Engine Service Bulletin Tracker
Track engine manufacturer bulletins (Lycoming, Continental, Rotax, P&WC) with status, applicability and due dates — complied, deferred or N/A with reasons, all export-ready.
Engine makers issue the most consequential SBs in GA — crankshaft gear retirement, oil-pump impellers, fuel-servo updates — and several have later become ADs verbatim, making early compliance the cheap path.
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⚠️ Not for operational decisions. This is a record-keeping and planning aid only — not certified avionics, not a source of regulatory truth. Always verify against official sources (FAA/EASA) and your operator's approved documents before flying.
Free engine service bulletin tracker: every bulletin for your engine manufacturer bulletins with status, dates and reasons — the compliance picture buyers, insurers and IAs ask about.
About Engine Service Bulletin Tracker
Service bulletins occupy the awkward space between law and advice, and engine makers issue the most consequential sbs in ga — crankshaft gear retirement, oil-pump impellers, fuel-servo updates — and several have later become ads verbatim, making early compliance the cheap path. A blank space next to a bulletin number reads as negligence even where compliance was never required — while 'deferred to overhaul, logged 2025-03, rationale noted' reads as stewardship. This board maintains that decision record: status per bulletin, dates, reasons, and badges on anything with a future due date.
How to use Engine Service Bulletin Tracker
- 1Add each bulletin with its number, subject and your disposition.
- 2Set due dates on repetitive or deferred items so badges can watch them.
- 3Export the decision log for annuals, pre-buys and insurance questionnaires.
Why use Engine Service Bulletin Tracker?
- ✓Scoped to engine manufacturer bulletins (Lycoming, Continental, Rotax, P&WC)
- ✓Five-state disposition: complied / deferred / monitoring / N/A / awaiting parts
- ✓Due-date badges keep repetitive and deferred items alive
- ✓Decision-trail format — the record pre-buy inspectors actually want
- ✓Private browser storage with CSV export
Frequently asked questions
Why do engine SBs deserve their own tracker?+
Because engine bulletins have the strongest record of becoming ADs: a Lycoming crankshaft or Continental camshaft bulletin that starts 'recommended' has repeatedly ended as a federal directive with a compliance deadline and a parts queue. Operators who complied early did so on their own schedule at overhaul; those who waited did it on the FAA's schedule at retail. The tracker keeps the watch list visible so 'wait or comply' stays a decision, not a default.
How does an SB decision log help at resale?+
Pre-buy inspections price uncertainty: an aircraft with a complete bulletin disposition list lets the inspector verify in an hour what otherwise takes days of logbook archaeology — and unexplained gaps get priced as if the worst answer were true. Sellers with this record routinely defend asking price; sellers without it donate the discount. The CSV export from this tracker is exactly that document.
Is this tool private — who can see my entries?+
Only you. Entries live in your browser's local storage and never leave your device, so there is no account, no cloud sync and no one else with access. Because the data is device-local, export a CSV backup before clearing browser data or switching computers.
How do I back up or print these records?+
Use the Export CSV button below the table: it downloads your full bulletin disposition log as a spreadsheet-ready file. From there you can print a clean copy, archive it with your records folder, or import it into any other system. Exporting monthly is a good habit since the working data lives only in your browser.
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