Robinson Helicopter R44
Service difficulty reports · 447
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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 = 'R44' 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 = 'R44' 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 CA120717015Reservoir · venting(CAN) HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR VENTING HYDRAULIC FLUID FROM THE BREATHER. INSTRUCTED BY RHC TO REPLACE HYD FILTER, BLEED THE SYS, REMOVE AND REINSTALL FILTER. C/W WITH INSTRUCTIONS, ACFT GROUND RUN WITH NO FLUID VENTING. WILL MONITOR IN THE COMING FLIGHTS.SDR CA120723022Camshaft · making metal(CAN) MFG EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL POWER LOSS IN CRUISE FLIGHT. PILOT IMMEDIATELY ATTEMPTED A LANDING HOWEVER ACFT EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER JUST BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN. ACFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FROM HARD LANDING. ACFT WAS RECOVERED BY THE OPSDR CA120612011Actuator · intermittent(CAN) INTERMITTENT CLUTCH WARNING LIGHT IN FLIGHT. CLUTCH ACTUATOR REPLACED.SDR CA120507020Servo · leaking(CAN) HYDRAULIC SERVO FOUND LEAKING DURING 100 HR INSPECTION. HYDRAULIC SERVO REPLACED.SDR CA120424004Magneto · failed(CAN) ENGINE FOUND TO BE RUNNING ROUGH DURING POST MAINTENANCE GROUND RUN. MAGNETO REPLACED.SDR CA120120003Cable · broken(CAN) UPON INSPECTION OF THE CARB HEAT SYSTEM THE CARB HEAT WAS SELECTED AND CABLE BROKE AND PULLED OUT OF SHEATH. CABLE REPALACED.SDR 2012FA0000042Radio · smokeSMOKE EMITTED FROM COMMUNICATIONS RADIO IN FLIGHT, RESULTING IN PRECAUTIONARY LANDING.SDR CA120104002Starter Gen · cracked(CAN) ACFT WOULD NOT START. STARTER FOUND CRACKED. STARTER REPLACED.SDR CA120111005Electrode · loose(CAN) MAGNETO WAS RECEIVED FOR 500 HR INSPECTION. WHEN DISASSEMBLED THE BRASS ELECTRODE ON THE DISTRIBUTOR GEAR WAS FOUND LOOSE. TOTAL HRS ON THIS ELECTRO SYSTEMS MFG PART ARE UNKOWN BUT IT APPEARS TO HAVE A `BATCH CODE` OF 45 ENGRAVED INTO THE NYLON GEAR. SDR CA110519003Bracket · brokenON 50 HR INSPECTION, ENGINEER NOTED ALOT OF BLACK SMOKE AROUND THE ALTERNATOR, UPON CLOSER INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ALTERNATOR BRACKET INBD ARM HAD BROKEN OFF AND THE ALTERNATOR WAS HANGING FROM THE REMAINING ARM. THE BRACKET WAS BROKEN THRU THE BOLSDR CA110421003Magneto · malfunctionedENGINE RPM FLUCTUATING. RT MAGNETO REPLACED.SDR CA110420011Controller · fluctuatesENGINE RPM FLUCTUATING. REPLACED GOVERNOR CONTROLLER.SDR CA110225005Starter · failed(CAN) STARTER HAS LOW TORQUE. REPLACED STARTER.SDR CA110215012Points · chatteringPOINTS CHATTERING. REPLACED MAGNETO.SDR CA110214022Carburetor · failedCARBURETOR WILL NOT PROVIDE FUEL DURING GROUND RUN. CARBURETOR REPLACED.SDR CA110204003Gear · chipped(CAN) DURING 50 HOUR INSPECTION STARTER WAS FOUND TO HAVE CHIPPED BENDIX TEETH. STARTER REPLACED.SDR CA110201006Carburetor · leaking(CAN) HELICOPTER ABORTED TAKEOFF DUE TO ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. INSPECTION FOUND EVIDENCE OF LEAKING AT CARBURETOR SPLIT LINE. CARBURETOR REPLACED.SDR CA110126008Magneto · contaminated(CAN) MAGNETO WAS REMOVED FROM ACFT DURING INSPECTION FOR POOR STARTS. INSPECTION OF MAGNETO FOUND OIL IN POINTS CAVITY.SDR CA110103012Magneto · failedENGINE WOULD NOT START. LT MAGNETO REPLACED.SDR CA110103009Servo · leakingHYDRAULIC SERVO FOUND LEAKING DURING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE CHECK. SERVO REPLACED.SDR CA110103008Servo · leakingHYDRAULIC SERVO FOUND TO BE LEAKING DURING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE CHECK. REPLACED SERVO.SDR CA101123010Reservoir · leakingHYDRAULIC RESERVOIR FOUND TO BE VENTING FLUID FROM VENT CAP. HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR REPLACED.SDR CA100922010Ignition Lead · cutFOUND NR 1 CYL TOP LEAD CUT, SPARK PLUG NOT FIRING.SDR CA101025007Plug · leakingHYD RESERVOIR LEAKING FROM VENT PLUG. HYD RESERVOIR REPLACED.SDR CA100827001Magneto · failed(CAN) MAGNETO FOUND TO BE THE CAUSE OG GOVERNOR SURGE, MAGNETO REPLACED.SDR CA100730010Bearing · wornTEETER BEARING FOUND WORN BEYOND LIMITS DURING INSP.SDR CA100706013Magneto · failedENGINE RPM ABOVE 101 PERCENT AT FLIGHT IDLE, MAGNETO REPLACED.SDR CA100608018Starter · intermittentSTARTER INTERMITTENT, REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE STARTER.SDR CA100608019Starter · failed(CAN) STARTER PINION STUCK OUT DURING START. STARTER REPLACED.SDR CA100602003Magneto · failedENGINE RPM ERRATIC ON GUAGE, MAGNETO REPLACED, SERVICABLE.SDR CA100504010Starter · intermittentSTARTER FOUND TO BE INTERMITTENT, STARTER REPLACED.SDR CA100202002Antenna · broken(CAN) ANTENNA WHIP MISSING FROM BASE OF ANTENNA WHEN RETURNING FROM FLIGHT. AFTER INVESTIGATION, CONCLUDED THAT WHIP BROKE DUE TO EXCESSIVE VIBRATION, MAYBE CAUSED BY MAST FAIRING T/E TURBULENT AIR FLOW. THE POSITION OF ANTENNA IS JUST A FEW INCHES AFT OF FAIRSDR CA100107004Carburetor · inoperative(CAN) ENG WILL NOT STAY RUNNING, CARBURETOR REPLACED.SDR CA091202014Wire · chafed(CAN) DURING A FLIGHT THE LOW ROTOR HORN AND LIGHT CAME ON AND THE PILOT LANDED. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED FAULTY TACH POINTS. THE MAGNETO WAS REPLACED AND THE DEFECT WAS RECTIFIED. THE MAG WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND A TACH WIRE HAD CHAFED AND SHORTED TO THE OPSDR CA091013009Reservoir · venting(CAN) HYD OIL CONTINUOUSLY VENTING OUT OF THE RESERVOIR THROUGH THE FILLER CAP LOSING APROX HALF OF THE SIGHT GLASS EVERY 50 HOURS OF OPERATION.SDR 2009FA0000756Hinge Bracket · brokenDURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT 90 KNOTS, A LOUD POP WAS HEARD ON THE LT SIDE OF ACFT. DETERMINED THE CO-PILOTS DOOR OPENED PARTIALLY, DAYLIGHT COULD BE SEEN THROUGH LOWER FRONT OF DOOR INSTEAD THE REAR WHERE NORMALLY WOULD OPEN. SLOWED ACFT WHILE INSTRUCTOR HELD ON TSDR CA090901012Shaft · wornUPON DISASSEMBLY FOR COMPANY CLUTCH MID LIFE INSP THE FOLLOWING WAS FOUND, SHAFT WORN UNDERSIZE, HUB WORN OVERSIZE, SPRAG WINDOWS WORN EXCESSIVE AND THE OIL WAS BLACK CONTAINING METAL PARTICLES.SDR CA090818005Spring · brokenDURING A POST MX GROUND RUN, THE ENG WAS FOUND TO BE RUNNING ROUGH AND VIBRATING EXCESSIVELY. POST-SHUTDOWN, A CHECK FOR COMPRESSION WAS CARRIED OUT, BUT THERE WAS NONE FOUND ON THE NR 4 CYL. REMOVAL OF THE ROCKER COVER REVEALED THE EXHAUST VALVE WAS SPRUNG SDR CA090619004Servo · leaking(CAN) HYDRAULIC SERVO FOUND LEAKING ON INSPECTION. (TC# 20090619004)SDR CA090519010Bushing · failed(CAN) ALTERNATOR BUSHINGS FAILED AT THE ATTACHMENT POINTS.SDR CA090513005Starter Gen · malfunctioned(CAN) BENDIX STICKING AND NOT EXTENDING, STARTER REPLACED.SDR UPX2009F00002Intake Valve · burnedDURING 100 HOUR INSP, NR 4 CYLINDER DID NOT PASSDIFFERENTIAL COMPRESSION TEST. REMOVED CYLINDER, FOUND INTAKE VALVE SEVERELY BURNED ON FACE AND SEAT AREAS. REPLACED INTAKE VALVE AND SEAT. REINSTALLED CYLINDER AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. INTAKE VALVES USUALLY SDR CA090422009Starter Gen · failed(CAN) STARTER PURCHASED FROM ON MAY 2008 ON APRIL 21,2009 ACFT WOULDN`T START, (AS YOU TURN THE KEY TO START, STARTER WILL NOT RESPOND). STARTER REMOVED AND SENT FOR BENCH TEST AND DISCOVERED THAT THE STARTER FAILED AND IS BEYOND ECONOMICAL REPAIR.SDR CA090409006Distributor Gear · stripped(CAN) MAG WAS SENT IN BY CUSTOMER DUE TO STRIPPED DIST GEAR TEETH. UNKNOWN IF THIS HAPPENED IN FLIGHT, DURING START OR ON THE GROUND. WHEN MAG WAS FIRST INSPECTED THE OIL SLINGER WAS FOUND LOOSE AND SPINNING ON THE ROTOR SHAFT. UPON DISASSEMBLY 11 OF THE TEETHSDR CA090324011Bearing · failed(CAN) HIGH PITCH NOISE SOUND FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT DURING LOCAL FLIGHT. ALL INSTRUMENT INDICATIONS WERE OK, NO VIBRATIONS. AFTER LANDING ACFT WAS CHECKED AND DURING RUN UPS, ALL INDICATIONS WERE OK, INCLUDING MAGNETO DROPS. RT MAGNETO REMOVED AND MAGNETO SHASDR CA090326006Bearing · rough(CAN) DURING A M/R BOOT CHANGE THE SPINDLE BEARING WAS NOTED TO BE ROUGH. BEARING WAS REPLACED AND NO FURTHER ISSUES WERE NOTED.SDR CA090326007Starter Gen · malfunctioned(CAN) DURING START IT WAS NOTED THAT THE ACFT WAS SLOW TO CRANK. STARTER WAS REMOVED AND NO FURTHER ISSUES WERE NOTED.SDR CA090303003Skin · cracked(CAN) CRACK FOUND IN UPPER SKIN OF THE STABILIZER.SDR CA090303002Blade · corroded(CAN) INSP CARRIED OUT IAW AD2007-26-12. INSP REVEALED CORROSION ALONG TIP CAP WHICH RESULTED IN BLADE SKIN TO CAP SEPARATION. THE PART IS DEEMED SCRAP.SDR CA090306003Starter Gen · malfunctioned(CAN) DURING INSP, STARTER WAS SLOW TO TURN AND EVENTUALLY FAILED TO FUNCTION. STARTER WAS REMOVED AND NO FURTHER ISSUES WERE NOTED.
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