Airworthiness directives, 2020

377 ADs took effect in 2020. Every AD since 1946 has a page with its text, status and the registered aircraft it may apply to.

Query with SQL
duckdb -csv -c "SELECT d.ad_number, d.status, d.subject, d.makes, d.models, d.effective_date
  FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_directive.parquet' d
  WHERE year(coalesce(d.effective_date, d.publication_date, d.issue_date)) = 2020
  ORDER BY coalesce(d.effective_date, d.publication_date, d.issue_date) DESC, d.ad_number 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.

Earlier years
AD 2020-18-07Fuselage · Airbus A318-111, A318-112, A318-121 and 16 moreEffective Oct 9, 2020 · Supersedes AD 2016-18-09AD 2020-19-05Main Rotor Mast/Swashplate · Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505Effective Oct 8, 2020AD 2020-18-06Fuselage · Airbus A318-111, A318-112, A318-121 and 24 moreEffective Oct 8, 2020AD 2020-18-03Equipment/Furnishings · Airbus A350-1041 and A350-941Effective Oct 8, 2020AD 2020-17-16Flight Controls · Airbus A330-202, A330-203, A330-223 and 14 moreEffective Oct 8, 2020AD 2020-17-14Flight Controls · Dassault Falcon 10Effective Oct 8, 2020AD 2020-17-13Air conditioning · Boeing 787-8 and 787-9Effective Oct 8, 2020AD 2020-19-02HistoricalTail Rotor Blades · Airbus Helicopters SA330JEffective Oct 7, 2020 · Replaced by AD 2021-04-04AD 2020-18-05Fuel Control/Turbine Engines · Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6B-37AEffective Oct 7, 2020AD 2020-18-10Fuel · Airbus A319-151N, A319-153N, A320-251N and 8 moreEffective Oct 6, 2020AD 2020-17-03Fuselage · Airbus A318-111, A318-112, A318-121 and 24 moreEffective Oct 2, 2020AD 2020-15-20HistoricalTime Limits/Maintenance Checks · Airbus A350-1041 and A350-941Effective Oct 2, 2020 · Replaced by AD 2023-04-04AD 2020-15-21Fuselage · Airbus A330-201, A330-202, A330-203 and 13 moreEffective Oct 1, 2020AD 2020-17-09Time Limits · GA 8 Airvan GA8 and GA8-TC320Effective Sep 29, 2020AD 2020-17-04Equipment/furnishings · Boeing 737-300 Series, 737-400 Series and 737-500 SeriesEffective Sep 29, 2020 · Supersedes AD 2019-03-06AD 2020-18-51Emergency ADAttitude and Direction Data System · Sandia Attitude Indicator Attitude IndicatorEffective Sep 28, 2020AD 2020-17-11Hydraulic Pump (Electric/Engine) Main · Airbus Helicopters SA330JEffective Sep 22, 2020 · Supersedes AD 2017-14-05AD 2020-16-20Engine Oil · Pacific Aerospace 750XLEffective Sep 22, 2020 · Supersedes AD 2018-04-09AD 2020-18-19Main Rotor Brake · Leonardo AB412 and AB412 EPEffective Sep 21, 2020 · Supersedes AD 2014-12-07AD 2020-17-10Tail Rotor System · Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 429Effective Sep 21, 2020 · Supersedes AD 2016-02-06AD 2020-16-19Rotor Drive Indicating System · Sikorsky S-92AEffective Sep 21, 2020AD 2020-16-17Turbine Section · Rolls-Royce Deutschland Trent XWB-75, Trent XWB-79, Trent XWB-79B and 1 moreEffective Sep 21, 2020AD 2020-16-15Fuselage · Viking Air DHC-2 Mk.I and DHC-2 Mk.III with STC SA00299NY or SA945NEEffective Sep 21, 2020AD 2020-16-11SUMMARY: Reciprocating Cylinder Section · Continental Aerospace Technologies GTSIO-520-C, GTSIO-520-D, GTSIO-520-H and 23 moreEffective Sep 21, 2020AD 2020-18-04HistoricalFlight controls · Airbus A350-1041 and A350-941Effective Sep 18, 2020 · Replaced by AD 2022-25-02AD 2020-17-05Rotors flight control · Airbus Helicopters Deutschland MBB-BK 117 D-2Effective Sep 17, 2020AD 2020-17-08Electrical Wiring · Pacific Aerospace 750XLEffective Sep 14, 2020AD 2015-17-01 R1Tail Rotor · Airbus Helicopters AS355E, AS355F, AS355F1 and 11 moreEffective Sep 11, 2020 · Supersedes AD 2015-17-01AD 2020-16-09Engine Transmission Coupling · Airbus Helicopters SA330JEffective Sep 10, 2020 · Supersedes AD 2009-25-09AD 2020-12-13Wings · MHI RJ Aviation ULC CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100) and CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 440)Effective Sep 10, 2020AD 2020-17-12Equipment/furnishings · Dassault Falcon 900EX, FALCON 2000, FALCON 2000EX and 1 moreEffective Sep 9, 2020AD 2020-17-01Fuel · Airbus A319-115, A319-153N, A320-214 and 16 moreEffective Sep 9, 2020AD 2020-16-18Fuselage · Airbus A310-203, A310-204, A310-221 and 5 moreEffective Sep 9, 2020AD 2020-16-02Stabilizers · Pilatus PC-6, PC-6-H1, PC-6-H2 and 12 moreEffective Sep 9, 2020AD 2020-15-17Indicating/recording system · Sikorsky S-76CEffective Sep 9, 2020AD 2020-16-12Engine Controls · Pacific Aerospace 750XLEffective Sep 8, 2020AD 2020-16-07Landing Gear · Pacific Aerospace 750XLEffective Sep 8, 2020AD 2020-12-16Fire protection · Airbus A320-214, A320-216, A320-231 and 4 moreEffective Sep 8, 2020AD 2020-12-14Electrical power · Bombardier BD-700-1A10 and BD-700-1A11Effective Sep 8, 2020AD 2020-16-16Flight Controls · Pacific Aerospace 750XLEffective Sep 7, 2020AD 2020-16-10Cabin Equipment/Furnishings · Bell Textron 204B, 205A, 205A-1 and 7 moreEffective Sep 3, 2020AD 2020-15-18Emergency Flotation Section · Leonardo AB139, AW139, AW169 and 1 moreEffective Sep 3, 2020AD 2020-15-15Rotorcraft Flight Controls · Airbus Helicopters EC225LPEffective Sep 3, 2020AD 2020-15-14Fuselage · Boeing 747-100 Series, 747-100B Series, 747-100B SUD Series and 9 moreEffective Sep 3, 2020 · Supersedes AD 2015-13-06AD 2020-15-09HistoricalFlight controls · Airbus A330-941Effective Sep 3, 2020 · Replaced by AD 2024-08-05AD 2020-16-04Flight Controls · Pacific Aerospace 750XLEffective Sep 2, 2020AD 2020-16-06Horizontal Stabilizer Structure · Aviat A-1, A-1A, A-1B and 2 moreEffective Sep 1, 2020AD 2020-15-13Hydraulic Power System · Airbus Helicopters Deutschland MBB-BK 117 C-2 and MBB-BK 117 D-2Effective Aug 31, 2020 · Supersedes AD 2017-02-07AD 2020-15-12HistoricalTurbine Engine Compressor Section · Rolls-Royce Deutschland Trent 1000-A2, Trent 1000-AE2, Trent 1000-C2 and 8 moreEffective Aug 31, 2020 · Replaced by AD 2021-18-05AD 2020-15-08Turbine Engine Compressor Section · Rolls-Royce Deutschland Trent 1000-A, Trent 1000-A2, Trent 1000-AE and 16 moreEffective Aug 31, 2020