Reports and Alerts

Use the following links to access a wide variety of reports and alerts.

Please note that for many of the following we have created search capable interfaces. See under: Search Engines.

• FAA Service Difficulty Reports (SDR's) archive: This link provides access to some SDR's. They are retrieved from the FAA on a weekly basis and formatted to HTML.

• Airworthiness Directives: This link provides access to the AD's from the FAA server. They are retrieved from the FAA on a daily basis.

• FAA Airworthiness Alerts: This link provides access to some Airworthiness Alerts. These Alerts have been discontinued as of November 2000. This link provides access to the alerts up to October 2000.

• NTSB Accident Briefs: This link provides access to briefs from NTSB accident reports. It also has a search engine that allows the selection of briefs using multiple options.

• NTSB Accident Stats: Tables from NTSB' Annual Aviation Accident Press Release

• NTSB Aviation Accidents NTSB Aviation Accident Synopses (with search engine)

• Regulation Links access to the FAA's AC, AD, STC

• FAA Aviation Safety Database Advisory circulars, FAA orders and notices.

• NASA ASRS Homepage: Information about the NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System.

• The United Kingdom Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) is part of the Department of Transport and is responsible for the investigation of civil aircraft accidents and serious incidents within the UK.

• Bureau of Air Safety Investigation - Australia (BASI) The Bureau is responsible for the investigation of accidents and incidents involving civil aircraft operations in Australia and its Territories. BASI also has an important role in accident prevention by investigating safety issues before they become significant factors in accidents.

• Transportation Safety Board of Canada Aviation Occurrence Reports.

• U.S. Department of Transportation Library CARS, CAMS, CAA/FAA accident reports, CAA/FAA technical reports in full text.

Other Related Links

• Airline Disasters Major Commerical Airline Disasters listed from 1920 to 1997 including incident reports.
• Aviation Safety Data Exchange This site is sponsored by The Experimental Aircraft Association with data assistance from the FAA to provide a source of important Safety Information for General Aviation, Amateur Built, and Ultralight Aircraft.