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  "id": "2002-february-data",
  "slug": "2002-february-data",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2002-february-data.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 investigative journalists to research aviation safety, enforcement actions, maintenance issues, accidents, aircraft ownership, pilot credentials, and anonymous safety reports.",
  "keywords": [
    "aviation",
    "databases",
    "FAA"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Data & Databases",
    "Public Safety",
    "Investigative Methods"
  ],
  "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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