTINUED TO STATION UNPRESSURIZED. SUSPECTED ACM FAILURE OR BLEED HEAT CNTRL VALVE FAILURE. RAN BOTH ENG FOR 20 SDR 2005FA0000059Fire Bottle · emptyMRR-M04-18, DURING FLIGHT THE LT FIRE EXTINGUISHER (E) LIGHT CAME ON BRIEFLY SEVERAL TIMES. THE CREW MONITORED THE LIGHT AND THE FLIGHT WAS CONTINUED TO THE DESTINATION WITH NO INCIDENT. FIRE EXTINGUISHER (E) LIGHT WAS FOUND ON, AND THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTSDR CA041126004Line · cracked(CAN) UPON DECENT INTO AIRPORT POWER LEVER STAGGER WAS ENCOUNTERED BY FLIGHT CREW. UPON LANDING AND TAXING THE OIL PRESSURE COULD NOT BE MAINTAINED AND THE FLIGHT CREW SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. UPON INVESTIGATION THE FUEL FLOW TRANSMITTER LINE WAS FOUND CRACKED SDR 2005FA0000058Line · leakingMRR-M04-17, DURING CLIMBOUT, CREW NOTED LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE ENROUTE TO NEXT STATION. HYDRAULIC LINE LEAK. REPLACED NOSE GEAR UP HYDRAULIC LINE, LEAK CHECK AND OPS CHECK GOOD. (NM05200502369) (K)SDR 2005FA0000057Line · pin holeMRR-M04-16, DURING CRUISE, CREW NOTED LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE, ENROUTE TO NEXT STATION. HYDRAULIC LINE LEAK. REPLACED HYDRAULIC GEAR UP LINE LOCATED UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS IN THE CABIN ON LT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. (NM05200502368) (K)SDR CA041116002Tube · crackedHYDRAULIC FLUID WAS OBSERVED LEAKING FROM BELLY OF AIRCRAFT. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED A CRACK IN THE 90 DEGREE BEND SECTION OF THE TUBE. THE LINE WAS REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. NOTE: THIS LINE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE LIST IF LINES REQUIRINSDR PNSA041003Outflow Valve · failedCREW WAS STARTING CRUISE WHEN THEY LOST PRESSURIZATION, DECLARED EMERGENCY AND DID EMERGENCY DESCENT FROM 17000 FT TO 10000 FT FLIGHT WAS EN ROUTE FROM ANI TO ANC, FLIGHT CONTINUED TO ANC WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTY. MX FOUND THAT OUTFLOW VALVE BAD, PART WAS REPLASDR PNSA041002Outflow Valve · malfunctionedCREW WAS STARTING CRUISE WHEN THEY LOST PRESSURIZATION, DECLARED EMERGENCY AND DID EMERGENCY DESCENT FROM 17000FT TO 10000FT FLIGHT WAS ENROUTE FROM ANI TO ANC, FLIGHT CONTINUED TO ANC WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTY. MX FOUND THAT MASS FLOW VALVE BAD, PART WAS REPLACESDR 2005FA0000055Selector Valve · failedMRR-M04-14, THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND USING NORMAL OR ALTERNATE BUSS, CREW FOLLOWED EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND EXTENDED GEAR USING MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM. THE CREW LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. FAILED HYDRAULIC LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE. INISDR CA041019009Shaft Seal · seized(CAN) PROP SHAFT SEAL WAS FOUND LEAKING.DURING DISASSEMBLY THE SHAFT SEAL WAS FOUND WITH ABNORMAL WEAR AND DETERIATION IN THE SLOTS OF THE CARBON PORTION OF THE SEAL.THE SLOTS WERE WORN HEAVILY AND THE METAL TABS APPEARED TO BE JAMBED INTO THE SIDES OF THE SLOSDR 2004F00417Bearing · seizedWHILE TAXIING TO THE RAMP AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT REPORTED A SMELL OF SMOKE IN THE CABIN AREA. FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COOLING TURBINE BEARINGS HAD FAILED. THE TURBINE WAS REPLACED AND ALL ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS CHECKESDR 2005FA0000323Clamp · looseAFTER TAKEOFF, AT ABOUT 400 FT, NR 2 ENG FIRE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. ENG PARAMETERS CHECKED NORMAL. CREW FOLLOWED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, RETURNED TO FIELD. AFTER LANDING, ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN BY USING THE STOP AND FEATHER BUTTON. CREW DISCHARGED ENGINE FIRE SDR CA040927006Line · cracked(CAN) WATER METHANOL SYSTEM WAS MEL'D ON LT ENGINE. LATER INVESTIGATION REVEALED A BROKEN RIGID LINE IN THE LT ENGINE NACELLE. LINE WAS REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR LNX2004F00000Display · failedDURING ENROUTE CRUISE FLIGHT, THE CREW NOTE SMOKE FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE RADAR CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. THE FLIGHT DIVERTED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE RADAR INDICATOR WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REMOVED FOR REPAIR, REINSTALLED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA040920003Drive Shaft · sheared(CAN) PILOT ATTEMPTED TO START LT ENGINE, PROP STARTED TO ROTATE THEN STOPPED. UPON OPENING THE ENGINE COWL, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FRICTION DISC WAS IN PIECES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE COWL. WHEN THE STARTER WAS REMOVED, THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS FOUND SHEARED. THE TORLSDR MCC2004F00000Engine · making metalAPPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES OUT, THE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND OIL PSI STARTED TO DROP. ENGINE SECURED AND PROP FEATHERED. AIRCRAFT LANDED. PULLED CHIP DETECTER AND OIL FILTER AND FOUND METAL IN BOTH. APPEARS A BEARING IN THE GEAR BOX FAILED. ENGINE TO BE RSDR CA040719002Door · out of positionUPON LANDING, THE LT EMERGENCY EXIT HATCH OPENED AND FELL OUT OF POSITION. MX ENGINEER INSPECTED THE ESCAPE HATCH AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE. HATCH WAS INSTALLED AND FURTHER INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED.SDR PNSA040702Scavenge Pump · leakingLOW OIL PRESSURE ON DESCENT. AFTER LANDING LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON WITH LOW OIL PRESSURE ON GAUGE. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. MAINTENANCE FOUND OIL LEVEL LOW AND SERVICED OIL. ENGINE WAS CHECKED FOR EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL LEAKS WITH NONE FOUND AND RELEASED FOSDR CA040709006Water Injection · inoperative(CAN) WATER METHANOL DID NOT WORK ON TAKE OFF ROLL. LT AND RT PUMP LIGHTS WERE ON. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GATE. MAINTENANCE BLED AIR FROM SYSTEM AND BELLY DRAINS. AIRCRAFT RUNUP AND SYSTEM FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA040614003Beta Switch · intermittent(CAN) LT BETA LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE, SWITCH REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR AUS20040497Pedal · cracked(AUS) PILOTS RT RUDDER PEDAL CRACKED. CRACK LENGTH 4MM (0.147IN). FOUND DURING INSPECTION IAW SB 227-27-049.SDR 2005FA0000053Line · leakingMRR-M04-11, ENGINE RPM ONLY WENT TO 97 PERCENT DURING TAKEOFF ROLL AND TORQUE WAS ALSO LOW, ALSO, THERE WAS LITTLE RESPONSE TO POWER LEVER MOVEMENT. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. INITIALLY SUSPECTED FCU FAILURE, BUT UPON INSPECTION FOUND FCUSDR CA040503010Line · burst(CAN) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AIRPORT AND SHORTLY AFTER BOTH HYDRAULIC ANNUNCIATOR LIGHTS CAME ON INDICATING LOW HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO ALTERNATE AIRPORT DUE TO WEATHER AT ORIGINAL AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THESDR CA040604013Planetary Gear · flaking(CAN) INSTALLED PLANETARY GEAR BRG INTO ENG, DURING ROUTINE ENG CAM INSP. 16.4 HOURS LATER, ACCOMPLISHED 1ST SOAP SAMPLE IAW MFG EMM. MAJOR SILVER PARTICLES FOUND IN OIL, MFG RECOMMENDED RESAMPLE. BOTH AGAIN HAD SILVER PARTICLES IN OIL. MFG RECOMMENDED TO INSPSDR CA040527010Wire · brokenON TAKEOFF THE CREW ABORTED DUE TO AN AMBER 'NOSE STEER FAIL' LIGHT WAS 'ON'. SYSTEM WAS TROUBLESHOT AND A BROKEN WIRE WAS FOUND ON THE LT POWER LEVER ENABLE NOSE WHEEL STEERING SWITCH. THE WIRE WAS REPAIRED AND THE SYSTEM TESTED SERVICIBLE. AIRCRAFT RETURNSDR AUS20040404Actuator · leaking(AUS) RT TRAILING EDGE FLAP ACTUATOR LEAKING FLUID FROM AROUND THE ACTUATOR RAM. LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID.SDR 2005FA0000052Vane · failedMRR-M04-10, AIRCRAFT FILLED WITH SMOKE DURING LANDING. CREW TAXIED IN WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. SUSPECT ACM COOLING TURBINE FAILURE. INITIALLY DEFERRED THE NR 1 ACM, DURING TROUBLESHOOTING, FOUND THE DESWIRL VANE CENTER SUPPORT STRUTS HAD ALL FAILED. REPLSDR 2005FA0000048Handle · incorrectTHE CARGO DOOR WARNING LIGHT CAME ON DURING CLIMBOUT, CREW RETURNED TO STATION. ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: DOOR CLOSING PROCEDURES, DOOR HARD TO CLOSE, DOOR CLICKCLACK RIGGING/ LUBRICATION, OR SWITCH RIGGING. MAINTENANCE FOUND HANDLE NOT FULLY ROTATED TO CLOSED SDR CA040426001Seal · pinched(CAN) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AND RETURNED DUE TO NO PRESSURIZATION. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE FABRIC DOOR SILL COVER HAD BECOME PINCHED IN THE CABIN DOOR SEAL. FABRIC COVER REMOVED AND AIRCRAFT CHECKED SERVICIBLE FOR PRESSURIZATION.SDR CA040423005Spar · crackedDURING REPLACEMENT OF A BRACKET ON THE RT AILERON, A CRACK APPOXIMATELY .075 INCH WAS DISCOVERED UNDER THE BRACKET AT ONE OF THE ATTACH POINT BOLT HOLES ON THE SPAR LEADING EDGE. THE CRACK WAS REPAIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROVED DATA AND THE FAIRCHILD SRM.SDR 040401Indicator · failedAIRCRAFT WAS ON APPROACH, WHEN THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN THERE WAS NO GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS, CYCLED GEAR STILL NO INDICATION LIGHTS. THE FLIGHT DIVERTED DUE TO BETTER WEATHER CONDITIONS, A FLYBY THE TOWER WAS MADE, THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN AND AN UNEVENSDR 2005FA0000324Oil Cooler · blockedON CLIMBOUT, NR 2 ENG OIL TEMP WENT UP TO RED LINE, OIL PRESSURE DROPPED. LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT HAD NOT COME ON. CREW MADE PRECAUTIONARY SHUTDOWN ON NR 2 ENG, LANDED BACK AT BASE WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. OIL WAS FOUND IN TAILPIPE OF NR 2 ENG, NO OIL FOUNDSDR AUS20040247Bolt · broken(AUS) RT MAIN LANDING GEAR UPLOCK ROLLER BOLT BROKEN.SDR AUS20040220Pipe · worn(AUS) ENGINE REAR BEARING OIL SUPPLY PIPE CHAFING ON NTS OIL PIPE.SDR 2005FA0000046Door · out of alignmentCARGO DOOR WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AS POWER WAS BEING APPLIED FOR TAKEOFF, CREW DISCONTINUED TAKEOFF ROLL AND RETURNED TO GATE. ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: DOOR CLOSING PROCEDURES, DOOR HARD TO CLOSE, DOOR CLICKCLACK RIGGING/ LUBRICATION, OR SWITCH RIGGING. CLICK CLSDR AUS20040244Torque Ring · failed(AUS) RT ENGINE TORQUE RING BRIDGES FAILED.SDR CA040323005Engine · malfunctioned(CAN) RT ENGINE EXPERIENCED RPM FLUCTUATIONS AND SRL LIGHT ANNUCIATOR LIGHT FLICKERING. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE. PIN B ON INLET TEMP WIRING REPAIRED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICESDR CA040322003Engine · fluctuates(CAN) AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF AND THEN PILOT RETURNED WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE LT ENGINE EGT WAS FLUCTUATING. RUNUPS WERE CARRIED OUT BY MAINTENANCE AND CONFIRMED THAT WHEN THE SHORT HARNESS WIRING WAS WIGGLED THE INDICATION WOULD FLUCTUATE. CONTACTS WERE CLEANED SDR 2005FA0000043Warning System · malfunctionedCARGO DOOR WARNING LIGHT CAME ON IN FLIGHT DURING THE START OF THE DESCENT TO THE NEXT STATION. ATC WAS NOTIFIED. THE LIGHTS STAYED ON FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES. DOOR CLOSING PROCEDURES, DOOR HARD TO CLOSE, DOOR CLICK CLACK RIGGING/LUBRICATION, OR SWITCHSDR 2005FA0000042Squat Switch · damagedLANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT DURING CLIMBOUT, WHEN CREW WAS RETURNING FOR LANDING, GPWS GAVE (TO LOW GEAR) ALERT. THE CREW THEN INITIATED A GO-AROUND, ASKED TOWER TO CONFIRM, THREE GEAR DOWN, DID CONFIRM. CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY, MADE NORMAL LANDING, DURINSDR CA040211009Screw · out of adjust(CAN) RT ENGINE WOULD NOT MAKE TARGET TORQUE ON TAKE OFF AFTER 'MAX TORQUE' ADJUSTMENT. AIRCRAFT ABORTED TAKE OFF AND RETURNED TO BLOCKS. MAINTENENACE FOUND GOVERNOR INTERFERENCE DUE TO INPROPER SCREW 'X' ADJUSTMENT. SCREW 'X' WAS ADJUSTED TO MANUFACTURERS SDR CA040211010Regulator · inoperative(CAN) CREW WERE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT AND WENT THROUGH A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE. ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART AFTER 3 ATTEMPTS. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE START PRESSURE REGULATOR TO BE AT FAULT. PART WAS REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SSDR SDR02060432Shaft · fracturedUPON LANDING, DURING ROLL OUT PILOT REPORTED A HEAVY VIBRATION FOLLOWED BY AN ABRUPT PULL TO THE LEFT. INSPECTION OF THE LT MAIN GEAR ASSEMBLY REVEALED A BROKEN LOWER SCISSOR ASSEMBLY SHAFT WHICH ALLOWED THE YOKE TO ROTATE.SDR CA040203002Actuator · bypassing(CAN) ACFT RETURNED TO BASE. NLG NOT LOCKING UP, SWINGS CARRIED OUT, NO FAULTS FOUND. CARRIED OUT LOW PSI SWING TESTS, NO FAULTS FOUND. FOUND RT NLG TIRE FLAT. BOTH NLG TIRES REPLACED. INSP FOR DAMAGE, NO FAULTS FOUND, SWINGS CARRIED OUT, SYS PREFORMED PER MM.SDR 2004F00053Gasket · leakingWHILE ON APPROACH, THE RT (LOW OIL PRESSURE) LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT OBSERVED THE OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR WAS READING 40 PSI AND FALLING. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO SHUT THE RT ENGINE DOWN AS A PRECAUTION. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MSDR 2004F00037Gcu · failedWHILE ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE LT GENERATOR FAIL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND MAINTENANCE WAS NOTIFIED. UPON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT FAILED.SDR EAT2004F00000Plenum · crackedA CRACK IN THE PLENUM NEAR THE IGNITER BOSS. THE CRACK WAS RIGHT ALONG THE WELD AROUND THE IGNITER BOSS. MOST LIKELY THE IGNITER WAS AT SOME POINT MAY HAVE BEEN OVERTORQUED CAUSING STRESS TO THE PLENUM.SDR 54284Plenum · crackedPLENUM CRACKED AT IGNITER BOSS WELD.
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