NASA Aviation Safety Maintenance Reports

A sampling of reports from aircraft maintenance personnel, provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The dataset was last updated in April 2025 and consists of reports in PDF format.

Use Cases

• Analyze maintenance report narratives to identify common safety themes and recurring issues.
• Extract and categorize maintenance event details from PDF text for trend analysis.
• Link maintenance report findings with other aviation safety datasets using report identifiers or timestamps.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
• Reports were updated as recently as April 2025.

Limitations

• The dataset is described as a sampling, indicating it is not a complete collection of all reports.
• Data is provided only in PDF format, requiring text extraction for structured analysis.
• Key metadata like row count, column structure, and sample data are unavailable.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

A sampling of reports from aircraft maintenance personnel.

Freshness

Updated in April 2025.