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  "id": "2002-february-data-2",
  "slug": "2002-february-data-2",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2002-february-data-2.html",
  "year": 2002,
  "month": "February",
  "monthNum": 2,
  "headline": "Data",
  "kicker": "readme.txt",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "IRE and NICAR",
  "summary": "The IRE and NICAR data library provides comprehensive FAA and NASA databases for investigating aviation safety, enforcement actions, maintenance issues, and pilot credentials.",
  "keywords": [
    "aviation",
    "databases",
    "FAA"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Public Safety",
    "Data & Databases"
  ],
  "technologies": [],
  "full_text": "The IRE and NICAR data library offers these databases that can pinpoint information:\n\nFAA Enforcements A database of FAA enforcement actions against airlines, pilots, mechanics, and designees.\n\nFAA Service Difficulty Reports: A database of maintenance incidents collected by the FAA for the purpose of tracking repair problems with commercial, private, and military aircraft, and aircraft componentry.\n\nFAA Accidents and Incidents: A database of mainly U.S. flights where there was an accident or an incident, including crashes, collisions, deaths, injuries, major mechanical problems or costly damages.\n\nFAA Aircraft Registry: A listing of all aircraft and aircraft owners registered in the United States.\n\nFAA Airmen Directory: The FAA Airmen Directory is a listing of pilots and other airmen, including the type of certificate(s) they hold and their ratings.\n\nNASA Air Safety Reporting System: A database of anonymous reports of airplane safety submitted by pilots, flight attendants, air traffic controllers and passengers.\n\nFor more information about the database library's collection, including purchase prices, go to www.ire.org/datalibrary/databases/. To order data, contact NICAR at 573-884-7711 or download an order form at www.ire.org/datalibrary/orderform/orderform.pdf",
  "provenance": {
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    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
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