Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA
Service difficulty reports · 260
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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 = 'R22BETA' 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 = 'R22BETA' 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 8HBR20260830087Bearing · brinelledSPINDLE BEARINGS FOUND BRINELLED AFTER REPORTS OF VIBRATIONS IN CONTROLSSDR 8HBR20260830086Sprag Clutch · damagedPILOTS FOUND A TEAR IN ONE OF THE DRIVE V-BELTS. UPON INSPECTION OF THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, THE UPPER SHEAVE HAD A SHARP STEP WORN INTO IT. AFTER DISASSEMBLY OF THE SPRAG CLUTCH DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON THE CLUTCH AND ONE OF THE CLUTCH SHAFT BEARINGS.SDR V79R2026090600629Pushrod · scoredTHIS IS THE FOURTH FACTORY NEW AIRCRAFT WE HAVE RECEIVED IN A ROW FROM ROBINSON HELICOPTER CO WITH THIS ISSUE. ALL PUSHRODS AND ROCKER ARMS WERE FOUND TO BE SORED AT THE MATING SURFACE. PARTS HAVE SINCE BEEN SENT TO RHC AND WE ARE WAITING FOR REPLACEMENT PARTSSDR V79R2026090600628Pushrod · scoredTHIS HELICOPTER IS THE THIRD FACTORY NEW AIRCRAFT WE RECEIVED FROM THE MANUFACTURER WITH THIS ISSUE. ALL THE ROCKER ARMS AND PUSH ROD CAPS WERE FOUND TO BE SCORED DURING A PRECAUTIONARY INSPECTION. BELOW IS WHAT WAS ENTERED INTO THE AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS. "REMOVEDSDR 8HBR20260628085Bearing · brinelledPILOTS REPORTED VIBRATIONS IN THE CYCLIC CONTROL. INSPECTION OF THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE SPINDLE BEARINGS SHOWED BRINELLED BEARINGS ON BOTH MAIN ROTOR BLADE SPINDLES.SDR 8HBR20260614084Bearing · brinelledPILOTS REPORTED VIBRATIONS IN THE CYCLIC CONTROLS, UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT ONE SET OF SPINDLE BEARINGS ON ONE MAIN ROTOR BLADE WERE FOUND TO BE BRINELLED. THE BEARINGS ON THIS SPECIFIC SPINDLE HAVE BEEN REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE.SDR 8HBR20260426082Bearing · brinelledPILOTS REPORTED VIBRATIONS IN THE CYCLIC, UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT ONE OF THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES HAD BRINELLED SPINDLE BEARINGSSDR 8HBR20260329079Bearing · brinelledPILOTS EXPERIENCED ERRATIC CYCLIC MOVEMENT. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SPINDLE BEARINGS IN ONE MAIN ROTOR BLADE WERE BRINELLED.SDR 8HBR20260329078Bearing · brinelledPILOTS EXPERIENCED ERRATIC CYCLIC MOVEMENT. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SPINDLE BEARINGS IN ONE MAIN ROTOR BLADE WERE BRINELLED.SDR 8HBR20260329077Bearing · brinelledPILOTS EXPERIENCED AN UNUSUAL COLLECTIVE DROP. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SPINDLE BEARINGS IN ONE MAIN ROTOR BLADE WERE BRINELLED.SDR 8HBR202500721072Bearing · brinelledVISUAL INSPECTION OF MAIN ROTOR BLADE SPINDLE ASSEMBLIES FOUND SPINDLE BEARINGS OF 1 OF THE 2 BLADES TO BE BRINELLED, THE OPPOSITE BLADE HAD NO INDICATION OF BRINELLING. SPINDLE BEARINGS AND SPACERS WERE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED 676.3 HRS AGO WITH NEW BEARINGS AND SDR 8HBR20250630070Bearing · brinelledVISUAL INSPECTION OF MAIN ROTOR BLADE SPINDLE ASSEMBLIES FOUND SPINDLE BEARINGS TO BE BRINNELED. SPINDLE BEARINGS AND SPACERS WERE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED 117.4 HOURS AGO (18131.4 ACTT) WITH NEW BEARINGS AND NEW SERIALIZED SPACERS. RED BLADE SN:6852, SPINDLE SN:26SDR 8HBR20240509069Bearing · brinelledBRINELLED SPINDLE BEARINGS DISCOVERED APPROX 99.3 HOURS SINCE NEW, FOUND DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE INSPECTION.SDR 8HBR20240909065Bearing · brokenCOIL TAB WAS BENT TOO FAR UP DURING MANUFACTURING INSTALLATION, WHICH CAUSED A DEEP ANGULAR DIVOT TO BE WORN IN THE COIL TAB BY THE DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK GEAR SINCE IT WAS NOT FLAT AGAINST THE GEAR. MAGNETO HAD NOT BEEN OPENED SINCE NEW AND THIS DAMAGE WAS DISCOVESDR 8HBR20240712063Bearing · brokenPILOTS EXPERIENCED ENGINE ROUGHNESS IN AIR. UPON LANDING, MAINTENANCE FOUND MAGNETO WAS DIFFICULT TO SPIN AND CLUNKY IN IT'S ROTATION, INDICITIVE OF BEARING FAILURE.SDR 8HBR20240712064Coil · wornMAGNETO COIL HIGH TENSION TAB WAS BENT TOO FAR UPWARDS DURING MANUFACTURING, TO THE POINT THAT THE TAB WAS CONTACTING THE DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK GEAR. AS A RESULT, A LARGE DIVOT WAS WORN INTO THE COIL TAB DUE TO THE ROTATION OF THE GEAR CONTACTING THE COIL TAB DURISDR 8HBR20230520052Magneto · looseTHE LH MAGNETO WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO INTERNAL TIMING SHIFT, WHILE THE TECHNICIAN WAS INSPECTING THE MAGNETO, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ROTOR HAD EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF SIDE TO SIDE MOVEMENT. THIS MAGNETO WILL BE SENT BACK TO THE ENGINE OVERHAULER UNDERSDR 2023FA0000249Spindle · unknownMR SPINDLES BRINELLED AFTER 171.4 HOURS. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO THIS HELICOPTER IN THE LAST 336 HOURS. WHEN OFF THE HELICOPTER THE SPINDLE IS SO HARD TO TURN THAT YOU HAVE TO HOLD THE BLADE DOWN WITH ONE HAND TO GET IT PAST ITS FIRST DETESDR 8HBR20230410050Shroud · buckledDURING THE AIRFRAME OVERHAUL 2 NEW CABIN HEAT MUFFLER SHROUDS PROVIDED BY ROBINSON DID NOT FIT ON THE MUFFLER PROPERLY CAUSING SEVERE BUCKLING AND DEFORMATION.SDR 2022FA0000675Bearing · brinelledPILOT REPORTED ABNORMAL AND HEAVY CYCLIC FORCES DURING AUTO-ROTATION AND LOW POWER DESCENTS. FOUND BOTH MR SPINDLES TO BE BRINELLED. REMOVED SPINDLE ASSEMBLIES AND PERFORMED MR SPINDLE BEARING REPLACEMENT IAW RHC COMPONENT MAINTENANCE MANUAL. REINSTALLED MR BLSDR 2022FA0000674Bearing · brinelledPILOT REPORTED ABNORMAL AND HEAVY CYCLIC FORCES DURING AUTO-ROTATION AND LOW POWER DESCENTS. FOUND BOTH MR SPINDLES TO BE BRINELLED. REMOVED SPINDLE ASSEMBLIES AND PERFORMED MR SPINDLE BEARING REPLACEMENT IAW RHC COMPONENT MAINTENANCE MANUAL. REINSTALLED MR BLSDR 8HBR20221010049Bearing · brinelledPILOT REPORTED VIBRATIONS IN THE CYCLIC DURING AUTO ROTATIONS. THE MAIN ROTOR SPINDLE BEARINGS WERE INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE BRINELLED. THE SPINDLE BEARINGS WERE REPLACED 34.5 HOURS PRIOR TO THIS EVENT. SEE SDR UNIQUE CONTROL #8HBR20220730046SDR 8HBR20220829047Bearing · brinelledPILOTS REPORTED ABNORMAL CYCLIC MOVEMENTS IN FLIGHT. INSPECTION OF THE MAIN ROTOR SPINDLES SHOWED BRINELLING OF THE SPINDLE BEARINGS.SDR 8HBR20221010048Bearing · wornDURING INSPECTION THE UPPER BEARING ON THE CLUTCH SHAFT APPEARED TO HAVE SHIFTED AFT APPROXIMATELY 1/8", DURING REMOVAL THE BEARINGS WERE FOUND TO BE NOTCHY AND NOT SMOOTH. THIS CLUTCH ASSEMBLY HAD A PREVIOUS SDR FILED DUE TO THE AFT CLUTCH SEAL MIGRATING OUT SDR 8HBR20220730046Bearing · brinelledPILOTS REPORTED: CYCLIC HARD TO PUSH FORWARD, CYCLIC JUMP WHEN LOWERING THROUGH COLLECTIVE SETTING. INSPECTION OF THE MAIN ROTOR SPINDLES SHOWED BRINELLING OF THE SPINDLE BEARINGS.SDR 8HBR20220722045Seal · faultyPILOT FOUND THE AFT SPRAG CLUTCH SEAL MIGRATED OUT OF THE RETAINER DURING HIS POST FLIGHT INSPECTION.SDR 8HBR20220228040Bearing · brinelledPILOTS REPORTED: CYCLIC HARD TO PUSH FORWARD, CYCLIC JUMP WHEN LOWERING THROUGH COLLECTIVE SETTING. INSPECTION OF THE MAIN ROTOR SPINDLES SHOWED BRINELLING OF THE SPINDLE BEARINGS. THERE WERE NO REPORTED ROTOR OVER SPEEDS ON THIS AIRCRAFT.SDR 8HBR20220228041None · crackedTHE ENGINE COOLING FAN WHEEL WAS REMOVED TO FACILITATE OTHER MAINTENANCE AND A CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE FAN AT A BALANCE BOLT HOLE.SDR L9QR202111100002Spindle · brinelledMAIN ROTOR SPINDLES BRINELLED AFTER 554.2 HOURS TIS. NO OVERSPEEDS REPORTEDSDR L9QR202111100001Spindle · brinelledMAIN ROTOR SPINDLE BEARINGS BRINELLED AFTER 298.2 HOURS TIS. NO REPORTED OVERSPEEDSDR 8HBR20211105035Spindle · brinelledPILOTS REPORTED UNUSUAL LOW FREQUENCY VIBRATIONS AND UNUSUAL CYCLIC PRESSURE IN FORWARD FLIGHT AND AUTOROTATION. UPON INSPECTION OF MR BLADE SPINDLE BEARINGS IN REFERENCE TO "TRACK AND BALANCE TROUBLESHOOTING" R22 MM SECTION 10.234 FOUND THE SPINDLE BEARINGS TSDR 8HBR20211012033Dual Tachometer · fluctuatesENGINE SIDE OF DUAL TACHOMETER HAD INTERMITTENT INDICATION ISSUES.SDR 8HBR20210920027Dual Tachometer · fluctuatesENGINE SIDE OF DUAL TACHOMETER HAD INTERMITTENT INDICATION ISSUES.SDR 8HBR20210920029Dual Tachometer · fluctuatesENGINE SIDE OF DUAL TACHOMETER HAD INTERMITTENT INDICATION ISSUES.SDR 8HBR20210920028Dual Tachometer · fluctuatesENGINE SIDE OF DUAL TACHOMETER HAD INTERMITTENT INDICATION ISSUES.SDR 8HBR20210920032Bearing · brinelledPILOT'S REPORTING NEEDING TO USE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF PRESSURE ON CYCLIC FOR FORWARD FLIGHT. ALSO NOTED LOSS OF CYCLIC PRESSURE WHEN PREFORMING AUTOROTATION'S. BRINELLING FOUND ON SPINDLE BEARINGS. POSSIBLE MANUFACTURER INSTALLATION ERROR FROM ROBINSON.SDR 8HBR20210920031Bearing · brinelledPILOT REPORTING NEEDING TO USE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF PRESSURE ON CYCLIC FOR FORWARD FLIGHT. ALSO NOTED LOSS OF CYCLIC PRESSURE WHEN PREFORMING AUTOROTATION'S. BRINELLING FOUND ON SPINDLE BEARINGS. POSSIBLE MANUFACTURER INSTALLATION ERROR FROM ROBINSON.SDR YV3R2021052800453Switch · defectiveCUSTOMER REPORTED SWITCHES ASSEMBLY P/N: C053-2 HAD A FAULTY SWITCH.SDR 8HBR20210920030Bearing · brinelledPILOT'S REPORTING NEEDING TO USE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF PRESSURE ON CYCLIC FOR FORWARD FLIGHT. ALSO NOTED LOSS OF CYCLIC PRESSURE WHEN PREFORMING AUTOROTATION'S. BRINELLING FOUND ON SPINDLE BEARINGS. POSSIBLE MANUFACTURER INSTALLATION ERROR FROM ROBINSON.SDR YV3R2021042700450V-Belt · defectiveCUSTOMER REPORTED V-BELT SET P/N: A190-2 WERE STRETCHED BEYOND LIMITS.SDR YV3R2020121500405Motor · failedCUSTOMER REPORTED GEARMOTOR ASSEMBLY P/N: A051-2 BLOWS CIRCUIT PROTECTION FUSE.SDR YV3R2020072400303Tachometer · defectiveCUSTOMER REPORTED DUAL TACHOMETER P/N: A792-4 ENGINE RPM IS UNDER READING (LOW).SDR YV3R2020060300279Tachometer · defectiveCUSTOMER REPORTED DUAL TACHOMETER ASSEMBLY PN A792-4 ENGINE NEEDLE WAS BOUNCING AROUND AT 102%-104%.SDR YV3R201911220215Tachometer · defectiveCUSTOMER REPORTED DUAL TACHOMETER P/N: A792-4 ROTOR NEEDLE IS NOT FUNCTIONING.SDR YV3R201908022154Nut · looseCUSTOMER REPORTED LOOSE HARDWARE (NUTS NOT TORQUED).SDR CA190725013Wire · broken(CAN) MIXTURE CABLE INNER WIRE BROKE OFF ABOUT 1 FOOT AHEAD OF MIXTURE LEVER ON CARBURETOR. (TC# 20190725013)SDR CA190725010Cable · damaged(CAN) MIXTURE CABLE INNER WIRE BROKE OFF ABOUT 1 FOOT AHEAD OF MIXTURE LEVER ON CARBURETOR (TC# 20190725010)SDR YV3R2019080220152Tachometer · inoperativeCUSTOMER REPORTED DUAL TACHOMETER P/N: A792-4 ROTOR RPM NEEDLE GOES OFF SCALE WHEN POWER IS APPLIED.SDR YV3R2019062120129Tachometer · inoperativeCUSTOMER REPORTED DUAL TACHOMETER MAIN ROTOR NEEDLE IS INOPERATIVE ON GROUND RUN.SDR YV3R2019012200124Riser · crackedCUSTOMER REPORTED CYLINDER #3 RISER CRACKED AND BROKE.
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