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 CA120420005Boss · cracked(CAN) WHILE PUSHING ACFT INTO THE HANGER THE LT LOWER STRUT HAD A LOT OF SIDE PLAY. IT WAS INSPECTED AND THE LOWER TORQUE KNEE BOSS WAS SIGNIFICANTLY CRACKED. SERVICEABLE GEAR INSTALLED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA120328003Case · cracked(CAN) PLEASE NOTE THAT WE HAVE HAD 3 CRACKED CASES ON 3 SEPARATE DATES MORE INVESTIGATION IS BEING ACCOMPLISHED AT THIS TIME. DURING ENGINE REMOVAL, A CRACK WAS NOTICED ON THE MAGNESIUM ACCESSORY GEAR CASE, ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE MAG HOUSING. THE ENGINE WAS SDR CA120312018Control Handle · intermittent(CAN) PILOT REPORTED THE FLAPS WOULD MOVE INTERMITTENTLY WITH THE FLAP CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER PULLED OR NOT PULLED. THE FLAP HYDRAULIC VALVE WAS REPLACED BUT FLAPS WOULD NOT RESPOND PROPERLY WITH FLAP HANDLE. THE FLAP POTENTIOMETER WAS REPLACED YET DID NOT SDR CA120209009Valve · cracked(CAN) ON TWO SEPARATE FLIGHTS, ACFT EXPERIENCED A WING OVERHEAT LIGHT WHILE DEPARTING. THE FIRST TIME AROUND MAINTENANCE WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR FIND FAULT. ON THE SECOND OCCASION A MIXING VALVE WAS FOUND TO BE THE PROBLEM. 0.12" CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE BUTSDR HKGR20120207442Wire · burnedDURING ENGINE START, 4/0 WIRES FROM NR 1 START CONTROL RELAY TO NR 1 START/GEN OVERHEATED AND SEPARATED COMPLETELY. 1 WIRE WAS SPLICED IAW MM AT BL0. THE SPLICE APPEARS TO HAVE FAILED VIOLENTLY, AND THE WIRE THAT WAS NOT SPLICED OVERHEATED AND PARTED. POST SDR CA120302006Hub · leaking(CAN) NEW PROPELLER INSTALLED 03/03/2011 AT 622.7 HRS. RED DYED OIL OBSERVED LEAKING FROM BLADE SHANK. PROPELLER DISMANTLED AND BLADE, O-RINGS WERE FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE APRIL 23, 2012.SDR CA120215010Blade · eroded(CAN) THREE OUT OF THE FIVE BLADES HAD EROSION DAMAGE INTO THE WOOD APR .1250" TO .1875" DEEP INTO THE WOOD CORE. OVERALL DIMENSIONS OF THE DAMAGE WAS BEYOND .5 X .5 OF AN INCH. REPAIR CARRIED OUT IAW MFG. PROP WAS REMOVED IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE REPAIR SDR CA120109012Combustion Case · fractured(CAN) PILOT REPORTED LOSS OF EGT INDICATION AND FIRE LIGHT ON FOR A FEW SECONDS ON FINAL INTO AIRPORT. DURING LANDING AND TAXI EGT DID NOT WORK AND WAS AT "0". MAINTENANCE FOUND THE THE RIGHT HAND UPPER FORWARD ENGINE CASE DRAIN "BOSS" AND "PUSHED OUT" CAUSINGSDR JIKA11122901Strut · lowON CLIMBOUT THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR UP, AND THE NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR AGAIN WITH THE SAME RESULTS. PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN TO RETURN TO KMAF, BUT THIS TIME GOT NO "SAFE" GREEN LIGHT ON THE NOSE. THE PILOT THEN CSDR CA111220006Exciter · failed(CAN) DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT, THE LT ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND WOULD NOT RESTART. ACFT RETURNED TO BLOCKS WITH NO DIFFICULTIES. THE IGNITION SYS WAS TROUBLESHOT AND THE IGNITION EXCITOR WAS FOUND AT FAULT. IGNITION EXCITOR WAS REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SDR CA111118014Fitting · fractured(CAN) ENGINE WOULD NOT DEVELOP FULL POWER AT ALTITUDE. FITTING ON ANTI-ICE SHIELD CRACKED EFFECTING P2T2 SENSOR AND CAUSING SRL COMPUTER TO CONTROL EGT INCORRECTLY. FITTING REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. NO FURTHER INCIDENTS RECORDED BY FLIGHT CREW.SDR CA111118015Fitting · cracked(CAN) DURING DAILY INSPECTION, IT WAS NOTED THAT OIL WAS LEAKING OUT OF LT ENGINE COWLING. FITTING ON LT ENGINE PROP GOVERNOR WAS FOUND CRACKED. FITTING REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA111024010Mixing Valve · failed(CAN) FLIGHT CREW REPORTED SMOKE IN CABIN ON TAKEOFF. ACFT RETURNED TO BLOCKS. MX CALLED AND MEL`S ACFT. MIXING VALVE FOUND TO HAVE A CRACKED AND DAMAGED BUTTERFLY VALVE. MIXING VALVE REPLACED AND GROUND RUNS CARRIED OUT AND SHOWED NO SIGNS OF SMOKE.SDR HKGR20111006226Uplock · dirtyON CLIMB OUT, RETRACTED GEAR AND THE RT MLG WOULD NOT LOCK IN THE UP POSITION, WOULD EXTEND AND RE-CYCLE. EXTENDED GEAR NORMALLY AND HAD NORMAL GEAR EXTENSION AND DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. LANDED AT DEPARTURE AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND LANDING GEAR UPLOSDR M36R20110927003Lead · brokenFOUND 3 DEFECTIVE LEADS ON RT PROP. ALL 3 FAILED AT THE GROUND WIRE AT THE SAME LOCATION AS PREVIOUS FAILED LEADS.SDR M36R20110927002Lead · brokenLT PROP HAS 1 BROKEN DEICE LEAD. LEAD HAS A BROKEN AND BURNED GROUND WIRE IN THE EXACT SOME PLACE AS PREVIOUS LEADS.SDR JIKA11092101Wire · shortedEN ROUTE TO IDA THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE OIL TEMP WAS EXTREMELY HIGH READING AT THE RED LINE. THE PILOT PERFORMED A PRECAUTIONARY SHUT DOWN OF THE RIGHT ENGINE FOLLOWING THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES CHECKLIST. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND SDR CA110901001O-Ring · failed(CAN) PILOT REPORTED LOSS OF HYD PRESSURE WHEN GEAR SELECTED UP AFTER TAKEOFF. COMPLETED AN EMERGENCY EXTENSION AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND A BAD O-RING ON THE LT OTBD GEAR ACTUATOR. REPLACED O-RING, COMPLETED LEAK CHECKS AND GEAR SWINGS. CHECK SERVICSDR CA110829014Valve · inoperative(CAN) ACFT WAS DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN LEVEL FLT, WHEN THE CREW NOTICED THAT THE FLAPS WERE INDICATING 1/4 EVEN THOUGH THE SELECTOR WAS SET FOR FLAP UP. ALSO NOTICED THAT THE FLAPS BEGAN TO RUN TO THE FULL DOWN POSITION AND THAN COME BACK UP TO FULL UP. THIS SDR CA110829011Arm · wrong part(CAN) THE NOSE WHEEL CENTERING MECHANISM CONTAINS A CENTERING ARM WITH BEARING THAT ROTATES IN A CAM TO CENTER THE WHEELS. THE BEARING IS RETAINED IN THE ARM BY A PIN (OR IS SUPPOSED TO BE) THIS PARTICULAR ARM THAT WAS REMOVED, WAS NOT DRILLED TO ACCEPT THE PISDR M36R20110809001Wire · damagedDURING A ROUTINE SERVICE CHECK INSPECTION TWO OF THE FOUR PROP DEICE BOOT LEADS WERE FOUND TO HAVE BROKEN AND BURNT GROUND WIRES. THE GROUND WIRES WERE BROKEN IN THE EXACT SAME PLACE AND SHOWED SMALL SIGNS OF BURNT OR SINGED INSULATION AT THE POINT WHERE THE SDR CA110802004Relay · failedRELAY FAILED CAUSING TORQUE DROP BY 35 PERCENT AND CAUSED PILOT TO ABORT TAKEOFF - PART REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR DUFA20110002O-Ring · cutWHILE ON TAKEOFF, THE PILOT BEGAN TO LOSE POWER FROM THE RT ENGINE. HE IMMEDIATELY PULLED THE "STOP & FEATHER" CONTROL AND SECURED THE ENGINE. HE COMPLETED A GO AROUND TO AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MX WAS CALLED AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF THE O-RINGS THATSDR CA110614008Tube · crackedPRESSURIZATION U/S, FLUCTUATES UNCONTROLLABLY. DURING MX RUN, WHEN RT BLEED TURNED TO "HIGH" ONLY WORKED FOR APPROX 30 SECONDS AND THEN THE EYEBALL VENTS WOULD DROP OFF TO NEXT TO NOTHING FOR AIR OUTPUT. DURING SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION, THE RT WING BLEED AIR PSDR CA110614010Bolt · looseUPON INSPECTION 4 OF THE 6 BOLTS FOUND LOOSE - WHEEL ASSY REMOVED AND SENT TO O/H SHOP FOR DETAILED INSPECTION - SERVICIBLE WHEEL ASSY INSTALLED.SDR CA110614013Bearing Race · mismanufacturedDURING O/H, A NEW BEARING WAS PURCHASED. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO INSTALLATION, TECH NOTICED MARKS ON THE OUTER RACE-WAY AND REJECTED THE BEARING. DURING CLOSER EVALUATION SEVERAL GRINDING MARKS WERE FOUND 360 DEGREES AROUND THE OUTER RACEWAY INSIDE DISDR CA110614012Bearing · mismanufacturedDURING O/H CAM OF ENGINE, NEW BEARING INSPECTED PRIOR TO INSTALLATION NOTICED MARKS ON THE OUTER RACE-WAY AND REJECTED THE BEARING. DURING CLOSER EVALUATION SEVERAL MARKS WERE FOUND ON THE OUTER RACEWAY INSIDE DIAMETER. THIS WAS THE SECOND NEW BEARING THAT SDR CA110616002Squat Switch · intermittentAT 21,000 FT, CABIN VSI SHOWED 2,000FT/MIN CLIMB WITH A LARGE RUSH OF AIR, SAME THING HAPPENED AT 15,000, PRESSURIZATION STABILIZED AT 9,000. MX FOUND THE SAFETY VALVE FILTER WAS PLUGGED WITH DUST AND LINT. SQUAT SWITCH THAT CONTROLS THE SAFETY DUMP VALVE WASDR HKGR175SW6211Bearing · unsecureDURING ELEVATOR REMOVAL AND INSPECTION, FOUND RT OTBD HINGE BEARING WITH ALL MOUNTING RIVET HEADS MISSING. NO EVIDENCE OF SHEARING, APPEARS TO BE METAL FATIGUE/CORROSION RELATED. NOT A SAFETY OF FLIGHT ISSUE, BEARING NOT ABLE TO SHIFT FROM MOUNTED POSITION.SDR CA110523001Housing · cracked18" CRACK ON THE RT SIDE OF THE ACCESSORY GEAR CASE (MAGNESIUM HSG) APPROX 180 DEGREES AROUND THE MAIN DIAMETER. THE CRACKING LEAD TO FLEXING OF THE ENGINE CASE CAUSING MAJOR INTERNAL RUB DAMAGE TO THE ROTATING GROUP AND STATIONARY COMPONENTS. THE CRACK WAS SDR HKGA051820111Bearing · failedDURING APPROACH, NR 1 ENGINE SHUTDOWN. INSPECTION DETERMINED LOSS OF DEDICATED DRIVE FOR OIL AND FUEL COMPONENTS. ENGINE DISASSEMBLY DETERMINED SPUR GEAR SHEARED FROM FAILED BEARINGS.SDR HKG2011F00002Bearing · failedDURING APPROACH, NR 1 ENGINE SHUTDOWN. INSP DETERMINED LOSS OF DEDICATED DRIVE FOR OIL AND FUEL COMPONENTS. ENGINE DISASSEMBLY DETERMINED SPUR GEAR SHEARED FROM FAILED BEARINGS.SDR HKG2011F00001Bearing · failedDURING APPROACH, NR 1 ENGINE SHUTDOWN, INSPECTION DETERMINED LOSS OF DEDICATED DRIVE FOR OIL AND FUEL COMPONENTS. ENGINE DISASSEMBLY DETERMINED SPUR GEAR SHEARED FROM FAILED BEARINGS.SDR 2011FA0000381Seal · rupturedTHE PROP DOME PISTON SEAL RUPTURED AND PUMPED OIL OUT OF THE LT ENGINE AND INTO THE ENGINE INLET CAUSING FUMES TO ENTER THE COCKPIT. THIS CAUSED AN INFLIGHT ENGINE SHUTDOWN, AND THE PILOT DIVERTED BACK TO DEPARTURE. ON 05/11/2011 DEPARTED WITH CARGO ABOARD, SDR 2011FA0000345Seal · cutTHE PROP DOME PISTON SEAL RUPTURED AND PUMPED OIL OUT OF THE LT ENGINE AND INTO THE ENGINE INLET CAUSING FUMES TO ENTER THE COCKPIT. THIS CAUSED AN INFLIGHT ENGINE SHUTDOWN, AND THE PILOT DIVERTED BACK TO DEPARTURE. ON 5-11-2011, DEPARTE WITH CARGO ABOARD THSDR LY02011F00001Accumulator · crackedDURING FLIGHT, THE ACFT HAD HYD LEAK DUE TO A CRACKING ON THE ACCUMULATOR. THE ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AND PERFORMED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. THE HYD ACCUMULATOR IS AN "ON CONDITION COMPONENT", THE CRACK FOUND IS UNKNOWN. WE ARE INVESTISDR CA110418009Line · leaking(CAN) DURING INSPECTION FUEL WAS DISCOVERED COMING FROM THE RT GCU PANEL. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE LINE WAS LEAKING .5 WAY DOWN THE LINE BEHIND THE GCU. THE LINE WAS REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE LINE WAS MFG IN 1998. WITHIN THE MONTSDR CA110418010Bearing · failed(CAN) NR 1 GENERATOR WENT OFF LINE WHILE AIRBORNE. AFTER LANDING AND SHUTDOWN, STARTING ATTEMPT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, ENGINE TURNED OVER VERY SLOWLY. GEN REPLACED. AMO FOR ST-GEN MAINTENANCE FOUND THE BEARING AT THE ANTI-DRIVE END HAD FAILED, ALLOWING THE ARMATSDR CA110412002Door Seal · contaminated(CAN) WHEN DE-ICE BOOTS WERE ACTIVATED DURING CRUISE AT 16,000 FT THE ACFT LOST PRESSURIZATION AND THE PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL WENT TO "0". THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT WAS CARRIED OUT AT 10,000 FT AND BELOW UNPRESSURIZED WITH THE DUMP SWITCH SET TO "DUMP" PASSSDR CA110407008Starter Gen · failed(CAN) THE LT GEN LIGHT FAIL LIGHT CAME ON DURING TAKEOFF ALONG WITH THE BATTERY FAULT & LT & RT BATTERY DISCONNECT LIGHTS. TROUBLESHOOTING IS BEING CARRIED OUT MORE TO REPORT AS FACTS ARRIVE. FOUND 2 SMALL E LEADS ON LT GEN HAVING RESISTANCE READING TO GND. SDR CA100409005Selector Valve · malfunctioned(CAN) AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF AND PILOT REPORTED THE GEAR IN TRANSIT LIGHT STAYED RED. GEAR WAS CYCLED YET THE IN TRANSIT LIGHT WAS STILL ON. ACFT RETURNED TO BLOCKS AND MAINTENANCE CHECKED THE EMERGENCY SELECTOR VALVE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE SELECTOR WAS NOT IN THSDR OZCA03/31/11Circuit Breaker · trippedNO DOWN LIGHT INDICATIONS. MX INSPECTED THE ACFT AND FOUND THE CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. GROUND CYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. ACFT RELEASED FOR SERVICE.SDR KY7A20110203Engine · failedE2 INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL DURING TAXIING OUT. AFTER ACFT GOT TO ABOUT 30 PERCENT TORQUE, HEARD A POP FROM THE RT SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE AND NOTICED THE RT SRL OFF LIGHT ILLUMINATE, SAW ENGINE SPOOLING DOWN. PULLED STOP & FEATHER, REDUCED POWER ON LT ENGINESDR CA110325001Diode · failed(CAN) PILOT REPORTED ELECTRICAL ODOR. SWITCH FOUND STUCK ON AND DIODE BLOWN. WIRING FOUND OVERHEATED. ALL PARTS REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE PARTS AND ACFT RELEASED TO SERVICE.SDR CA100303004Switch · cracked(CAN) STRONG SMELL OF BURNED PLASTIC WAS NOTICED IN THE COCKPIT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LT BUS TIE TRANSFER SWITCH WAS CRACKED AND BURNED BY 1 OF THE WIRE ATTACH LUGS ON THE SWITCH. SWITCH REPLACED AND ACFT RELEASED TO SERVICE.SDR LY02011F00000Packing · leakingACFT DURING ASCENT WITH ALTITUDE OF 6500 FT WAS EVIDENCE THE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ENG RT "TURN ON", AND THE OIL QTY INDICATOR TO ZERO. CABIN CREW AGREES TO SHUTDOWN THE RT ENGINE IAW THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHECKLIST " ENGINE FAILURE DURING FLIGHT". THE CONTSDR CA110207004Pin · backed out(CAN) LOCATING PIN BACKED OUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO GEAR TRAIN RESULTING IN AN UNSCHEDULED ENGINE REMOVAL. THIS PIN RETAINS THE STUD FOR THE IDLER ASSEMBLY AND IT WAS FOUND TO BE NOT STAKED INTO THE DIAPHRAGM CASE PROPERLY. THIS CAUSED THE PIN TO EVENTUALLY VIBRATSDR CA110201013Line · split(CAN) ACFT TOOK OFF AND NOSE GEAR INDICATION WAS FLASHING ON AND OFF ACCOMPANIED BY A THUMPING SOUND THAT WAS FELT AND HEARD. CREW TRIED A FEW GEAR SWINGS AND THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT LOCK UP. RETURNED TO BLOCKS. MAINTENANCE WAS CALLED AND WHILE IN THE HANGER ON SDR DUFA20110001Servo Valve · defectiveAFTER START UP, THE PILOT WAS STARTING HIS TAXI ROLL WHEN THE ACFT BEGAN TO TURN LT. HE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT IT BUT THE ACFT CONTINUED LT UNTIL IT WAS HARD OVER. THE ACFT WAS BROUGHT IN AND THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE POTS FROM THE ASDR YLX2011F00000Cowling · departedAFTER TAKEOFF, ACFT LEVELED OUT AT APPROX 1800 FT, THE RT ENG UPPER COWLING DEPARTED THE ACFT DUE TO UNKNOWN CAUSE. LOWER COWLING REMAINED IN PLACE.
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