Parts · Instruments and avionics

Flight Recorder

7 failure reports named the flight recorder in the last ten years, 22 since 1997, most often on the Boeing 737; the condition most often found was "inoperative". 4 FAA approvals let 2 companies make a replacement flight recorder, Flight Systems holding the most (3).

Reports by year

Reports by year, as a table

	reports
1997	1
1999	1
2001	1
2002	3
2003	1
2006	1
2009	1
2011	3
2014	3
2018	1
2019	1
2022	3
2025	1
2026	1

Which system the reports file it under last ten years

Instruments and avionics7

Reports by system, as a table

	reports
Instruments and avionics	7

Models most often reporting it last ten years

Boeing 7372Airbus A3201Boeing 7471Boeing 7571Dehavilland DHC-81

Models most reported, as a table

	reports
Boeing 737	2
Airbus A320	1
Boeing 747	1
Boeing 757	1
Dehavilland DHC-8	1

How it failed the condition found, last ten years

inoperative3faulted1intermittent1none1unserviceable1

Conditions found, as a table

	reports
inoperative	3
faulted	1
intermittent	1
none	1
unserviceable	1

Engines most often reporting it

CFM International CFM56-5B4/3 1

Approved replacement parts 4 parts manufacturer approvals

A parts manufacturer approval (PMA) lets a company other than the aircraft's maker make a flight recorder and sell it as an approved part for the models named. These are the companies holding such approvals for a flight recorder:

Flight Systems 3Avionics Support Group INC 1

For these models most: Boeing 767 (1), Boeing 747 (1), Boeing 727 (1), Airbus A300 (1).

Maker	Part	Replaces	Fits	Granted	Status
Avionics Support Group INC	Flight Recorder 18 Parameter Installation Kit 99120505	Modification Part	Boeing 727-100, -200	2000-08-17	current
Flight Systems	Flight Recorder Installation Kit FSA3424116	Modification Part	Airbus A300-A310	1999-10-19	current
Flight Systems	Flight Recorder Installation Kit FSA3424115	Modification Part	Boeing 747 Series	1999-07-14	current
Flight Systems	Flight Recorder Installation Kit FSA342480	Modification Part	Boeing 767-200/300	1999-06-09	current

Sources: the FAA's service difficulty reports since 1995 (a report is a part that failed and was fixed, as filed by an airline, repair station or owner; the count shows reporting as much as reliability) and the parts manufacturer approvals in the FAA's Dynamic Regulatory System. The part name is the reporters' and the approval holders' own words, reduced to the first plain words so that spellings meet.