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
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 CA140117009Bearing · cracked(CAN) ENGINE WAS REPORTED TO BE STIFF TO TURN AT VARIOUS TIMES AFTER ENGINE
SHUTDOWN. ENGINE PERFORMANCE/FUNCTION WAS NORMAL. THE STIFFNESS OCCURRED INCONSISTENTLY WITH NO PARTICULAR PATTERN. THE STIFFNESS WAS NOT CONSISTENT WITH "SHAFT BOW", WHICH CAN BE EXSDR CA131126010Bearing · failed(CAN) PILOT REPORTED CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND THEN EXTINGUISED DURING FLIGHT. FLIGHT CONTINUED NORMALLY. UPON INSPECTION OF THE MAGNETIC CHIP DETECTOR, METAL SLIVERS WERE FOUND. METAL PARTICLES WERE ALSO FOUND IN THE OIL FILTER. SDR JIKA2013100801Warning Light · false activationAFTER DEPARTURE, LT WING OVERHEAT ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED FOR APPROXIMATELY 90 SECONDS AND LIGHT WENT OUT, THE CREW RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. ATC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. LT BLEED AIR DUCTING WAS INSPECTED WITH NO DEFECTS FOUNDSDR JIKA2013090601Flex Hose · leakingDURING CRUISE FLIGHT, BOTH HYDRAULICS FAILED ANNUNCIATORS ILLUMINATED. HYD PRESSURE READ 200PSI. PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION AND A FLAPS UP LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX INSPECTED THE ACFT AND FOUND THE LT FLAP ACTUATOR "UP" FLEXIBLE HYDRAULIC LISDR CA130729023Tube · cracked(CAN) HYDRAULIC LINE FAILED ON SHORT FINAL. TUBE REPLACED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR 4CIA201308090063Oil System · high pressureDURING DESCENT, NOTICE RT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE INDICATE HIGH, PASS REDLINE ON THE UPPER SIDE OF THE GAUGE.SDR 4CIA2013F00156Indicator · reads highENGINE OIL PRESSURE INDICATED HIGH ON THE DESCEND PHASE OF FLIGHT, PASS THE UPPER RED LINE OF THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE.SDR CA130703006Line · leaking(CAN) AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE WHEN THE CREW NOTICED 2 ENGINE LOW HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH A DROP ON THE HYDR SYS PRESSURE INDICATOR, THEY ALSO REPORTED A WHINING SOUND COMING FROM THE CENTER SECTION OF THE ACFT. THE ACFT HAD EXPERIENCED SDR KY7A20130701001Brake · fireRAMP PERSONNEL OBSERVED THAT THE NR 3 AND 4 BRAKES WERE SMOKING/ON FIRE AS ACFT TAXIED INTO RAMP. GROUND PERSONNEL EXTINGUISHED FIRE IAW ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES. MX BELIEVES BRAKES OVERHEATED DUE TO PILOT "RIDING" BRAKES DURING TAXI.SDR CA130624003Mixing Valve · damaged(CAN) DURING INVESTIGATION INTO PILOT REPORTED DEFECT, FULL COLD SELECTED, LT SIDE HOT, MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF THE MIXING VALVE AND FOUND THE BUTTERFLY VALVE TO BE STAYING IN THE OPEN POSITION WHEN SELECTED CLOSED. VALVE ASSY REMOVED. THSDR 2013F00131Structure · crackedWHILE PERFORMING INSPECTION CALLED OUT IN AD 2012-18-01, FOUND TWO CRACKS. LT MAIN SPAR AFT FITTING CRACKED IN THE UPPER RADIUS. CRACK LENGTH 1 INCH. RT MAIN SPAR FWD FITTING CRACKED AT INBD BOLT HOLE. CRACK LENGTH .1250 INCH. THE ACFT HAS NO EVIDENCE SDR CA130527010Bulkhead · cracked(CAN) CREW REPORTED MAX DIFF AT 5.0. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FORWARD PRESSURE BULKHEAD HAD LARGE CRACKS ON LH & RH SIDES JUST BELOW W.L 100.00.SDR CA130527009Bulkhead · cracked(CAN) CREW REPORTED MAX DIFF AT 5.0. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FORWARD PRESSURE BULKHEAD HAD LARGE CRACKS ON LT & RT SIDES JUST BELOW W.L 100.00.SDR CA130515014Terminal · burned(CAN) FLIGHT RETURNED AFTER TAKEOFF DUE TO BURNING ODOR IN COCKPIT. FOUND TRANSISTOR AND WIRING AT RELAY K61 TERMINALS, IN THE EP9 LT CONSOLE, BURNED AND BLACKENED. RELAY REPLACED.SDR CA130606001Line · chafed(CAN) HYDRAULIC LINE SUPPORT ASSY AT LEFT HAND WING STATION 27.1 CHAFFED INTO THE TUBE ASSEMBLY CAUSING A HYDRAULIC LEAK. LINE MANUFACTURED AS PER MAINTENANCE TABLE 201 AND REPLACED AND SUPPORT ASSEMBLY CLEANED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (TC# 20130606001)SDR JIKA2013042701Engine · failedDURING CRUISE AT 16000 FT, THE PILOT GOT A R CHIP DETECT LIGHT. WHILE MONITORING THE ENGINE THE TORQUE INDICATION FLUCTUATED, AND THE ENGINE FAILED. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED. REVIEW OF THE ENGINE TEAR DOWN REPORT REVEALED THAT THE PROBABLE CAUSE SDR CA130419002Strip · binding(CAN) PILOT NOTED SLIGHT BINDING IN RUDDER PEDALS DURING RT RUDDER INPUT. FOUND THE RUDDER GAP STRIP WAS CATCHING THE RUDDER L/E AT TRIM TAB CUTOUT HOLE. RUDDER L/E WAS REWORKED SLIGHTLY TO CLEAR GAP STRIP. GAP STRIP WAS REWORKED TO REMOVE DENT. CLEARANCES SDR CA130430016Rod · out of adjust(CAN) CREW REPORTED THAT ACFT ROLLED HARD RT WHEN FLAPS WERE SELECTED. ADJUSTED RT FLAP TO WALKING BEAM CLEVIS OUT 2 TURNS. TEST FLIGHT COMPLETED AND CHECKED SERVICABLE. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR JIKA2013041201Unknown · malfunctionedTHE PILOT REPORTED THAT ON APPROACH INTO KBUF WHEN HE EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE PILOT PERFORMED A FLY BY OF THE CONTROL TOWER WHICH CONFIRMED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKEDSDR CA130328004Attach Fitting · cracked(CAN) A SMALL CRACK WAS NOTICED BY MAINTENANCE ON THE RT AILERON, JUST AFT OF THE OTBD HINGE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ATTACH STRUCTURE FOR THE OTBD AILERON HINGE BRACKET, AILERON SIDE WAS CRACKED AND A LARGE CHUNK HAD BROKEN OFF. THE RT SDR CA130318021Line · fractured(CAN) ON CLIMB, BOTH HYD LIGHTS STARTED TO FLICKER AND PRESSURE DROPPED TO 1400 PSI AND THEN BOTH LIGHTS CAME ON STEADY. CREW DECLARED AND EMERGENCY DUE TO NO FLAP CONTROL. GEAR DID NOT DOWN AND LOCK SO EMERGENCY EXTENSION HAD TO BE ACCOMPLISHED TO LOCK THE SDR CA130222009Actuator · failed(CAN) FOUND DURING AIRCRAFT SNAG OF AILERON TRIM ACTUATOR UNABLE TO MOVE . LT AILERON TRIM ACTUATOR FOUND TO HAVE WRONG PN FOR LT AILERON TRIM ACTUATOR AND FUCTIONS AS A RT AILERON TRIM ACTUATOR FOR DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT INTERNAL STICKER ON PART HAS RT PN AND SDR CA130206001Seal · frozen(CAN) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AND RETURNED TO BLOCKS DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO PRESSURIZE. FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT THEY COULD HEAR AIR RUSHING FROM THE CABIN DOOR. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATED AND FOUND THAT ICE BUILD UP IN THE SUPPLY LINE TO THE CABIN DOOR SEAL WAS CASDR CA130125006O-Ring · leaking(CAN) DURING FINAL DESCENT, THE LEFT-HAND HYDRAULIC ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED WITH THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONSISTENT AT NORMAL PRESSURE. THE CREW ELECTED TO CONTINUE ON WITH NORMAL OPERATIONS AS LANDING WAS WITHIN 2 - 3 MINUTES. SHORTLY AFTER FLAP EXTENSION THESDR CA130125007Tube · leaking(CAN) UPON LANDING AT AIRPORT HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS OBSERVED LEAKING FROM THE NOSE AREA OF THE ACFT. THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM LT FLAMMABLE FLUID DRAIN DUE TO A CRACKED GEAR UP LINE. LINE WAS REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR JIKA2013012101Powerpack · low pressureON CLIMBOUT THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK IN THE "UP" POSITION. WHEN THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR "DOWN" THE NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATOR DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE PILOT PERFORMED A FLY BY AND THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO BE IN THE FULL DSDR JIKA2013011401Gasket · blownTHE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING CLIMBOUT FROM LAS AND LEVELING OFF FOR 15000 FEET THE LEFT ENGINE FIRE ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT CAME ON VERY DIM TO A LOW STEADY LIGHT. THE PILOT REQUESTED RETURN TO KLAS. ON RETURN TO KLAS WITH THE BLEED AIR OFF AND THE POWER REDUCEDSDR 2013F00005Attach Bracket · crackedWHILE PERFOMING AD 2012-18-01, FOUND A CRACK ON THE LT FWD ATTACH FITTING BRACKET - CRACK LENGTH .5"SDR JIKA2012121301Terminal · dirtyTHE PILOT REPORTED THAT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM KPRC THE LEFT ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT NOTICED THE LIGHT WAS VERY DIM, NOT AS BRIGHT AS THE NORMAL DIM SETTING. ALL OTHER ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. DUE TO BOTH THE MAIN ANNUNCISDR CA121217001Truss · cracked(CAN) DURING A DAILY INSPECTION, THE RT ENGINE TRUSS WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED ON THE RT UPPER BOLT FLANGE WELD. THE TRUSS WAS REPLACED.SDR 2012FA0000778Bracket · crackedWHILE PERFORMING THE INSPECTION CALLED OUT IN AD 2012-18-01, FOUND A CRACK ON THE RT AFT BRACKET. RT AFT BRACKET CRACKED IN THE UPPER FWD RADIUS, CRACK LENGTH .1875"SDR CA121113007Wire Harness · frayed(CAN) MULTIPLE REPORTS OF FAILED DEICE HARNESSES ON 4 BLADE PROPS ON ACFT. RECENT FAILURE ALSO OF PMA SMR2293-1. TYPICAL FAILURE IS OUTER VINYL SHEATH FAILS AND INNER WIRE, LAST 2 HAVE BEEN GROUND WIRES, FAILS EITHER FROM CHAFING OR MOVEMENT. DATABASE SHOWSDR BEM2013F00000Powerpack · malfunctionedLT GEAR COLLAPSED UPON LANDING. ACFT WAS FERRIED BACK TO DEPARTURE FOR MX AND REPAIR. PERFORMED AN OPS CHECK OF GEAR RETRACTION AND EXTENSION IAW MM. NOTE: LT GEAR IS FIRST TO RETRACK AND FIRST TO EXTEND. PERFORMED EMERGENCY PROCEDURE AND ALL CHECKED GOOD. SDR JIKA2012101701Overheat Sensor · defectiveSHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING KBUF THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE SOLID/STEADY LEFT WING OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON. THE PILOT FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES CHECKLIST AND DECLARED AN IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCY. THE PILOT RETURNED TO KBUF AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTESDR CA121002002Fire Bottle · failed(CAN) DURING TAXI FOR TAKEOFF, THE CREW NOTICED A LT ENGINE FIRE WARNING INDICATION. BOTH ENGINES WERE SHUTDOWN AND PASSENGERS DEPLANED. AS REPORTED BY MAINTENACNE THE FAULT WAS WITH THE LT FIRE BOTTLE SWITCH, THE SWITCH PUSHBUTTON, ALSO ACTS AS AN ANNUNCIATOSDR CA120924006Pump · failed(CAN) RIGHT ENGINE FLAMED OUT APPROXIMATLEY 40 MILES FROM RUNWAY. LANDING WAS CARRIED OUT WITHOUT INCIDENT. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED FAILURE OF ENGINE INTERNAL DRIVE FOR FUEL PUMP. ON APPROACH TO AIRPORT THE RT ENGINE FAILED. WE ELECTED TO SHUT THE ENGINE SDR CA120910007Acm · seized(CAN) LEFT COOLING TURBINE SEIZED CAUSING INCREASED TEMPERATURES AND SLIGHT SMOKE IN COCKPIT. BLEED AIR TURNED OFF AND SMOKE CLEARED. COOLING TURBINE REPLACED AND ACFT RELEASED TO SERVICE.SDR CA120815003Altimeter · failed(CAN) PILOTS ALTIMETER FAILED, STUCK AT 2900 FT IN CLIMB. ACFT RETURNED. ENCODING ALTIMETER REPLACED. CHECKED SERVICABLE AND ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA120808004Current Limiter · loose(CAN) PILOTS REPORTED SMOKE AROUND LT ESSENTIAL BUS AREA. OPENED J-BOX WHERE ODOR SEEMED TO BE COMING FROM. SEVERAL CURRENT LIMITER NUTS FOUND LOOSENED OFF SLIGHTLY SO TERMINALS WERE ABLE TO MOVE. NUTS WERE RE-TIGHTENED AND ENGINES WERE RUN FOR 25 MIN, AND VSDR CA120730003Mixing Valve · failed(CAN) FLIGHT CREW REPORT, AFTER DEPARTING AND AFTER COMPLETING THE TAKEOFF CHECKS F/O NOTICED THE CABIN TEMP RISING RAPIDLY AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL TO CONTROL THE HEAT ENTERING THE COCKPIT AND CABIN. F/O TRIED TURNING THE HEAT SWITCH TO COLD, AND TURN THE TEMPERSDR CA120717009Tube · cracked(CAN) LT ENGINE WAS 10 PERCENT SHY OF MAX TORQUE ON TAKEOFF. 90 DEGREE ANTI ICE TUBE FOUND CRACKED WHERE TUBE COMES OUT OF ENGINE FITTING. TUBE REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER LEAK CHECK CARRIED OUT.SDR CA120628003Wire · broken(CAN) ACFT LEFT FOR DAYS FLIGHT AND GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AND 3 GREEN ON COCKPIT INDICATORS REMAINED GREEN. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BLOCKS AND MAINTENANCE WAS CALLED. A BROKEN WIRE WAS FOUND UNDER THE POWERPACK LOCATED IN THE LT WHEEL WELL. THE WIRE WAS REPAIRSDR 2012FA0000476Accumulator · rupturedSHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PILOT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS NORMALLY BUT THE HYD PRESSURE ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS WELL AS THE HYD PRESSURE GAUGE READING ZERO. MX FOUND THE MAIN HYD ACCUMULATOR HAD RUPTURED, SPILLING OUT ALL OF THE FLUID.SDR CA120620001Line · cracked(CAN) MAJOR OIL LEAK ON RT ENGINE CAUSING LOSS OF OIL, RESULTING IN OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS & VARYING PROP PITCH CONTROL. PILOT INITIATED AN INFLIGHT FEATHER OF PROPELLER & ENGINE SHUTDOWN. DURING GND SPOOLING WITH REPLENISHED OIL SYS RUNNING, LEAK FOUND ASDR JIKA2012061400001Idler Gear · flamed outDURING CRUISE AT 10,000 FT AGL, PILOT REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE HAD FLAMED OUT. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. POST FLIGHT CHECK OF RIGHT ENGINE SHOWED NO SIGNS OF OIL OR FUEL LEAKS, OIL LEVEL WAS NORMAL. AMF MAINTENANCE SDR CA120524008Switch · failed(CAN) UPON TURNING ON AIRCRAFT BATTERIES, SMOKE STARTED TO COME FROM THE CENTER CONSOLE. PASSENGERS WERE EVACUTATED AND POWER WAS TURNED OFF IMMEDIATELY. MAINTENANCE WAS DISPATCHED TO THE ACFT, AND FOUND A FAULTY BOOST PUMP SWITCH INTERNALLY FAILED. ACFT WASSDR CA120523022Computer · malfunctioned(CAN) FOLLOWING INITIAL INSTALLATION OF THE ST-593 AUTOPILOT IN THIS ACFT, THE CREW WAS ON DESCENT NEAR INSTRUMENT CONDITIONS. THEY DISCONNECTED THE AUTOPILOT USING THE DISCONNECT SWITCH AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO FLY THE REMAINDER OF THE APPROACH USING NORMAL ACFSDR DUFA201204260001Fuel Control · defectiveTHE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO START THE ENGINE WHEN THE EGT TEMP BEGAN TO ACCELERATE TO NEAR THE RED LINE INDICATION. HE ABORTED THE START AND NOTIFIED MX. MX PERSONELL MADE ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO START THE ENGINE BUT AGAIN, THE EGT TEMP BEGAN TO RISE RAPIDLY TO NSDR KY7A2012042601Actuator · failedSTABILIZER PITCH TRIM ACTUATOR FAILED IN FLIGHT. NO MOVEMENT OF STABILIZER WAS POSSIBLE. PILOT MADE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. OPENSDR JIKA2012042501Line · crackedEN ROUTE, PILOT REPORTED THAT RIGHT HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LOW ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. PILOT CHECKED HYDRAULIC PRESSURE, IT WAS AT 1900 PSI. AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE ANNUNCIATOR WENT OUT. CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY & FINALLY STAYED ON. LEFT HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LOW AN
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