Piper PA-28-140
Service difficulty reports · 364
Newest first. General aviation reporting is voluntary.
Query with SQL
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 = 'PA28140' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC"
Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
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 = 'PA28140' 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 2026FA0000795Magneto · faultedDURING FLIGHT, THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A SMOOTH PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER WITH AN RPM DECREASE OF APPROX 200–400 RPM. DISCONTINUED THE FLIGHT & MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT AN AIRPORT OTHER THAN THE ACFT’S HOME AIRPORT. THE MAGNETO HAD APPROX 115 HRS OF SERVICE & SDR 2026FA0000419Magneto · out of adjustENGINE WAS INSTALLED JULY 2025. TIME SINCE OVERHAUL IS 100 HOURS. FOUND ENGINE DAMAGE DUE TO LEFT MAG BEING ADVANCED 15 DEGREES. PULLED ENGINE AND SHIPPED BACK TO AVIAN AERONAUTICS FOR REPAIR.SDR 2024FA0000746Spar Cap · corrodedDEFECT WAS DISCOVERED WHILE CONDUCTING A 100HR/ANNUAL INSP. R/H WING INBOARD LOWER AFT SPAR CAP HAS INTERGRANULAR/ EXFOLIATION CORROSION. DEFECT IS APPROXIMATELY LOCATED AT RWS 30.0" AND MEASURES APPROX. 3.00" LONG, WHERE EXFOLIATION HAS OCCURRED. AIRCRAFT SDR 2024FA0000484Exhaust Valve · brokenDURING CLIMB OUT FROM RIGBY, ID, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED PARTIAL ENGINE POWER LOSS. POST INCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED #3 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE WAS DAMAGED/MISSING.SDR 2024FA0000182Starter · brokenSTARTER DRIVE MOTOR WAS FOUND LOOSE FROM BENDIX ASSEMBLY DURING 100 HOUR INSPECTION. MOTOR IS ATTACHED TO BENDIX WITH 2 BOLTS THREADED INTO BENDIX HOUSING. BOTH BOLTS HAD LOCKING TAB WASHERS STILL IN-PLACE AND UNDISTURBED. FEMALE THREADS WERE PULLED LOOSE FSDR 2023FA0000611Spar · corrodedWE REMOVED THE RH FUEL TANK TO REPLACE A FLEXIBLE FUEL LINE. UPON REMOVING THE FUEL TANK WE SAW EXTENSIVE EXFOLIATION CORROSION ON THE UPPER WING SPAR BEHIND THE FUEL TANK. THE AREA OF CORROSION EXTENDED 16 INCHES ALONG THE UPPER FORWARD SPAR I BEAM. AFTER REMSDR 2023FA0000335Cylinder · separated#2 CYLINDER SEPARATED FROM CASE. APPEARS CONNECTING ROD OR WRIST PIN SEPARATED FROM PISTON WHICH CAUSED CYLINDER TO SEPARATE. ENGINE HAD APPROXIMATELY 6 QUARTS OF OIL WHEN IT TOOK OFF. THERE APPEARED TO BE OIL INSIDE THE SUMP AFTER LANDING WAS MADE.SDR 2022FA0000639Tire · defectiveMAIN TIRE WAS FOUND FLAT PARKED IN THE HANGAR. REMOVED TIRE AND TUBE INSPECTED TUBE AND FOUND HOLE IN SIDEWALL LOCATION ON THE TUBE CAUSED BY THE COARSENESS OF INSIDE OF THE TIRE WEAVINGSDR 2022FA0000236Altimeter · inaccurateALTIMETER BARO SCALE ADJUSTMENT DISCONNECTED FROM ALTIMETER MECHANISM. ROTATING THE BARO ADJUST KNOB RESULTS IN THE ALTIMETER BARO SCALE MOVING BUT DOES NOT CHANGE THE POSITION OF THE THOUSANDS OR HUNDREDS HANDS. THE ALTIMETER CALIBRATION SCREW DOES NOT APPESDR 2022FA0000010Elt · false activationACK E-04 STARTED TRANSMITTING WHEN A/C WAS STATIONARY WITH BATTERY SWITCH OFF. COCKPIT INDICATIONS: RED LIGHT ON REMOTE PANEL AND AUDIO ALERT SOUNDED. RESET ELT, OPERATIONS NORMAL THEREAFTER. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THE ACK E-04 STARTED TRANSMITTING UNDER TSDR 2021FA0000316None · failedFOUND BAFFLE LIBERATED FROM ENGINE MUFFLER BLOCKING EXHAUST GAS PATH CAUSING ENGINE POWER LOSS. RECORDS INDICATE INSTALLED MUFFLER ASSEMBLY WAS PN 99482-00 WHICH IS EXEMPT FROM AD 70-16-05 "EXHAUST MUFFLER CRACKS". INQUIRES TO REPAIR STATIONS THAT SERVICE/SELLSDR 2021FA0000199Exhaust Pipe · crackedEXHAUST COLLECTOR TUBES WERE CRACKED AND NEARLY UNDETECTABLE WITHOUT REMOVAL OF EXHAUST AND INSPECTION WITH A BRIGHT LIGHT SOURCE. IT APPEARS THE CRACKS WENT UNDETECTED THROUGH MULTIPLE PREVIOUS INSPECTIONS FROM A REPUTABLE SHOP. THE EXHAUST IS AN AFTERMARKESDR 2020FA0000395Nut Plate · corrodedDEFECT DISCOVERED UPON REMOVAL OF RT FUEL TANK. ALL 4 INDEPENDENT FLOATING NUT PLATES MS2106L08 FOUND SEVERELY CORRODED WITH RUST. THE NUT PLATE HOUSING AND THREADED ANCHOR PORTION WERE RUSTED. THE AREA WHERE THE NUT PLATE CONTACTS THE SPAR CREATED PITTING.SDR 2018FA0000516Skin · damagedON ANNUAL INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TRAILING EDGE CAP ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT INBOARD LONGITUDINAL EXTERIOR RUNNER HAD TWO POPPED RIVET HEADS AND SURFACE CORROSION. THIS WAS CAUSED BY AN INSUFFICIENT PROTRUSION OF THE BATTERY VENT LINE INTO THE AIRSTREAM WSDR 2018FA0000515Skin · crackedON ANNUAL INSPECTION TWO SMALL CRACKS WERE FOUND ON THE TOP OF THE RIGHT WING AND ONE SMALL CRACK ON THE TOP OF THE LEFT WING. THE FIRST CRACK WAS FOUND AT THE AFT EDGE OF A FLUSH HEAD RIVET THAT ATTACHED THE STRINGER TO THE SKIN ON THE INBOARD SIDE OF THE RISDR 2020FA0000051Carburetor · separatedREPORTED PROBLEM WAS PARTIAL ENGINE POWER LOSS DURING CLIMB OUT. UPON INSPECTION OF ENGINE AND ACCESSORIES THE CARBURETOR WAS FOUND TO HAVE THE PARTING FLANGE SEPARATING. THE ORIGINAL SCREWS AND LOCKING TAB WASHERS WERE ALL INSTALLED BUT LOOSE. SLIGHT FUEL SDR 2018FA0000521Hose · collapsedINVESTIGATING HIGH OIL TEMPERATURE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES OF THE INSIDE LAYER OF THE OIL SUPPLY HOSE TO THE OIL COOLER AT THE ENG END BEGINNING APPROX 2 INCHES FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE HOSE HAD COMPLETELY COLLAPSED INWARD BLOCKING ALMOSSDR 2018FA0000462Cylinder · crackedCYLINDER HEAD IS CRACKED. THIS IS THE THIRD CYLINDER ON THIS ENGINE THAT THE HEAD HAS DEVELOPED HOLES IN THEM. THE FIRST WENT AT ABOUT 800 HOURS. WE OPERATE THIS ENGINE IN A FLIGHT SCHOOL. HAPPENED UNDER NORMAL FLIGHT OPERATIONS. PROBABLE CAUSE UNKNOWN. SDR 2018FA0000110Cylinder · brokenFAILURE OF THE UPPER PART OF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR, THE CYLINDER. THIS FAILURE APPEAR TO BE A MECHANICAL FAILURE OF BOTH THE UPPER ATTACHMENT EARS FOR THE TORQUE LINK ASSEMBLY, BOTH SECTIONS WERE SHEARED OFF. THE SEPARATED SECTIONS SHOWS WHAT APPEARS TO BE ESDR 2018FA0000350Muffler · erodedDURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION OF AN AIRCRAFT THAT HAD ACCUMULATED 300 HOURS SINCE THE INSTALLATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL TYPE CERTIFICATE (STC) SA02168AT THE FOLLOWING CONDITION WAS OBSERVED. THE MUFFLER OF THE POWERFLOW EXHAUST USES 4 SCREWS AND NUTS AROUND THE LIP OSDR 2017FA0000578Spar · corrodedRIGHT WING SPAR INSPECTED IAW SB 1006. FOUND TO BE CORRODED WITH INTERGRANULAR CORROSION ON FORWARD FACE OF SPAR WEB, UPPER SPAR CAP IN FRONT OF LANDING GEAR STRUT HOUSING. RIGHT WING REMOVED AND REPLACED.SDR 2017FA0000164Crankcase · crackedPILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY OFF AIRPORT LANDING AFTER EXPERIENCING A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND SMOKE. INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A CRACK OF APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES ON THE CRANKCASE STARTING FROM UNDER THE NR 3 CYLINDER FLANGE AT ABOUTSDR 2017FA0000095Throttle Cable · brokenDURING FLIGHT THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO REDUCE ENGINE POWER AND THE THROTTLE CABLE BROKE WITH THE ENGINE STUCK AT CRUISE POWER. MIXTURE CONTROL WAS USED OVERHEAD THE AIRPORT TO REDUCE POWER AND LAND WITHOUT INCIDENT.SDR 2017FA0000415Seat Track · corrodedSEAT TRACK WAS CORRODED UNDER THE CARPET TO THE POINT THAT THE RIVETS HOLDING IT TO THE ACFT WERE FALLING OUT. THE ACFT HAS BEEN STORED OUTSIDE FOR SOME TIME AND THINK THAT THE DOOR SEAL HAD LEAKED IN THE PAST, CAUSING WATER TO SIT ON THE SEAT TRACK.SDR C2XA2016FA0000390Carburetor · looseCOMPLAINT RECEIVED OF ENGINE, DEISELING, ON SHUTDOWN. FOUND CARBURETOR UPPER HALF AND LOWER SEPARATING AT MATING SURFACE. REMOVED CARBURETOR RETIGHTENED SCREWS AND RELOCKED LOCK TABS. ADJUSTED IDLE AND MIXTURE THIS IS THE SECOND CARB WITH THE SAME PROBLEM INSDR 2016FA0000253Elt · inoperativeWHEN PURCHASED NEW IN 2013 CASE EXTERIOR APPEARED TO BE USED OR RE-MANUFACTURED. ELT UNIT FUNCTIONAL CHECKED OK & INSTALLED IN ACFT. WITH APPROX 2 YEARS LEFT ON BATTERY LIFE, BATTERIES FOUND DEAD DURING FUNCTIONAL CHECK. AFTER INSTALLING NEW BATTERIES FOUNDSDR 2016FA0000229Exhaust Duct · leakingWATER ON TOP ENGINE COWLING LEAKING THROUGH COWLING HINGE. DOWN NR 1 EXHAUST RISER OF POWERFLOW EXHAUST AND COLLECTING IN SCAT DUCTING FOR CARB HEAT. QUANITY REMOVED 1 PINT OF WATER. WHEN CARB HEAT WAS APPLIED ENGINE SHUTDOWN.SDR CA160307002Bar · cracked(CAN) THE CONTROL COLUMN TEE BAR ASSEMBLY WAS REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT C-GQPV MODEL PA-28-140 SERIAL NUMBER 28-7725161 AT 18602.5 HOURS TTAF TO SERVICE C-GQPN MODEL PA-28-140 SERIAL NUMBER 28-7725157 DUE TO CONTROL COLUMN TEE BAR FAILURE IN FLIGHT. (REFERENCE SDRSDR 2016FA0000117Wire Harness · chafedAS THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING THROUGH 400 FEET AGL, THE PILOT DETECTED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE LT HALF OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 22R. AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT STATED THAT MELTED WIRINSDR CA160213001Bar · failed(CAN) TRAINING FLIGHT, STUDENT IN LH SEAT, INSTRUCTOR IN RH SEAT. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS VERBALLY COACHING THE STUDENT ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 13 WIND 140/12KTS, 10 DEGREES FLAP. ALTITUDE WAS MAINTAINED AT 300` AGL CLOSE TO THRESHOLD. ENGINE POWER WAS THEN RETARDEDSDR 9LIS2016FA0000006Cylinder Head · crackedTHE CYLINDER HEAD CRACKED AT THE NINETH COOLING FIN. CRACK RUNS ALONG THE FIN. THE CRACK IS ABOUT .5" LONG. THE CYLINDER HAD LOW COMPRESSION. THE CRACK OCCURRED UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS OF A FLIGHT SCHOOL. PROBABLE CAUSE: METAL FATIGUE. THE FOLLSDR CA151215007Unknown · odor(CAN) THE OPERATOR INVESTIGATED FOR AN OIL ODOR IN CABIN ISSUE SINCE OCTOBER 26TH. EXTENSIVE TROUBLESHOOTING WAS PERFORMED TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. THE FSR RECOMMENDED TO REMOVE THE ENGINE FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.SDR 9LIS2015082100394Support · crackedHIGH TIME PA23: STRESS CRACKS AT FORWARD RADIUS X2 NEAR FORWARD HOLD DOWN BOLTS DELTA SHAPE RUDDER PEDAL INSTALLATION SUPPORT ASSY.SDR 2015FA0000360Seat Frame · brokenPILOTS SEAT FRAME BROKE COMPLETELY THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 2" FORWARD OF SEAT BACK ATTACHMENT CAUSING PILOT TO FALL BACKWARDS TOWARD THE REAR SEATS. EVENT HAPPENED WITH A STUDENT PILOT IN THE PILOT SEAT WITH AN INSTRUCTOR IN THE RT SEAT JUST PRIOR TO TAKING THESDR CA150608011Gear · failed(CAN) PILOTS REPORTED ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. THE RT MAGNETO HAD AN INTERNAL FAULT ON THE ROTOR GEAR WHICH WAS NEW FROM THE FACTORY 385 HRS AGO. THE METAL TAB ON THE GEAR HAD SEPARATED.SDR 2015FA0000239Gasket · leakingDURING LANDING ROLLOUT ENGINE STOPPED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED ACFT AND FOUND THAT CARBURETOR FUEL BOWL GASKET WAS LEAKING FUEL.SDR CA140908026Outlet · eroded(CAN) DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE MUFFLER OUTLET PIPE HAD AN EXTENSION PIECE THAT APPEARS TO BE OF UNAPPROVED, SUBSTANDARD MATERIAL WELDED ON TO THE ORIGINAL. IT APPEARS THAT THE EXTENSION WAS USED TO DIVERT EXHAUST RESIDUE FURTHER AWSDR 2014FA0000631Exhaust Valve · failedDURING CLIMBOUT, AT APPROXIMATELY 500FT AGL, THE ACFT BEGAN TO LOOSE ENGINE POWER, STUDENT ON CONTROLS TRANSFERED TO INSTRUCTOR. INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO AIRPORT, DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ENGINE POWER TO CONTINUE. LANDED IN SMALL CLEARING ADJACENT TO HIGSDR CA140429007Baffle · collapsed(CAN) DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT, THE PILOT NOTICED SIGNIFICANT ENGINE POWER LOSS AND RETURNED TO BASE. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE INTERNAL BAFFLE INSIDE THE MUFFLER ASSY HAD COLLAPSED. MUFFLER ASSY WAS R & R WITH NEW UNIT, THE SQUIRREL CAGE WAS INTSDR CA131118026Hose · deteriorated(CAN) DURING A 100 HR INSPECTION OF THE ACFT, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE RT FUEL TANK FLEX HOSE LINKING THE TANK TO THE ACFT FUEL SYS WAS IN POOR CONDITION. REMOVAL OF THE HOSE REVEALED THAT IT WAS INDEED DRIED OUT AND DETERIORATED. THE STEEL MFG TAG SECURED TO TSDR 2013FA0000611Turnbuckle · crackedONE CABLE HAS FRAYED STRANDS, THE OTHER CABLE HAS STRESS CRACKS IN TURNBUCKLE END. CABLES WERE FOUND ON ANNUAL INSPECTION AND AD COMPLIANCE. REPLACED CABLES.SDR 2013FA0000610Cable · frayedONE CABLE HAS FRAYED STRANDS, THE OTHER CABLE HAS STRESS CRACKS IN TURNBUCKLE END. CABLES WERE FOUND ON ANNUAL INSPECTION AND AD COMPLIANCE. REPLACED CABLES.SDR GQRR201306289952Manifold · malfunctionedON LANDING ROLL OUT, THE ACFT SUSTAINED AN UN-COMMANDED STEERING INPUT AND SUBSEQUENTLY EXITED THE RUNWAY, DAMAGE WAS MINOR. TESTING CONCLUDED THE FAILURE TO BE CAUSED BY THE RECENTLY O/H STEERING MANIFOLD.SDR 2013FA0000055Rib · corrodedDURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, VISUAL INSPECTION UNVEILED THE OTBD RIB ON THE RT FLAP HAD EXCESSIVE CORROSION. AFTER UNRIVETING THE L/E SKIN, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ALL THE RIBS WERE CORRODED BEYOND REPAIR AND THE FLAP WAS SCRAPPED FOR A SERVICEABLE UNIT.SDR CA130819018Clamp · separated(CAN) THE EXHAUST CLAMP ON THE LT OF THE EXHAUST HAS A PIN WHICH LOCATES THE CLAMP ON BOTH THE MUFFLER AND THE PIPE IT ATTACHES TO. THE PIN HAD ERODED TO THE POINT WHERE IT ALLOWED THE PIPE TO SEPARATE FROM THE MUFFLER CAUSING SMOKE AND HEAT TO ESCAPE. THIS CSDR 2012FA0000549Hose · failedPILOT REPORTED AFTER LANDING, DURING FUEL TOP OFF FOR NEXT FLIGHT, A POOL OF OIL UNDER THE ENGINE COWL, INVESTIGATION SHOWED ONE OF THE OIL COOLER HOSES HAD SPLIT AND DUMPED APPROX 6 QTS OF OIL , THESE 2 HOSES WHERE CHANGED 7.58 HOURS PRIOR TO THIS EVENT, BOTHSDR 2012FA0000508Exhaust Valve · failedNR 1 EXHAUST VALVE FAILED IN CRUISE.SDR 2012FA0000312Casting · crackedTWO INCH CRACK WAS DISCOVERED DURING A ANNUAL INSPECTION ON THE RT MLG CASTING, LOCATED AT THE UPPER OUTER ATTACHMENT EAR FOR THE LANDING GEAR TORQUE LINK.SDR 2012FA0000202Air Filter · failedAIR FILTER ELEMENT CAME APART AT THE SEAM. SECOND ONE FOUND.SDR CA120202006Spar · cracked(CAN) VISUAL INSPECTION WITH LIGHT AND MIRROR THRU END, RIB BS 24 INDICATED LINES. CLOSER INSPECTION WITH VIDEO CAMARA FOUND THE CRACKS.
Back to Piper PA-28-140