Piper PA-28R-201T
Service difficulty reports · 80
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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 = 'PA28R201T' 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 = 'PA28R201T' 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 2024FA0000960Skin · crackedRH WING WALK BUCKLES AND IS CRACKED.SDR JZRR2015011200002Firewall · crackedDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, FOUND CORROSION AND A CRACK BEHIND TURBOCHARGER ON FIREWALL. THE CORRODED AREA MEASURES 8" X 4" WITH A 1.5" HOLE AND 3" PLUS CRACK. RECOMMEND REPLACEMENT OF FIREWALL WITH THE ADDITION OF A FABRICATED STAINLESS STEEL HEAT SHIELD ATTASDR JZRR20150112001Firewall · corrodedDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, FOUND CORROSION, HOLE AND CRACK BEHIND TURBO-CHARGER ON FIREWALL. THE CORRODED AREA MEASURES 8" X 4" WITH A 1.5" HOLE AND 3" PLUS CRACK. RECOMMEND REPLACEMENT OF FIREWALL WITH THE ADDITION OF A FABRICATED STAINLESS STEEL HEAT SHIELD SDR 2015FA0000190Housing · wornREPLACED COWL FLAP CABLE, PN LSM-SCD-032-1 DUE TO WORN SPOT NEAR CONNECTION TO COWL. COWL HAS BEEN REPLACE IAW STC SA03470AT. ACFT HAD TO MAKE AN UNSCHEDULED STOP DO TO SMOKE IN THE CABIN. INSPECTION FOUND CABLE COVERING MELTED DO TO BEING TO CLOSE TO THE EXSDR 2015FA0000189Cable · wornCOWL FLAP CABLE RUBBING ON EXHAUST ON LT SIDE OF ENGINE. RUBBED THROUGH THE OUTER COVER AND HALF THROUGH THE INNER CORE. THIS ACFT HAS HAD A REPLACEMENT COWL INSTALLED UNDER STC SA03470AT.SDR 2013FA0000438Switch · shortedACFT DEPARTED, DURING INITIAL CLIMB, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AT APPROX 1000 FT AGL. PILOT SWITCHED FUEL TANKS, CYCLED FUEL PUMP, AND MAGNETOS IN AN ATTEMPT TO REGAIN TAKEOFF POWER. ACFT CRASHED IN A RURAL AREA. DAMAGED RT WING ASSY AND LANDING GEAR.SDR 2013FA0000249Filter · failedFOUND SEAM IN FILTER ELEMENT SEPARATED. NO TEARING OF THE MATERIAL WAS EVIDENT.SDR 2012FA0000228Spark Plug · damagedPILOT REPORTED ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AT 11,000 FT. DESCENDED TO 5,000 FT AND ENGINE OPERATED CORRECTLY. RETURNED TO AIRPORT, LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. REMOVED TOP COWLING AND ALL 12 SPARK PLUGS, PN RMH38E. ALL SPART PLUGS RUSTED ON OUTSIDE AND SDR CA110215006Tube · looseDURING THE ANNUAL INSP OF THE ACFT, THE STABILATOR BALANCE WEIGHT TUBE WAS FOUND TO BE LOOSE. THERE ARE 2 ATTACH BOLTS. THE FWD ATTACH BOLT WAS LOOSE AND WAS RE-TORQUED. THE AFT ATTACH BOLT WAS LOOSE WITH SOME PLAY, THE BOLT WAS REMOVED AND INSPECTED, WEAR WASSDR 2010FA0001015Cover · bentDURING THE CLIMB OUT PHASE OF THE FLIGHT, AT APPROX 4200 AGL, 1 SIDE OF THE WIRE BAIL ON THE FIREWALL MOUNTED GASCOLATOR CAME OUT OF THE FUEL STRAINER COVER. THIS ALLOWED THE ENGINE DRIVE PUMP TO SUCK AIR INTO THE SYS THROUGH THE UNSEATED STRAINER BOLW WHICH SDR 2010FA0000993Cover · bentDURING THE CLIMB OUT, AT APPROX 4200 AGL, ONE SIDE OF THE WIRE BAIL ON THE FIREWALL MOUNTED GASCOLATOR CAME OUT OF THE FUEL STRAINER COVER. THIS ALLOWED ENGINE DRIVEN PUMP TO SUCK AIR INTO THE SYS WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF FUEL PRESSURE TO THE POINT THE ENGSDR 2009FA0000807Shaft · shearedINFLIGHT FAILURE OF ENGINE, DUE TO OIL PUMP DRIVE GEAR SHAFT SHEARING. PILOT WAS IN CRUISE . ALTITUDE APPROXIMATELY 4000 FT MSL, UNSCHEDULED LANDING AT AIRPORT.SDR CA090520002Packing · mismanufactured(CAN) ENGINE WAS REMOVED DUE TO LOW OIL PRESSURE IN FLIGHT. UPON INSP IT WAS FOUND THAT THE NYLON PACKING INSIDE THE FRONT MAIN BEARING SHELLS WERE TOO SHORT. THEY DID NOT REACH THE FULL LENGTH OF THE GROOVE THAT THEY ARE SET IN. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THIS MASDR CA090303006Main Bearing · failed(CAN) LARGE PIECE OF FERROUS MATERIAL FOUND IN OIL PICKUP SCREEN DURING ROUTINE INSP, PIECE IDENTIFIED AS PORTION OF CTR MAIN BRG. ENGINE REMOVED FROM ACFT, DISASSEMBLED, INSP CONFIRMS COMPLETE FAILURE OF NR 2 CTR MAIN BRG. IN CONJUNCTION, CRANKCASE BRG SADDLSDR CA090220005Plug · missingON APPROACH TO YBL, THE PILOT DETECTED BURNING OIL AND SAW SMOKE, THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTICED A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL ON THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DRIPPING FROM THE COWLS, AFTER THE TECHNICIAN INVESTIGATED THE OIL LEAK HE FOUND A HOLE WHERE A PSDR CA090112008Gasket · leaking(CAN) ENGINE INSPECTED FOR OIL LEAK AT REAR ACCESSORY SECTION, FOUND OIL COMING FROM RIGHT MAGNETO ATTACH GASKET. MAGNETO REMOVED, GASKET AND ENGINE MATING SURFACE INSPECTED OK. MOUNTING FLANGE ON MAGNETO INSPECTED AND FOUND CRACKED IN AREA WHERE BOTH HOLD DSDR NTB2008F00001Spring · brokenIMPULSE COUPLING SPRING BROKEN. EVIDENCE OF PRE-EXISTING CRACK AND CORROSION. VERY LOW TIME IS SERVICE. MAG TO ENGINE TIMING LOST. BOTH MAGS EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY. (K)SDR NTB2008F00000Impulse Coupling · brokenIMPULSE COUPLING SPRING BROKEN. EVIDENCE OF PRE-EXISTING CRACK AND CORROSION. VERY LOW TIME IN SERVICE. MAG TO ENGINE TIMING LOST. BOTH MAGS EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY. (K)SDR 2008FA0000453Bungee · brokenTHE PILOT SLOWED FOR LANDING AND DEPLOYED THE GEAR. A SAFE CONDITION WAS INDICATED FOR THE MAINS, BUT NOT FOR THE NOSE. THE GEAR WAS CYCLED; HOWEVER AGAIN, NO SAFE NOSE INDICATION. AN EMERGENCY GEAR DEPLOYMENT WAS ATTEMPTED BUT STILL, NO GREEN NOSE LIGHT. THSDR 2008FA0000243Turbocharger · fodTURBOCHARGER COMPRESSOR DAMAGED BY FOD INGESTED THROUGH THE ALTERNATE AIR DOOR. THIS DOOR IS ON TOP OF THE AIR FILTER BOX ALLOWING ANY OBJECT THROWN UP BY THE NOSE WHEEL TO ENTER THE INDUCTION SYSTEM WHEN THE DOOR IS ACTIVATED DURING PREFLIGHT CHECKS.SDR CA070919001Tube · broken(CAN) FUEL DISCHARGE TUBE BROKE, ENGINE LOST POWER. SUSPECT MID-TUBE CLIP P/N: 626477-2 MAY HAVE FAILED FIRST. (TC NR 20070919001)SDR CA070502008Control Cable · damaged(CAN) MIXTURE CONTROL WAS FOUND TO BE STIFF BY MAINT ON AN ENGINE START FOR TAXI TO HANGER. CABLE WAS REMOVED. THE CABLE ROUTING POSITIONS THE CABLE LESS THAN (6) INCHES FROM THE TURBOCHARGER. AN ASBESTOS COVER HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN PLACED OVER THE CABLE AND STISDR CA070118003Pump · faulty(CAN) ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP OUTPUT IS LOW AT RATED RPM 2600. (TC NR 20070118003)SDR CA060421017Alternator · failedTHE ALTERNATOR HAS BEEN OVERHAULED AND FAILED.SDR UQM2005F00000Crankshaft · brokenAFTER INSTALLING REBUILT MAGS, TEST RAN AND WAS KNOCKING. REMOVED NR 1 CYLINDER AND FOUND CRANKSHAFT BROKEN AT THE JOURNAL. I FEEL THE CRANK MAY BE BROKEN IN ANOTHER SPOT. MFG IS AWARE OF THIS AND A REPLACEMENT ENGINE HAS BEEN SENT. PILOT WAS FLYING AT 700SDR UQM2005F00002Magneto · failedPILOT WAS FLYING AT 7000 FT AND LOST POWER. HE SAID ENGINE WENT TO IDLE. HE MADE A SAFE LANDING. AFTER COMING TO A STOP THE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING. FOUND THE MAGS BOTH LT AND RT HAVE NO SPARK. REMOVED P LEADS AND STILL NO SPARK. REPLACED CONDENSERS AND SSDR UQM2005F00001Magneto · failedPILOT WAS FLYING AT 7000 FT AND LOST POWER. ENGINE WENT TO IDLE. MADE A SAFE LANDING. AFTER COMING TO A STOP THE ENGINE WS NOT RUNNING. FOUND THE MAGS BOTH LT AND RT HAVE NO SPARK. REMOVED P LEADS AND STILL NO SPARK. REPLACED CONDENSORS AND STILL NO SPARSDR 2004FA0000846Shaft · mismanufacturedDURING 100 HR INSP AT 1V5, LT CONTOL COLUMN UNIVERSAL,P/N 62834-02, WAS REMOVED FOR REPLACEMENT DUE TO EXCESS PLAY. CONTROL COLUMN SHAFT, P/N 62716-02, WAS FOUND TO BE DRILLED (FOR THE AN-386-1-6A TAPER PIN) LESS THAN 0.025 INCH FROM AFT END OF SHAFT. HOLE ISDR 2004FA0000845Shaft · mismanufacturedDURING 100 HOUR INSP AT 1V5, LT CONTROL COLUMN, P/N 62834-02, WAS REMOVED FOR REPLACEMENT DUE TO EXCESS PLAY. UPON REMOVAL, CONTROL COLUMN SHAFT, P/N 62716-02, WAS FOUND TO BE DRILLED (FOR AN-386-1-6A TAPER PIN) LESS THAN 0.025 INCH FROM AFT END OF SHAFT. HOLSDR 2004FA0000511Drag Brace · crackedPILOT REPORTED A LOUD SOUND SIMILAR TO A RIFLE SHOT WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 7500 FEET MSL. IMMEDIATELY, THE LANDING GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PRIOR TO LANDING, HE LOWERED THE GEAR NORMALLY AND GOT DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATIONS FOR ALL THREE LANDING GEARSDR BNG2004F00000Link · crackedNOSE GEAR LINK PN 76426-03, CRACKED TOP RT SIDE.SDR 2003FA0000939Attach Fitting · crackedCOMPONENT WAS CRACKED IN THREE PLACES, THIS IS IN THE DRIVE ATTACHMENT BASE. (JUST FORWARD OF THE ATTACHMENT PLATE), ON THE WEB THAT SECURES THE ALTERNATOR. OWNER SAID THAT HE HAD REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR 7 MONTHS AGO FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, CRACKED JUST AFT OFSDR AUS20030626Stud · cracked(AUS) MAIN LANDING GEAR SIDE BRACE STUD CONTAINED LONGITUDINAL MPI INDICATIONS. FOUND DURING INSPECTION IAW AD/PA28/91 AMDT1.SDR AUS20030367Link · failed(AUS) NOSE LANDING GEAR DRAG LINK ASSEMBLY SHEARED IN AREA LOCATEDFORWARD OF THE RH ATTACHMENT POINT.SDR 920DMValve Guide · brokenCYLINDER WAS REMOVED FOR LEAKING EXHAUST VALVE BY CUSTOMER. UPON DISASSEMBLY AND REMOVAL OF LOWER VALVE SPRING RETAINER, THE GUIDE WAS FOUND TO BE IN TWO PIECES. THE LOWER HALF WAS STILL IN THE CYLINDER HEAD AND ID WAS EXTREMELY WORN AND OVAL SHAPED. THE FRSDR VDN2002F00000Housing · crackedDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, THE TURBOCHARGER HOUSING PART NUMBER COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE TURBO HOUSING WAS REMOVED TO CHECK APPLICABILITY WITH AD. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS TURBO HOUSING DOES NOT HAVE TO BE INSPECTED PER PARAGRAPH (J) OF AD DUE TO PART SDR AUS20020155Capacitor · faulty(AUS) LH MAGNETO CAPACITOR WIRE INTERMITTENT CONTACT.SDR 2002FA0000217Line · wornENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE IN CRUISE FLIGHT. THE PILOT MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE OIL FILLER CAP HAD COME OFF AND THE ENGINE LOST OIL. THE INTERNAL AREA OF THE OIL FILLER TUBE HAD WORN AND WOULD NO LONGER PUT SUFFICIENT PRESSSDR AUS20020156Capacitor · faulty(AUS) RH MAGNETO CAPACITOR WIRE INTERMITTENT CONTACT.SDR 2001FA0000376Isolator · burned outIN CRUISE FLIGHT NOTICED THE AMP GAUGE WAS SHOWING THE ALTERNATOR PUTTING OUT OVER 45 TO 50 AMPS. DME DROPPED OF LINE, LOST THE TRANSPONDER SIGNAL. VFR CONDITIONS AND CANCLED FLIGHT. LANDED AT THE CLOSEST AIRPORT. STARTED AIRCRAFT. RADIOS WORKING. 30 TO SDR 20001031SH029Bolt · misinstalledBOLTS ON UPPER NOSE GEAR DRAG BRACE ASSY, SECURING TO ENGINE MOUNT, ARE INSTALLED BACKWARDS. THE PN 62833-43 LARGE DIAMETER STEEL WASHER, TEFLON WASHERS, ARE ALSO INSTALLED INCORRECTLY PER PAC DRAWING, FAC AND SM. (X)SDR AU000534Stud · cracked(AUS) LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SIDE BRACE STUDS CRACKED. FOUND DURING MAGNETIC PARTICLE INSPECTION IAW AD/PA28/91. (X)SDR AU000342Fuel Tank · leaking(AUS) FUEL TANK LEAKING. INSPECTION FOUND FAULTY SEALANT. FOUND FOLLOWING COMPLIANCE WITH AD/GEN/80.SDR 20000425SH039Drive Gear · brokenPILOT WAS IN-FLIGHT WHEN ENGINE FAILED. PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT. INSPECTION REVEALED THE GOVERNOR DRIVE GEAR HAD FAILED. GOVERNOR DRIVE GEAR ALSO DRIVES THE ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP WHICH, WHEN GEAR FAILED, TOOK THE ENGINSDR 2000ZZZX365Mount · misoverhauledAN EXHANGE ENGINE MOUNT HAD A TUBE MISALIGNED ON THE LOWER INBOARD, RIGHT SIDE, WHICH CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR DOWNLOCK MECHANISM TO BIND AND FALL IN THE GEAR DOWN POSITION. THE ENGINE MOUNT HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY ALIGNED AND/OR SECURED DURING THE ENGINE MOUNT OVERSDR 99ZZZX1076Bypass Pipe · not installedA TURBO HEAT BLANKET WAS INSTALLED ON 1-28-99. SUBMITTER STATED DURING THE INSTALLATION OF THE TURBO HEAT BLANKET, THE MECHANIC FAILED TO REINSTALL THE EXHAUST BYPASS VALVE PIPE (STC SA4731 NM/STC 4731 NM) THAT DIRECTED EXHAUST GAS OUTBOARD OF THE ENGINE. THSDR 99ZZZX956Retainer · crackedUPON COMPLETION OF CSB 98-1A, FOUND THAT NR 2 CYLINDER EXHAUST ROCKER SHAFT RETAINER WAS CRACKED. SUBMITTER SUGGESTED A POSSIBLE CAUSE IS OVERTORQUING OF ROCKER SHAFT RETAINER NUT OR MANUFACTURER DEFECT.SDR 99ZZZX1117Wire · damagedA FIRE STARTED ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH BELOW, A SMALL BUNDLE OF WIRES FOR THE NOSE GEAR SWITCHES. THE INSTALLATION COVERING EACH WIRE WAS EXTREMELY BRITTLE AND CRACKING EXPOSING THE BARE WIRES. IT APPEARS A WSDR 99ZZZX499Rod End · brokenPILOT NOTICED NOSE GEAR EXTENDED IN-FLIGHT AND COULD NOT GET IT TO COME UP. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR ROD END BEARING HAD PULLED APART ALLOWING NOSE GEAR TO FALL. NEW PART WAS INSTALLED AND GEAR RIGGING CHECK PERFORMED.SDR 99ZZZX1973Drive Gear · failedDURING LEVEL FLIGHT AT 8,500 FEET, PROPELLER SURGE OCCURRED. OBSERVED ZERO RPM, ZERO OIL PRESSURE. SHUT DOWN ENGINE. STOPPED PROPELLER. GLIDE TO NEAREST AIRPORT 9.8 MILES. LANDED ON RUNWAY, ROLL OUT TO RAMP AREA. TEST, NO OIL PRESSURE, NO TACHOMETER. SUB
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