Piper PA-31-350
Service difficulty reports · 2,232
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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 = 'PA31350' 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 = 'PA31350' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR 1SMA2025F00255O-Ring · cutAFTER TAKEOFF, LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT (STUCK IN TRANSIT). RECYCLING LEVER TO DOWN ALSO FAILED; NO GREEN LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. VISUAL CHECK SHOWED NOSE GEAR STUCK IN A HALFWAY POSITION. PILOT EXECUTED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST AND SUCCESSFULLY DESDR 2025FA0000641Connecting Rod · failedNR 6 CONECTING ROD FAILED IN FLIGHT.SDR 1SMA2025030600058Turbocharger · failedAIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LEFT ENGINE POWER FLUCTUATION DURING CRUISE AT 3,500 FEET, EN ROUTE FROM ROTA (GRO) TO SAIPAN (GSN). THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) OBSERVED MANIFOLD PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS BETWEEN 28-22 INCHES OF MERCURY AND NOTED INCONSISTENT ENGINE POWER. SDR 2025FA0000001Fitting · leaking45 INCH ALUMINUM PORTION OF THE FUEL HOSE ASSY FROM ACFT TO ENGINE FUEL PUMP APPEARS TO HAVE CRACKED, CAUSING FUEL TO SPRAY ON EXHAUST AND CAUSED AN INFLT FIRE.SDR 2024FA0000979Crankcase · damagedAT CRUISE ALTITUDE, AN OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATION WAS OBSERVED ON NO.1 ENGINE INSTRUMENTS. ALSO NOTICED A SMALL OIL STREAK ON NO. 1 ENGINE COWL. DECISION WAS IMMEDIATELY MADE TO RETURN TO BASE, FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY ENGINEERS.SDR 2024F00293Fitting · cracked45° ALUMINUM PORTION OF FUEL HOSE ASSY FROM AIRFRAME TO ENGINE FUEL PUMP APPEARS TO HAVE CRACKED CAUSING FUEL TO SPRAY ON EXHAUST AND CAUSE IN-FLIGHT FIRE.SDR WVBA2024101501Buss Bar · looseLEFT AND RIGHT VOLTAGE REGULATOR AND GROUND VENT FAN CIRCUIT BREAKERS ALL TRIPPED SIMULTANEOUSLY DURING FLIGHT AND WOULD NOT RESET. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO FAI WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND SMALL BUSS BAR IN THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL HAD A LOOSE CONNECTIOSDR 2024FA0000939Wastegate Valve · perforatedDENSITY CONTROLLER FAILED. RESULTED IN ROLLBACK OF ENGINE POWER TO ~30" MANIFOLD PRESSURE. LOSS OF TURBO BOOST. SUSPECTED PART WAS RETURNED TO LYCOMING FOR TESTING AND FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE.SDR 2024FA0000506Fan · failedPILOT REPORTED SMOKE IN COCKPIT ON TAXI. MECHANIC INSPECTED WIRING COMPONENTS IN AIRCRAFT INTERIOR AND FOUND NO DAMAGED COMPONENTS OR WIRING. ALL SYSTEMS GROUND CHECKED GOOD THRU MULTIPLE POWER CYCLES EXCEPT AN ABANDONED AVIONICS COOLING FAN. MECHANIC CAPPED ASDR ENHA2024070500097Fan · damagedLOUD NOISE FOLLOWED BY SOME ELECTRICAL SMOKE SMELL IN COCKPIT DURING T/O ROLL AND CLIMB OUT. POTENTIALLY GROUND VENT FAN. MECHANIC REMOVED FOREIGN OBJECT FROM VENT FAN, PULLED AND SECURED CIRCUIT BREAKER. MEL'D IAW 21-5.SDR 2024FA0000457O-Ring · damagedLANDING GEAR WILL NOT LOCK ON EXTENSION. MANUALLY PUMPED GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED WITH THREE GREEN LIGHTS. WE FOUND THE RH ENGINE HYDRAULIC FILTER RESERVOIR LEAKING FROM THE O-RING. REMOVED HYDRAULIC FILTERS VERIFIED NO CONTAMINANTS AND REPLACED O-RING. THE HYSDR 1AZA202402160033Magneto · intermittentLEFT ENGINE LOST POWER 25 MILES FROM FXE: RAN THE LEFT ENGINE, DURIN MAGNETO CHECK ON LH MAGNETO ENGINE LOST POWER, ON BOTHMAGNETO'S (DUAL MAGNETO SET UP) RAN GOOD FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, LOST POWER AND CONTINUED THAT WAY, FUALT WAS CONFIRMED ON THE MAGENTO. SDR 1AZA2024021500032Magneto · intermittentLEFT ENGINE LOST POWER 25 MILES FROM FXE: RAN THE LEFT ENGINE, DURIN MAGNETO CHECK ON LH MAGNETO ENGINE LOST POWER, ON BOTHMAGNETO'S (DUAL MAGNETO SET UP) RAN GOOD FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, LOST POWER AND CONTINUED THAT WAY, FUALT WAS CONFIRMED ON THE MAGENTO. SDR 2024FA0000274Fillet · crackedWE HAVE FOUND EVIDENCE OF CRACKING ON THE BULKHEAD - WING FILLET, STA. 181SDR 1SMA2023120408001O-Ring · dislodgedDURING APPROACH TO AIRPORT WHEN THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE WAS MOVED TO THE DOWN POSITION, THE RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED, THE GEAR DOWN/LOCKED LIGHTS REMAINED EXTINGUISHED, AND THE NOSE GEAR COULD BE SEEN IN THE NACELLE MIRROR TO ONLY BESDR 2023FA0000703Unknown · unknownPILOT REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT UNKNOWN LOCATION. UPON INVESTIGATION BY OUR LEAD MECHANIC WE FOUND THE HEATER FLAMED OUT. OPS CHECKED GOOD NO DEFECTS WERE FOUND. AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE JANITROL HEATER WAS CLOSE TO TBO. AND WAS REPLACED WITH SDR 2023FA0000437Link · unserviceableUPON LANDING, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ------ PILOT REPORTS ON APPROACH HE HAD THREE GREEN LIGHTS INDICATING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED AND NO EVIDENCE OF ANY ISSUES. ONCE THE NOSE GEAR CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM THE NOSE GEAR SDR ENHA LP233910Seal · leakingLEFT ENGINE BLUBBERED THEN DIED WHILE TURNING AROUND TO TAKEOFF. MECHANICS FOUND #1 CYLINDER SPARK PLUGS FOULED AND WET WITH GAS. MECHANICS REPLACED ALL PARK PLUGS ON LEFT HAND ENGINE. MECHANICS FOUND #1 INTAKE TUBE O-RING PINCHED AND ROLLED, MECHANICS REPLACSDR 1AZA123122001Engine · making metalTHE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE, THE PILOT NOTED A LOSS OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF RPM IN THE RT ENGINE. THE PILOT INITIATED AN ENGINE SHUTDOWN UPON NOTICING THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPING. THE ENGINE WAS SECURED AND THE FLIGHT ROUTED TO NASSAU FOR LANDSDR 1SMA20221214001Hose · leakingDURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PILOT NOTICED THE RIGHT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE SUDDENLY INDICATED 0 PSI. THE NEAREST AIRPORT WAS THE DESTINATION AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES AWAY. THE PILOT DID NOT OBSERVE ANY ABNORMAL OIL TEMPERATURE, CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURE, EGT,SDR 1SMA2022121400517Hose · leakingDURING CRUISE, PILOT NOTICED RT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE INDICATED ZERO PSI. NEAREST AIRPORT WAS AT DESTINATION, APPROX 30 MILES AWAY. PILOT DID NOT SEE ANY ABNORMAL OIL TEMPS, CYLINDER HEAD TEMPS, EGT, MANIFOLD PRESSURE, FUEL FLOW & FUEL PRESSURE NOMINAL. APPROSDR 2022FA0000659Landing Gear · slowRETRACTED GEAR AFTER TAKE OFF, HANDLE RETURNED TO NEUTRAL, NOSE GEAR SLOWLY PARTIALLY EXTENDED. CONTINUED TO DESTINATION GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY.SDR 2022F00373Sleeve · seized1193 TSO ALUMINUM SLEEVE INSTALLED AT UNKNOWN TIME SEIZED ON MAGNETO DRIVE GEAR AND WAS SPINNING IN CASE BORE.SDR 2022FA0000407Combustion Tube · burned outHARTZELL ENGINE TECHNOLOGIES (JANITROL) HEATER ASSEMBLY P/N 65D79-3IS, S/N A00020017 OVERHAULED TO ZERO-TIME ON 5/20/2013 BY THIS REPAIR STATION (IS4R269M) WITH THE INCONEL UPGRADE KIT. UPON INSPECTION WE FIND THE COMBUSTION TUBE P/N 88D95-1(IS), S/N H130410 HSDR 1SMA20220726001Link Assy · crackedWHILE PERFORMING NOSE LANDING GEAR LINK ASSEMBLY PN:40336-00 INSPECTION 500 HOUR REPETITIVE INSPECTION PER PIPER SERVICE LETTER NO. 1088 A CRACK INDICATION WAS FOUND DURING 10X MAGNIFYING VISUAL INSPECTION. CRACK CONFIRMED DURING LIQUID PENETRANT INSPECTION.SDR 1SMA20220717001Filter Housing · crackedDURING APPROACH PHASE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, THE GEAR FAILED TO FULLY EXTEND WITH THE ENGINE DRIVEN PUMPS. PILOT SUCCESSFULLY EXTENDED GEAR USING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION HANDLE. AFTER LANDING POST FLIGHT REVEALED SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HYDRSDR 2022F00297Filter Housing · crackedDURING APPROACH PHASE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, THE GEAR FAILED TO FULLY EXTEND WITH THE ENGINE DRIVEN PUMPS. PILOT SUCCESSFULLY EXTENDED GEAR USING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION HANDLE. AFTER LANDING POST FLIGHT REVEALED SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HYDRSDR ENHA202206270001Strobe · shortedANTI-COLLISION AND POSITION LIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKERS POPPED; STRONG SMELL OF BURNING ELECTRICAL IN COCKPIT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THE TAIL NAV/STROBE LIGHT ASSEMBLY HAD SHORTED.SDR 2022F00233None · dirtyPILOT REPORTED DURING LANDING THAT THE LEFT LANDING GEAR DOWN & LOCK LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE AT DEPLOYMENT. AN "EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION" WAS PERFORMED BY THE PILOT WITH UP TO 60 HAND STROKES AS PER THE POH, BUT THE DOWN & LOCK LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATSDR 2022FA0000117Cable Assy · looseN74825 DECLARED AN EMERGENCY FOR LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTION DURING APPROACH TO LAND AT 3J7, GREEN COUNTY AIRPORT, GREENSBORO GA. LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND NORMALLY OR ALTERNATELY. AIRCRAFT DID A LOW APPROACH PAST TOWER TO VERIFY LANDING GEAR WERE NOT DOWN. ASDR HXXC2022F00098None · noneNOSE GEAR WARNING LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN EXTENDED. LIGHT CAME ON AT TOUCH DOWN. LUBED GEAR AND AJUSTED NOSE ACTUATOR. TEST GOOD. AMENDMENT TO 2022F00098 02/23/2022 ONLINESDR 2022F00098None · noneNOSE GEAR WARNING LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN EXTENDED.SDR 1SMA20220222001Door · misriggedWHILE IN LEVEL CRUISE FLIGHT, THE LOWER CABIN ENTRY DOOR AND AFT CARGO DOOR CAME OPEN, UNCOMMANDED, RESULTING IN A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. PRIOR TO THE UNCOMMANDED OPENING, THE CABIN DOOR UNSAFE LIGHT WAS EXTINGUISHED AND BOTH THE PILOT AND RAMP AGENT CONFIRMESDR 2021F00333Turbocharger · brokenPILOT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT AND EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL POWER LOSS AND THEN OIL PRESSURE LOSS OF THE RIGHT ENGINE. PILOT SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. UPON INSPECTION OF ENGINE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SHAFT WAS BROKEN AND BOTHER TURBINE ANSDR 1AZA20210729001Landing Gear · collapsedAIRCRAFT WAS ON ROLLOUT DURING A NORMAL LANDING. THE LANDING GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED. THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE HAD RETURNED TO NEUTRAL DURING THE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION PHASE. DURING ROLLOUT, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERESDR 1AZA20210728001Housing · failedTHE LEFT SIDE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FILTER BOWL ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE UPPER FILTER HOUSING DUE TO A FAILURE IN THE THREAD PORTION OF THE FILTER BOWL. NO STRESS ON THE BOWL COULD BE DETECTED AND THE REASON FOR THE FAILURE REMIANS UNKNOWN. FAILURE OF THE BOWLSDR 1AZA20210514001Landing Gear · malfunctionedTHE NOSE LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND FULLY DURING APPROACH AS WAS SEEN BY THE INSPECTION MIRROR. THE PILOT ABORTED THE APPROACH AND IN TROUBLESHOOTING EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR TO THE FULLY LOCKED POSITION WITH THE MANUAL EXTENSION HAND PUMP. THE LANDING GEASDR GAJA01.04.21.01Detector · failedSTALL WARNING HORN ACTIVATED IN STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT, PILOT CONTINUED NORMAL OPERATIONS AND LANDED SAFELY. UPON TROUBLESHOOTING, FOUND LIFT DETECTOR (ON-WING) TO HAVE INTERNALLY FAILED. REPLACED LIFT DETECTOR, ALL CHECKS GOOD.SDR GAJA12.15.20.01Bolt · looseLOSS OF LEFT ALTERNATOR FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF DEICE COMPONENTS LEAD PILOT TO TAKE EMERGENCY ACTION IN IMC AND DIVERT BACK TO ORIGIN. UPON INSPECTION FOUND LEFT ALTERNATOR BELT TENSIONER BOLT TO HAVE LOOSENED UP, CAUSING THE LEFT ALTERNATOR BELT TO BECOME LOOSE.SDR 3JPA2020120940001Pushrod · bentON THE EVENING OF 12-4-2020 OUR PIPER NAVAJO (PA-31-350) N34WM WAS RETURNING FROM PAQT TO PASC. PILOT REPORTED THAT ON APPROACH HE NOTICED WHAT SEEMED LIKE A SLIGHT POWER LOSS IN THE RT (NR 2) ENGINE. A FEW MILES FROM THE AIRPORT THE NR 2 ENGINE BEGAN TO RUNSDR HXXC20200810357Cowling · failedFIBERGLASS TORE ALONG THE LEADING EDGE FASTENERS OF THE COWLING AND THE UPPER COWLING BEGAN TO PEEL UP FROM WIND FORCES TEARING FASTENERS FREE AS THE FLIGHT PROGRESSED. PILOT PERFORMED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING SAFELY WITH NO ISSUES AND THE COWLING WAS REPLACED SDR J4YR202004132454Cylinder · crackedRIGHT ENGINE #1 CYLINDER INDICATED ZERO DURING A COMPRESSION CHECK. UPON CLOSER EXAMINATION A CRACK WAS DISCOVERED AROUND THE UPPER SPARK PLUG HOLE THAT EXTENDED INTO THE INTAKE PORT BETWEEN COOLING FINS 14 AND 15. THIS IS THE 2ND FAILURE ON THIS AIRCRAFT AND SDR ENHA201912190001Landing Gear · malfunctionedLH MLG RED LIGHT ON WHEN GEAR SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN. CYCLED GEAR, PUMPED GEAR DOWN, ACTIVATED NITROGEN BOTTLE TO BLOW DOWN. NO CHANGE. VISUAL CONFIRMATION GEAR WAS DOWN AND A/C LANDED.SDR ENHA201912020001Connector · unsecureLANDING ON APPROACH TO KING COVE. PILOT OBSERVED ON TWO GREEN INDICATIONS FOR LANDING GEAR.(LEFT GREN MAIN WAS OUT) RED TRANSIENT WAS ON.PERFORMED GO AROUND TO COLD BAY. MANUAL EXTENSION WAS ATTEMPTED. STILL TWO GREEN. GO AROUND ALL THREE GEAR DOWN AND APPEARESDR EPUA201910165001Latch · failedDOOR (PILOT) OPENING IN FLIGHT WHEN CONFIRMED SHUT / LOCKED ON THE GROUND. MAINTENANCE ADJUSTED PILOT DOOR LATCH MECHANISM IAW M.M 52-20-02 AND FIGURE 52-2. LUBRICATED DOOR LATCH MECHANISM IAW M.M. 12-20-04 FIG. 12-7. OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR EPUA201908087001Probe · false indicationLEFT ENGINE CHT RED LINE IN CRUISE FLIGHT. REMOVED AND REPLACED LH ENGINE CHT PROBE IAW PA31 MM 77-20-03. OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR CA190708014Bridal Cable · broken(CAN) PILOT REPORTED AUTOPILOT PITCHES NOSE UP 1000 FT/MIN. AUTOPILOT INITIALLY DEFERRED PER MEL. AME FOUND DURING TROUBLE SHOOTING THE PITCH SERVO BRIDLE CABLE HAD BROKEN, AND PART OF THAT CABLE WAS STUCK AROUND A MOUNTING FASTER FOR THE PITCH SERVO. SEE ATTASDR CA190503022Isolation Mount · torn(CAN) LH ENGINE, UPPER OUTBOARD ISOLATION MOUNT, FORWARD ISOLATOR FOUND COMPLETELY TORN AND UNSERVICEABLE. THE REMAINING THREE ISOLATOR MOUNTS ARE DETERIORATED AND REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF FAULT OR ABNORMAL OCCURRENCES. (TC# 20190503022)SDR EPUA20190510001Door Seal · damagedPILOT REPORTS THAT THE AUTOPILOT ANNUNCIATOR LIGHTS BEGAN FLASHING, WENT OUT AND THEN THE AUTOPILOT TURNED OFF. THE DG PORTION OF THE HSI FROZE ON A HEADING OF 065 AND THEN PILOT REPORTS A SMELLED SOMETHING LIKE BURNT RUBBER OR ELECTRICAL. MAINTENANCE INSPECSDR CA190506013Line · broken(CAN) CREW WENT TO SELECT GEAR DOWN AND THE GEAR DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN AND THE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS THE CREW LANDED IN XXXXX WITH THE GEAR UP. NO INJURIES HAPPENED AFTER RESULT OF LANDING. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY AN
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