Service difficulty reports
1,770,704 reports of malfunctions and defects, newest first. Air carriers must report; general aviation reporting is voluntary.
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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' 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' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
Run it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.
SDR DXTA2026082109334Landing Gear · faultedNOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. DURING APPROACH, GEAR HANDLE LOWERED AT/ABOUT 170 KIAS. MULTIPLE EICAS MESSAGES FOLLOWED BY UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION (AMBER BARBER POLED INDICATION). EICAS MESSAGES CASCADED IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER: - GEAR DOOR OPEN - GEAR DSSDR AALA202608209291Battery Pack · inoperativeAIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: DURING EMERGENCY LIGHT TEST ON PS CHECK, FOUND R1 DOOR AND FIRST CLASS EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOP. MAINTENANCE REPLACED BATTERY PACK IAW AMM 33-51-06.SDR AALA202608204885Elec Connector · disconnectedAIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: SEAT ROW 15 WHITE SEAT MOUNTED EMERGENCY AISLE LIGHT INOPERATIVE - MAINTENANCE FOUND CONNECTOR DICONNECTED UNDER SEAT ROW 15 - MAINTENANCE RECONNECTED THE CONNECTOR AND ACCOMPLISHED A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK PER AMM 33-51-13SDR AALA202608200160Battery · faultedAIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: WHILE PERFORMING PS CHECK FOUND EPSU BATTERY 11WL FAULTING ON TEST. MAINTENANCE REPLACED EPSU BATTERY AT 11WL PER AMM 33-51-38.SDR AALA202608200064Battery · faultedAIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: WHILE PERFORMING PS CHECK FOUND EPSU BATTERY 13WL FAULTING ON TEST. MAINTENANCE REPLACED EPSU BATTERY AT 13WL PER AMM 33-51-38.SDR AALA202608200031Battery · faultedAIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: WHILE PERFORMING PS CHECK FOUND EPSU BATTERY 14WL FAULTING ON TEST. MAINTENANCE REPLACED EPSU BATTERY AT 14WL IAW AMM 33-51-38.SDR AALA202608203405Bottle · low pressureAIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: AMBER CHECK DOOR PRESSURE CAUTION FOR 1R DOOR ON CIDS PANEL. MAINTENANCE CHARGED R1 DOOR DAMPER EMERGENCY OPERATION CYLINDER PER AMM 52-10-00.SDR DXTA2026082009338Warning Light · false activationON TAKEOFF APPROXIMATELY 70KTS CENTER FUEL TRANSFER FAIL AMBER CAS MESSAGE ILLUMINATED. TAKEOFF ABORTED. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE CENTER TRANSFER PUMPS IAW AMM 28-22-00. OPS CHECK GOOD. NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.SDR DXTA2026082009327Light · inoperativeREADING LIGHT ABOVE THE LAV SEAT IS INOPERATIVE WITH THE EMERGENCY LIGHT ON; HOWEVER, THE LIGHT DOES ILLUMINATE WITH THE PUSH BUTTON DIRECTLY BELOW THE LAV FLUSH BUTTON. PREFORMED OPS CHECK OF EMER LIGHTS. OPS CHECK GOOD. THE LAV READING LIGHT IS NOT APART OSDR CALA2026082018752Oxygen Mask · kinkedLEFT CLASS DIVIDER UPPER PORTABLE O2 MASK IS KINKED & PINCHED AT FITTING. REPLACED THE OXYGEN MASK IAW AMM 35-32-42.SDR CALA2026082018750Skin · contaminatedLEFT ELEVATOR UPPER SKIN HAS A WATER INGRESS INDICATION AT 122" FROM IB EDGE, 18" FROM T/E, AND 2" DIA. REPAIRED THE LT ELEVATOR UPPER SKIN IAW SRM 55-21-11- 300-005, & REO L25982 CATEGORY A REPAIR.SDR CALA2026082018748Cover · corrodedAFT CARGO TORSION BOX COVER HAD MULTIPLE SPOTS OF CORROSION ON T OP SURFACE. REMOVED AND REPLACED AFT CARGO TORSION BOX COVER SHEET IAW SRM 51-42-11-001, 53-41-49-283-004 AND 53-41-49-07-B.SDR CALA2026082018746Door Sill · corrodedAFT CARGO DOOR SILL HAS MULTIPLE SPOTS OF CORROSION ON TOP SURFACE. R & R AFT CARGO DOOR SILL IAW SRM 51-42-11-0 01, 51-44-11-001, & 53-41-49-07-B.SDR CALA2026081918736Battery · faultedEPSU EMERGENCY LEFT BATTERY MESSAGE DISPLAYED ON EMERGENCY BATTERY TEST REPLACED EPSU BATTERY IAW AMM 33-51-38.SDR CALA2026081918733None · noneAIRCRAFT WAS EXPOSED TO HANGAR FOAM EXPOSURE JET-X 2% HIGH EXPANSION FOAM. INSPECT PER EC/RA 0551-01227 AFTER FOAM EVENT ECRA 0551-01227 WAS ISSUED TO ENSURE THE A/C CLEANED OF ANY RESIDUAL FOAM. COMPLIED WITH ECRA STEP 1. ITEM 1-3 EXTERIOR SURFACES, STEP 2 ISDR CALA2026081918732Smoke Detector · false activationSMOKE DETECTOR WENT OFF IN THE MID LAVATORY WHEN A PASSENGER WAS IN THERE. NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE OR FIRE. INSPECTED LAV T AND SMOKE DETECTOR, NO SMELL OR DEFECTS NOTED. SMOKE ALARM PASSED SELF TEST AND SMOKE TEST REF AMM 26-14-00.SDR CALA2026081918731Check Valve · contaminatedTECH SUPPORT UPDATE ON A LEVEL C REPEAT CHRONIC NGS DEGRADED W/PRIOR HISTORY OF A 63 FAULT ASM FAULTING BUT LOW HIGH FLOW TEST OK AND W/ASM NEWER STYLE AND FAIRLY LOW HRS 14K. FOUND NO SIGNS OR ODORS OF FUEL. R & R NGS OXY SENSOR IAW AMM 47-42-03/401. ELEC &SDR I5PA2026081888804Pitot Tube · faultedFLIGHT: MGE400, ETOPS, LT AUX PITOT EICAS MESSAGE. REPLACED LT AUX PITOT PROBE PER APPLICABLE AMM.SDR COEA2026081904738Brake · contaminatedRIGHT BRAKE INEFFECTIVE DURING ROLLOUT. BLED AIR FROM RT BRAKE ASSY. OPS CHECKED GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR SWIA2026081876880Selector Valve · leakingMLB DISAGREE WARNING IN FLT. AFTER ROTATION NLG DIDN`T RETRACT. RAN QRH & DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, LANDED SAFELY AT KORD & TAXIED TO GATE UNDER OWN POWER, NO OTHER ISSUES NOTED. QRH SUCCESSFUL IN RECTIFYING THE MLG DISAGREE. (FLIGHT 5103) NR 3 HYD ACCUMULATSDR SWIA2026081876879Fitting · unserviceableUPON INSPECTION OF RT FWD SERVICE DOOR SLIDE FITTING ASSY, FOUND MOST FWD RT SLIDE FITTING RECEPTICLE TO BE UNSERVICABLE. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RT FWD DOOR FWD EVACUATION SLIDE FITTING WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT IAW AMM 53-10-25. OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR AALA202608199305Light · inoperativeAIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE: RIGHT HAND FORWARD EMERGENCY OVERWING EXIT LIGHT 62WL IS INOPERATIVE - MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGHT FORWARD EMERGENCY OVERWING EXIT LIGHT 62WL PER AMM 33-51-15 AND ACCOMPLISHED A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK WITH NO ISSUES NOTSDR AALA202608193232Proximity Sensor · faultedAIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: 1L DOOR SLIDE FLASHES DISARMED IN FLIGHT - MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE L1 DOOR DETECTOR PROXIMITY SWITCH 4WN1 PER AMM 52-73-11SDR AALA202608192756Reservoir · low pressureAIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: 1R SLIDE PRESSURE LOW - MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE L1 DOOR SLIDE PER JOB CARD 26L00025010SDR AALA202608190221Wire · brokenAIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: SEAT ROW 22 AND 23 EMERGENCY ESCAPE PATH LIGHTS ARE NOT ILLUMINATING - MAINTENANCE FOUND BROKEN WIRE AT CONTACT POINT AT SEAT ROW 23ABC AND REAPIRED THE WIRE PER SWPM 20-00-00 AND WDM 33-51-04 A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THSDR AALA202608194811Slide Raft · dislodgedAIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: MAINTENANCE REPORTED THAT THE AFT LEFT HAND DOOR FOUND OPEN, WITH THE SLIDE NOT SECURE AND THE SLIDE GIRT BAR ENGAGED WITH THE HANDLE IN DISARMED POSITION - MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE SLIDE RAFT ASSEMBLY PER JOB CARD 26L00025011SDR AALA202608195007Light · inoperativeAIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE: RIGHT HAND FORWARD EMERGENCY OVERWING EXIT LIGHT 60WL IS INOPERATIVE - MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGHT FORWARD EMERGENCY OVERWING EXIT LIGHT 60WL PER AMM 33-51-15 AND ACCOMPLISHED A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK WITH NO ISSUES NOTSDR AALA202608194487Idg · overheatedAIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED INTO ORD DUE TO THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTING THAT THE LEFT ENGINE IDG OIL OVERHEAT MESSAGE DISPLAYED AT CRUISE WHICH RESULTED IN THE FLIGHT CREW DISCONNECTING THE IDG - THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT ORD AND TAXIED SDR AALA202608193723Lever · looseAIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED THAT AT DOOR DISARMING THE R2 DOOR LEVER WAS LOOSE. MAINTENANCE TIGHTENED ARMED LEVER HARDWARE AT R2 DOOR FOR CORRECT OPERATION WHEN LEVER DOWN AND ARMED PER AMM 52-20-00.SDR AALA202608199635Wire · brokenAIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: EMERGENCY ROW LIGHTS INOP AT SEATS 11C, 12C, AND 13C. FOUND BROKEN WIRE ON CONNECTOR 7261VC8. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED BROKEN WIRE PER ESPM 20-48-21.SDR AALA202608197152Bottle · low pressureAIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: R1 DOOR REQUIRES SERVICE. MAINTENANCE SERVICED R1 DOOR ACCUMULATOR PER AMM 52-10-00.SDR AALA202608198342Floorbeam · corrodedAIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE: CORROSION ON AFT CABIN FLOOR BEAM BETWEEN FR 68 AND FR 69 AT Y1162 LEFT - MAINTENANCE REPLACED FLOOR BEAM PER SRM 53-41-14-283-009SDR IPXA2026081930589Flap System · warning messageEMD ON CLIMB OUT AT APPROX 3K' WE GOT A LE SLAT DISAGREE EICAS. MAINTAINED 230 KT OR LESS FOR ENTIRE FLIGHT. AFTER QRH PROCEDURE, MSG WENT OUT. PERFORMED BITE PROCEDURE IAW FIM 27-51 FAULT TREE 805 FLAP/SLAT ELECTRONIC UNIT (FSEU) BITE PROCEDURE. FOUND ALTERNASDR IPXA2026081935595Crash Axe · damagedMAIN CARGO DECK CRASH AX IS CORRODED AND DAMAGED. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE MAIN CARGO DECK CRASH AX IAW B747 AMM 25-63-04-400-801SDR DALA2026081904733Bottle · low pressureR2 DOOR DAMPER IN YELLOW BAND. CORRECTIVE ACTION: SERVICE DOOR ASSIST BOTTLE PER A330 AMM 52-15. (9095588) AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.SDR DALA2026081904732Bottle · low pressureL1 DOOR DAMPER IN YELLOW BAND. SERVICED DOOR ASSIST BOTTLE PER A330 AMM 52-15. (9095587) AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.SDR DALA2026081904731Bottle · low pressureR1 DOOR DAMPER IN YELLOW BAND. SERVICED DOOR ASSIST BOTTLE PER A330 52-15. (9095586) AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.SDR DALA2026081904730Bottle · low pressureR3 CHECK DOOR PRESSURE ON FAP. SERVICED DOOR ASSIST BOTTLE PER A330 AMM 52-15. (9315016) AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.SDR DXTA2026081909330Door · no discrepancyDOOR WILL NOT CLOSE UNLESS I OVERRIDE IT. WILL NOT LOCK AS WELL. WHEN CLOSED CAN OPEN DOOR WITHOUT PUSHING RED BUTTON. DISASSEMBLED MAIN DOOR AND PERFORMED GVI OF COMPONENTS WITH ZERO DISCREPANT FINDINGS. PERFORMED RESET IAW CABIN DOOR RESET PROCEDURE AND SSDR DALA2026081904729Skin · damagedRIGHT INBD DROOP NOSE DAMAGED. REPAIRED REF: A350 - ASR - A350-A-57-44-63-01001-664A-A - SLAT 1 INBOARD (DROOP NOSE) - DROOP NOSE - NOSE SKIN BETWEEN RIBS - PERMANENT REPAIR (CATEGORY A PERM REPAIR) (1763331) AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.SDR AALA202608196762Filter · contaminatedAIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AIRCRAFT RETURN TO PHX DUE TO ODOR SMELL. NO EMERGENCY DECLARED AND AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE C/W J/C 08L00021001 AND R&R'ED HEPA FILTERS PER MOC AND TSI.SDR FDEA202608181151Floorboard · puncturedMAIN DECK CARGO COMPARTMENT, FLOOR PANEL 251KFF HAS PUNCTURE DAMAGE. FABRICATED FLOORBOARD 251KFF (MPN: 146T5869-9) REF BOEING DWG 146T5869-9 AND FEDEX DWG SR67-53-009. SEE JPF FOR WORK STEPS PERFORMED. THIS IS A MAJOR REPAIR.SDR FDEA202608181150Floor Panel · damagedBROKEN FIBERS ON THE SURFACE OF FLOOR PANEL 231DFF IN THE MAIN DECK CARGO BAY (TWO LOCATIONS) FLOOR PANEL 231DFF MAIN DECK CARGO BAY WAS REPAIRED IAW RM 53-00-50- 2R PAR 4-B, FIG 201 SHEET 2 REV 94.SDR FDEA202608181149Floor Panel · dentedDENTS AROUND PREVIOUS REPAIR ON FLOOR PANEL 231CFF IN THE MAIN CARGO BAY(THREE LOCATIONS) FLOOR PANEL 231CFF MAIN DECK CARGO BAY WAS REPAIRED IAW B767 SRM 53-00-50- 2R PAR4-B FIG 201 SHEET 2 REV 94.SDR FDEA202608181148Floor Panel · damagedBROKEN FIBERS ON FLOOR PANEL 221GFF IN THE MAIN DECK CARGO BAY. (TWO LOCATIONS) FLOOR PANEL 221GFF MAIN DECK CARGO BAY WAS REPAIRED IAW \SRM 53-00-50- 2R PAR 4-B FIG 201 SHEET 2 REV 94.SDR FDEA202608181147Floor Panel · damagedBROKEN FIBERS ON THE SURFACE OF FLOOR PANEL 231BFF IN THE `MAIN DECK CARGO BAY (ONE LOCATION) FLOOR PANEL 231BFF MAIN DECK CARGO BAY WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-00-50- 2R PAR 4-B FIG 201 SHEET 2 REV 94.SDR FDEA202608181146Adc · inoperativeUPON ROTATION FOS AIRSPEED TAPE WENT AWAY. RECEIVED IAS DISAGREE EICAS. CAPTAIN FLIGHT DIRECTOR DROPPED PITCH INDICATOR. RECEIVED RUDDER RATIO AND MACH/SPD TRIM EICAS MESSAGES. ELEV ASYM STATUS MESSAGE. EMERGENCY DECLARED. AMM: 34-12-01-4 FIM: 27-09 TRESDR FDEA202608181145Floor Panel · puncturedPUNCTURED SURFACE OF FLOOR PANEL 231EFF IN THE MAIN DECK CARGO COMPARTMENT (FOUR LOCATIONS) FLOOR PANEL 231EFF MAIN DECK CARGO COMPARTMENT WAS REPAIRED IAW B767 SRM 53-00-50- 2R PAR 4-B FIG 201 SHEET 2 REV 94.SDR FDEA202608181144Skin · dentedDENT AT R/H WING SLAT #9 UPPER TRAILING EDGE AT OSS 669. REPAIRED DENT ON RH WING SLAT #9 UPPER EDGE AT OSS 669 IAW B757 SRM 51-70-10-2R. MAJOR REPAIRSDR FDEA202608181143Skin · dentedLEFT WING INBD FLAP HAS TWO DENTS AT WS 177.50 ZONE 553. REPAIRED LT WING INBD FLAP PANEL IAW SRM 51-70-10-2R. MAJOR REPAIR.