Cirrus SR20 — U.S. Fleet History & Risk Data
Piston · 1,499 aircraft on the U.S. registry · built 1999–2026
NTSB records whose airframe serial does not match the aircraft currently holding the registration are excluded, as are service difficulty reports filed while a registration belonged to a different aircraft. U.S. registrations get reused; these counts are reconciled to the airframes actually in this fleet.
Where this fleet reports maintenance difficulties
FAA Service Difficulty Reports filed against Cirrus SR20 airframes, grouped by JASC system chapter — a factual picture of what mechanics actually report on this type.
- 85 — Reciprocating Engine : 32 reports
- 74 — Ignition : 27 reports
- 73 — Engine Fuel & Control : 11 reports
- 78 — Exhaust : 8 reports
- 24 — Electrical Power : 7 reports
Recent airworthiness directives matched to this type
- AD 2024-24-11 (recurring) · effective 2024-12-23 — report of failure of the upper power lever
- AD 2008-14-13 · effective 2008-08-14 — replace the cabin door rod ends with new parts including a redesigned non-binding hinge pin that replaces the existing pin at the upper door hinge
- AD 2008-11-18 · effective 2008-07-07 — perform an inspection and replacement as necessary of the heat exchanger
- AD 2008-03-16 · effective 2008-03-11 — inspect the rudder, aileron, and rudder-aileron interconnect rigging
- AD 2007-14-03 · effective 2007-08-16 — replace the pick-up collar support and nylon screws, of the Cirrus Airplane Parachute System (CAPS), with a new design pick-up collar support and custom tension screws
ADs published since 2001 in our Federal Register database — the full list of directives applicable to an older airframe is longer; build it at drs.faa.gov. Open/superseded status reflects our last sync. Compliance for a specific airframe can only be verified in its logbooks — that's exactly what our per-aircraft report flags.
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