Service difficulty reports
1,771,708 reports of malfunctions and defects, newest first. Air carriers must report; general aviation reporting is voluntary.
Query with SQL
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"
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.
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 DALA2026030801594Skin · noneSHIP 3277 DISC: CONFIRM DT EVALUATION FOR POSSIBLE FCS REPAIR EXTERNAL SKIN BTW BE AM 1 TO BEAM 2 AND XP 535.3 TO XP 820.6 AFT LOWER CORNER LH FORWARD PASSENGER CREW DOOR 831 REFERENCE AA CARD 5100-01821- 04A-LF. CONFIRMED DT EVALUATION FOR POSSIBLE FCS REPAISDR DALA2026030801593None · noneCONFIRM DT EVALUATION FOR POSSIBLE FCS REPAIR FRAME 14 RH SIDE AT Z= 1330 IN PASSENGER CABIN (REFERENCE AA CARD 5100-01821-01A). C/A: CONFIRMED DT EVALUATION FOR POSSIBLE FCS REPAIR FRAME #14 RH SIDE AT Z=1330 IN PASSENGER CABIN AND FOUND MEETS THE GENERAL REQSDR DALA2026030801583Floor Support · corrodedCORROSION FLOOR SUPPORT -Y1292 BTW FR 66 TO FR 68 AT AFT GAL LEY AREA (SSI 534147). C/A: REPLACED FLOOR SUPPORT -Y1292 LOCATED BTW FR66 TO FR68 AT AFT GALLEY AREA AS PER A319 SRM 51-42-11, A319 SRM 51-72-11 DWG D53472172 RELEASE DATE :24/NOV/22 ISSUE : K, DWG SDR DALA2026030801582Floor Support · corrodedCORROSION FLOORBEAM -Y765 LOCATED AT FR 68 AT AFT GALLEY AREA (SSI 5 34147). REPLACED FLOOR BEAM -Y765 AND FASTENERS LOCATED AT FR 67 TO FR 70 AT AFT GALLEY AREA AS PER A319 SRM 51-42-11, A319 SRM 51-72- 11, DWG D53472816, DWG D53478309 AND DWG D53472093. TOOSDR DALA2026030801581Seat Track · corrodedSHIP 3165 DISC: CORROSION SEAT TRACK -Y765 LOCATED AT FR 20 AT FWD GALLEY AREA (SSI 5 31189 ). C/A: REPLACED SEAT TRACK -Y765 LOCATED BTW FR12 TO FR24 FWD GALLEY AREA AS PER A319 SRM 51-42-11, A319 SRM 51-72-11, DWG D53112812, ISSUE: E00, RELEASE DATE: 08/JAN/SDR AALA202603061287Warning Message · illuminatedAIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LAX DUE TO THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTING A LANDING GEAR NOT UPLOCKED / SHOCK ABSORBER ECAM FAULT DISPLAYED AFTER LIFT OFF. THE AIRCRAFT L/G GEAR NOT UPLOCKED SHOCK ABSORBER FAULT AFTER LSDR AALA202603060502Slide · low pressureAIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTS THAT DOOR 4L IS INDICATING CHECK SLIDE PRESURE. MAINTENANCE FOUND 4L SLIDE PRESSURE TO BE LOW AND REPLACED THE SLIDE ASSEMBLY PER JOB CARD 26L00025010.SDR AALA202603069994Flashlight · missingAIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: FLIGHT ATTENDANT JUMPSEAT AT 4L MISSING FLASHLIGHT. MAINTENANCE INSTALLED NEW FLASHLIGHT AT JUMP SEAT 4L.SDR YENA2026030600271Unknown · odorFLT # 321 BOS -PBI. "ODOR /FUMES BETWEEN 14000-8000 EXPERIENCED IN COCKPIT DURING APPROACH.; INSP ENG'S A/C BELLY, APU. NO FINDINGS, NO ODOR NOTED. C/W INFO NOTICE 2017-T015. STEPS 1+2. IDENTIFIED ODOR AS TYPE 10. ACCONPLISHED DECONTAMINATION LEVEL B. PER TSM SDR YENA2026030600270Actuator · failedFLT# 0090 LAX (ETOPS). ENG 2 COMPRESSOR VANE ECAM DURING CLIMB- ECAM WAS INTERMITTENT AND WENT AWAY AT 16,000.;REF L/P 4642377,4642375(WO # 1478336) ASSIGNED TSI AND REMOVED AND REPLACMENT OF HIGH PRESSURE (HPC) STATOR VANE ACTUATOR SECONDARY UNIT . OPS AND LSDR ABXA20260304085Warning Message · false activationAFTER TAKE-OFF AT V1, CARGO BOTTLE (2). PERFORMED FIRE/OVERHEAT TEST. OPS CK GOOD. NO MESSAGES AT THIS TIME I.A.W. B767 AMM 26-11-01. A/C REMAINS ETOPS 180. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR 2026FA0000160Tire · damagedON TAKEOFF JUST AFTER ROTATION, PILOT REPORTED SIGNIFICANT VIBRATION FROM LEFT WING. PILOT TAPPED BRAKES AND VIBRATION STOPPED AND PILOT ASSUMED BLOWN TIRE ON LH WHEEL. UPON LANDING IT WAS NOTED THAT THE TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED BUT 3/4 OF THE TREAD IN BETWEESDR DXTA2026030607119Smoke Detector · dirtyON GROUND GOT RED BAGGAGE FIRE LIGHT CAS MESSAGE. POWERED UP ACFT & ABLE TO DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY, WENT THRU FAULT HISTORY & FOUND ALERT ID 593. THIS FAULT IS TRIGGERED WHEN AFT CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR INPUT TO GSD2 INDICATES SMOKE DETECTED. IAW TROUBLE SHOOTISDR DXTA2026030607124Receptacle · out of rigDOOR ALL DAY HAS BEEN HARD TO CLOSE. UPON ARRIVAL INTO STL, WHEN SECURING AIRCRAFT, WE WERE UNABLE TO CLOSE THE DOOR AS THE LOCKING PINS WILL NOT ENGAGE AND THE HANDLE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE DOOR WILL NOT FULLY CLOSE. TECHS COMPLETED ANOTHER DETAILED INSPECTISDR AC2A202603069201Bearing · unbondedPITCH CONTROL LINK UPPER ROD END ELASTOMER SEPARATED FROM CENTER BUSHING AFTER PICKING UP INTO A HOVER. COMPONENT REMAINED CAPTURED BUT PRODUCED A VIBRATION IN THE MAIN ROTOR SYSTEM. HELICOPTER LANDED AND TAXIED BACK TO THE RAMP FOR INSPECTION.SDR CALA2026030614387Warning Message · false activationTE FLAP ASYM. FLAPS LESS THAN 1 EICAS MESSAGE NO LONGER ACTIVE. T/S REF. FIM 27-51 TREE 809. NO EXISTING FAULTS ON FSEU. TOOK FLAPS/SLATS OUT OF ALT AND BACK TO NORMAL. INSPECTED FLAPS SLATS, NO DAMAGE NOTED. CYCLED THROUGH FULL RANGE OF MOTION SEVERAL TIMES. SDR CALA2026030614381Oven · odorMID GALLEY OVEN HAD A BURNING ODOR DURING USE. DEBRIEFED CREW AND WAS INFORMED THAT ODOR ONLY OCCURED DURING OVEN USE. OVEN DEACTIVATED AND PLACARDED MID GALLEY OVEN INOP PER NEF 2520P. R & R G21 OVEN IAW AMM 25-34-00-000-801. OPS CHECK OK. NEF REVERSED.SDR CALA2026030614380Attach Angle · crackedVAPOR BARRIER ATTACH ANGLE BS 663, LBL 5 CRACKED. INSTALLED THE VAPOR BARRIER ATTACH ANGLE AND REPAIR SPLICE BS 663, LBL 3 - LBL 20 IAW SRM 57-10-10-2R-5.SDR CALA2026030614379Angle · corrodedAPU COMPARTMENT BULKHEAD LOWER HORIZONTAL ANGLE HAD CORROSION. APU COMPARTMENT BULKHEAD BS 1088 LOWER HORIZONTAL ANGLE REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW SRM 51-40-02-0G-0, PARAGRAPH 9, AND DWG 148A2410.SDR GTIA2026030539289None · nonePAX REPORTED ENG NR 2 FIRE NO ABNORMAL COCKPIT INDICATIONS -PAX REPORTED SEEING FIRE COMING FROM ENG NR 2 AREA . AFTER INVESTIGATING PAX CLAIMS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WHAT PAX OBSERVED WAS THE REFLECTION FROM BEACON IN THE CLOUDS. CREW OBSERVED NO FAILURES ORSDR AALA202603050780Sign · detachedAIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: EXIT ROW SIGN IN ROW 16 BECAME DETACHED. RESECURED EXIT SIGN AT ROW 16. PER STANDARD MTX PRACTICES.SDR AALA202603053267Battery · dischargedAIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: FLASHLIGHT BATTERY DEAD AT NUMBER 4 FLIGHT ATTENDANT JUMPSEAT. REPLACED BATTERY. PER AMM 25-64-00.SDR AALA202603053047Liner · out of positionAIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: REAR SLIDE ON LEFT SIDE PARTIALLY STICKING OUT. REPOSITIONED GIRT BAR ATTACH FLAP. PER AMM 25-10-00.SDR DALA2026030501541Warning Message · false activationAT APPROX 12000FT ON CLIMBOUT EICAS MESSAGE LT CTR ENT DOOR ILLUMINATED AND STAYED ON ENTIRE FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ADVISED THE DOOR HANDLE MOVED SEVERAL INCHES TOWARDS THE OPEN POSITION. PRESSURIZATION WAS NORMAL. SLIDE LIGHT ALSO DID NOT ILLUMINATE DUSDR SWIA2026030475414Spring · brokenON APPROACH, RECEIVED MLG LEVER DISAGREE MESSAGE, & RT MAIN WAS NOT INDICATING DOWN. RAN QRH & MESSAGE CLEARED & GEAR OPS NORMAL ON SECOND APPROACH. (FLIGHT 5574) INTERROGATED CMC, FOUND FAULT CODES 32612208PSS & 32611213PSS. RT MLG R2 DOWNLOCK SPRING BROKESDR IPXA2026030514435Door · fodCOULD NOT SECURE THE YELLOW DOOR ARMING LEVER. CLEANED DEBRI OPS CK NORM IAW 52-12-00 NO DEFECTS NOTEDSDR AALA202603050561Latch · looseAIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: CANNOT OPEN FDCR DOOR BUNKS UNUSABLE. MAINTENANCE FOUND LATCH LOOSE. SECURED LATCH ACCOMP ALL CHKS AND FOUND NORMAL I.A.W. AMM 25-29-01.SDR AALA202603058807Hinge Fitting · excess playAIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF LH ELEVATOR INSTALLATION WORK CARD 26L30027001 FOUND SEVERAL HORIZONSTAL STABILIZER ELEVATOR HINGE ARMEND FITTING BEARINGS WORN. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED L/H ELEVATOR HINGE ARM FITTING 2,3,5,6 IAW AMM 55-SDR FDEA202603040312Power Supply · inoperativeCHECK FOUND BOTH L & R FWD DOOR ESCAPE SLIDE WARNING LIGHT INOP, BUZZER WORK NORMAL. RELEASED FOR SERVICE IAW MEL 52-73-01-01, CATEGORY C. . L1 & R1 CREW ENTRY DOOR ESCAPE SLIDE WARNING SYSTEM LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED THE AUTONOMOUS POWER SUPPLY UNITSDR AALA202603059974Indicator · missingAIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: THE RED INDICATORS ON THE GIRT BAR ON THE R1 DOOR MISSING. **SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED**(OPEN).SDR AALA202603056068Web · corrodedAIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE: CORROSION ON AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT DOOR CUTOUT FLOOR STRUCTURE WEB BETWEEN BS 792 AND BS 845. REPLACED WEB PER SRM 51-40-02-0G.SDR JJBA20260305004Battery · inoperativeLOWER RH EXIT IDENTIFIER SIGN AT ROW 18 INOPERATIVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED EXIT SIGN. OPS CHECK FAILED. RETURNED TO ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION. FOUND THAT INVERTER ASSEMBLY, BATTERY ASSEMBLY AND BATTERY CHARGER ASSEMBLY WERE FAULTY. REMOVED AND REPLACED. OPS CHECK SDR JJBA20260305003Lamp · inoperativeEXTERNAL EMERGENCY LIGHT ABOVE LH WING INOPERATIVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED LH EXT OVERWING EMERGENCY LAMP. OPS CHECK SAT.SDR DALA2026030501540Sensor · out of adjustGO AROUND DURING APPROACH INTO LAX DUE TO LE ASSYM EICAS MESSAGE. QRH C/W AND A/C LANDED WITHOUT COMPLICATION. ADJUSTED SENSOR S286. REPLACED PSEU. REPLACED SENSOR S284 AND REPAIRED SPLICE. ALL OPS NORMAL.(76856878)SDR DALA2026030501538Paint · crackedNR 1 ENGINE OUTBOARD T/R FOUND DEGRADED CRACKED PAINT. COMPLIED WITH ERA 632924-14. REV ORIGINAL. (8430874)SDR DALA2026030501531Unknown · odorAFTER ARRIVING AT GATE, FA'S REPORTED A "JET FUEL" ODOR THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FLIGHT. FLIGHT CREW DID NOT SMELL THE ODOR , AND WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF ODOR UNTIL AT THE GATE. C/W NO GO ODI SMOKE AND FUME PREVENTION. PERFORMED BSI OF ENG 1, ESN 736186. NO WETTING SDR DALA2026030501530Support · corrodedAFT CARGO COMP, LOWER SILL SURFACE COVERED BY PLATES, FOUND SURFACE CORROSION NEAR 3 ATTACH SCREWS AND SURFACE CORROSION UNDER SCUFF PLATE AND SURFACE CORROSION UNDER SCUFF PLATE AT 4 LOCATIONS. THIS N/R IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH COUNTERSINK CORROSION WRITE UPS. SDR DALA2026030501529Skid Shoe · contaminatedAFT CARGO COMP, SURFACE UNDERNEATH SCUFF PLATE FOUND CORROSION PRESENT IN COUNTERSINK AND SURROUNDING AREA OF COUNTERSINK AT HOLE LOCATIONS 1OL, 4OL, 6OL AND 8OL. SUMMARY SEE NR FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 016-0001:5331-01297- 02C/001 00185 REPAIRED PER ERA PRISDR ABXA20260304084Proximity Switch · defectiveAFTER TAKE-OFF, AT V1 (L) AFT ENTRY DOOR CAUTION MSG. CREW DID AN AIR TURN BACK (ATB) TO CVG. MAINTENANCE FOUND CODE 006 STORED IN PSEU. REPLACED PSEU PER B767 AMM 32-09-04 OPS CK GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR ABXA202603054083Sensor · dirtyDURING TAXI OUT, E & E ACCESS DOOR EICAS MSG ILLUMINATED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BLOCKS (BTB). MAINTENANCE DEFERRED IAW ABX-52-71-1-1. VERIFIED E/E ACCESS DOOR CLOSED LATCHED AND LOCKED PRIOR TO FLIGHT IAW ABX MEL 52-71-1-1. T/S IAW FIM 32-09 FT. 803. CLEANESDR DALA2026030501523Longeron · crackedCRACKED LONGERON 2L, BS 1133 IN AFT ACCESSORY COMPARTMENT. REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-00-05 -2R-2. (1478132)SDR CALA2026030514355Light · shortedEMERGENCY LIGHTS - OPS TEST WITH TEST SWITCHES PROCEDURE, MULTPLE LIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH POWER SUPPLY M33094 INOPERATIVE. FOUND POWER SUPPLY M33094 FUSE F3 OPEN, REPLACED POWER SUPPLY AS A PRECAUTION IAW AMM 33-51-06-960-803, ON FOLLOW UP TEST, CONDITION SAMSDR CALA2026030514353Transition Panel · corrodedAFTER REMOVAL OF TRANSITION PANEL IN AFT CARGO BAY, BS 1520 - 1540. RT TRANSITION PANEL SPLICE WAS FOUND CORRODED. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE SPLICE IAW SRM 51-40-02-OG-PARA 4.SDR CALA2026030514351Floor Support · corrodedBULK CARGO BS 1520, RT TRANSITION PANEL CRACKED & CORRODED. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE TRANSITION PANEL IAW SRM 51-40-02-OG-0, PAR 7.SDR CALA2026030514349Bracket · crackedDURING OK TO CLOSE, RT HORIZONTAL STAB LE ACCESS PANEL 342CR, FOUND INTERNAL HYDRAULIC SUPPORT BRACKET CRACKED. REMOVED ACCESS PNL 343AZ IAW AMM 55-15-01, REMOVED ANGLE AND BROKEN SUPPORT BRACKET IAW SRM 51-40-02, BRACKET FABRICATION ON TRAVELER T26/1853245,SDR CALA2026030414327Light · no discrepancyFORWARD LEFT EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR OVERWING LIGHT FLASHING. RESET LT WINDOW LIGHTS IAW AMM 33-21-01. EMERGENCY LIGHTS TEST PASSED. WINDOW LIGHTS OPS CHECK GOOD. NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.SDR 2026FA0000157Dowel Pin · shearedTHE MAGNETO IMPULSE COUPLER LOCKED UP AND BROKE THE GEARS INSIDE THE BACK OF THE ENGINE. THIS SHEARED THE DOWEL PIN IN THE BACK OF THE CRANKSHAFT CAUSING ENGINE STOPPAGE.SDR 2026FA0000156Flt Controls · not reportedDURING DEPARTURE FROM KTPA, THE FLT CREW EXPERIENCED A FLT CONTROL MALFUNCTION INVOLVING ELEVATOR SYS. FOLLOWING A RT ELEV HYD OFF CAS MESSAGE, ELEV BECAME LOCKED, REQUIRING DUAL-PILOT INPUT TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED. CONTROL PARTIALLY RESTORED AT 12, 000 FT AFTER SDR CALA2026030414318Fuse · openEMERGENCY LIGHTS OPERATIONAL CHECK EMERGENCY LIGHTS OPERATIONAL CHECK - DOOR 1L SLIDE LIGHT INOP. POWER SUPPLY - FUSE REPLACEMENT. REFERENCE: TASK 33-51-06-960-801. OPS CKD OK.SDR CALA2026030414317Stringer · damagedAT SECTION 48 FWD OF BS 1040, STRINGER 25 DAMAGED, ACCOMPLISHED STEPS A & B OF PARAG 4 OF SRM 53-00-03-2R-1. FOUND DAMAGED STRINGER PIECE TO HAVE JOGGLE UNDERNEATH FRAME. PERFORMED HFEC IAW NDTM 6-51-00-00-23. NO CRACKS NOTED. RECEIVED REPAIR STRINGER MATERIA