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 2011F00013Cowling · departedUPON REACHING 1800 FT ALTITUDE THE RT ENGINE UPPER COWL DEPARTED THE ACFT, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE L/E OF THE RT WING AND UPPER WING SKIN. IN ADDITION THE UPPER INBD COWL ATTACH POINT WAS DAMAGED AS WELL THE LOWER ENGINE COWL SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.SDR CA101206019Wire · chafed(CAN) ACFT TOOK OF AND WHEN LANDING GEAR SELECTOR "UP" - IN TRANSIT LIGHTS WOULD COME ON - NO OTHERS......CB LANDING GEAR CONTROL WAS ALSO POPPED AND WOULD NOT RESET. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BLOCKS AND MAINTENANCE FOUND CHAFED WIRE UNDER HYD POWER PACK IN LH WHEESDR CA101206018Retainer · cracked(CAN) OIL LEAKING OUT OF NOSE CASE - UPON INSPECTION FOUND TO HAVE INITIATED FROM THE BOLT HOLE BOSS ON THE INSIDE DIAMETER. THE BOSS`S USUALLY HAVE RADIUS-ED CORNERS, HOWEVER, ON THIS EXAMPLE THE CORNERS ARE SHARP AND NOT RADIUS-ED. (TC# 20101206018)SDR CA101202004Windshield · crackedIN CRUISE THE CREW HEARD A LOUD BANG AND IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THE LEFT WINDSHIELD OUTER PANE HAD COMPLETELY CRACKED. THEY REQUESTED DESCENT, SLOWED THE AIRSPEED AND BEGAN TO DIAL UP THE CABIN TO REDUCE THE PRESSURE ON THE GLASS. THEY THEN REQUESTED A DIVERSIONSDR CA101116014Spar · cracked(CAN) AILERON REMOVED FOR SKIN CRACKING ON UPPER AFT SKIN OF OTBD HINGE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED SEVERE CRACK IN THE SPAR WEB AS WELL ON THE UPPER HINGE BRACKET. THE RIB DIRECTLY BEHIND THE HINGE POINT WAS ALSO FOUND CRACKED. THE CRACK IN THE STRINGESDR CA101116013Potentiometer · intermittent(CAN) 1/4 FLAP WAS SELECTED DURING APPROACH AND FLAPS EXTENDED TO FULL POSITION. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED POTENTIOMETER AND AIRCRAFT RELEASED TO SERVICE.SDR CA101116015Bracket · cracked(CAN) CONTROL COLUMN SUPPORT BRACKET FOUND CRACKED AT UPPER 2 HOLES OF BEARING SUPPORT BLOCK DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION IN THE ARE. BRACKET REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR KY7A16725Door Frame · crackedPILOT REPORTED ACFT NOT PRESSURIZING IN FLIGHT. THE LOWER FWD DOOR CORNER FRAME WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED ALONG FWD END OF DOOR HINGE ATTACH RIVETS. THIS WAS THE THIRD FAILURE OF THIS THIS TYPE FOUND IN OUR FLEET. THE DOOR FRAME CORNER AND INTERCOSTAL WERE RESDR CA101116016Wire Harness · shortedTHE EGT INDICATION WAS ERRATIC IN FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE EGT SHORT HARNESS BURNED IN THE AREA OF THE ASPIRATOR SEAL DUE TO LEAKAGE. HARNESS AND SEAL WERE REPLACED, FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS PURSUING. SDR STILL OPEN.SDR CA101122014Gasket · failed(CAN) DATE OF OCCURRENCE: NOV 5, 2010 TOOK OFF ON A FREIGHT FLIGHT WITH A STOP TO DROP OFF TWO MECHANICS. (THE MECHANICS WERE GOING TO YRS TO DO SOME WORK DUE TO SOME HYDRAULICS ISSUES.) SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE RIGHT WING OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON STEADY. PERSDR KY7AR4480Line · crackedON APPROACH FOR LANDING, THE RT ENGINE FLAMED OUT. AFTER INSP, A FUEL LINE PN 894568-1 BETWEEN THE FCU AND THE FUEL FLOW TRANSDUCER WAS FOUND CRACKED AT THE ATTACHMENT TO THE FUEL CONTROL. THIS IS THE SECOND FAILURE OF THIS LINE IN OUR FLEET. THE FUEL FLOW SDR CA101109015Actuator · cracked(CAN) AIRCRAFT LANDED AND GEAR DOOR WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. PILOT CHECKED GEAR DOORS AND THEY COULD BE OPERATED BY HAND. MAINTENANCE WAS CONTACTED AND THE GEAR DOOR ACTUATOR TUBE WAS FOUND 3/4 CRACKED AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE GEAR DSDR CA101109014Wire · damaged(CAN) AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF AND 10 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT THE LT RPM WAS VERY ERRATIC AND THEN STOPPED INDICATING. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE AND MAINTENANCE FOUND A BROKEN WIRE ON THE BACK OF THE INSTRUMENT CONNECTOR. WIRE REPAIRED - GROUND CHECKED SERVICEABLE AND SDR DUFA20100007Steering Sys · malfunctionedAFTER LANDING ROLLOUT AND AT APPROX TAXI SPEED, THE PILOT ENGAGED THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING SYS AND IMMEDIATELY ENCOUNTERED AN UNCOMMANDED HARD LT TURN. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE ACFT WITH ONLY THE NOSE WHEEL OFF THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE ACFT WAS PUSHEDSDR CA101019021Pin · mismanufacturedDURING BUSHING REPLACMENT FOR A NLG, 2 PINS RECEIVED FROM STOCK WERE FOUND TO BE TAPERED. AFTER CONSULTING THE TYPE CERTIFICATE HOLDER IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PARTS WERE UNDER SIZED AND TAPERED BEYOND FACTORY DWGS. THESE WERE PURCHASED FROM ANOTHER AMO THASDR CA101019009Screen · blockedDURING INTERNAL INSP OF ENG, A PIECE OF PLASTIC WAS FOUND IN THE OIL GALLEY BORE UNDER A NOZZLE. THIS PIECE OF PLASTIC WAS LARGE ENOUGH TO COMPLETELY BLOCK OIL PASSAGE AT THE NOZZLE SCREEN. THIS IS THE ONLY OIL SUPPLY TO THE MAIN PROPELLER SHAFT BEARING PN 3SDR CA101019012Switch · burnedON APPROACH ALL PASSENGER READING LIGHTS CAME ON, DEADHEADING FLIGHT CREW IN REAR SEATS SMELLED SMOKE. SHORTLY AFTER LAV FIRE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON FOR 15 MINUTES. ACFT CONTINUED FLIGHT PLAN AND LANDED. MX FOUND INTERMITTENT READING LIGHT SWITCH WHEN SDR CA101019010Washer · missingCLUNK HEARD WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED ON TAXI ON CAPTAINS SIDE. ACFT RETURNED OT BLOCKS AND UPON INSP BY MX FOUND THE RUDDER PEDAL HANGER ASSY WAS PULLED THROUGH THE BUSHING HOLE. NUT WAS REMOVED AND ASSEMBLED CORRECTLY. ALL ACFT IN THE FLEET WERE CHECKED TOSDR CA100915003Switch · shortedCAWI SYS ACTIVATED IN FLIGHT UN-COMMANDED. FLIGHT CREW PULLED SYS CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND ENGINE PARAMETERS RETURNED TO NORMAL. CAWI CONTROL SWITCH FOUND SHORTING INTERNALLY-SWITCH REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA100811010Duct · crackedDURING MX FOR A HYD LEAK, THE LT COOLING TURBINE AND ASSOCIATED PLUMBING WAS REMOVED TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE FAILED HYD COMPONENT. UPON INSP OF THE BLEED AIR TUBE PRIOR TO INSTALLATION IT WAS NOTED THAT THERE WAS A CIRCUMFRENTIAL CRACK IN THE FLANGE WELD. THE CSDR CA100804018Proximity Switch · unserviceableUPON DEPARTURE, MLG WAS RETRACTED AND THE RT MLG IMMEDIATELY INDICATED THAT IT WAS UP. ONCE THE LT MLG AND NOSE, THE RT MLG SHOWED IN TRANSIT FOR SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE RETURNING TO THE UP POSITION. ACFT RETURNED TO BASE AND THE RT SWITCH WAS REPLACED - GROUSDR CA100714004Retainer · crackedTHIS ACFT IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING IMPORT INSPECTION. THE PART CYCLES AND TSO ARE BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THIS IS THE ORIGINAL PART FROM MFG. WHILE CARRYING OUT CABIN WINDOW FRAME FASTENER CORROSION INSPECTION, DURING ZONE 4, INSPECTION FOUND CRACK IN RTSDR JIK2010F00000Tire · separatedON LANDING, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE LT BRAKE WAS NOT WORKING. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE ACFT AND TAXI TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTED THE LT LANDING GEAR AND FOUND THAT THE NR 2 TIRE TREAD AND SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. WHEN THE TIRE TREAD SESDR YLXA201072101Hydraulic Line · chafedFOLLOWING DEPARTURE FROM TREASURE CAY BAHAMAS, THE CREW NOTED A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT. THE CREW CONTINUED THE FLIGHT TO ITS DESTINATION, FORT LAUDERDALE, WITHOUT INCIDENT. ATC WAS ADVISED AND AN EMERGENCY DECLARED. AS A PRECAUTION, THE EMERGENCY GESDR CA100528006Line · crackedUPON LANDING THE LT OIL PRESSURE LIGHT FLICKERED AND THEN ILLUMINATED. LT ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND MX WAS CONTACTED. THEY FOUND THE LT PROP GOVERNOR LINE WAS LEAKING. LINE WAS REPLACED. OIL WAS REPLENISHED AND GROUND RUNS CARRIED OUT IAW ENGINE MFR AND ACFT SDR CA100528007Circuit Breaker · fod(CAN) ACFT TOOK OFF AND AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OBSERVED PROBLEMS WITH THE PRESSURIZATION, NOT PRESSURIZING, AND ELECTED TO SWITCH TO MANUAL AND NOTED THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS AFTER THAT. A SHORT TIME LATER DURING SOME TURBULENCE A LT AC BUS LIGHT ON THE ANNUNCIATSDR DUFA20100006Fuel Control · defectiveWHILE ON APPROACH, THE PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED BY ATC TO REDUCE POWER AND SLOW THE ACFT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN SEPARATION. IN THIS ATTEMPT, HE WAS UNABLE TO GET THE RT ENGINE TO REDUCE POWER BELOW 54 PERCENT TORQUE INDICATION. HE DECLARED A MISSED APPROACH AND INITSDR CA100217002Indicator · inoperative(CAN) WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE CAPTAIN`S ATTITUDE INDICATOR FLAGGED. SHORTLY THEREAFTER AN ELECTRICAL SMELL WAS NOTED BY THE CREW FOLLOWED BY THE FACE OF THE INDICATOR FILLING WITH SMOKE. THE INDICATOR WAS ISOLATED BY PULLING THE CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER AND SDR CA100202003Actuator · malfunctioned(CAN) DURING INSP IT WAS NOTED THAT THE HORIZ STAB HAD EXCESSIVE PLAY AT THE L/E. WHEN THE FREE PLAY CHECK WAS CARRIED OUT ON THE ACTUATOR IT WAS NOTED THAT THE MEASUREMENT WAS .027 WHICH IS ABOVE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED. UNIT REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICESDR HKGA01272010729CController · faultySINGLE PILOT, FAR 135 ON DEMAND CARGO CHARTER OPERATION, EMPTY LEG FROM SDF. DURING CLIMB THE LEFT ENG FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED STEADY. PILOT SHUT DOWN AND SECURED ENGINE, FIRE WARNING LIGHT WENT OUT, PILOT ELECTED TO FIRE THE LEFT ENG FIRE EXTINGUISHESDR CA100108003Windshield · delaminated(CAN) IN CRUISE THE CREW NOTICED SPARKS AND HOT GLOWING SPOTS ON THE F/O HEATED WINDSHIELD. MX NOTED A LARGE AREA OF DELAMINATION PRIOR TO REPLACING THE WINDOW.SDR CA091229001Windshield · cracked(CAN) IN MID-CRUISE AT FL220, THE CAPTAIN`S WINDSHIELD CRACKED. THE CREW DECENDED TO A100, SLOWED TO 190 AND DECREASED THE CABIN DIFF WINDSHIELD HEAT WAS ON HIGH AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURANCE. THIS WINDOW WAS IN SERVICE FOR A TOTAL OF 14 MONTHS.SDR CA100105001Circuit Breaker · overheated(CAN) ENGINE INSTRUMENTS FLICKERING ON/OFF WITH AN ARCING SOUND FROM LT ESSENTIAL BUSS TIE SWITCH UPON INSP FOUND THE PLASTIC BASE CRACKED AND ALSO EVIDENCE OF OVERHEATING WAS NOTED.SDR CA091216010Windshield · cracked(CAN) RT WINDSHIELD CRACKED THROUGHOUT. FLIGHT CREW HEARD A LOUD "BANG" AND THEN NOTICED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE AND MAINTENANCE REPLACED WINDSHIELD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE (TC NR 20091216010)SDR CA091216009Accumulator · low(CAN) AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE AS THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT REMAIN UP AND LOCKED. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND ACCOMPLISHED GEAR SWINGS AND THE GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY. HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATOR WAS FOUND TO BE LOW AND THE PRESSURE WAS ADJUSTED TO MANUFACSDR CA091211008Regulator · malfunctioned(CAN) ON CLIMB AIRCRAFT FAILED TO PRESSURIZE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE AND MAINTENANCE FOUND NOTHING CONCRETE FOR DEFECT. LINES DRAINED OF ANY MOISTURE AND REPLACED REGULATOR FOR SAFETY REASONS. GROUND RUNS CARRIED OUT AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE (TC SDR CA091211010Switch · burned(CAN) BURNING SMELL COMING FROM BEHIND THE CAPT CHAIR THE LT ESSENTIAL BUSS TIE SWITCH WAS EXTREMELY HOT TO TOUCH. BURNING SMELL AND HOT, SWITCH REMAINED ON FOR DURATION OF THE FLIGHT. ON TAXI FROM APRON TO HANGER THE LT ESSENTIAL BUS TIE SWITCH WAS TURNED OFSDR CA091125004Turbine Blades · failed(CAN) A/C CAME IN FOR A ROUTINE FUEL NOZZLE CHANGE ON THE RT ENGINE. THE MECHANIC AT THAT TIME WAS DOING A SCHEDULED BOROSCOPE AND BEFORE PUTTING THE NEW FUEL NOZZLES IN HAD FOUND SOME DISCREPANCIES INSIDE THE ENGINE. THE MECHANIC THEN NOTIFIED THE TURBINE SSDR CA091113011Windshield · failed(CAN) ACFT TOOKOFF AND AFTER APPROX 15 MINUTES THE F/O WINDSHIELD OUTER PANE SHATTERED. ACFT WAS PRESSURIZED AND WINDSHIELD HEAT WAS ON. ACFT RETURNED TO BASE WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED.SDR CA091030006Terminal · burned(CAN) LEVELING AT 16000 FT ON A DIRECT TRACK . IT WAS NIGHT AND CREW WERE IN IMC SINCE CLIMBING THROUGH ABOUT 1000 AGL. ALL ICE PROTECTION AND A MAJORITY OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL LIGHTING WAS ON. DURING LEVEL OFF F/O NOTICED A SUBTLE STRANGE ODOR IN THE COCKPISDR CA091005003Switch · intermittent(CAN) PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD A RED IN TRANSIT ON THE SELECTION OF GEAR DOWN. FLIGHT CREW DID 5 GEAR SWINGS AND ON THE LAST GEAR SWING THE IN TRANSIT LIGHT WENT OUT. THIS ACCOMPANIED BY THE FACT THAT THE FLIGHT CREW COULD SEE THE GEAR SWING UP AND DOWN IN TSDR DUFA20090004Fcu · corrodedWHILE ON DESCENT DURING APPROACH, PILOT NOTICED AN UNCOMMANDED CHANGE IN PWR ON NR 2 ENG. ATTEMPTED TO ADVANCE PWR LEVER WITH NO INCREASE IN PWR NOTED. CONTINUED HIS DESCENT WHEN HE NOTICED AN UNCOMMANDED PWR INCREASE ON THE NR 2 ENG. THEN MADE DECISION TOSDR CA090928009Bleed Air Sys · stuck(CAN) PILOT REPORTED SMOKE IN COCKPIT AFTER BLEEDS SELECTED "ON" AFTER TAKEOFF. LT BLEED AIR SYSTEM FOUND TO BE STUCK IN FULL HOT. (TC# 20090928009)SDR CA090828003Ignition Switch · crackedOIL LEAKING OUT OF AUTO IGNITION SWITCH - SWITCH REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA090828005Line · crackedHYD LEAK FOUND IN LT GEAR WELL. LINE FABRICATED AND REPLACED - GEAR SWINGS CARRIED OUT AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA090813013Bearing · failedGENERATOR WOULD NOT COME ONLINE. STARTER-GEN DISASSEMBLED. ARMATURE AND STATOR RUBBED. DRIVE END BRG HAS FAILED AND HAS ONLY 2 BALLS LEFT.SDR CA090825006Impeller · crackedUPON ENG TESTING DURING INSTALLATION OF ENG ON THE LT SIDE OF ACFT, A LOUD HOOTING AND WHISTLING WAS HEARD BY MX. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION WHICH INCLUDED A CLOSE LOOK AT 1ST STAGE IMPELLER THROUGH ENG INTAKE, SEVERAL CRACKS WERE FOUND ON IMPELLER. ENG HAD SDR CA090806006Acm · seizedUPON LANDING AT AIRPORT THE CREW REPORTED THAT AFT CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE. UPON TROUBLESHOOTING BY MX WITH THE LT ENGINE RUNNING AND LT BLEED HEAT ON THE CABIN DID FILL UP WITH SMOKE. FOUND THE LT COOLING TURBINE SEIZED - REPLACED LT COOLING TURBINE AND RUN CSDR CA090806007Control Valve · stickingLANDING GEAR WOULD NOT COME DOWN AND PILOT CARRIED OUT EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE. LANDING WAS COMPETED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX REPLACED THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL VALVE WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. 3 DAYS PRIOR PILOT HAD REPORTED THAT GEAR WAS SLOWER THAN NOSDR CA090715001Wire · burned(CAN) UPON ENGINE START ON GROUND CB`S POPED UPON 10 PERCENT ENGINE SPEED WHEN AUTO IGNITION CUT IN. THE WIRING AT THE STARTER WAS INSPECTED SERVICABLE. WIRING IN THE LT WING UNDER THE FAIRING HAD MULTIPLE BURNED WIRING. COMPANY IS NOW WORKING WITH M7 FOR O
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