Piper PA-31-310
Service difficulty reports · 77
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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 = 'PA31310' 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 = 'PA31310' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR FMAA2020012900000Arm · crackedPILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS NOT GETTING A DOWN AND LOCK INDICATION ON LEFT MAIN. AFTER HE WAS ON GROUND, INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT RETRACT ARM PN 42042-000 WAS CRACKED AND SEPARATED SUFFICIENTLY ENOUGH TO PREVENT THE DOWN LOCK SWITCH FROM CLOSING. REPSDR 5JGA2018072310001Fuel Line · failedNR 2 CYLINDER FUEL INJECTOR LINE FAILED.SDR 2015FA0000162Landing Gear · lack of lubeNOSE GEAR NOT EXTENDING IN FLIGHT DUE TO LACK OF LUBE AIRPLANE OPERATED AND PARKED ON GRAVEL NEXT TO SALT WATER PAST 300 HR 2 YEARS OLD LUBE INTERVALS 100 HR NEW LUBE INTERVALS 25 HR R & R MOST BOLTS AND BUSHINGS ON NOSE GEAR DUE TO RUSTSDR CA140909010Bearing · corroded(CAN) THE NLG ACTUATOR ROD END BEARING FAILED AT THE THREADED SHAFT. THIS CAUSED THE NLG TO COLLAPSE WHILE THE ACFT WAS BEING TOWED. THE ROD END BEARING THREADED SHAFT SHEARED OFF AT THE END OF THE NLG ACTUATOR. NO HARD LANDINGS AND 3 GREEN LIGHT ON THE LANDSDR 2013F00012Potentiometer · malfunctionedSMOKE COMING FROM AUTOPILOT CONTROLLER.SDR CA120306004Linkage · broken(CAN) THE LINKAGE BETWEEN THE WASTE GATE AND THE WASTE GATE CONTROLLER BROKE AT THE CONTROLLER END, ON TAKEOFF, CAUSING AN OVERBOOST IN MANIFOLD PREASURE.SDR CTYA2011FA0000686Line · looseON DECENT PILOT NOTED LOW FUEL PRESSURE, SELECTED BOOST PUMP ON, FUEL QUANTITY INDICATOR LOW ENGINE CEASED TO RUN, FEATHERED AND SECURED ENGINE.SDR 2009FA0001066Shaft · shearedENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP FAILURE. PUMP FAILED WITH 39.7 HRS ON IT. (K)SDR 2009FA0001065Shaft · shearedENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP FAILURE. PUMP FAILED WITH 106.7 HRS ON IT. (K)SDR 2009FA0001064Shaft · shearedENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP FAILURE. PUMP FAILED WITH 77.7 HRS ON IT.SDR 2009FA0000758Hose · crackedWHILE IN FLIGHT, PILOT OBSERVED FLAMES EMITTING FROM LOUVER OF LT INBD UPPER COWLING. PILOT SHUTOFF FUEL TO LT ENG AND SHUTDOWN SAME, WHICH EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. PILOT LANDED AT THE NEXT AVAILABLE AIRPORT. UPON INSP BY MX THE FUEL SUPPLY LINE (PN 156F0038DSDR CA090427001Pulley · broken(CAN) DURING INSP RUN-UP, ALTERNATOR FAIL LIGHT CAME ON, INVESTIGATION REVEAL THAT THE ALTERNATOR BELT WAS BROKEN DUE TO PULLEY FAILURE ON THE ALTERNATOR. THE MISSING PIECE OF PULLEY WAS NOT RECOVERED. NO OTHER DAMAGE.SDR 2008FA0000886Cylinder · separatedPILOT NOTED REDUCTION OF PWR, THEN VIBRATION IN CRUISE FLIGHT. VISUAL INSP REVEALED NR1 CYL INTAKE TUBE SEPARATED FROM SUMP INLET AND WEDGED APPROX 1 INCH AFT OF INLET. FUEL INJECTOR LINE BROKE AT INJECTOR. BOTTOM (2) CYL HOLD DOWN STUDS BROKE AND (1) BOTTOM,SDR CA080304007Engine · making metal(CAN) DURING A SCHEDULED INSP, LARGE QUANTITIES OF FERROUS PARTICLES WERE DISCOVERED IN THE PAPER ELEMENT OF THE ENGINE OIL FILTER. LARGER PIECES WERE ALSO DISCOVERED IN THE OIL SUCTION SCREEN FINGER. THE AC IS GROUNDED PENDING REPLACEMENT OF THE AFFECTED ENGISDR CA071203001Vane · broken(CAN) DURING A PRE-MAINTENANCE GROUND RUN, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE RT AIR PUMP WAS INDICATING INOPERATIVE DURING INSPECTION. THE DRIVESHAFT WAS FOUND TO BE SHEARED DUE TO THE CARBON VANES BREAKING AND JAMMING THE PUMP. (TC NR 20071203001)SDR 2004FA0000171Rib · corrodedREPORTED OCCASIONAL GEAR CYCLING PROBLEM. INSPECTED LANDING GEAR AND FOUND RIBS (WHICH ARE IN THE LT AND RT MAIN GEAR WHEEL WELLS) TO BE SEVERELY CORRODED. MOUNTED ON THIS RIBS IS THE BRACKET FOR THE UPLOCK LATCH SWITCH. THERE WAS ENOUGH MOVEMENT IN THE RISDR CA030206003Field Wire · chafed(CAN) ON TAKEOFF THE TWO ALTERNATOR LIGHTS CAME ON, THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT. THE LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED AND THEN HE CARRIED OUT A GROUND RUN, EVERYTHING WAS BACK TO NORMAL. A SECOND TAKEOFF WAS CARRIED OUT, THE PROBLEM RETURNED. THE AUXILIARY CONTROL BOSDR 20010205CW011Trim Switch · shortedAFTER TAKEOFF AUTOPILOT TRIM PITCHED UP. PILOT RETURNED TO AIRPORT AND HAD SAFE LANDING. FOUND TRIM SWITCH IN PILOTS YOLK SHORTED OUT. FOUND TWO WIRES TOUCHING, CAUSING PITCH UP. RESOLDERED CONNECTOR AND INSULATED FROM OTHER TERMINALS.SDR 20000907SH018Compressor · failedPILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY AND DURING CLIMB-OUT HAD SMOKE ENTERING CABIN. HE RETURNED TO AIRPORT AND MADE A SAFE LANDING. AFTER INVESTIGATION, FOUND AIR CONDITIONER BELT BURNED AND WAS A CAUSE OF THE COMPRESSOR LOCKING UP. SERVICED WITH FREON, OPS CHECKED, TEST SDR EY2R56628Fork · crackedFORWARD EAR OF PITCH CHANGE FORK CRACKED IN INBOARD RADIUS OF PITCH PIN ENGAGEMENT SLOTS. 1 EACH CRACK.SDR 20000620SH018Cooler · failedAS AIRCRAFT ROTATED DURING TAKEOFF, MANIFOLD PRESSURE DROPPED, PILOT FOUND LOW OIL RPESSURE, AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT AND SECURED ENGINE AFTER LANDING. ON INSPECTION, FOUND OIL COOLER BOWED OUTWARD AND INNER COILS BULGED WITH 2.5 INCH SPLIT. OIL COOLER WAS OVSDR AU000263Structure · damaged(AUS) FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED IN AREA OF LEFT WING FORWARD ATTACHMENT FITTING. INTERNAL STRUCTURE ALSO DAMAGED IN THE SAME AREA. CENTER SECTION LOWER FUSELAGE FRAMES BUCKLED AND LOWER SKIN DAMAGED.SDR 2000ZZZX616Piston · corrodedENGINE WAS 438 HOURS FROM FACTORY REMANUFACTURE. REMOVED LONER PLUG FROM NR 3 CYLINDER AND FOUND CYLINDER HAD EXCESSIVE OIL IN PLUG. REMOVED CYLINDER AND FOUND THE OIL CONTROL RING LAND AND PISTON PIN HOLE WERE EXCESSIVELY PITTED AND CORRODED. ENGINE WAS RESDR 99ZZZX4057Fork Assy · crackedAIRCRAFT PARKED. NOTICED LT WHEEL TILTED INBOARD AT TOP. BRAKE DISC HAD CONTACTED FORK. REMOVED WHEEL TO INVESTIGATE, FOUND AXLE HAD CRACKED HALF WAY AROUND. AIRCRAFT HAD FLOWN DAY BEFORE. CRACK SEEMED TO HAVE STARTED AT VERY BOTTOM. NOT BELIEVED TO BE CASDR 99ZZZX4097Contact · failedNYLON CAM FOLLOWER MELTED WHERE IT CONTACTED THE CONTACT POINT LEAF SPRING. THE CAM FOLLOWER WOULD NO LONGER OPEN THE CONTACT POINTS, AND THE LEFT MAGNETO FAILED. SUBMITTER STATED POSSIBLE CAUSE, POOR CONDENSER GROUND. REF: TCM IGNITION BULLETIN SB 651. COSDR 99ZZZX3167Spar · crackedC/W PIPER SB 998A. FOUND LEFT ELEVATOR SPAR CRACKED. BOTTOM, OUTBOARD LOCATION IN BEND ABOUT 1.25 INCHES LONG. SUBMITTER STATED THEY HAVE FOUND CRACKS EVERY TIME THEY C/W SB 998A, AND HAVE FOUND MORE CRACKS IN RIBS AND STIFFENERS AT REPLACEMENT OF SPAR.SDR CA990308013Center Plate · cracked(CAN) AFTER PREMATURE FAILURE OF HYDRAULIC PUMP, INSPECTION FOUND THE CENTER PLATE CRACKED.SDR 99ZZZX1017Vacuum Pump · failedAIR INTAKE FOR LEFT PUMP IS ON BOTTOM OF NACELLE, AFT OF FIREWALL, OUTBOARD OF NACELLE CENTERING. THIS LOCATION IS DIRECTLY AFT OF THE ENGINE CRANKCASE BREATHER. OIL VAPOR IS PRONE TO ACCUMULATE ON B3-5-1 GARTER FILTER. COMBINED WITH ANY ENGINE OIL LEAK, ENSDR 99ZZZX982Cylinder · damagedEXHAUST VALVE SEAT LOOSENED FROM CYLINDER HEAD CAUSING EXHAUST VALVE TO MISALIGN, AND DAMAGE CYLINDER HEAD. SUBMITTER STATED LOOSE INTERFERENCE FIT BETWEEN VALVE SEAT AND CYLINDER HEAD, AND HIGH CHT DUE TO PROBLEM IN TURBO SYSTEM MAY HAVE CAUSED PROBLEM TO DESDR 98ZZZX4793Wheel · crackedAIRCRAFT INSPECTED DUE TO FLAT TIRE AND FOUND INBOARD RIM CRACKED ALONG BEAD ABOUT 10 INCHES. INSPECTION REVEALED THE CRACK TO BE A FRESH CRACK. CHECKED FOR ANY CORROSION, NONE WAS FOUND. SUBMITTER STATED CAUSE COULD BE FROM HARD LANDINGS OR MISHANDLING DURSDR CA980915022Pin · loose(CAN) PASSENGER DOOR HINGE FOUND LOOSE. NEW HINGE HARDWARE OBTAINED FROM PIPER DEALER RECENTLY INSTALLED. THE HINGE PIN WAS FOUND TO HAVE A DIAMETER OF .089 INCH. A HINGE PIN WITH A DIAMETER OF .091 INCH WAS INSTALLED WHICH ELIMINATED ANY LOOSENESS OR PLAY.SDR 98ZZZX3417Drain Valve · mismanufacturedPILOT NOTICED ON PRE-FLIGHT THAT DRAIN WAS LOCKED IN DIFFERENT POSITION THAN OTHER DRAINS. MECHANIC CHANGED DRAIN. PART LOOKS AS IF MANUFACTURED WITH PROBLEM. PART THAT LOCKS NOT MADE SAME AS NEW PARTS.SDR 98ZZZX2458Dimmer · burnedIN-FLIGHT, PILOT SELECTED PANEL LIGHTS ON, SMOKE BLEW OUT OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INSTANTLY. PILOT SHUT OFF ALL POWER. SAFE LANDING WAS MADE. FOUND PANEL LIGHT DIMMER ASSY BURNT AND SHOWS SIGNS OF HIGH HEAT. INSPECTED ALL ASSOCIATED WIRING, NO DEFECTS NOTESDR 98ZZZX2052Connector · dirtyDURING PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, RIGHT DOWN/LOCKED (LANDING GEAR) LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. FOUND INTERMITTENT CONNECTION IN CANNON PLUG AT RIGHT WING ROOT (LEADING EDGE). REMOVED CONNECTORS FROM PLUG, CLEANED AND REINSTALLED. SYSTEM OPERATES NORMALLY. AIRCRASDR CA980504004Piston Pin Plug · worn(CAN) DURING INSPECTION, EXCESSIVE NON-FERROUS METAL (SLIVERS) WAS FOUND IN THE OIL SCREEN. FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND THE NR 2 CYLINDER PISTON PIN PLUG BADLY WORN.SDR 98ZZZX1177Bracket · failedUPON TRYING TO REDUCE TO CLIMB POWER, THE RIGHT PROP CONTROL WAS STIFF WHEN MORE PRESSURE APPLIED. THE CONTROL BROKE FREE, BUT THE RPM DID NOT CHANGE. FOUND PROP CABLE HOLD-DOWN BRACKET BROKEN AND CABLE STIFF. FREED UP CABLE AND REPLACED BRACKET. OPERATIOSDR 97ZZZX5100Hinge · seizedFOUND THE RUDDER TOP HINGE BOLT SEIZED IN THE HINGE BEARING AND COULD NOT BE FREED. BOTH HINGE ASSEMBLIES (THE RUDDER AND VERTICAL STABILIZER) HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE CORROSION WAS SEVERE AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF LUBRICATION.SDR 97ZZZX5099Hinge · seizedFOUND THE RUDDER TOP HINGE BOLT SEIZED IN THE HINGE BEARING AND COULD NOT BE FREED. BOTH HINGE ASSEMBLIES (THE RUDDER AND VERTICAL STABILIZER) HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE CORROSION WAS SEVERE AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF LUBRICATION.SDR 98ZZZX635Rib · corrodedFOUND THE RUDDER TORQUE TUBE AND WELDED ON ASSEMBLIES VERY CORRODED. THE WELDED ON PLATE IS ABOVE THE BOTTOM RIB ON THE RUDDER AND CAN ONLY BE SEEN THROUGH A SMALL CUT-OUT IN THE RIB WHERE THE TORQUE TUBE PASSES THROUGH. THE BOTTOM RIB (PN 40039-00) WAS ALSOSDR 98ZZZX634Torque Tube · corrodedFOUND THE RUDDER TORQUE TUBE AND WELDED ON ASSEMBLIES VERY CORRODED. THE WELDED ON PLATE IS ABOVE THE BOTTOM RIB ON THE RUDDER AND CAN ONLY BE SEEN THROUGH A SMALL CUT-OUT IN THE RIB WHERE THE TORQUE TUBE PASSES THROUGH. THE BOTTOM RIB (PN 40039-00) WAS ALSOSDR 98ZZZX633Trunnion · corrodedINSPECTION FOUND THE CYLINDER SIDEWALL (ON THE OUTSIDE) WITH DEEP INTERGRANULAR GALVANIC CORROSION. THIS CORROSION IS HARD TO SPOT DUE TO ITS BEING IN THE GEARWELL AND BEHIND A LARGE HOSE CLAMP BRACKET.SDR 98ZZZX632Rollers · seizedFOUND THE FLAP ROLLERS NOT TURNING DUE TO PAINT BEING ON THE ROLLERS AND TRACKS. ALSO, FOUND FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACE HARDWARE COVERED WITH PAINT (WHERE THE CONTROLS EVEN OFF) AND THE CONTROL SURFACE LEADING EDGES HAD NO PAINT ON THEM. AIRCRAFT WAS PAINTED 1/9SDR 98ZZZX631Boot · missingFOUND ONE ELEVATOR COUNTER BALANCE LEADING EDGE BOOT MISSING AND THE FIBERGLASS SUB-SURFACE WAS ERODED. THE OTHER BOOT WAS TORN WHICH ALLOWS WATER TO GET INISDE THE BOOT WHICH WILL CHANGE THE BALANCE OF THE CONTROL SURFACE.SDR 98ZZZX630Control Cable · defectiveFOUND THE ELEVATOR TRIM CABLE SPLICED IN TWO PLACES BOTH OF WHICH PASSED AROUND THE SERVO CAPSTAN. THERE IS NO RECORD OF THE SPLICES BEING DONE IN THE LOG BOOKS. THE TRIM SERVO MOTOR HAD BEEN REPLACED 30 HOURS PREVIOUSLY DUE TO IT BEING BURNED OUT (DID THE SSDR 98ZZZX629Spring · missingBOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT HYDRAULIC FILTER HOUSINGS WERE MISSING THEIR SPRINGS. THE SPRINGS HOLD THE FILTER IN PLACE AND WILL COMPRESS SHOULD THE FILTER PLUG UP. IT IS POSSIBLE THE FILTER COULD FALL OFF ITS INSTALLED POSITION WITHOUT THE SPRING IN PLACE.SDR 97ZZZX4319Tube · puncturedNOSE TIRE WENT FLAT UPON ROLL-OUT AFTER LANDING. PILOT APPLIED BACK PRESSURE ON YOKE AND SLOWED AIRCRAFT TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO A MAINTENANCE FACILITY. FOUND .1250 INCH HOLE IN SIDE OF THE TUBE. NOSE WHEEL REPLACEMENT AD HAD BEEN C/SDR 97ZZZX2899Seal · leakAFTER TAKEOFF DURING CLIMB-OUT, PILOT NOTICED FINE SPRAY OF OIL MIST FROM RT ENGINE OUTBOARD SIDE AND TRACE OF OIL LEAK BEGIN TO FORM. PILOT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AND ENGINEERING INVESTIGATION WAS CARRIED OUT. NR 3 CYLINDER EXHAUST PUSHROD LOCKING CLIP SDR 97ZZZX2613Cylinder · studs failedPOSSIBLE 'BOGUS' PARTS. ON 3-7-97, LT ENGINE WENT ROUGH WITH OIL LEAKING OUT OF COWLING. AFTER A ROUTINE LANDING, INSPECTION FOUND CYL NR 6 HAD SEVERAL HOLD-DOWN STUDS BROKEN. THE BROKEN UNITS WERE SENT TO LYC TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF FAILURE. REPORT LH10, 99SDR 97ZZZX1149Drag Brace · brokenAD 96-10-14 APPLIES TO THIS SUBJECT DRAG BRACE. AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF ON GUSTY/WINDY DAY, GEAR WAS SEEN TO BEGIN TO RETRACT, RT MAIN DROPPED BACK OUT. FWD SIDE BRACE IN AREA SUBJECT TO PENETRANT INSP. PART WAS INSPECTED 84.0 HOURS EARLIER. SUBMITTER RECOMMENDEDSDR 97ZZZX1109Hose · leakPILOT REPORTED FUEL SMELL IN THE CABIN. FOUND AEROQUIP TYPE 601 HOSE INSTALLED IN THE LT WING ROOT DRIPPING FUEL. THESE HOSES ARE AFFECTED BY AEROQUIP BULLETIN NR AA135 WHICH LIMITED THEIR LIFE TO TWO YEARS.
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