# FAA Service Difficulty Reports API – Aircraft Mechanical Failures and Defects: findings

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Flights · 2026-11-07

### [Airlines reported 20,426 cracks to the FAA since January 2025](https://pushbuild.com/apis/analysis/faa-service-difficulty-reports-cracks/)

Of 118,407 mechanical-difficulty reports filed since January 2025, 20,426 describe a crack. The parts reported most were fuselage skin (6,782), seat…

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As of 2026-11-07. Source: https://pushbuild.com/apis/analysis/api/faa-service-difficulty-reports/