# Airlines reported 20,426 cracks to the FAA since January 2025

Published 2026-11-07 · By Pushbuild · Data: [FAA Service Difficulty Reports API – Aircraft Mechanical Failures and Defects](https://pushbuild.com/apis/faa-service-difficulty-reports.html)

**20,426**Airlines reported · as of 2026-11-07

**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 tracks (4,754) and battery packs (3,497). Boeing 737-700 and 737-800 variants top the list of models, which reflects how many of them fly.

| Make | Model | Reports since 2025 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| BOEING | 7377H4 | 7,918 |
| BOEING | 737823 | 6,591 |
| BOEING | 7378H4 | 6,036 |
| CNDAIR | CL6002D24 | 4,346 |
| AIRBUS | A321231 | 4,160 |
| BOEING | 7378 | 3,670 |
| EMB | ERJ170200LR | 3,660 |
| CNDAIR | CL6002C10 | 3,589 |
| BOEING | 737824 | 2,980 |
| AIRBUS | A320232 | 2,896 |
| AIRBUS | A321211 | 2,307 |
| AIRBUS | A300F4622R | 2,114 |

## Caveats

Operators file these; big fleets and diligent reporters file more. A report is a found defect, often during scheduled inspection, not an in-flight failure.

## Sources

- [FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System](https://sdrs.faa.gov/), read through the Pushbuild [FAA Service Difficulty Reports API](https://pushbuild.com/apis/faa-service-difficulty-reports.html) on 2026-11-07

Data as of 2026-11-07. Every figure in this post is in the table above and the CSV below.

Download the data behind this post: [b4-sdr-reports-by-model-2025-26.csv](https://pushbuild.com/apis/analysis/data/b4-sdr-reports-by-model-2025-26.csv)

## Get this data

Every number in this post comes from the [FAA Service Difficulty Reports API – Aircraft Mechanical Failures and Defects](https://pushbuild.com/apis/faa-service-difficulty-reports.html). $0.0008 per row returned; every key gets $1 of free usage each month.

```
curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/faa-service-difficulty-reports/run \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"aircraftModel": "737", "maxItems": 20}'
```

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