Abstract: A method and apparatus for recording a nonconformance in an aircraft. A model is identified for the aircraft. Sections of the aircraft are displayed in a graphical user interface on a display device. The sections correspond to sections as manufactured for assembly of the aircraft. The sections are selectable. Graphical representations of parts are displayed in a volume in the model in the graphical user interface on a display device from a selection of a section in the sections. The volume corresponds to a location of the nonconformance in the aircraft. The nonconformance for a part is identified from a selection of a graphical representation of the part from the graphical representations of the parts. The nonconformance that was identified is recorded.