Piper PA-31-310
Service difficulty reports · 77
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 = 'PA31310' 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 = 'PA31310' 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 97ZZZX1108Reducer · crackedPILOT REPORTED FUEL SMELL IN THE CABIN. FOUND THE CROSSFEED LINE DRAIN REDUCER FLARE CRACKED AND SEEPING FUEL.SDR 97ZZZX1011Selector · misriggedUPON LANDING, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DOING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. INSPECTION OF THE GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE FOUND INSTRUMENT PANEL SHOCK MOUNT SCREW HITTING GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE WHEN SELECTING GEAR DOWN POSITION. ALSO, FOUND CABLE HAD BEEN MISRIGGED. SDR CA970227002Rod End · severed(CAN) RIGHT MAIN GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT, AND WOULD NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. ROD END FOUND SEVERED FROM ACTUATOR.SDR 97ZZZX827Switch · stickingPILOT REPORT THAT FLAPS WOULD NOT EXTEND. FOUND FLAPS UPLIMIT SWITCH STICKING. CLEANED AND LUBED SWITCH, OPS CHECK SATISFACTORY.SDR 97ZZZX603Line · failedON A FLIGHT FROM FBXS TO ARCTIC VILLAGE, THE PILOT LOST MANIFOLD PRESSURE AND OIL PRESSURE. THE PILOT THEN SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE IN-FLIGHT AND LANDED AT ARCTIC VILLAGE. AFTER LANDING, IT WAS DETERMINED THE OIL LINE FROM THE TURBO WASTEGATE WAS BROKEN BEHSDR 97ZZZX416Line · leakingFUEL STAINS FOUND ON BOTTOM OF RIGHT WING, NEAR WING ROOT. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED LEAKING FUEL LINE IN RIGHT WING ROOT AREA. NOTE THAT THE CURE DATE ON THE FUEL LINE WAS THE THIRD QTR OF 1977. REPLACED DEFECTIVE FUEL LINE WITH A NEW ONE AND TESTED IT WSDR 96ZZZX6145Spar · crackedDURING C/W AD 96-21-03, A CRACK WAS DETECTED IN THE AILERON SPAR AND REINFORCEM ENT DOUBLER IN BOTTOM BRACKET ATTACH HOLE.SDR 96ZZZX5648Bulkhead · failedSPINNER BULKHEAD FAILED RIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF DAMAGING THE PROPELLER AND THE FUSELAGE. THE BULKHEAD SHOWED SIGNS OF STRESS CRACKS. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF OVERTORQUEING OR MIS-ALIGNMENT.SDR 96ZZZX2786Bearing · misinstalledWHILE IN LEVEL FLIGHT, THE RIGHT ENGINE QUIT WITHOUT WARNING. UPON INVESTIGATION, DETERMINED THE DRIVE DOWEL PIN (STD-1065) HAD BEEN SHEARED, AND THE LEFT IDLER GEAR (71668) HAD LOST A TOOTH AND JAMMED THE MAGNETO DRIVE GEAR (GEAR RETAINER ASSY LW-19102 OR LWSDR 96ZZZX1562Skin · crackedWING LEADING EDGE SKIN CRACKED AT STATIONS 147.50, 160.50, AND 174.50. CRACKS OF .1250 INCH LENGTH RADIATING FROM COUNTERSUNK RIVETS FASTENING SKIN TO NOSE RIBS IN EITHER SIDE OF CUT-OUTS (IN NOSE-RIBS' TOP SURFACES).SDR 96ZZZX1402Hinge · crackedDURING SCHEDULED ACFT INSPECTION, RT MAIN GEAR INBD DOOR'S FWD HINGE FORGING FND CRACKED IN INNER RADIUS. THE CRACK IS DETECTABLE VISUALLY EVEN THOUGH PART IS PAINTED; VISUAL PORTION OF CRACK IS THROUGH APPROX 25 PERCENT OF MATERIAL THICKNESS. SUBMITTER STATSDR 96ZZZX1087Transistor · failedPRIMARY SERVO TRANSISTOR HAS FAILED IN THREE DIFFERENT SERVOS, OVERHAULED BY TWO SEPARATE VENDORS. CONTACT WITH ALLIED SIGNAL DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE USE OF THIS TRANSISTOR. SUBMITTER STATED MOTOROLA REPLACEMENTS BE USED.SDR EY2R9601397Blade · defectiveBLADE SN E35512, BORE OVERSIZEDSDR EY2R9601396Blade · defectiveBLADE SN E34407, BORE OVERSIZEDSDR 96ZZZX666Sender · wrong partA MECHANIC WAS PERFORMING MX RUN-UP ON A STRAIGHT NAVAJO, WHEN BOTH ENGINES QUIT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. PRIOR TO THE RUN, HE HAD CHECKED FUEL QUANTITY INDICATORS, WHICH SHOWED ONE-FOURTH TANK IN EACH MAIN TANK. THE MAIN (INBOARD) TANK HAS 2 SENDERS, AN INBOSDR 95ZZZX5114Hinge · crackedLEFT MAIN GEAR OUTBOARD DOOR'S FORWARD HINGE WAS FOUND CRACKED IN THE RADIUS DURING A STANDARD INSPECTION. AN AD AND SUBSEQUENT DEFECTS HAVE BEEN NOTED ON THE INBOARD GEAR DOOR HINGES, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST CRACKED OUTBOARD DOOR HINGE FOUND BY THIS OPERATOR.SDR 95ZZZX3245Housing · bolt detachedHOUSING FOR YEARS HAS BEEN INSTALLED WITH 4 EACH STD 1875 BOLTS AND THE TWO INTERNAL BOLTS WERE STD 1890 DRILLED HEADS FOR SAFETY WIRE, STD 1890 NOW IS CHANGED TO STD 1875 UNDRILLED AND INSTALLED WITH A PLAIN WASHER, AN960, AND MS535333 STARLOCK WASHER. ONE SDR 95ZZZX2108Spar · crackedREMOVED AND REPLACED SPAR AND RIB IN RT AILERON IAW SB 974. SPAR AND RIB BOTH CRACKED. TT OF ACFT 6772.4.SDR 95ZZZX2107Rib · crackedREMOVED AND REPLACED SPAR AND RIB IN RT AILERON IAW SB 974. SPAR AND RIB BOTH CRACKED. TT OF ACFT 6772.4.SDR 95ZZZX1882Spar · crackedDURING COMPLIANCE WITH PIPER SB 974, LT SPAR FOUND CRACKED IN AREA NORMALLY CONCEALED BEHIND ORIGINAL INBOARD HINGE BRACKET. CRACK WAS VISIBLE .50 INCH WITHOUT DYE CHECK.SDR 95ZZZX953Actuator · nut looseAIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE AFTER GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED JAM NUT ON MLG ACTUATOR HAD LOOSENED ALLOWING ROD END TO MOVE IN RELATION TO ACTUATOR, THUS, PREVENTING THE GEAR FROM ENGAGING ON THE UPLOCK AS ACTUATOR DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT TRASDR 96ZZZX4740Horn Assy · crackedDURING 100-HOUR INSPECTION, FOUND CRACK IN TRIM TAB HORN ASSY FROM FORWARD LOWER CORNER BACK TO SECOND RIVET. ALSO, THE 4 RIVETS HOLDING HORN ASSY TO FORWARD SIDE OF FORWARD SPAR WERE LOOSE AND WORKING. TAB SHOWS EVIDENCE OF POOR REPAIR AT SOME TIME IN ITS LSDR 96ZZZX4734Alternator · failedPILOT REPORTED ALTERNATOR FAILED EN ROUTE. UPON TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND FORWARD BEARING HAD FAILED. REPLACED WITH OVERHAULED UNIT.SDR 95ZZZX1210Arm · crackedINSPECTION OF THE RT MLG REVEALED A CRACK IN THE RADIUS ADJACENT TO THE CENTER BOLT HOLE. CRACK ORIGINATING FROM EDGE AND PROPAGATING TOWARD HOLES. SUSPECT FROM FATIGUE. THIS IS THE SECOND FAILURE OF THIS PART IN THIS WAY.SDR 95ZZZX963Magneto · separatedPILOT RETURNED TO BASE AFTER NOTICING SMOKE FROM LEFT ENGINE SOON AFTER TAKEOFF. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED LT MAGNETO HAD SEPARATED FROM ENGINE CAUSING OIL LEAK AND SMOKE. REASON FOR MAGNETO SEPARATION IS UNKNOWN. NEW NUTS AND LOCKWASHERS HAD BEEN USED DURING SDR 95ZZZX499Rib · crackedDURING 100-HOUR INSPECTION, FOUND RIB INSIDE RT WHEELWELL CRACKED. ALSO, FOUND RT LANDING GEAR UPPER BUMPER ASSY, PN 43016-01, CRACKED, AND, SKIN ABOVE THE BUMPER ASSY CRACKED. SUSPECT CAUSE - LANDING GEAR COMING INTO UPLOCK TOO HARD AND HITTING UPPER BUMPERSDR 95ZZZX498Spar · crackedWHILE COMPLYING WITH PIPER SB 974, AILERON HINGE INSPECTION AND REPLACEMENT, FOUND AILERON SPAR, DOUBLER AND RIB CRACKED UNDER INBOARD HINGE BRACKET. SUBMITTER RECOMMENDS AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE FOR MANDATORY COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SERVICE BULLETIN.
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