Piper PA-31T

Service difficulty reports · 211

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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 = 'PA31T'
  ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC"

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SDR 96ZZZX351Connector · wires burnedON START-UP, PILOT REPORTED SEVERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND DE-ICE SYSTEM CIRCUIT BREAKERS 'POPPED'. INVESTIGATION REVEALED WIRE BUNDLES AT PLUGS P461 AND P462, BURNED AND MELTED. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED SHORTED WIRES. INVESTIGATION REVEALED SHORTED WIRES Dec 18, 1995 · N150BC · Piper PA31T · Air Intake Anti/De-Ice SystemSDR 96ZZZX782U-Channel · crackedPILOT REPORTED THE CABIN DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH. INSPECTION OF THE DOOR FOUND THE CABIN DOOR STRUCTURE U-CHANNEL NEAR THE HINGE WAS CRACKED. REPLACED THE U-CHANNEL, Z-CHANNEL, AND HINGE. DOOR MAY HAVE BEEN OVERSTRESSED BY MORE THAN ONE PERSON ON DOOR AT A TIMNov 16, 1995 · N926LD · Piper PA31T · Passenger/Crew DoorsSDR 95ZZZX6465Fuel Control · shaft brokenAIRCRAFT WAS CRUISING AT 20,000 FEET AND PILOT NOTICED ITT, NG, AND FUEL FLOW RISE DRAMATICALLY. TRIED TO PULL POWER BACK, BUT HAD NO CONTROL OVER ENGINE WITH POWER LEVER. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN IN-FLIGHT. FOUND FCU TO FUEL PUMP INTERCONNECT SHAFT BROKEN. FOct 1, 1995 · N29CA · Piper PA31T · Fuel Control/Turbine EnginesSDR 95ZZZX5747Converter · shaft seizedTRIPPED CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM FOUND WATER CONTAMINATION IN CONVERTER DUE TO BAD SHAFT SEALING. SUBMITTER RECOMMENDS CONVERTERS BE DISASSEMBLED, CLEANED, AND RE-GREASED ON A 'TIME IN SERVICE' INTERVAL TO PREVENT THIS PROBLEM. SHAFT SEAL Sep 22, 1995 · N171AF · Piper PA31T · Windshield/Door Rain/Ice RemovalSDR 96ZZZX5117Butt Rib · crackedC/W PIPER SB 897A PART I DATED12-88. IN JULY '89 AT 3,311 ACFT HOURS, LT AND RT ELEVATOR BUTT RIBS WERE CRACKED AT THAT TIME AND REPLACED PER SB AT 4,005 ACFT HOURS. FOUND BUTT RIBS CRACKED AGAIN. C/W SB 897A PART I AND II DATED 1-90. SUBMITTER STATED HAS Sep 15, 1995 · N700LT · Piper PA31T · Elevator, Spar/RibSDR 96ZZZX4957Control Cable · frayedDURING C/W PIPER SB 897A, AFTER REMOVAL OF RT ELEVATOR, INSPECTED THE TRIM CABLE AND FOUND SEVERAL BROKEN STRANDS IN THE AREA WHERE THE CABLE RUNS AROUND THE ELEVATOR TRIM/AP SERVO, WHICH HAS 2 SMALL 1.25 INCH PULLEYS THAT THE CABLE RUNS AROUND. AREA IS HARD Sep 15, 1995 · N700LT · Piper PA31T · Elevator Tab Control SystemSDR 95ZZZX5036Bearing · failedFREON COMPRESSOR DRIVE SHAFT HAS 300-HOUR INSPECTION INTERVALS. BEARING FAILED CAUSING DRIVE SHAFT TO SHEAR AT SPLINE END. DRIVE ASSY WAS 8.3 HOURS FROM NEXT INSPECTION. BEARING WAS OK AT LAST INSPECTION. TOTAL TIME ON BEARING WAS NOT KNOWN. SUBMITTER SUGAug 29, 1995 · N700LT · Piper PA31T · Cabin Cooling SystemSDR 95ZZZX5035Bellcrank · bearing faultyBEARINGS IN BELLCRANK ASSY, 40357-00, TIGHTENED UP, BUT NOT FROZEN COMPLETELY. BOLT THAT SECURES BELLCRANK TO BRACKETS, 40704-00, AND 40704-01, WAS ROTATING WITH BELLCRANK. ROTATION OF BOLT CAUSED NUT TO LOOSEN, ALLOWING BELLCRANK TO SHIFT, ROTATION OF BOLT Aug 29, 1995 · N700LT · Piper PA31T · Elevator Control SystemSDR 95ZZZX3631Engine · failedLEFT ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF. ENGINE SUBJECT TO EVALUATION/CAUSE OF FAILURE BY MANUFACTURER.Jul 6, 1995 · N111KV · Piper PA31T · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)SDR 95ZZZX939Valve · failedTHE A/C WAS NOT ABLE TO PRESSURIZE. ALSO, PNEUMATIC PRESS INDICATOR DID NOT INDICATE PRESSURE IN THE SYSTEM. TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND PRESSURE REGULATING VALVE HAD SEPARATED INTO TWO SECTIONS. THIS SECTION (THE DIAPHRAGM) IS HELD TOGETHER WITH 6 RIVETS WHICH HFeb 12, 1995 · N444RC · Piper PA31T · Pressure Regulator/Outflow ValveSDR 95ZZZX1413Motor · wrong partICE DOOR MOTOR PIPER PN 475-194 WAS ORDERED. RECEIVED PN 651-802. WAS TOLD BY PARTS PEOPLE WAS DIRECT REPLACEMENT. EVEN THOUGH WIRE HARNESS WAS DIFFERENT, AND MODIFIED MOUNTING BRACKET, THERE WAS NO PAPERWORK TO VERIFY IT AS KIT OF APPLICATION OTHER THAN PAJan 20, 1995 · N131MP · Piper PA31T · Air Intake Anti/De-Ice System
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