Fairchild SA227-AC
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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
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SDR DUFA20180529001Gear · strippedWHILE IN CRUISE DURING A PART 91 REPOSITION FLIGHT, THE NR 2 ENGINE FLAMED OUT AND SHUT DOWN. MAINTENANCE CREW WAS DISPATCHED TO THE LOCATION AND THE ENGINE GEARBOX OPENED UP FOR INVESTIGATION. FOUND ACCESSORY GEAR ASSEMBLY HAD FAILED LOSING CONTINUITY TO FUELSDR JIKA2018032600001Shutoff Valve · faultyTHE PILOT REPORTED AFTER TAKEOFF, THE LEFT ENGINE BEGAN BY-PASSING, FUEL PRESSURE AND ENGINE RPM REDUCED. THE PILOT FOLLOWED PROCEDURES AND PERFORMED AND INFLIGHT SHUT DOWN OF THE LEFT ENGINE. THE PILOT DECLARING AN EMERGENCY LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT BACK AT SDR OWFR2018071200216Spar · crackedCRACKED AILERON SPAR AT BOTTOM OF CENTER HINGE BRACKET. DISCREPANCY OCCURRED UNDER NORMAL WEAR AND UTILIZATION. RECOMMEND CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THIS AREA AND THE OTHER HINGE ATTACH FITTINGS.SDR JIKA201802220001Fitting · leakingTHE PILOT REPORTED DURING CLIMB, THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE AND THEN RECEIVED A LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING ANNUNCIATION. FOLLOWED PROCEDURES AND PERFORMED AN IN-FLIGHT SHUTDOWN OF THE RIGHT ENGINE. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED BACKSDR DUFA20170102003Brake · fireON COMPLETION OF THE TAXI AND WHILE HOLDING SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT WAS INFORMED BY ANOTHER AIRCRAFT THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR HAD A BRAKE FIRE. SHUTDOWN THE AIRCRAFT. THE LEFT BRAKES HAD A SMALL FIRE AND THE BRAKE DISC WAS GLOWING RED HOT. EXTINGUISHSDR JIKA2017122101Coalescer Bag · dirtyTHE PILOT WAS EN-ROUTE TO KPHX WHEN HE NOTICED SMOKE DEVELOPING IN THE COCKPIT AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE RIGHT WING OVERHEAT ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED STEADY. THE PILOT FOLLOWING PROCEDURE COMPLETED THE CHECK LIST BY EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR AND THE LIGHT EXTSDR JIKA2017121501Circuit Breaker · trippedTHE PILOT WAS ON CLIMB-OUT FROM KPHX WHEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM BEGAN TO BLOW VERY HOT AIR FROM THE VENTS AND THE RIGHT WING OVERHEAT ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT FOLLOWED PROCEDURES TO REDUCE THE WING OVER HEAT CONDITION AND THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. SDR HKGA20171127007Tab · crackedDURING INSPECTION THE RT AILERON TRIM TAB HINGE SUPPORT ANGLE WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RT AILERON AND TRIM TAB IAW MM.SDR HKGA20171031006Panel · damagedDURING FUEL LEAK REPAIRS A GOUGE WAS FOUND ON FUEL PANEL 622 MOUNTING FLANGE THAT WAS OUT OF ALLOWABLE SRM LIMITS. REPAIRED IAW LAR 17-BRY-077.SDR K51A2017111600001Bearing · failedRIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER DURING DESCENT. ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND PROPELLER FEATHERED. FOUND THE GEARBOX BEARING FAILED.SDR KY7A20171025001Bracket · brokenINSPECTION PERSONNEL FOUND BRACKET BROKEN. THE BRACKET SUPPORTS THE POWER AND SPEED CONTROL TELEFLEX CABLES. AN FCD WAS INITIATED TO DETECT OTHER OCCURRENCES OF THE PROBLEM IN THE FLEET IAW SERVICE LETTER 227-SL-067. CARRIER IS INVESTIGATING AMENDMENT OF MAINTSDR JIKA2017100601Unknown · smokeTHE PILOT REPORTED DURING CLIMB OUT, GOING THROUGH 11,000 FEET, DETECTED A BURNING ODOR IN THE COCKPIT AND WHILE PASSING THROUGH 14,000 FEET. THE COCKPIT BEGAN FILLING WITH SMOKE. FOLLOWED PROCEDURES FOR SMOKE IN THE AIRCRAFT AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND SDR JIKA2017091801Line · failedWHILE ENROUTE, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE LEFT AND RIGHT HYDRAULIC LOW PRESSURE ANNUNCIATORS ILLUMINATED, FOLLOWED BY A COMPLETE LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. THE PILOT FOLLOWING PROCEDURES PERFORMED A MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION, THEN A ZERO FLAPS LANDING AT DESTINASDR JIKA2017082801Logic Card · faultedPILOT REPORTED WHILE IN CLIMB DEPARTING KDFW HE RECEIVED A FIRE WARNING INDICATION ON RT HAND FIRE EXTINGUISHER CONTROL ASSEMBLY, ILLUMINATING ALL THREE (FIRE, EMPTY, AND OK) ANNUNCIATORS OF THE GUARDED FIRING SWITCH. PILOT FOLLOWING PROCEDURES PERFORMED AN INSDR KY7A20170731001Line · crackedFLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT SMOKE FILLED THE CABIN APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF. PILOT PERFORMED CHECKLIST PROCEDURES AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE SMOKE. AFTER LANDING, THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE WAS INVESTIGATED AND FOUND TO HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN A FINE MIST SDR JIKA2017062201Limiter · intermittentDURING CRUISE, THE RT ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. THE RT ENGINE STARTED TO BYPASS FUEL LOWER THAN NORMAL EGT TEMPERATURE. REDUCED POWER AND THE AFFECTED ENGINE QUIT BYPASSING. APPLIED POWER, & RT ENGINE EGT INCREASED AND THE ENGINE BYPASSED AGAIN. FOLLOWED QSDR JIKA201606000901Wheel · separatedTHE PILOT WAS ON TAKEOFF FROM KHRI AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE AFTER ROTATION. THE PILOT LEFT THE LANDING GEAR IN THE EXTENDED POSITION AND COULD PHYSICALLY SEE FROM THE COCKPIT THAT THE LEFT BRAKE LINE WAS DISCONNECTED FROM THE GEAR. THE PILOT ELECTED TO CONTINUESDR JIKA2017052202Engine · power lossDURING DESCENT, AND WHEN THE ENGINE POWER WAS REDUCED ON THE RIGHT ENGINE, FOUND THE POWER LEVER UNRESPONSIVE. DISCONTINUED THE APPROACH TO TROUBLESHOT THE ISSUE WITH VFR. FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE FOR ENGINE CONTROL MALFUNCTION CHECK LIST, WAS STILL UNABLE TSDR JIKA2017052001Sensor · faultyON CLIMB OUT FROM KRAP WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 16000 FEET THE CREW NOTICED THAT THE LEFT ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE INDICATION WAS RISING TO RED LINE. THE TEMPERATURE STOPPED RISING AND WENT BACK DOWN INTO THE GREEN ARC, BUT CONTINUED TO BOUNCE BETWEEN THE GREEN ANSDR JIKA2017050801Warning Message · illuminatedON DEPARTURE, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE CARGO DOOR ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED JUST AT ROTATION AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AN INSPECTION OF THE MECHANICAL LOCKING FEATURES OF THE CARGO DOSDR DUFA2017002Indication Sys · false indicationWHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PILOT NOTICED THE RIGHT ENGINE OIL TEMP CLIMBING TO NEAR RED LINE TEMPERATURE. THE OIL PRESSURE AND ALL OTHER ENGINE PARAMETERS APPEARED NORMAL BUT AS A PRECAUTION, THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE RIGHT ENGINE. DIVERTED TO THE NEAREST SUITSDR JIKA2017032101Valve · seizedDURING NORMAL CRUISE FLIGHT AT ABOUT 16,000 FT IN ICING CONDITIONS, THE PILOT’S AIRSPEED INDICATION WAS READING LOW AND CONTINUED TO DROP UNTIL IT REACHED ZERO. THE CREW TROUBLESHOT THE ISSUE USING THE QRH, WHEN THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO SELECT THE ALTERNATE STASDR KY7A20171018001Wire · damagedFLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED WITH THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. MX ADJUSTED ACTUATOR LINKAGE, CLEANED AND LUBED ALL SWITCHES, THE PROBLEM REOCURRED. THE ROOT DEFECT WAS FOUND TO BE FAULTY WIRING BETWEEN THE UNSAFE INDICSDR HKGA20170303003Engine · fireAFTER ENGINE SHUTDOWN, THE CREW NOTICED A BURNING ODOR WHEN EXISTING THE AIRCRAFT AND SAW SMOKING COMING FROM THE NR 1 NACELLE. WHEN THE NACELLE WAS OPENED, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT AN EXTERNAL ENGINE FIRE HAD OCCURRED. DURING THE SHUTDOWN, NO FIRE INDICATION WASDR JIKA2017021701Hydraulic Line · crackedDURING DESCENT TO KLAN BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LOW ANNUNCIATORS ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. THE PILOT PLACED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION AND RECEIVED NO RESPONSE OF THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT PERFORMEDSDR HKGA20170207002Skin · corrodedDURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION, CORROSION WAS LOCATED ON THE RT WING LOWER SKIN JUST AFT OF THE REAR SPAR WS 236.1, IN THE AILERON WING COVE. THE CORROSION WAS REMOVED AND THE SKIN WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 51-90-04.SDR KY7A20171018002Actuator · out of adjustFLIGHT CREW REPORTED NOSE GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. MX FOUND SHIMMED THE NLG STRUT TO ENSURE PROPER CLEARENCE OF THE RT ACTUATOR TO SIDE OF WHEEL WELL.SDR KY7A20171018003Flap System · malfunctionedFLIGHT CREW REPORTED UNCOMMANDED FLAP MOVEMENT ON SHORT FINAL. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. MX FOUND FAULTY FLAP COMMAND ASSEMBLY AND REPLACED.SDR JIKA2017012001Cooling Turbine · failedWHILE TURNING TO ESTABLISH LOC RECEIVED A RT WING OVERHEAT INDICATION. SHORTLY AFTER THE ANNUNCIATOR ILLUM THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. FOLLOWING EMERGENCY CHECKLIST, REDUCED SPEED IN ORDER TO EXTEND THE LG. CONTACTED APPROACH AND DECLAREDSDR JIKA2016122801Terminal · exposedDURING CLIMB AT 5000FT, THE RIGHT ENGINE FIRE ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. ABOUT 5 SECONDS LATER THE FIRE WARNING ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. REDUCED POWER AND LEVELED OFF. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THERE WERE NO VISUAL SIGNS OF A FIRE IN THE RIGHT ENGINE. SHORTLYSDR JIKA2016120201Lamp · inoperativeTHE PILOT REPORTED ON APPROACH, WITH THE LANDING GEAR SELECTED DOWN. THE RIGHT MAIN (GREEN) GEAR DOWN INDICATOR LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE PILOT ACTUATED THE PUSH TO TEST CIRCUIT AND NOTED THAT THE RIGHT GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATING. THE PISDR JIKA2016111601Engine · malfunctionedDEPARTED WAS NORMAL. PASSING THROUGH 1000AGL, RT ENGINE QUIT. NO INDICATION, TORQUE READ 0%, AND LATER TORQUE INCREASED BACK TO 60% & BACK TO 0%. QRH FOLLOWED AND SECURED RT ENGINE. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, RETURNED TO DEPARTURE, & LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. SDR DUFA20161013002Ground Wire · chafedJUST AFTER BEGINNING HIS DESCENT, THE PILOT NOTICED HIS LEFT WING OVERHEAT LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED STEADY. FOLLOWING PROCEDURES, THE PILOT CLOSED HIS LEFT BLEED AIR VALVE, TURNED OFF THE LEFT GENERATOR AND EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR. AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES HADSDR HKGA20160919002A/C Pack · seizedDURING FINAL APPROACH, THE CABIN FILLED WITH BLUE SMOKE. NORMAL LANDING PERFORMED WITH NO FURTHER INDICATION OF PROBLEMS. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT THE ISSUE AND FOUND THE RT ACM TURBINE TO BE SEIZED. REMOVED AND REPLACED ACM TURBINE AND CORE IAW MAINTENANCE SDR JIKA201609060001Governor · leakingTHE PILOT WAS EN-ROUTE AND WAS ACQUIRING TEND MONITORING DATA AND NOTICED THAT THE RT ENGINE HAD EXCESSIVELY HIGH OIL TEMPERATURE. THE PILOT FOLLOWED THE ABNORMAL PROCEDURES CHECKLIST AND PERFORMED AN IN-FLIGHT SHUTDOWN OF THE RT ENGINE. HE RETURNED TO DEPARSDR JIKA2016090301Sensor · frozenENROUTE, DISCOVERED THE LEFT ENGINE WAS UN-RESPONSIVE TO POWER LEVER MOVEMENT. FOLLOWED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, AND SHUTDOWN THE LEFT ENGINE, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, DIVERTED. AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT THE LEFT ENGINE POWER LEVER COSDR JIKA201608310001Trim Switch · brokenPITCH TRIM INTERMITTENTLY MOVES TOWARDS FULL PITCH UP UNCOMMANDED, WHILE PITCH TRIM SELECTED IN PILOT POSITION. MOVING THE SWITCH TO OFF OR CO-PILOT POSITION DOES NOT STOP MOTION. SYSTEM WIRING WAS INSPECTED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. SYSTEM LIMIT SWITCHES WERESDR JIKA2016083101Actuator · malfunctionedPITCH TRIM INTERMITTENTLY MOVES TOWARDS FULL PITCH UP UNCOMMANDED, WHILE PITCH TRIM SELECTED IN PILOT POSITION. MOVING THE SWITCH TO OFF OR CO-PILOT POSITION DOES NOT STOP MOTION. SYSTEM WIRING WAS INSPECTED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. SYSTEM LIMIT SWITCHES WERESDR JIKA2016080301Cooling Turbine · leakingWHILE ENROUTE, THE PILOT NOTICED THE RT WING OVER HEAT ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY VISIBLE SMOKE OBSERVED IN THE COCKPIT. THE PILOT FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, TURNED OFF THE RT BLEED AIR, LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND DONNED HISDR JIKA2016071801Wire · shortedSHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT FORWARD PRESSURE ON THE CONTROLS WAS REQUIRED TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT AT A NORMAL CLIMB PITCH ATTITUDE. THE PILOT SELECTED TRIM DOWN AND THAT CORRECTED THE CONDITION ONLY TO HAVE IT RETURN. IT WAS DISCOVERED AT THATSDR KY7A20160531001Actuator · malfunctionedPILOT REPORTED THAT THE STABILIZER TRIM FAILED TO FUNCTION 10-15 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF. PILOT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ACTUATOR FUNCTIONED NORMALLY ON THE GROUND AFTER LANDING. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATSDR KY7A20160516001Unknown · leakingPILOT REPORTED HOT RT NONESSENTIAL BUS CB PANEL & BURNING SMELL. ACFT LANDED AT DESTINATION WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND THAT THE RT NONESSENTIAL BUS CB OVERLAY LIGHTING PANEL WAS DAMAGED DUE TO WATER INGRESS, WHICH CAUSED ELEC SHORTING IN THE LIGHTING CIRCUITS. SDR JIKA2016041801Hydraulic Line · leakingON DEPARTURE, DURING CLIMB OUT, THE FLAPS WERE RETRACTED TO THE UP POSITION. BOTH THE LT & RT HYD FAIL ANNUNCIATOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED SIMULTANEOUSLY & THE HYD PRESS DROPPED TO ZERO PSI. THE PILOT RETURNED, MANUALLY EXTENDED THE LG FOLLOWING THE EMER PROCEDSDR JIKA2016031701Hydraulic Line · crackedEN-ROUTE THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE HYD PRESS DROPPED TO 0 - 500 PSI FOR EXCESS OF 30 MINUTES. THE PILOT EXTENDED THE LG USING THE EMER PROCEDURES & LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND HYD LINE PN 27-81006-721 IN THE WING CTR SECTION CRACKED AT THE BEND RADIUS &SDR KY7A20160223001Downlock Switch · out of adjustCREW REPORTED LT MLG, SLOW TO LOCK DOWN, RECYCLED LG, LOCKED DOWN AFTER RECYCLE. MX FOUND INBD DOWNLOCK SWITCH OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. CLEANED, LUBED & ADJUSTED. GND TESTED GOOD.SDR CA160224010Shaft · fractured(CAN) DURING A ROUTINE LANDING GEAR INSPECTION THE RT UPPER TORQUE LINK SHAFT WAS FOUND TO BE PROTRUDING FROM THE RT TORQUE LINK. THE SHAFT HAD FRACTURED INSIDE THE STRUT. PROTRUDING PORTION WAS APPROX 1 1/2` LONG. THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE SHAFT WAS REMOVESDR KY7A20160215001Selector · defectiveFLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT ALL THREE LANDING GEARS UNLOCKED & PARTIALLY EXTENDED DURING FLIGHT WITH GEAR SELECTOR IN THE UP POSITION. MX FOUND DEFECTIVE LG HANDLE & SWITCH ASSEMBLY, SN 445. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT, SN 519, 8130-3 FROM M7 AEROSPACE. ONSDR KY7A20160204001Brake Assy · burnedAIRCRAFT DEPARTED RAMP WITH NOSE WHEEL STEERING DEFERRED IAW MEL. RAMP & TAXIWAY SURFACES ICY. PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ACFT WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN WITH DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING. BRAKES OVERHEATED, THE PILOT IN THE ACFT BEHIND N2728G CALLED ON THE RADIO TO INFORMSDR CA160203029Tube · split(CAN) WHILE PERFORMING AN GENERAL UNSCHEDULED ENGINE INSPECTION MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NR 1 ENGINE FUEL PRESSURE TRANSMITTER TUBE ASSEMBLY LEAKING FUEL ONTO THE ENGINE. CLOSER INSPECTION OF THE TUBE FOUND A SPLIT IN THE TUBE WALL APPROXIMATELY 0.180". LOCATION SDR KY7A20160122001Warning System · activatedPILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER LANDING, THE RT ENG OIL PRESS WARNING & RT GEN CAUTION LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT PULLED THE STOP & FEATHER CONTROL TO SHUT DOWN THE ENG. GND PERSONNEL REPORTED SOME SMOKE & TORCHING FROM THE ENG EXHAUST AFTER SHUTDOWN. THIS IS
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