Sikorsky S-76A
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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 = 'S76A' 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 = 'S76A' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR ALGA062011709ALEngine · power lossON APPROACH NR 2 ENGINE LOST POWER AND WENT HOT, THEY TRIED TO MAKE A GO AROUND. THEY HAD TO LAND DUE TO THE A/C MAKING NOISES. ACFT LANDED SAFELY.SDR AC2R64905232011Thermostat · malfunctionedPILOTS NOTICED NR 1 ENGINE OIL TEMP GAUGE ABOVE 110+. NO OTHER INDICATIONS WERE OBSERVED AT THIS TIME. REDUCED NR1 ENGINE TO FLIGHT IDLE AND INFORMED PAX OF SITUATION AND RETURNED TO BASE. REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE OIL THERMOSTAT.SDR AC2R47C05212011Fitting · brokenON WALK AROUND PRIOR TO TAKING OFF, THE HERC 201 (MP42) PILOT NOTICED THE RT MLG COWLING HANGING, UPON FUTHER INSPECTION REALIZED THE FWD HINGE HAD CRACKED. REPLACED GEAR DOOR WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT.SDR AC2A66F04292011Wire · brokenINFLIGHT THE NR 2 TORQUE NEEDLES ON BOTH TORQUE GAUGES DECREASED BY 35 PERCENT COMPARED TO THE NR1. T5 AND NG REMAIND THE SAME.SDR ALGAR4141100364XBlade · damagedPADDLE "B" L/E FOD APPROX 1" LONG AT STA 27.00.SDR AC2A66K03142011Ring · out of positionWHEN LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED AFTER TAKEOFF, LANDING GEAR UNLOCK LIGHT REMAINED ON. FOUND TIE DOWN RING EXTENDED, REPOSITIONED TIEDOWN RING.SDR AC2A66F02122011Sensor · out of adjustRT MLG "UN-LOCKED" WITH NO GREEN LIGHT AND RED UN-LOCKED LIGHT ON. MX HAD TO ADJUST SENSOR.SDR ALGA11411FF44223Cover · mismanufacturedBLEED VALVE COVER, BLEED PORT NOT COMPLETELY DRILLED THROUGH. (NEW PART FROM MFG)SDR CA100413011Landing Gear · misrigged(CAN) DURING THE 12 MONTH TEST OF THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR BLOWDOWN SYSTEM, THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO OPERATE DUE TO THE CABLE NOT BEING RIGGED CORRECTLY. CABLE RE-RIGGED, TESTED AND FOUND TO OPERATE CORRECTLY.SDR AC2A649010711Gearbox · making metalON OUR INBOUND LEG ABOUT 10 MINS OUT OF LANDING, TRANSMISSION CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FOLLOWING THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST, SLOWED DOWN AND PULLED THE MGB CHIP DET CB, RESET IT AND THE LIGHT STAYED ON. THERE WAS NO RISE OR FALL IN OIL PRESSURE. LANDED AS SOON AS SDR AC2A20101218001Warning Light · illuminatedMAIN TRANSMISSION CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED INBOUND TO VENICE. NO SECONDARY INDICATIONS NOTED.SDR AC2R20101214001Gearbox · making metal(AC2R) APPROX 2 MILES FROM LANDING, THE MAIN GEARBOX CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PERFORMED THE MAIN GEARBOX CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED EMERGENCY PROCEDURE AND LANDED. MX FOUND 1 FLAKE ON PLUG, PERFORMED A SERVICEABILITY CHECK AND RETURNED ACFT TO SERVICE. RECHECKSDR ALGA12012010702ALCoupling · distortedIN CRUISE FLIGHT, CREW FELT A SUDDEN HIGH FREQUENCY VIBRATION IN THE AIRFRAME AND HEARD A CORRESPONDING NOISE. NO ABNORMAL COCKPIT INDICATIONS WERE NOTED. CREW PROCEEDED TO LAND AT BASE. UPON INSPECTION, MX FOUND NR1 INPUT DRIVESHAFT FWD COUPLING DISTORTED ASDR AC2A685KWarning Light · illuminatedNR 2 ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED INBD TO BASE. FOLLOWED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES CHECKLIST, PLACED NR 2 ENGINE LEVER TO IDLE AND LANDED AS SOON AS PRACTICAL. ENGINE LEVER PLACED TO FLIGHT FOR LANDING AND RETURNED TO IDLE AFTER LANDING.SDR CA110105010Spar · cracked(CAN) DURING A SCHEDULED 500 HR TAIL ROTOR BOROSCOPE, MRS 35974, FOUND FWD AND AFT L/E OF SPAR CRACKED FROM BS 9.6 TO 13.25. TAIL ROTOR PADDLE ASSY REPLACED. CONTINUE 500 HR INSPECTIONS.SDR CA100825006Housing · damaged(CAN) DURING MEDEVAC MISSION MASTER CAUTION LIGHT AND XMSN PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE PRESSURE GAUGE WAS DROPPING RAPIDLY. PRESSURE THEN DROPPED TO ZERO. FLIGHT CREW MADE A PAN PAN CALL TO NEAREST ATC AND EXECUTED EMERGENCY LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENSDR CA100706010Duct · chafedIN CRUISE FLIGHT, WHEN CABIN HEATER WAS TURNED ON, OIL WAS BLOWN INTO THE COCKPIT CAUSING OIL MISTING ON THE WINDSHIELD AND COCKPIT FLOOR AT THE FOOT WARMERS, THE HOT BLEED AIR ALSO CAUSED THE OIL IN THE LINE TO SMOKE. HEATER WAS THEN SHUTOFF AND ACFT LANDED SDR U0GA128869Fire Detector · intermittentWHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THE BAGGAGE FIRE LIGHT KEPT ILLUMINATING INTERMITTENTLY. EMERGENCY CHECKLIST WAS PERFORMED, LANDED SAFELY AT BASE.SDR U0G2010F00001Fire Detector · faulted(( CNTRL NR: 128464)) WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THE BAGGAGE FIRE LIGHT KEPT ILLUMINATING INTERMITTENTLY. EMERGENCY CHECK LIST WAS PERFORMED AND ACFT LANDED SAFELY. BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT DETECTOR WAS FOUND FAULTY AND REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE ONE. OPS CK GOOD TLSDR CA100609007Circuit Breaker · sparks(CAN) ACFT WAS ON POSITIONING FLIGHT IN CRUISE AT 5500 FT, FL CREW NOTED SPARKS COMING FROM VICINITY OF AFCS CB PANEL IN THE CEILING AREA OF THE COCKPIT. THIS WAS FOLLOWED IMMEDIATLY BY FLAMES COMING FROM THE SAME AREA. PILOT INITIATED DECENT FOR A FIELD ON SDR YTRA1015901Fuel Nozzle · mismanufacturedON APPROACH TO LANDING AT AN OFFSHORE PLATFORM THE NR 2 ENGINE HAD A LOW POWER INDICATION. THE PILOT ABORTED THE LANDING AND RETURNED TO HIS HOME BASE. ON INSP BY MX IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL NOZZLE HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY ASSEMBLED.SDR CA100429001Filter · debonded(CAN) DURING SCHEDULED FILTER REPLACEMENT, METAL END CAGE WAS FOUND DISBONDED (SEE ATTACHED PHOTO). THE SEPARATION ALLOWED UNFILTERED ENGINE OIL TO PASS THROUGH THE SYSTEM. BOTH FILTERS ON SUBJECT A/C WERE FOUND IN THIS CONDITION, WITH EPOXY PARTICLES PRESENSDR ALGA030310709ALConnector · shortedIN CRUISE FLIGHT, NR 2 ENGINE FIRE T-HANDLE ILLUMINATED WITH AUDIBLE TONE. MX REPLACED NR 2 ENGINE FLAME DETECTOR AND CONNECTOR.SDR ALGA012210702ALBattery · thermal runawayDURING APPROACH, NR 1 GENERATOR FAILED AND WOULD NOT RESET. GENERATOR WAS TURNED OFF. ON TOUCHDOWN, ALL ELECTRICAL POWER WAS LOST EXCEPT FOR BATTERY. SMOKE WAS OBSERVED COMING OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE ACFT. BATTERY WAS FOUND TO BE IN THERMAL RUNAWAY. MX RSDR 7KFAN574EHSpar · crackedDURING A SCHEDULED 50 HOUR TAIL BOOM INSP, A CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE VERTICAL STABILIZER. THE CRACK IS 6 INCHES LONG THROUGH THE AFT WEB BETWEEN THE AFT CAP ANGLES RIVET TO RIVET, AT APPROX WL118. THIS TAILBOOM INSP SPECIFICALLY CALLS FOR A CRACK INSP OF THISSDR HEEA126609Connector · dirtyON LANDING, LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. USED CHECKLIST AND NOTIFIED MX. LANDING GEAR CAME DOWN AND LOCKED AFTER RAISING AND LOWERING THE HANDLE A FEW TIMES. MX CLEANED CONTROL PANEL AND PANEL CONNECTOR P5 AND RT WHEEL CONNECTOR P224 AND CONNECTOR AT CONTSDR 2009FA0000947Blower · failedON A RETURN FLT BACK TO HOME BASE, AT APPROXIMATELY 2130-2200 HRS, CREW DETECTED AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR. IT WAS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY A MASTER CAUTION LIGHT WITH A NR 1 HYD SERVO LIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH LOUD THUMPS FROM NOSE GEAR. IMMEDIATLEY FOLLWED BY A SDR AC2A2009082183073Warning Light · illuminatedAPPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF THE NUMBER ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PERFORMED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WHILE RETURNING TO ICY FOR LANDING.SDR CA090901001Pitch Horn · cracked(CAN) ROUTINE INSP REVEALED APPARENT CRACK IN T/R PITCH CHANGE BEAM (HORN, ADJACENT TO BUSHING). BEAM SN IS A067-00042. AFTER REMOVAL OF PROTECTIVE PAINT COATING EXISTENCE OF CRACK WAS CONFIRMED BOTH VISUALLY AND BY LPI METHOD. CRACK EXTENDS FROM THE OD OF THESDR CA090420005Gasket · unserviceable(CAN) NR 2 ENGINE OIL COOLER GASKET FAILED.SDR AC2A2009032781235Landing Gear · malfunctionedHAD UNSAFE LANDING GEAR INDICATION AFTER PLACING LANDING GEAR LEVER DOWN. RECYCLED GEAR LEVER SEVERAL TIMES, SAME INDICATION, NO LT MAIN GEAR LIGHT WITH A RED UNSAFE LIGHT. FOLLOWED EMERGENCY PROCEDURE CHECKLIST AND RETURNED TO BASE.SDR AC2A2009031781075Indicator · malfunctionedAFTER TAKEOFF, PLACED LANDING GEAR CONTROL LEVER UP, THE 3 GREEN LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED, BUT THE RED UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ON. WHILE THE ACFT WAS BEING SLOWED, IAW THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES CHECKLIST.SDR U0GA2009031381060Fire Warning · false indicationDURING CRUISE DESCENT TO DESTINATION, NR1 ENGINE FIRE LIGHTS, FIRE WARNING AUDIO AND FIRE T-HANDLE LIGHT CAME ON. CHECKED FOR SECONDARY INDICATIONS ON THE INSTRUMENTS, AND THERE WERE NONE. HAD NO INDICATIONS OF SMOKE OR FLAMES. STARTED A DESCENT TO A LOWER SDR U0GA123828Fire Detector · false activationDURING CRUISE DESCENT, NR 1 ENGINE FIRE LIGHTS, FIRE WARNING AUDIO AND FIRE T-HANDLE LIGHT CAME ON. CHECKED FOR SECONDARY INDICATIONS ON THE INSTRUMENTS, AND THERE WERE NONE. HAD NO INDICATIONS OF SMOKE OR FLAMES. STARTED A DESCENT TO A LOWER ALTITUDE, AND SDR U0GA2009020280588Attach Fitting · crackedDURING MX AND INSP FOUND STA 300 LT UPPER ATTACHMENT FITTING FWD SIDE CRACKED. REPAIR IN PROGRESS.SDR U0GA123356Attach Fitting · crackedDURING MAINT AND INSP, FOUND STA 300 LT UPPER ATTACHMENT FITTING FWD SIDE CRACKED. REPAIR IN PROGRESS. (K)SDR CA090206009Transmission · making metalMETAL CONTAMINATION, CHIP LIGHT.SDR AC2A2009010380118Bleed Valve · unknownWHILE FLYING, NOTICED THAT THE T5 OF THE NR 1 ENGINE WAS RUNNING APPROX 40-50 DREGREES HIGHER THAN IT HAD BEEN RUNNING AT CRUISE POWER SETTINGS. AFTER LANDING BACK AT THE BASE, PERFORMED AN ACCELERATION BLEED VALVE CHECK IAW THE CHECKLIST. WHEN THE CIRCUIT BRESDR U0GA2009010280126Fire Warning · false indicationDURING FLIGHT, THE FIRE HANDLE LIGHTS AND THE CAUTION FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH THE TONE IN THE HEADSET. NO SECONDARY INDICATIONS ON THE ENGINE. FOLLOWED EMERGENCY PROCEDURE AND LANDED AT BASE.SDR U0GA122894Fire Detector · activatedDURING FLIGHT THE FIRE HANDLE LIGHTS AND THE CAUTION FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH THE TONE IN THE HEADSET. NO SECONDARY INDICATIONS ON THE ENGINE. (K)SDR MV1R200808429Blade · delaminatedDURING 3 YEAR MAIN ROTOR BLADE INSP FOUND DELAMINATION IN BLACK MAIN ROTOR BLADE ROOT END. DATA SENT TO MFG FOR EVALUATION. TOTAL DELAMINATED AREA IS 1.472 SQUARE INCHES.SDR CA081127003Guide · mismanufactured(CAN) MGB PN: 76351-09600-043 S/N:A231-00085 FOLLOWING INSP OF SWASHPLATE GUIDE PN:76351-09029-101,SN:A028-00343 FROM ABOVE MENTIONED MGB,THE MEASUREMENT TAKEN AT RADIUS (J ) (REF:SA4047-76-7-8,CHG.9) INDICATES BELOW MINIMUM REQ`D RADIUS OF.040 INCH. IAW O/H SDR CA081023004Thermostat · unserviceable(CAN) THERMOSTAT STUCK AND ENGINE OIL TEMP 8 EXCEEDED RED LINE LIMIT.SDR AC2A2008092678457Master Caution · failedMASTER CAUTION FAILURE.SDR U0GA2008073177633Circuit Breaker · smokeRT SIDE HSI FAILED FOUND CB ABOVE THE SEARCH LIGHT CONTROL BREAKER POPPED AND THE PILOTS CLOCK DISPLAY BLANK RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER THEN DETECTED SMOKE OPENED CIRCUIT SMOKE ODOR WENT AWAY. ACFT LANDED SAFELY.SDR U0GA2008073177618Search Light · smokeSEARCHLIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED, RESET AND PILOTS DETECTED SMOKE. OPENED CIRCUIT CONTINUED FLIGHT WITH NO FURTHER ODOR OF SMOKE. NORMAL ACFT SHUTDOWN.SDR U0GA120400Electrical Sys · failedRT SIDE HSI FAILED, FOUND CB ABOVE THE SEARCH LIGHT CONTROL BREAKER POPPED AND THE PILOTS CLOCK DISPLAY BLANK RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER THEN SMELLED SMOKE OPENED CIRCUIT SMOKE SMELL WENT AWAY, ACFT LANDED SAFELY. (K)SDR U0GA120385Circuit Breaker · poppedSEARCHLIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED, RESET AND PILOTS SMELLED SMOKE. OPENED CIRCUIT CONTINUED FLIGHT WITH NO FURTHER SMELL OF SMOKE. NORMAL AIRCRAFT SHUTDOWN. (K)SDR CA081127011Bearing · failed(CAN) PERFORMED CAGE SHAKE ON NEW BRGS IAW MFG ACFT ENGINEERING INSTRUCTION EI NR E76-702-35-1601. RESULTS FAILED INSP RETURN TO VENDOR FOR WARRANTY. UNSERVICEABLE BRG RETURN TO VENDOR AWAITING WARRANTY RMA NR COMPANY SQID NR 08-04194.SDR HEEA119779Blower · malfunctionedIN CRUISE FLIGHT BOTH PILOTS NOTICED STRONG SMELL OF SOMETHING BURNING. BOTH FLIGHT NURSES SMELLED SMOKE. ONE SAID SHE SAW SMOKE COME FROM ABOVE HER HEAD. AIRCRAFT WAS TURNED TOWARD LAKE FRONT. LANDED IMMEDIATELY. AIRCRAFT HAD NO FAILURES OR WARNING LIGH
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