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 2019-24-12Fuselage · De Havilland Aircraft of Canada DHC-8-401 and DHC-8-402Effective Feb 3, 2020AD 2019-23-16Wings · Boeing 737-100 Series, 737-200 Series, 737-200C Series and 3 moreEffective Feb 3, 2020AD 2019-24-17Wings · Boeing MD-90-30Effective Jan 24, 2020AD 2019-24-11HistoricalTime Limits/ Maintenance Checks · Dassault Falcon 900EXEffective Jan 24, 2020 · Replaced by AD 2020-21-19AD 2019-24-10Electric and electronic common installation · Airbus A350-941Effective Jan 24, 2020AD 2019-25-55Emergency ADEquipment/ Furnishings · Boeing 737-300 Series, 737-400 Series and 737-700 Series with STC ST01566LA or 2 othersEffective Jan 21, 2020AD 2019-25-18Ice and Rain Protection · Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100) and CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 440)Effective Jan 21, 2020AD 2019-25-12Oxygen · Boeing 777-200 Series and 777-300ER SeriesEffective Jan 21, 2020 · Supersedes AD 2016-18-02AD 2019-23-14Nitrogen Generation System · Boeing 737-100 Series, 737-200 Series, 737-200C Series and 3 moreEffective Jan 21, 2020AD 2019-23-18Fire protection · Dassault Falcon 900EX, FALCON 2000, FALCON 2000EX and 2 moreEffective Jan 17, 2020AD 2019-23-15HistoricalTime Limits/ Maintenance Checks · Airbus Canada Limited Partnership BD-500-1A10 and BD-500-1A11Effective Jan 16, 2020 · Replaced by AD 2021-04-05AD 2019-23-13Nacelles/ pylons · Airbus A320-251N and A320-253NEffective Jan 16, 2020AD 2019-23-07Landing gear · Boeing 787-10, 787-8 and 787-9Effective Jan 16, 2020AD 2019-22-02HistoricalEquipment/ furnishings · Boeing 747-200B Series, 747-200C Series, 747-200F Series and 6 moreEffective Jan 16, 2020 · Replaced by AD 2025-01-08AD 2019-19-10Fuel · Boeing 737-300 Series, 737-400 Series, 737-500 Series and 21 moreEffective Jan 16, 2020AD 2019-25-13HistoricalTurbine Engine Compressor Section · Engine Alliance GP7270 and GP7277Effective Jan 14, 2020 · Replaced by AD 2021-12-01AD 2019-24-15Equipment/ furnishings · Boeing 737-900ER SeriesEffective Jan 14, 2020AD 2019-23-12Wings · Boeing 737-300 Series, 737-400 Series and 737-500 SeriesEffective Jan 13, 2020AD 2019-23-06HistoricalFuselage · Boeing 757-200 Series, 757-200CB Series and 757-300 SeriesEffective Jan 13, 2020 · Replaced by AD 2022-15-09AD 2019-23-05HistoricalTime Limits/ Maintenance Checks · Dassault Mystere-Falcon 900Effective Jan 13, 2020 · Replaced by AD 2020-26-07AD 2019-23-03HistoricalTime Limits/ Maintenance Checks · Dassault Falcon 900EXEffective Jan 13, 2020 · Replaced by AD 2020-21-20AD 2019-22-09Fuselage · Boeing 787-8Effective Jan 13, 2020AD 2019-23-09Empennage Structure · Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 427Effective Jan 10, 2020AD 2019-23-01HistoricalTime Limits/ Maintenance Checks · Airbus A318-111, A318-112, A318-121 and 37 moreEffective Jan 9, 2020 · Replaced by AD 2020-20-05AD 2019-22-11Main landing gear · De Havilland Aircraft of Canada DHC-8-400, DHC-8-401 and DHC-8-402Effective Jan 9, 2020 · Supersedes AD 2009-09-02AD 2019-23-08Fuel · Saab AB, Saab Aeronautics SAAB 2000Effective Jan 7, 2020 · Supersedes AD 2019-03-19AD 2019-22-08Tail Rotor System · Leonardo AW169 and AW189Effective Jan 7, 2020