# Service difficulty reports: N281FL

A list on [N281FL](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N281FL.md).

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Newest first.

- [SDR VGCA20230814001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/VGCA20230814001.md): Skin Panel · cracked · Aug 14, 2023 · N281FL · Boeing 727281 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
  > CRACKED SKIN RESULTING FROM TOOLING DAMAGE AT L1 DOOR UPPER HINGE CUTOUT NEAR S-10L
- [SDR VGCA20200923001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/VGCA20200923001.md): Engine · fod · Sep 23, 2020 · N281FL · Boeing 727281 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)
  > AFTER TAKEOFF DURING CLIMB, NR 3 STARTED VIBRATING EXCESSIVELY. SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT. UPON INSPECTION OF ENGINE, FOUND EVIDENCE OF FOD DAMAGE TO THE FAN BLADES. REMOVED ENGINE FROM SERVICE.
- [SDR VGCA2019112619002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/VGCA2019112619002.md): Floorbeam · corroded · Nov 19, 2019 · N281FL · Boeing 727281 · Fuselage Main, Floor Beam
  > FLOOR BEAM UPPER CAP CORRODED AT STATION 870 BETWEEN LOWER BODY BUTTOCK LINE 44-55
- [SDR VGCA2019112619008](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/VGCA2019112619008.md): Fitting · corroded · Nov 19, 2019 · N281FL · Boeing 727281 · Fuselage Main, Bulkhead
  > AT STATION 950, THE LEFT BULKHEAD FITTING WAS CORRODED ON THE HORIZONTAL WEB ATTACH FLANGE AT WATER LINE 201.4
- [SDR VGCA201911269007](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/VGCA201911269007.md): Skin · dented · Nov 19, 2019 · N281FL · Boeing 727281 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
  > DENT IN FUSELAGE SKIN AT STATION 348 BETWEEN STRINGER 4R AND 5R
- [SDR VGCA2019112619006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/VGCA2019112619006.md): Spar · corroded · Nov 19, 2019 · N281FL · Boeing 727281 · Horizontal Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
  > LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER REAR SPAR CHORD CORRODED AT STABILIZER STATION 46
- [SDR VGCA2019112619005](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/VGCA2019112619005.md): Skin · corroded · Nov 19, 2019 · N281FL · Boeing 727281 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
  > CORROSION ON CENTER WING BOX UPPER SKIN PANEL AT BODY STATION 870, LEFT BODY LINE 67
- [SDR VGCA2019112619004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/VGCA2019112619004.md): Floorbeam · corroded · Nov 19, 2019 · N281FL · Boeing 727281 · Fuselage Main, Floor Beam
  > FLOOR BEAM CORRODED AT STATION 920 AT LEFT BODY LINE 55
- [SDR VGCA2019112619003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/VGCA2019112619003.md): Floorbeam · corroded · Nov 19, 2019 · N281FL · Boeing 727200 · Fuselage Main, Floor Beam
  > FLOOR BEAM CORRODED AT STATION 920 AT LEFT BODY LINE 28
- [SDR VGCA2019112619001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/VGCA2019112619001.md): Pressure Deck · corroded · Jul 10, 2019 · N281FL · Boeing 727281 · Fuselage Main, Bulkhead
  > LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WELL PRESSURE DECK UPPER WEB CORRODED BETWEEN BODY STATION 940-950 AND LOWER BODY BUTTOCK LINES 30-70.
- [SDR VGCA2018043009007](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/VGCA2018043009007.md): Skin · corroded · Mar 9, 2017 · N281FL · Boeing 727281 · Horizontal Stabilizer, Plate/Skin
  > CORRODED UPPER T/E SKIN PANEL ON THE LT HORIZONTAL STAB UPPER REAR SPAR.
- [SDR VGCA20170309006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/VGCA20170309006.md): Frame · corroded · Mar 9, 2017 · N281FL · Boeing 727281 · Fuselage Main, Frame
  > CORROSION FOUND ON THE FRAME AT BS 1142.
- [SDR VGCA2017043009005](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/VGCA2017043009005.md): Frame · cracked · Mar 9, 2017 · N281FL · Boeing 727281 · Fuselage Main, Frame
  > CRACK FOUND ON THE FRAME AT BS 480, STRINGERS 16L & 17L.
- [SDR VGCA20170309003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/VGCA20170309003.md): Butt Joint · corroded · Mar 9, 2017 · N281FL · Boeing 727281 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
  > CORROSION ON BUTTSTRAP, STR 29R, BS 1010, RT SIDE, AFT CARGO BAY.
- [SDR VGCA20170309002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/VGCA20170309002.md): Floorbeam · corroded · Mar 9, 2017 · N281FL · Boeing 727281 · Fuselage Main, Floor Beam
  > CORROSION ON THE WEB OF FLOORBEAM, BS 880, LBL 70 AND LBL 30.
- [SDR VGCA2018043000001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/VGCA2018043000001.md): Beam · corroded · Mar 9, 2017 · N281FL · Boeing 727281 · Fuselage Main, Structure
  > BS 1203, RBL 6 TRANSVERSE BEAM CORRODED.
- [SDR VGCA20160509001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/VGCA20160509001.md): Battery · discharged · May 9, 2016 · N281FL · Boeing 727200 · Emergency Lighting
  > DURING PREFLIGHT, COCKPIT EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY DEAD.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
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 n_number = 'N281FL' AND registry_match = 'registration'
ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N281FL/reports

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