Fairchild SA227-DC
Service difficulty reports · 430
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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 = 'SA227DC' 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 = 'SA227DC' 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 CA140604006Bellcrank · cracked(CAN) DURING AN MPI OF THE GEAR BELLCRANK A FATIGUE CRACK WAS DISCOVERED ON THE TOE OF THE FILLET WELD APPROXIMATELY 1/8 INCH IN LENGTH. PART WAS REJECTED, SEE ATTACHMENTS.SDR CA140604007Retainer · cracked(CAN) LEFT OIL LEAK FROM PROP SHAFT AREA. FURTHER INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE PROPELLER RETAINER WAS CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES. RETAINER REPLACED, CHIP DETECTOR WAS INSPECTED SERVICEABLE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA140331007Heater · chafed(CAN) RT DUCT HEATER/PROP DEICE HEATER WAS OPERATING WITH THE "PROP AND DUCT HEAT" SWITCH IN THE OFF POSITION. TROUBLESHOOT AND THEY FOUND A WIRE IN THE TEMP SENSOR HARNESS BETWEEN CONNECTOR P1021 AND THE HEATED LIP HEATER. THE WIRE WAS CUT/CHAFED SHORTING TSDR CA140331004Bolt · sheared(CAN) DURING A SERVICE CHECK AND DAILY INSPECTION ON THE ACFT THE BOLT ON THE RT MAIN GEAR UPLOCK BEARING WAS FOUND TO BE STICKING OUT .2500". .2500" OF THE OF THE HEAD SIDE WAS MISSING. BOLT REPLACED.SDR CA140326017Annunciator · failed(CAN) STRONG ELECTRICAL ODOR COMING FROM COCKPIT AFTER SHUTDOWN. IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE BURNED ELECTRICAL ODOR CAME FROM THE COCKPIT ANNUNCIATOR PANEL. ANNUNCIATOR PANEL WAS REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. NO OTHER FAULTS WERE FOUND.SDR CA140306012Anti-Ice Valve · failed(CAN) FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT WHEN HE SELECTED RT ENGINE ANTI-ICE HEAT ON HE DID NOT SEE A TORGUE DROP OR EGT DROP. THE PRESS TO TEST DID FUNTION. ACFT RETURNED TO BASE AND THE ANTI-ICE VALVE WAS REPLACED. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA140210004Indicator · failed(CAN) OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WENT TO ZERO ON THRESHOLD AND REMAINED AT ZERO. ACFT RETURNED AND MAINTENANCE REPLACED GAUGE. GROUND RUNS CARRIED OUT SERVICEABLE. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA140210005Module · intermittent(CAN) AIRCRAFT HAD AN ABORTED TAKEOFF AS THE RT FIRE LIGHT CAME ON. STOP AND FEATHER WAS PULLED AND PUSHED THE FIRE EXTINGUSER SWITCH ON THE DASH. THE LIGHT WAS VERY DIM YET IT WAS ON. THE FLIGHT CREW CHECKED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AFTER BEING CLEARED BY THSDR CA131202017Plenum · cracked(CAN) FOUND 3 FATIGUE CRACKS DURING FPI OF ENGINE HSI. CRACK LOCATIONS WERE ON THE FORWARD DRAIN BOSSES AT THE 12:00 AND 6:00 POSITIONS. 1 BOSS HAD 2 CRACKS WITH 1 OF THE CRACKS PENETRATING THROUGH THE COMBUSTION CASE WALL TO THE INSIDE CHAMBER. THE OTHER BOSDR CA131009011Cooling Turbine · overheated(CAN) FLIGHT CREW REPORTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN FROM THE ECS SYS UPON LANDING AND PULLING REVERSE. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOT THE SYS AND REPLACED THE LT COOLING TURBINE. GROUND RUNS CARRIED OUT SERVICEABLE AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA130816006Indicator · failed(CAN) ON CLIMBOUT THE RT OIL TEMP WENT INTO THE RED LINE AND PAST. ACFT RETURNED TO BASE AND MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOT THE RH OIL GAUGE AND FOUND IT FAULTY. GAUGE REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER SATISFACTORY GROUND RUN.SDR 39LA2013041900004Power Lever · failedNR 1 ENGINE STUCK AT FULL POWER DURING INITIAL CLIMB OUT. NR 1 ENGINE SHUTDOWN IN FLIGHT IAW EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. FOUND PPC LEVER HAD COME OFF AND SCREW MISSING, INSTALLED LEVER AND INSTALLED NEW SCREW PN NAS1351-3H16 AND SPACER PN NAS42HT6-48 CHECKED ALL RSDR 39LA2013041100011Windshield · brokenAT CRUISE FLIGHT, AFTER DEPARTING ENROUTE, THE COPILOTS OUTER WINDSHIELD SHATTERED AT FL 22500. ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE WITHOUT INCIDENT. R & R THE COPILOTS WINDSHIELD IAW THE MM CHAPTER 56-10-00.SDR 39LA2013040500004Torquemeter · erraticWHILE ON TAKEOFF ROLL, THE LT ENGINE TORQUE GAUGE WAS GIVING ERRATIC INDICATIONS. TAKEOFF ABORTED AND TAXI TO RAMP WAS WITHOUT EVENT.SDR CA130322004Hose · punctured(CAN) PILOT REPORTED UNABLE TO COOL COCKPIT, SIDE PANELS WERE HOT TO THE TOUCH, BURNING ODOR IN THE COCKPIT. THE LT COOLING TURBINE SEPARATOR SOCK WAS FOUND ICED UP. A HOLE WAS FOUND IN THE COOLING TURBINE ANTI-ICE VALVE SENSE LINE. LINE REPAIRED AND ACFT RESDR CA130308008Windshield · damaged(CAN) LEFT WINDSHIELD FOUND TO HAVE MULTIPLE BUBBLES, 50-100+ AROUND HEATING ELEMENT. WINDSHIELD HEATING SYSTEM WAS TESTED SERVICEABLE.SDR CA130307008Line · chafed(CAN) UPON LANDING, THE CREW REPORTED TO MAINTENANCE THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING BY THE LT ENGINE LOWER COWLING FROM THE OIL TO FUEL HEATER. MAINTENANCE REPLACED FUEL LINE BY ENGINE MOUNT THAT HAD CHAFED THROUGH.SDR 39LA2013030600004Pin · out of positionMAIN GEAR UNSAFE (RED) LIGHTS STAYED ILLUMINATED WITH GEAR UP. CYCLED SEVERAL TIMES. FOUND EMERGENCY GEAR SELECTOR PIN OUT AND LEVER ROTATED. SELECTOR RETURNED TO NORMAL. OP'S CHECKED GOOD AFTER SEVERAL CYCLES, PEFORMED FULL SERVICE OF LT STRUT HYD AND NISDR 39LA2013021800013Seal · misalignedDURING INTIAL CLIMB CABIN DOOR WAS MAKING A WHISTLING SOUND THAT DEVELOPED INTO A HOWL. CABIN WOULD NOT MAINTAIN MORE THAN A 4.0 PSI DIFFERENTIAL. RETURNED TO BASE. INSPECTED SEAL AND FOUND IT MISALIGNED AT TOP MIDDLE POSITION, ADJUSTED SEAL AND APPLIED PRCSDR 39LA2013021100001Transducer · failedDURING INITIAL CLIMB, THE CREW NOTICED THE RT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE GUAGE HAD DROPPED TO ZERO PSI AND IT WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A RT OIL PRESS ANNUNCIATOR. 20 SECONDS LATER THE CREW NOTICED A HARD BY-PASS AT ROUGHLY 630 DEGREES EGT. CREW INFORMED TOWER AND RSDR 39LA2013020600004Cabin Pressure · failedAFTER DEPARTING, THE ACFT FAILED TO PRESSURIZE. RETURNED TO BLOCKS.SDR CA130207003Fire Detector · shorted(CAN) LEFT ENGINE FIRE LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY. DURING LANDING ROLL. UPON INSPECTION, A PIECE OF LOCKWIRE WAS FOUND SHORTING THE LOWER FIRE DETECTOR TO GROUND. THE LOCKWIRE WAS REMOVED, AND THE SYS WAS FUNCTIONAL TESTED. CHECKED SERVICEABLE AND ACFT RSDR KY7A20130128001Fcu · failedON CLIMB THROUGH 14000, FLIGHT CREW NOTED ENGINE TEMPERATURE INCREASING AND TTL BYPASS SYSTEM ACTIVATION. POWER LEVER MOVEMENT HAD NO EFFECT ON ENGINE AND FLIGHT CREW PULLED THE STOP AND FEATHER CONTROL DUE TO OVER-TEMPERATURE CONDITION. ACFT DIVERTED. MX PESDR 39LA2013012300003Cabin Pressure · malfunctionedON INITIAL CLIMB, THE ACFT WOULD NOT HOLD A DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE GREATER THAN 3.0 PSI. THIS RESULTED IN A "CABIN ALT" WARNING ON CLIMB THROUGH 16,200 FT. ATTEMPTED TO TROUBLE SHOOT TO NO AVAIL. ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. PERFORMED OPS CHECK IAW MM 21-30-00SDR 39LA2013012200003Pump · failedRIGHT HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. RETURNED TO BASE. R & R THE NR 2 ENGINE DRIVEN HYDRAULIC PUMP AND PERFORMED GROUND RUNS WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.SDR 39LA2013012100003Indicator · inoperativeDURING TAKEOFF, RT TOURQE INDICATOR DROPPED TO ZERO. TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED. R & R NR 2 TORQUE INDICATOR IAW MM 77-10-20. OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR 39LA2013011600002Controller · inoperativeON INITIAL CLIMB, NOTICED THE CABIN DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE WAS LOWER THAN STANDARD KNOWN VALUES. THE MAXIMUM DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE THE ACFT WOULD HOLD WAS 3.6PSI. THIS IS A LARGE DEVIATION FROM NORMAL OPERATION AND FELT IT WAS PRUDENT TO RETURN TO DEPARTURE. SDR 39LA201301150001Seal · leakingACFT DEPARTED, COULD NOT PRESSURIZE ABOVE 4.0 DIFFERENTIAL AT ALL ALTITUDES. ACFT RETURNED TO FIELD. CREW ALSO REPORTS FRONT DOOR SEAL UPPER AFT LEAKS. SEALED AIRFRAME LEAKS IN FORWARD BULKHEAD AND WINDSHIELD, OPS. CHECKED PRESSURIZATION SYS IAW MM 21-30-0SDR CA121123002Cylinder · cracked(CAN) DURING DAILY INSPECTION OF THE ACFT THE RT MLG UPPER CYLINDER ASSY WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED ON THE LOWER INBD SIDE. THE CRACK WAS ABOUT 1" LONG RUNNING HORIZONTALLY. THE GEAR WAS REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR P4YA2012103100001Gcu · failedLEFT GENERATOR FAILED ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. SWAPPED GENERATOR CONTROL UNITS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING, GROUND RUNS CHECKED GOOD.SDR CA121017007Wire · failed(CAN) THE RT ENGINE RPM WENT TO ZERO IN CLIMB. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BLOCKS. THE GAUGES WERE SWAPPED BY THE FLIGHT CREW AND THE FAULT FOLLOWED THE GAUGE SO THE GAUGE WAS REPLACED AND ACFT RUN AND CHECKED SERVICIBLE. ACFT RELEASED TO SERVICE. 30 MINUTES INTO SDR CA121017003Actuator · leaking(CAN) ON TAKEOFF AFTER GEAR SELECTED UP THE PILOT REPORTED A BUMPING FEELING IN THE ACFT, ALONG WITH FLUCTUATIONS IN THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE. THE LT GEAR INTERMITTENTLY WOULD NOT RETRACT COMPLETELY. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LT INBD SDR CA121009004Line · failed(CAN) PILOT REPORT-WEATHER WAS VFR, LIGHT WINDS FROM THE SOUTH. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF AND POSITIVE RATE, CALLED FOR GEAR UP. F/O SELECTED GEAR UP, GEAR TRANSITION LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT THERE WAS A VERY LOUD BANG. GEAR POSITION LISDR CA120821006Chain · faulted(CAN) THE AILERON SYS OF THE ACFT TEMPORARILY JAMMED IN FLIGHT. THE SYS WAS TROUBLESHOT AND THE JAM APPEARED TO BE IN THE COPILOT CONTROL WHEEL. AT FIRST IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE FAULTY BEARINGS SO THEY WERE REPLACED AND RE SHIMMED AS IAW THE MM. BUT FURTHER INVESDR CA120720007Master Cylinder · malfunctioned(CAN) AC LANDED AND HAD TO USE EXCESSIVE BRAKE IN ORDER TO TURN ONTO TAXIWAY. MAINTENANCE CALLED AND FOUND LT MASTER CYLINDER TO BE DEFECTIVE, STICKY. UNIT REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA120613004Regulator Valve · failed(CAN) ON MAY 31ST 2012 FOUND AN AWI LEAK ON RT CTR SECTION. ON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE AWI REGULATOR VLV O RING THAT SEALS THE VLV HALVES, POPPED OUT OF THE VLV BODY. THE VLV WAS REPLACED WITH AN OVERHAULED UNIT FROM STOCK & ALL FUNCTIONASDR KY7A2012061300001Engine · failedAFTER TAKEOFF, FIRST OFFICER CONFIGURED ACFT FOR CLIMB. SECOND OFFICER NOTICED SPLIT IN TORQUE INDICATION, SHORTLY FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. SHUTDOWN ENGINE. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AND MADE SAFE LANDING. MX R & R NR 1 ENGINESDR CA120315005Efis · failed(CAN) THE F/O WAS GETTING CLEARANCE WHILE THE CAPTAIN WAS OUTSIDE. THE CAPTAIN CAME INTO THE COCKPIT AND SMELLED THE BURNING ODOR. DOING SOME INVESTIGATION, HE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE CAPTAIN SIDE OF COCKPIT. HE DECIDED NOT TO START THE ACFT TILL SITUSDR CA120312020Switch · burned(CAN) PILOT REPORT ON APPROACH WHEN THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS WERE TURNED ON THERE WAS AN ODOR LIKE NAIL POLISH OR SOME KIND OF CHEMICAL ODOR. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND MAINTENANCE WAS CONTACTED AND DISPATCHED. THEY FOUND THE LT ESSENTIAL BUS TIE SWITCH HADSDR CA111222004Oil System · low pressure(CAN) THE REPORTED DEFECT WAS LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE ON BOTH THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE AND THE WARNING INDICATOR. TROUBLESHOOTING HAS FOUND THAT THE REAR SEAL OF THE ENGINE IS FAULTY CAUSING THE ENGINE TO LOOSE ITS OIL SUPPLY THEREFORE LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. THE ESDR 3PRA2011113000001Unknown · smokeINTERMITTENT SMOKE WITH AUTO TEMP CONTROL TO HOT SETTING. CHECKED OIL SERVICING ON BOTH COOLING TURBINES, PERFORMED CHECK OF HEATING AND COOLING SYS, ALL CHECK NORMAL. CANNOT DUPLICATE.SDR CA111121001Spinner · iced(CAN) VIBRATION ON RT ENGINE, ACFT RETURNED TO BASE. TROUBLESHOT AND FOUND THE SPINNER TO HAVE ICE ACCUMULATED ON THE INTERIOR. ICE WAS REMOVED, SPINNER WAS CLEANED AND ENGINE/PROPELLER OPERATIONAL. GROUND CHECKS WERE CARRIED OUT WITH NO FURTHER VIBRATIONS NSDR CA111017008Fcu · corroded(CAN) ENGINE REMOVED FOR SCHEDULED MX AND THE FCU P3 AREA WAS INSPECTED FOR CORROSION. HEAVY CORROSION WAS FOUND IN THE CAP, PISTON AND BORE. PISTON RING SHAVING WERE ALSO FOUND. COATING DELAMINATION FROM THE PISTON SUPPORT COIL WAS ALSO OBSERVED. THE COATISDR CA111012006Spring · failed(CAN) TROUBLESHOOTING IN PROGRESS FOR FAILURE OF GEAR TO RETRACT AND PARTIAL PWR LOSS OF LT ENGINE. TROUBLESHOOT FOR THE ENGINE PWR LOSS, ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED, PN 897400-7 ALSO THE TTL BYPASS VALVE WAS REPLACED (TEMP/TORQUE LIMITER) PN 897457.SDR CA110930002Altimeter · failed(CAN) PILOTS ENCODING ALTIMETER FAILED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING LIFT OFF. TROUBLESHOOTING WAS CONDUCTED INCLUDING FUNCTIONAL GEAR CHECKS NO FAULTS WHERE OBSERVED, ENCODING ALTIMETER WAS REPLACED AND TEST SATISFACTORY IAW CAR 571, APPENDIX B. ACFT WAS RELEASE SUBSDR CA110829016Circuit Breaker · burned(CAN) THE UNDER WIRE OF THE SKEET HOSE WORE THROUGH AND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE UNDERSIDE OF THE RT ESSENTIAL BUS CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND CAUSED SMOKE IN COCKPIT WHEN PLANE WAS LANDING - PLANE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.SDR CA110802005Bolt · shearedRT MLG UPLOCK ROLLER BOLT FOUND SHEARED DURING DAILY INSP - BOLT HEAD SIDE WAS MISSING -BOLT REPLACED -GEAR SWUNG AND ACFT RELEASED TO SERVICE.SDR KY7A17733Wire · burnedENROUTE, PILOT BECAME AWARE OF SMOKE FROM AROUND RT SIDE CB PANEL AND IN CABIN. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED. ACFT WAS INSPECTED AND FERRIED WITH NO ISSUES. UPON INSPECTION AND TEST: FWD COAT CLOSET DIRECTLY BEHIND COPILOTS SEAT EVAPORATOR SHROUD WASDR CA110616003Cooling Turbine · seizedWHEN LANDING A FAINT OILY ODOR WAS DETECTED IN THE CABIN, THE SMELL GOT PROGRESSIVELY STRONGER DURING THE DAY. ON THE FINAL LANDING A BLUE/GREY HAZY SMOKE WAS NOTED IN THE CABIN AFTER SHUTDOWN. MX WAS CONTACTED AND THEY FOUND THE LT COOLING TURBINE VERY HOT SDR CA110606017Exhaust Duct · crackedAFT FLANGE WELD AREA CRACKED 1.5 INCH. DUCT REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
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