Textron 208B
Service difficulty reports · 1,669
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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 = '208B' 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 = '208B' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR MK9A20160427001Hose · burstON CLIMB SMOKE ENTERED CABIN THROUGH AIR CONDITIONING PORTS. PILOT RETURNED TO FIELD. ONCE RETURNED TO GATE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT AN AIR CONDITIONING HOSE HAD BURST.SDR EPUA20160422001Drive Assy · separatedSTANDBY POWER ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT WON’T GO OUT. INSPECTED ACFT & FOUND THAT THE RETAINING RING FOR THE STANDBY ALTERNATOR DRIVE PULLEY HAD FAILED. DUE TO THIS FAILURE THE DRIVE PULLEY HAD MIGRATED OUT OF THE HOUSING ASSEMBLY & WAS LYING IN THE ENG COWLING ASSESDR COEA2016041901965Door · openFLIGHT 100 & AIR TURN BACK DISCREPANCY. CARGO POD A DOOR OPENED IN FLIGHT. NOSE COWL PLUG WENT OVERBOARD. CREW ELECTED TO RETURN. NO EMER WAS DECLARED & ACFT LANDED SAFELY. POD A FWD LATCH WAS ADJUSTED SO DOOR WILL SHUT TIGHTER. NO DAMAGE FOUND.SDR HSYA2016040116Flap Track · corrodedREMOVED LT WING INBD FLAP, DUE TO CORROSION ON FLAP TRACK GREATER THAN 15%.SDR COEA2016040101940Transponder · smokeFLIGHT 8695 LOG PAGE 160808. COMPONENT SMOKE ON DOWNWIND TO LANDING. SMOKE WAS OBSERVED COMING FROM NR 1 TRANSPONDER & BURNING WIRES WERE SMELLED, FAILED MSG APPEARED ON THE DISPLAY. TRANSPONDER WAS TURNED OFF & THE ACFT LANDED.SDR MTNA20160317001Control Box · defectiveDURING DECENT, MOMENTARY, LESS THAN 1 SECOND, FALSE ILLUMINATION OF ENGINE FIRE ANNUNCIATOR. INTERMITTENT ILLUMINATION DURING TAXI TO PARKING. R & R CONTROL BOX IAW MM 26-10-00.SDR CA160316006Attach Bracket · cracked(CAN) ALL INBOARD END RIB ATTACH BRACKETS ON THE RT WING WERE CRACKED BEHIND THE ATTACH BOLTS. REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA160302005Engine · malfunctioned(CAN) PILOT REPORTED AN UNCOMMANDED ACCELERATION. THE AIRCRAFT MADE IT BACK TO THE POINT OF DEPARTURE AND LANDED SAFELY, HOWEVER, THE LANDING WAS OFF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY ON A NEW RUNWAY AREA UNDER CONSTRUCTION. NO INJURIES, NO AIRFRAME DAMAGE WAS FOUND.SDR CA160215002Brushes · failed(CAN) GENERATOR WENT OFFLINE, ARCING FOUND ON BRUSHES. BRUSHES HAD APPROX. 25% LIFE REMAINING. STARTER/GEN REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT CHECKED SERVICEABLE. RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA160115007Regulator · stuck(CAN) O2 LEVER INOPERATIVE, STUCK IN ON POSITION.SDR HSYA2016010616Belt · stretchedALL BUS NR 1 POWER BREAKERS POPPED IN FLIGHT. ICE DETECTOR, LIGHT ICE LIGHT FLASHING FAIL LIGHT ON, ENG FIRE WARNING LIGHT, STBY POWER ON & VAC LOW LIGHT.SDR MUIA20160125001Fcu · malfunctionedFLIGHT CREW STATED THAT WHILE IN CRUISE THEY LOST 300 LBS OF TORQUE & FELT JOLT IN ACFT. THEY CONTINUALLY HAD A DEGRADATION OF POWER UNTIL LANDING. THE BEST THEY COULD OBTAIN WAS 1,100 LBS OF TORQUE UPON LANDING. ACFT WAS INSPECTED AT SITE OF EMER LANDING &SDR HYIA20151231001Starter Gen · malfunctionedPILOT REPORTED SMOKE SMELL IN COCKPIT. R & R WITH NEW ENG STARTER GEN IAW MM CH 80-10-00 LEAK & OPERATIONAL CHECKED GOOD.SDR CA160106009Attach Bracket · broken(CAN) AIRCREW- THE EVENT DESCRIPTION IS AS FOLLOWS: CHRISTMAS EVE SKED, UPON LANDING AT BOTH LOCATIONS FLAPS WERE SELECTED UP AFTER LANDING. AFTER SHUTDOWN AND POGO INSTALLATION IT WAS NOTICED AT BOTH COMMUNITIES THAT THE FLAPS WERE DOWN. AFTER INSPECTION OF TSDR CA151229004Coupling · failed(CAN) DURING TAKEOFF THE ENGINE HAD A LOSS OF TORQUE FROM 1800FT.LBS TO 1000FT.LBS APPROXIMATELY. THEN THE PILOT CONTINUE WITH THE MANEUVERS AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. DURING REPLACEMENT OF THE FCU AND FUEL, THE MAINTENANCE CREW FOUND THAT THE COUPLING BETSDR COEA2015122201850Caliper · leakingFLIGHT 7777 RETURN TO BLOCK, WO 208-157019 DISCREPANCY. ON TAXI OUT LT BRAKE INOPERATIVE. INSPECTED BRAKE SYS, FOUND LT BRAKE CALIPER SEEPING, CHECKED LT MASTER CYLINDER & LINES. SUSPECT LT HARD LINE FROM PARKING BRAKE, VLV ALSO SEEPING, ALL OTHER LT SYS COSDR CA151228009Engine · power loss(CAN) DURING TAKEOFF ROLL, THE PILOT NOTICED A LOSS OF TORQUE (ONLY GETTING 1100 TO 1200 FT-LB). THE ENGINE THEN SHUT DOWN AND THE PROPELLER FEATHERED. HE ABORTED TAKEOFF AND THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON THE FAR RUNWAY THRESHOLD. HE GOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT, EXAMINESDR AXSA20151217001Transponder · fumesPILOT REPORTED BURNING SMELL IN COCKPIT.SDR MK9A20151208001Flow Divider · leakingDEPARTING ON IFR FLIGHT PLAN, ACFT HAD PARTIAL POWER LOSS AT AROUND 3000’ ON 120 HEADING. THE ACFT RETURNED & LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON TROUBLESHOOTING & INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE POWER LOSS, A FUEL LEAK WAS DISCOVERED AT THE FUEL FLOW DIVIDER & A FSDR CA151208018Mount · cracked(CAN) PILOT EXPERIENCED A HEAVY VIBRATION ON TAKEOFF ROLL AND ABORTED TAKEOFF. INSPECTION FOUND THE NOSE WHEEL TIRE TO BE SEVERELY OUT OF ROUND. THE NLG IS ATTACHED TO THE ENGINE MOUNT SO A VISUAL INSPECTION WAS CARRIED OUT TO THE MOUNT AND SURROUNDING AREA. SDR COEA2015120301882Handle · unlockedFLIGHT 8775, WO 208-156261 & DISCREPANCY. FLIGHT WAS AT CRUISE, 50 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT, WHEN THE MAIN CARGO LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT COMPLETED THE CARGO DOOR OPEN IN FLIGHT PROTOCOL CHECKLIST. ONCE THE FLIGHT LANDED SAFELY, THE PILOT DISCOVERED THE DSDR CA151215014Fuel Control · malfunctioned(CAN) IN JULY OF THIS YEAR (ENGINE TSN 909), A FCU MALFUNCTION WAS REPORTED BY THE OPERATOR. AN ACCESSORIES SHOP REPLACED THE FUEL CONTROL UNIT (FCU) BELLOWS, AND THE ENGINE WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. IN OCTOBER, THE ENGINE IS REPORTED TO HAVE HAD A LOSS OF POWESDR COEA2015112701897Terminal · faultyFLIGHT 8786 AIR TURN BACK, WO 208-156061 & DISCREPANCY. INLET TURBINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE FLUCTUATED IN FLIGHT. CREW ELECTED TO RETURN, NO EMER DECLARED & ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. CRIMPED TERMINAL LUGS AT T5 BLOCK. OPERATIONS CHECKED & ENG PERFORMANCE RSDR CA151026006Bracket · worn(CAN) RUDDER PEDAL BRACKET FOUND WITH ELONGATED HOLES WHERE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER ATTACHES AND SPACER FASTENER SHEARED.SDR EPUA20151022001Skin · crackedRIGHT WING LE EDGE SKIN WAS FOUND CRACKED DURING A PHASE INSPECTION. THE CRACK ORIGINATED FROM THE FIRST ROUND INSPECTION PANEL NEAR WS 60.0, ON THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE LE. ENGINEERING APPROVAL FOR REPAIR WAS OBTAINED & A REPAIR FOR THE AREA WAS PUT IN PLACE,SDR EPUA20151022002Fuel Control · failedPILOT REPORT LOSS OF POWER & TORQUE FLUCTUATION IN CLIMB, LASTING FOR APPROX 5 SECONDS, THEN POWER SMOOTHED OUT. PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT & REPORTED THE PROBLEM. INSPECTED ENG & ACFT FUEL SCREENS, FILTERS & SUMPED ALL FUESDR EPUA20151015001Brake Assy · brokenRIGHT BRAKE WAS NOTED BY FLIGHT CREW AS BEING INOPERATIVE. MX DETERMINED THAT THE RT HAND BRAKE ASSEMBLY BROKE A GUIDE PIN, CAUSING IT TO CONTACT THE RT HAND TIRE ASSEMBLY. REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE BRAKE ASSEMBLY & DAMAGED TIRE ASSEMBLY IN ORDER TO FERRY THE ASDR CA151006011Engine · making metal(CAN) AFTER TAKING DELIVERY OF ACFT, DURING THE RETURN FLIGHT, THE CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT STARTED TO FLICKER ON AND OFF. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE POST FLIGHT DISCLOSED A HAIR LIKE FILAMENT ON THE AGB CHIP DETECTOR. THE OIL FILTER WAS INSPECTED ANSDR MT9R2015FA0000552Fuel Nozzle · damagedDURING A SCHEDULED FUEL NOZZLE MANIFOLD CLEAN/ FUNCTION CHECK, IT WAS FOUND THAT 3 EACH OF THE NOZZLE TIPS WERE STREAKING AT THE 3, 6 AND 10 O`CLOCK POSITIONS. THE NOZZLE TIPS WERE REMOVED FOR EXAMINATION AND FOUND ERROSION AROUND EACH TIP FUEL OUTLET HOLE.SDR 19MA201509202104Wire · chafedPILOT TAXIED OUT TO RUN UP AREA & RETURNED WHEN GMU-700 FAIL WARNING CAME UP ON ALERTS, CAS MSG SYSTEM. G1000 SYS INSTALLED. UPON INVESTIGATING BY THE AVIONICS SHOP IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE POWER WIRE TO THE GMU-710 UNIT INSTALLED, FLIGHT DIRECTOR, YAW DAMSDR CA150921014Fcu · malfunctioned(CAN) DURING TAKEOFF ROLL AT APPROXIMATELY 60-70 KTS. THE PILOT FELT A LOSS OF ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND CONFIRMED THIS WITH ENGINE INSTRUMENTATION, TORQUE WAS ONLY APPROXIMATELY 1000-1200 FT/LBS WITH TAKEOFF POWER SELECTED. THE OIL PRESSURE WAS ALSO OBSERVED TOSDR COEA2015091601705B-Nut · looseFLIGHT 7805 AIR TURN BACK. AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PILOT REPORTED A FUEL SMELL IN THE COCKPIT. THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN WHERE THE ACFT WAS GNDED. NO EMER WAS DECLARED. TROUBLE SHOT & FOUND TWO LOOSE B NUTS ON THE FUEL FLOW TRANSMITTER. TIGHTENED B NUTS TO SSDR CA150925009Engine · power loss(CAN) SOON AFTER TAKEOFF, DURING CLIMB, ENGINE POWER ROLLED BACK CLOSE TO IDLE SPEED. ENGINE WAS NOT RESPONDING TO PLA INPUT. CREW ACTIVATED PLA AND MADE EMERGENCY LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. POST LANDING INSPECTION DID NOT REVEAL ANY EXTERNAL FINDINGS ON ENGINSDR CA150911007Fcu · faulty(CAN) A ZERO TIME ENGINE WAS INSTALLED. DURING THE ENGINE FINAL INSTALLATION OPERATIONS, AFTER 2-3 ENGINE RUNS AND RIGGING ADJUSTMENTS, INCLUDING EXERCISING OF THE EPL/MOR, THE NEXT SUBSEQUENT ENGINE RUN RESULTED IN NG INCREASING UNCOMMANDED TO 80 PERCENT WHSDR CA150904008Line · worn(CAN) DURING TROUBLESHOOTING, REPORTED DEFECT ON THE DE-ICE BOOT SYS, MAINTENANCE FOUND THE DE-ICE PNEUMATIC DISTRIBUTION LINE ASSY AT APPROXIMATELY WS 126.5, RT WING, CHAFED 80 PERCENT THROUGH BY THE AILERON CABLES.SDR MTNA081220150001Engine · unknownSUSPECTED ENGINE FAILURE IN FLIGHT, RESULTING IN ACFT DITCHING.SDR P9KA2015081001Bulkhead · crackedDURING A ROUTINE 100 HOUR INSPECTION, A COMPANY MECHANIC FOUND THE CANTED BULKHEAD, PN 2612060-5, CRACKED AT THE CUT OUT FOR THE ELEVATOR PUSHROD. THE BULKHEAD WAS REPAIRED IAW THE APPLICABLE PORTIONS OF THE MANUFACTURER'S STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL. POSSIBLE SDR CA150817009Oil System · leaking(CAN) DURING TAKE-OFF, THE PILOT NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OIL ON THE WINDSCREEN AND SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY COMMENCED A RETURN APPROACH BACK TO THE RUNWAY AND THEN RECEIVED THE LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING. DUE TO POOR VISIBSDR COEA2015073001711Indicator · faultyAIR TURN BACK FLIGHT 8801. JUST AFTER TAKEOFF, THE OIL PRESSURE INCREASED TO THE RED LINE ON THE INDICATOR. DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE RAMP & DID AN AIR TURN BACK. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. TROUBLE SHOT & REPLACED THE OIL PRESSURE & TEMPERATURE INDICATOR. SDR MTNA20150715001Warning System · false activationDURING TAKEOFF, THE GEN OFF LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED & DID NOT RESET. IN ADDITION THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL IN THE COCKPIT. SYSTEM CHECKED, COULD NOT DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY, GENERATOR CABLES CHECKED FOR SECURITY, FOUND GOOD. OPERATION VERIFIED DURING FOUNSDR CA150715007Seal · leaking(CAN) PROP SHAFT SEAL HAD UN-ACCEPTABLE OIL LEAKAGE PAST SEALS.SDR CA150717004Combustion Liner · cracked(CAN) PILOT REPORTED THAT ITT STARTED TO CLIMB DURING RETURN LEG, PILOT REDUCED POWER TO KEEP ITT WITHIN A/C TEMP LIMITATIONS. UPON LANDING MAINTENANCE WAS BROUGHT OUT TO INSPECT AIRCRAFT, COMPRESSOR BLADES WERE BORESCOPE WITH NO ABNORMAL WEAR FOUND, COMPRESSOSDR COEA2015063001788Indicator · faultyFLIGHT 7778, TURN BACK DISCREPANCY. AFTER DEPARTURE, THE PILOT OBSERVED THAT THE ENG OIL TEMP EXCEEDED THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED, NO EMER WAS DECLARED. ONCE PARTS ARRIVED, REPLACED THE OIL PRESS & TEMP INDICATOR. OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD.SDR HSYA20150624001Buss Cable · chafedAIR RETURN DUE TO BUS POWER CB'S POPPED ON FIRST 5 ROWS.SDR CA150710011Engine · malfunctionedCAN, THE ACFT HAD AN ENG FAILURE AT 11,000 FT & 4 MILES FROM THE AIRFIELD. THE PILOT REPORTED A BANG & THEN GRATING NOISES. SHUT THE ENG DOWN IMMEDIATELY. LANDED THE ACFT SAFELY. INSPECTION REVEALED BOTH THE POWER & GAS GEN SECTIONS WERE SEIZED. SIGNS OF SDR 2015FA0000322Gearbox · failedTHE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE CLIMBING THRU 8000 FT, HEARD A LOUD BANG COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE TORQUE GAUGE INDICATED ZERO TORQUE, NO TORQUE WAS BEING PRODUCED BY THE ENGINE. THE PILOT FEATHERED THE ENGINE. PROCEEDED TO THE CLOSEST SDR MK9A20150617001Regulator · failedLOUD NOISE COMING FROM ENG.SDR CA150619014Tie Rod · defective(CAN) THE SUBJECT ENG WAS REMOVED FROM A CARAVAN 208B, AFTER RUBBING DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON THE 1ST STAGE COMPRESSOR BLADES & STATOR, FOLLOWING REPORTS BY THE FLIGHT CREW OF EXCESSIVE NOISE COMING FROM THE INTAKE DURING TAXI OUT. THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THE PILOT SDR EPUA20150615001Bolt · brokenRIGHT BRAKE CALIPER ANCHOR BOLT & PIN BROKE ON LANDING & APPLICATION OF BRAKES. REPLACED THE BRAKE CALIPER ASSEMBLY & WHEEL ASSEMBLY.SDR CA150615019Bolt · sheared(CAN) DURING TAXI, AFTER LANDING, THE CREW HEARD A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY A DROP AT THE NOSE & RESTRICTED NOSE WHEEL STEERING. THE CREW SHUTDOWN THE ENG & EXITED THE ACFT TO FIND THE NOSE GEAR SPRING FORK HAD DETACHED FROM THE NOSE GEAR LEG ALLOWING THE NOSE G
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