Grumman G-1159
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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 = 'G1159' 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 = 'G1159' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR 56724Fitting · mismanufacturedWHILE PERFORMING AND NDT INSPECTION IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THERE APPEARED TO BE MORE THAN NORMAL SPACING BETWEEN THE WING CLOTHESPIN FITTING AND THE DOUBLER PLATE THAT WERE MODIFIED IAW ASC. UPON INSPECTION WE DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A GAP BESDR ZLW2003F00001Structure · corrodedON 12-11-2002, A STATIC WICK BASE WAS NOTED TO BE LOOSE ON THE LEFT AILERON. THE STATIC WICH BASE WAS REMOVED AND CORROSION WAS FOUND BENEATH IT. AFTER BLENDING OUT THE CORROSION, IT WAS NOT TO BE OUT OF MFG LIMITS.SDR VWA2003F00000Windshield · crackedON INITIAL CLIMB GOING THROUGH 28,000 FT THE PILOTS WINDSHIELD CRACKED. FOLLOWING PROCEDURES IN THE CHECKLIST, THE CREW DESCENDED TO THE RECOMMENDED ALTITUDE. LANDED THE AIRPLANE WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. THE CREW REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMSDR 2003FA0000024Attach Fitting · misinstalledDURING ROUTINE 24-MONTH ULTRASONIC EXAMINATION NOTED ASC-426 (3 PIECE WING ATTACH FITTING) MODIFICATION WAS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED. NOTED THAT DOUBLER WAS TRIMMED TO FIT WING PLANK CUT OUT INSTEAD OF WING PIN DIAMETER. RECOMMEND ALL OPERATORS VISUALLY INSPECT SDR 112502Access Panel · crackedCRACK WAS FOUND DURING INSPECTION, ACCESS PANEL 107-22-FIL-7. APPROX. BL 15R. CRACK WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 51-20-03.SDR 111202Bulkhead · crackedRT ENGINE NOSE COWLING BULKHEAD HAS 3 CRACKS, 2 CRACKS WERE WITHIN LIMITS, THE 3RD WAS OVER 3 INCHES WHICH IS OUT OF LIMITS.SDR 111512Gauge · stuckTGT WAS RAISING TO 540 WHEN THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. THE TGT GAUGE BECAME INOP. THE GAUGE STUCK.SDR 111502Actuator · failedAFTER DEPARTURE FROM HNL, PILOT SHUT DOWN RT ENGINE BECAUSE THE TGT WAS CLIMBING. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AT 540TGT. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGANCY AND RETURN TO HNL. AFTER MAINTENANCE LOOKED AT THE A/C, THE PROBLEM WAS THE TOP TEMP ACTUATOR.SDR ZLW2002F00001Controller · crackedCRACKED WINDSHIELD ON COPILOT SIDE. AFTER THE NEW WINDSHIELD WAS INSTALLED A FUNCTIONAL CHECK WAS PERFORMED AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THE WINDSHIELD STAYED FULL HOT. THE WINDSHIELD HEAT CONTROLLER WERE SWAPPED AND THE WINDSHIELD HEATED NORMALLY.SDR ZLW2002F00000Controller · failedWINDSHIELD HEAT CONTROLLER, INTERNAL FAILIURE.SDR 02050241Clip · crackedSHEAR CLIP CRACKED AT FS 757.562 BETWEEN STRINGER 3R AND 4R.SDR CA020813006Compressor · failed(CAN) CREW REPORTED 3. MILS VIBRATION AT DECENT AT 70 PERCENT. LATER A LOUD BUZZ AT CRUISE, AND VIBRATION WAS 1.8 MILS. BOROSCOPED ENGINE, A GROUND RUN VIBRATION WAS WITHIN LIMITS. A ONE HOUR FLT AND A BUZZING COULD BE HEARD FROM A/C. AC/DC GENERATORS & HYDRASDR BTV2002F00001Throttle Cable · wornTHREE EACH THROTTLE CABLES FRAYING WHERE THEY PASS OVER PULLEYS AT FS512. INSPECTED, FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF CHAFING ON STRUCTURE AND CABLE TENSIONS WERE ADJUSTED PROPERLY.SDR 2002FA0000530Adc · failedAIR DATA COMPUTER, INTERMITTENT, FAILED.SDR 2002FA0000348Throttle Cable · brokenDURING NORMAL MAINTENANCE INSPECTION THE NR 2 ENGINE THROTTLE CABLE (FS-512 R) WAS FOUND TO BE SEVERELY FRAYED WITH APPROXIMATELY 50 PER CENT OF THE STRANDS BROKEN. THE OTHER CABLES DID NOT HAVE ANY BROKEN STRANDS BUT DID HAVE SOME WIRES BROKEN.SDR 2002FA0000403Control Valve · leakingTHE VALVE DESCRIBED AT LEFT, WAS INSTALLED DUE TO THE UNIT INSTALLED PRIOR HAVING AN EXTERNAL LEAK. DURING INSTALLATION THE VALVE WAS ADJUSTED TO THE SPECIFICATION DESCRIBED IN THE CMP CODE (ATA CODE) ABOVE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN PUT THROUGH A GEAR SWING (10SDR BTV2001F00003Cooler · failedDURING A HIGH POWER GROUND MAINTENANCE RUN-UP, THE MECHANIC IN THE COCKPIT OBSERVED THAT THE BLEED AIR PRESSURE SUDDENLY DROPPED TO NEAR ZERO, FROM 40 AND PSI. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE LEFT HP AIR PRECOOLER HAD FAILED (BLOWN), EFFECTIVELY OPENING THE BLEED SDR 2001F00741Plug · groundedDEPARTING SLC EXPERIENCED A RADIO PROBLEM, BOTH COM'S BECAME INTERMITTENT. CIRCLED THE AIRPORT MAINTAINING VFR, AND REESTABLISHED CONTACT WITH ATC FOR THE REMAINDER OF TIME. ELECTED TO LAND AT OGD. MX SUPERVISOR WAS NOTIFIED, AND LOCAL MX T/S THE PROBLEM. SDR 2001F00015Fuel Line · rupturedRIGHT MAIN FUEL LINE RUPTURED ON TAKEOFF WHICH CAUSED ENGINE TO SPOOL DOWN TO FLIGHT IDLE. REPLACED FUEL LINE ON ENGINE. HP FUEL PUMP WAS ALSO DAMAGED AND REPLACED. ENGINE WAS BORESCOPED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR 2001F00009Windshield · crackedWHILE EN ROUTE FROM KVNY TO KTEB, EXPERIENCED A CRACK IN THE NR 2 WINDSHIELD, 30 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT. THE PILOT IN COMMAND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY IN KVNY. AFTER RETURNING, THE WINDOW WAS ASSESSED BY TRANS-EXEC AIR SERVICE, INC MX DSDR YNT2001F00000Transformer · shortedPOSITIVE TERMINAL ON TRANSFORMER RECTIFIER WAS GLOWING RED WHEN INSTALLED WITH POWER APPLIED. THIS WAS FOUND DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE AIRCRAFT WIRING HAD ANY EFFECT ON THIS MALFUNCTION. AIRCRAFT CIRCUIT BREAKER DID NOT TRISDR ZVSR409YSkin · corrodedEXTENSIVE SURFACE CORROSION ON HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ELEVATORS. CORROSION ON ELEVATORS EXTENDED THROUGH THE SKIN SURFACE. CORROSION WAS FOUND WHILE AIRCRAFT WAS IN MAINTENANCE FOR AN EXTERIOR PAINT JOB. CORROSION WAS FOUND AFTER PAINT WAS STRIPPED AND A VISDR EA112001B1083Landing Gear · obstructedLANDING GEAR RETRACT NORMALLY, UPON EXTENSION, RT HAND GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. EMERGENCY BLOWDOWN WAS USED AND WAS SUCCESSFUL. TOWER FLYBY INDICATED GEAR STILL UP, YAWED AC AND PULLED 2GS, AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPS, RT HAND GEAR EXTENDED. FLT HAD NOSDR JGBA0001Regulator · failedWHILE DESCENDING INTO PIR FROM JAX, THE MAIN CABIN DOOR SEAL DEFLATED AND ROLLED AT APPROX FL 35,000 FT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DESCEND TO 11,000 FEET AND THE DOOR SEAL REINFLATED, AND PRESSURIZATION WAS STABILIZED UNTIL LANDING AT PIR. A FERRY PERMIT WASSDR 20001116SH001Shutoff Valve · leakingBOS/APA - ON LANDING ROLL-OUT, THE COMBINED HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LOW PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ANNUNCIATED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED AND TURNED OFF THE RUNWAY WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE TWO BOLTS ON THE FLIGSDR 20000925SH003Pin · shearedWHILE INSTALLING ACTUATOR IN RT FLAP OTBD POSITION, FOUND STOP ON END OF JACKSCREW LOOSE. FURTHER INVEST REVEALED THAT PIN WHICH HOLDS EXTEND STOP ON END OF JACKSCREW WAS SHEARED OFF. APPROX .1875 INCH OF PIN REMAINED ON ONE SIDE OF STOP ATTACHING IT TO JACSDR 20001031SH024Tire · separatedTIRE SHED OUTER TREAD DURING TAKEOFF. TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE IN LARGE PIECES AND SHEETS. TIRE CASING REMAINED INTACT WITH NO LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE. MOUNTED ON LT INBOARD POSITION. TOTAL TIME ON TIRE, 139 HOURS TSN. 123 LANDINGS TSN. (X)SDR 20000828SH024Power Supply · defectiveWHILE PERFORMING A ROUTINE POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION, SMOKE WAS FOUND COMING FROM BEHIND THE VALANCE PANEL AREA NEAR FWD LT EMERG EXIT WINDOW. FOUND PROTECTED POWER SUPPLY (PPU) FOR ONE OF THE UPWASH FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULBS HAD BEEN DEFECTIVE. SIMILAR OCCCURRENSDR 20010508CW007Bolt · brokenAN AFTER LANDING, POST FLIGHT INSPECTION, REVEALED 2 BROKEN WHEEL BOLTS ON RIGHT OUTBOARD WHEEL ASSEMBLY. WHEEL AND TIRE ASSEMBLY REMOVED AND ALL WHEEL BOLTS DISCARDED.SDR 20001004AP005Skin · crackedON ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PREFLIGHT, A TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED A SMALL AREA OF BUBBLED PAINT. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED A CRACK IN THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE LEFT AILERON THE AILERON TRAILING EDGE WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)SDR 20000614SH010Skin · dentedDURING THE STRIPPING/PAINTING PROCESS OF THE AIRCRAFT THAT IS CURRENTLY IN WORK AT CRS QU2R122L, A DENT WAS UNCOVERED ON THE UPPER RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE RUDDER. THE DENT WAS HIDDEN DAMAGE AND COVERED WITH PAINT AND FILLER. GULFSTREAM IS CURRENTLY INSPECTINGSDR 20000511SH039Fitting · corroded**LT OTBD FLAP TRACK OVERHANG**DURING A 72-MONTH INSPECTION, A ''QUILTED'' AREA WAS NOTICED ABOVE THE OUTBOARD FLAP TRACK OVERHANG PANEL. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, 1 RIVET HEAD WAS MISSING. AFTER DISASSEMBLY, SEVERE EXFOLIATION CORROSION WAS NOTICED ON THE .5SDR 20000511SH038Fitting · corroded**TONY, PART LOC: RT OTBD FLAP TRACK OVERHANG**DURING A 72-MONTH INSPECTION, A ''QUILTED'' AREA WAS NOTICED ABOVE THE OUTBOARD FLAP TRACK OVERHANG PANEL. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, 2 RIVETS WERE NOTICED TO HAVE CRACKED HEADS. AFTER DISASSEMBLY, SEVERE EXFOLIASDR JGBA20001Connector · disconnectedAT LOGAN AIRPORT, AS THE A/C WAS TAXIING OUT FOR T/O, THE FLAPS WERE LOWERED TO THE T/O POSITION. AFTER APPROX 1 INCH OF TRAVEL THE FLAPS STOPPED MOVING. THE CREW RETURNED TO THE FBO AND DID NOT DEPART. MX CREW DISPATCHED FROM GULFSTREAM. THE MX CREW DISCOSDR 20000505SH022Engine · seizedDURING ENGINESTART, ENGINE SEIZED, NO LP ROTATION. (X)SDR 99ZZZX4661Battery · wrong partSAFT MODEL 4076 BATTERIES WERE FOUND INSTALLED IN SEVERAL G-11/G-III AIRCRAFT. AFTER REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER'S DOCUMENTS AND TALKING DIRECTLY WITH THE MANUFACTURER, NOTHING COULD SUBSTANTIATE THIS PARTICULAR BATTERY BEING INSTALLED IN THIS MODEL ASDR 99ZZZX3984Power Supply · failedWHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS POWERED UP ON THE GROUND, PRIOR TO A TRIP, FLIGHT MECHANIC NOTICED A LARGE AMOUNT OF WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE VALANCE PANEL ON LEFT SIDE OF CABIN AND ONE OF THE FLUORESCENT BULBS NOT ILLUMINATING. CIRCUIT BREAKERS FOR ALL FLUORSDR 99ZZZX3629Ground Pad · burntLEFT DC GENERATOR WOULD OCCASSIONALLY TRIP OFF-LINE DURING A GROUND RUN-UP. FOUND THE LEFT GENERATOR SHUNT GROUND PAD MELTED AND BURNT. GROUND PAD HAD RECENTLY BEEN REMOVED BY AN OUTSIDE MAINT FACILITY (AT CUSTOMER REQUEST) TO CHECK IT AND SHUNT FOR CORROSIOSDR 99ZZZM710Actuator · crackedAFTER AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED, CREW NOTICED HYDRAULIC FLUID LEAKING FROM THE NOSE WHEEL WELL. INVESTIGATION FOUND THE ROD END FITTING, P/N 1159HM20116, WAS CRACKED ON THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR ALLOWING COMBINED HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FLUID TO DRAIN. ACTUATOR, S/N 32-105,SDR 99ZZZM258Trim Wheel · wornPITCH TRIM KICKED OFF JUST PRIOR TO DESCENT AND TRIM WAS FROZEN AT 1 DEGREE NOSE UP. CREW COULD NOT MOVE THE TRIM WHEEL ELECTRICALLY OR MANUALLY. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE ROLL PIN HOLES ATTACHING THE TRIM WHEEL TO THE CSDR 99ZZZM246Trim Wheel · wornPITCH TRIM KICKED OFF JUST PRIOR TO DESCENT AND TRIM WAS FROZEN T 1 DEGREE NOSE UP. CREW COULD NOT MOVE THE TRIM WHEEL ELECTRICALLY OR MANUALLY. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTED REVEALED THAT THE ROLL PIN HOLES ATTACHING THE TRIM WHEEL TO THE CROSDR 99ZZZX1368Pin · mismanufacturedWHILE ACCOMPLISHING LT MAIN GEAR SIDE BRACE FITTING PIN INSPECTION, INSP REQUIRED THE SIDE BRACE ACTUATOR BE REMOVED TO INSPECT THE UPPER SIDE BRACE PIN. INSP REQUIRED TO CHECK AND INSPECT PIN, BUSHING, AND ATTACHING HARDWARE FOR CORROSION, GALLING AND FRETTISDR 99ZZZX1476Lever · crackedAFTER TAKEOFF, CREW COULD NOT SELECT GEAR HANDLE TO THE RETRACT POSITION AND RETURNED TO BASE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE LEVER HAD BROKEN PROVIDING TOO MUCH SIDE PLAY FOR THE GEAR HANDLE TO BE MOVED OUT OF THE DETENT. THE LEVER CRACKED WHESDR 99ZZZX1273Lever · crackedAFTER TAKEOFF, CREW COULD NOT SELECT GEAR HANDLE TO THE RETRACT POSITION AND RETURNED TO BASE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE LEVER HAD BROKE PROVIDING TOO MUCH SIDE PLAY FOR THE GEAR HANDLE TO BE MOVED OUT OF THE DETENT. LEVER CRACKED WHERE ASDR 99ZZZX1161Switch · malfunctionedNOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION WAS INOPERATIVE. EMERGENCY DECLARED AND DIVERTED TO ORD. LANDING GEAR WAS BACKED UP WITH NITROGEN AND AIRCRAFT LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. INDICATION LIGHT CAME ON DURING TAXI. POSSIBLE FROZEN DOWNLOCK SWITCH.SDR 98ZZZX4201Handle · looseWHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON AIRCRAFT, FOUND LEFT FORWARD AND AFT EMERGENCY EXIT WINDOW EXTERNAL RELEASE HANDLE DISCONNECTED FROM LINKAGE (ATTACHING HARDWARE FOUND IN BAG TIED TO HANDLE).SDR 98ZZZX3951Cooling Turbine · contaminatedFOUND WATER IN OIL DURING ROUTINE SERVICING. SUBMITTER SUSPECTS BAD SEALS. OVERHAUL COMPLETED ON 6-8-98. CYCLES: 99.SDR 98ZZZX3950Cooling Turbine · contaminatedFOUND WATER IN OIL DURING ROUTINE SERVICING. SUSPECT BAD SEALS. OVERHAUL COMPLETED ON 9-30-97. CYCLES: 158.SDR 98ZZZX3704T1 Canister · crackedDURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION, A CRACK WAS FOUND AT THE BASE OF THE CAPILLARY TUBE MOUNT BOSS ON THE T1 CANISTER OF THE LEFT HAND ENGINE. THE CRACKED PART WAS REMOVED AND A SERVICEABLE UNIT WAS INSTALLED IAW ROLLS ROYCE MAINTENANCE MANUAL, CHAPTER 75. THERE HASDR 98ZZZX3529Brake Line · crackedDURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION, HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS FOUND IN THE WHEEL WELLS. THE LEAK WAS TRACED TO A CRACK IN A RIGHT HAND BRAKE LINE, PN 1159H20014. THE CRACK STARTED IN A SLIGHT GROOVE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN A MANUFACTURER'S TOOLING MARK THAT WAS INFLICTED WHEN
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