GE CFM56 series
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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE engine_model_key = 'CFM56' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC"
Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE engine_model_key = 'CFM56' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
Run it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.
SDR 97UAL900010Light · inoperativeAFT RIGHT OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHT INOP. RELAMPED EMERGENCY LIGHT, OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR 97UAL900012Light · inoperativeAFT RIGHT EXTERIOR OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOP. RELAMPED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT, OPS CHECK OK.SDR 97UAL900017Air Distr · odorCREW REPORTS, AIR SMELLING FUNNY, NAUSEA, EYES BURNING DURING FLIGHT.SDR 97UAL900019Battery Pack · dischargedEEL STRIP INOP FROM ROW 17 TO ROW 22. REPLACED EEL POWER LIGHT STRIP AND BATTERY PACK, OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR 97UAL900020Window · failedL1 WINDOW ARCED AND APPEARED TO CRACK WITH A LOUD POP.SDR 97UAL900018Coupler · malfunctionedAIRCRAFT HAS SLIGHT ROCKING MOTION WHEN CLIMBING THROUGH FL270. *S/D* DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY. SEE MRR REPORT NR 97UAL900073.SDR 97UAL900009Coupler · malfunctionedYAW DAMPER PROBLEM. *S/D* DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY. SEE MRR REPORT NR 97UAL900073.SDR 97UAL900008Starter · failedNR 1 ENGINE STARTER CONTROL FOUND DAMAGED, SEVERING NEARBY ELECTRICAL WIRING. PIECES OF STARTER PUNCTURED THE FAN COWL. *S/D* NEW MODIFIED STARTER WAS INSTALLED ON THE AIRCRAFT, OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR 97UAL900031Coupler · malfunctionedAT 14,000 FT, 230 KNOTS, THE YAW DAMPER ENGAGED. *S/D* DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY. SEE MRR REPORT NR 97UAL900073.SDR 96UAL901004Bleed Air · malfunctionedAFTER TAKEOFF, LEFT BLEED TRIPPED OFF.SDR 96UAL901005Overheat Light · illuminatedRIGHT WING-BODY OVER HEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ACCOMPLISHED DUCT LEAK CHECK IN RIGHT WING-BODY AREA. OPS CHECK NORMAL. NO SUBSEQUENT OCCURRENCES.SDR 96UAL901013Light · inoperativeEEL LIGHT IS INOP FROM ROW 16 TO 20. REPLACED M1137 AND FLOOR TRACK CONNECTION EEL STRIP, OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR 96UAL901012Battery Pack · dischargedEEL LIGHT INOP, ROW 3 THROUGH 9. REPLACED BATTERY PACK M1134, OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR 96UAL900991Light · inoperativeEMERGENCY LIGHT IS INOPERATIVE ABOVE ROW 9C.SDR 96UAL900978Air Distr · smokeAFTER SHUT DOWN, FOUND SMOKE IN CABIN. RAN APU AND BOTH PACKS FOR SEVERAL HOURS. NO SMELL NOTED. OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR 96UAL900979Air Distr · smokingSMOKE IN COCKPIT USING APU.SDR 96UAL900969Connector · looseFLOOR EEL STRIP NEXT TO FWD GALLEY INOP. SECURED LIGHT CONNECTION, OPS CHECK OK.SDR 96UAL900970Light · inoperativeEEL STRIP AT FWD GALLEY INOP ON TEST. REPLACED LIGHT STRIP, OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR 96UAL900971Battery Pack · dischargedCENTER AISLE OVERHEAD LIGHT ROW 11 AND OVERWING EXIT EEL LIGHT AND SLIDE LIGHT INOP. REPLACED LT OVERWING BATTERY PACK, OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR 96UAL900960Hyd Lines · damagedRETURNED TO FIELD WITH LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE AND QUANTITY. *S/D* HYDRAULIC PRESSURE AND QUANTITY LOSS DUE TO DAMAGE NR 3 MLG THROWN TREAD. REPAIRED AND/OR REPLACED LANDING GEAR SEQUENCING VALVE HYDRAULIC LINES, OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR 96UAL900964Light · damagedEMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS FLOOR LIGHT DAMAGED AT 12C. REPLACED EEL LIGHT STRIP, OPS CK GOOD.SDR 96UAL900965Battery Pack · dischargedEEL EMERGENCY LIGHTS ROW 3 TO 10 AND LEFT OVERWING DOOR EEL LIGHT AND SLIDE LIGHT INOP. REPLACED EEL BATTERY PACK AT LEFT OVERWING EXIT, OPS CHECK OK.SDR 96UAL900951Pressure Syst · malfunctionedUNABLE TO PRESSURIZE AIRCRAFT AFTER TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO FIELD. *S/D* ACCOMPLISHED CHECK OF BOTH PACKS AND ENGINE PRESSURE BLEEDS. PRESSURIZED ACFT TO 6 PSID OFF ONE PACK. CHECKED OUTFLOW VALVE HEATER GASKET RESISTANCE. ALL SYSTEMS PERFORMED NORSDR 96UAL900942Out Flow Valve · failedUNABLE TO PRESSURIZE CABIN IN ANY MODE. OUTFLOW VALVE SHOWS FULL CLOSED, LOUD AIR NOISE COMING FROM DOOR ONE LEFT. *S/D* FOUND OUTFLOW VALVE NOT CLOSING. AC MOTOR CLOSE LIMIT SWITCH NOT OPERATING. REPLACED AFT OUTFLOW VALVE, OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR 96UAL900913Light · inoperativeEMERGENCY AISLE LIGHT IN BULL NOSE ROW 18 INOP. REPLACED LAMP, CHECKS OK.SDR 96UAL900891Window · air leakAIRCRAFT FAILED TO PRESSURIZE AFTER TAKEOFF AND CAPTAIN'S SLIDING WINDOW NOISY. PRESSURIZED AIRCRAFT TO 6 PSI, NO LEAKS. OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR 96UAL900876Sensor · damagedJUST AFTER LIFT OFF GOT STICK SHAKER, AIRSPEED INCREASING TO 190 KNOTS. LEADING EDGE FLAP TRANSIT LIGHT ON FOR 5 TO 10 SECONDS, THEN BACK TO NORMAL GREEN. STICK SHAKER CONTINUED THROUGHOUT FLIGHT, MASTER CAUTION DID NOT UNTIL RECALLED AND STAYED ON THE REMAISDR 96UAL900877Bushing · brokenCREW REPORTS WHILE DOING FLIGHT CONTROL CHECK, FOUND RUDDER HAS A BINDING OR GRINDING FEEL WHEN DISPLACED TO RIGHT THE LAST FEW INCHES OF FULL TRAVEL. THE RUDDER POWER CONTROL UNIT FORWARD MANIFOLD CLEVIS BOLT GUIDE BUSHING WAS BROKEN. REPLACED BUSHING. OPSDR 96UAL900872Floorbeam · corrodedTHE RT UPPER CHORD OF THE FLOOR BEAM AT BS 947, WAS FOUND CORRODED AROUND THE FLOOR PANELS ATTACHMENT HOLES. THE CORROSION EXTENDS FROM THE RT TO LT BL 22.2. THE CORROSION DEPTH IS IN SOME LOCATIONS MORE THAN HALF THE FLANGE THICKNESS. THE CORROSION WAS REMOSDR 96UAL900866Bushing · brokenCAPTAIN AND FIRST OFFICERS RUDDER PEDALS HAVE FEEDBACK OR RESISTANCE IN LAST TWO INCHES OF TRAVEL ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THE LEFT SIDE IS NORMAL. FOUND RUDDER POWER CONTROL UNIT FORWARD MANIFOLD CLEVIS BOLT GUIDE BUSHING BROKEN. RUDDER CONTROL ACTUATOR FORWARD SSDR 96UAL900857Battery · dischargedEMERGENCY EXIT SIGN AT DOOR NUMBER TWO RIGHT HAND AND AFT CABIN EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOP. REPLACED BATTERY PACK, CHECKS OK.SDR 96UAL900856Csd Seal · leakingNUMBER ONE ENGINE OIL QUANTITY DROPPED TO 1.5 GALLONS IN FLIGHT. *S/D* THE GEARBOX CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE SEAL WAS FOUND LEAKING. REPLACED DRIVE SEAL, CHECKS OK.SDR 96UAL900841O-Ring · saturatedAIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BLOCKS DUE TO SMOKE IN THE CABIN. UNABLE TO CLEAR CABIN WITH ANY PACK BLEED COMBINATION. *S/D* REMOVED AND REPLACED WATER SOCKS, REPLACED O-RINGS ON BOTH SPEED SENSORS AND APU CHECKS OK.SDR 96UAL900843Bearing · failureCREW REPORTED NUMBER ONE ENGINE INFLIGHT SHUT DOWN DUE TO LOW OIL PRESSURE. ENGINE STARTED TO CHUG AND VIBRATE. ENGINE WAS SPOOLED DOWN, WOULDN'T RESPOND TO THROTTLE. SHUT DOWN ENGINE, OIL PRESSURE WAS 3 TO 5 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH WINDMILLING. *S/D* ENGISDR 96UAL900831Keel Beam · corrodedA SMALL AMOUNT OF CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE LEFT HAND KEEL BEAM OUTBOARD HORIZONTAL FLANGE AT STATION 517. THE CORROSION HAS BEEN REMOVED AND THE RESULTING BLEND IS APPROXIMATELY .75 INCH LONG BY .50 INCH WIDE, AND APPROXIMATELY .022 INCH DEEP. THE CORRODED SDR 96UAL900833Structure · damagedTHE LOWER SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE BETWEEN BODY STATIONS 727 AND 787 FROM STRINGER 25 LEFT TO 25 RIGHT WAS DAMAGED WHEN A TOW TRACTOR IMPACTED THE AIRCRAFT. DAMAGE CONSISTS OF TORN SKIN, SEVERED STRINGERS, DAMAGED FRAMES AND MISCELLANEOUS DAMAGE TO INTERNAL BRACKSDR 96UAL900804Acm · seizedON ARRIVAL, CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE. *S/D* RIGHT AIR CYCLE MACHINE WAS FOUND TO BE SEIZED. REPLACED AIR CYCLE MACHINE, CHECKS OK.SDR 96UAL900779Wire · damagedEMERGENCY ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING INOP BETWEEN ROWS 11 AND 13. *S/D* FOUND DAMAGED CABLE CONNECTION. REPAIRED CHECKS OK.SDR 96UAL900763Light · failedONE SECTION OF EMERGENCY EGRESS LIGHTING INOP ROW 12. INSTALLED NEW LIGHT SECTION, OPERATION CHECKS NORMAL.SDR 96UAL900767Relay · misinstalledCREW REPORTED NO GEAR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND NOSE GEAR HAD A UNSAFE LIGHT. AIRCRAFT LANDED UNDER AMBER ALERT. *S/D* FOUND RELAY R374 LOCATED IN E-11 RACK INSTALLED BACKWARDS. REINSTALLED RELAY CORRECTLY AND REPLACED M983 CARD, CHECKS OK.SDR 96UAL900741Engine · bird strikeDURING TAKEOFF FROM DEN, NR 2 ENGINE EXPERIENCED A BIRD STRIKE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO FIELD. ENGINE WAS REPLACED DUE TO A FAN INLET CASE ABRAIDABLE WAS MISSING.SDR 96UAL900715Light · inoperativeFORWARD GALLEY EMERGENCY ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING INOP. REPLACED FORWARD GALLEY EMERGENCY LIGHT STRIP, CHECKS OK.SDR 96UAL900696Overheat Sensor · inoperativeRIGHT WING OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON AFTER TAKEOFF. ACCOMPLISHED PROCEDURE AND LIGHT WENT OUT AFTER TWO MINUTES. APPEARS TO COINCIDE WITH HIGH POWER SETTINGS. REPLACED RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE CAVITY OVERHEAT DETECTOR SENSOR. CHECKS O.K.SDR 96UAL900688Duct · failedAPU FIRE WARNING LIGHT AND BELL ACTUATED DURING TAXI. CAPTAIN DID NOT USE FIRE BOTTLES, WARNING INDICATORS DEACTIVATED WITH NO SECONDARIES. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GATE DEPLANED PASSENGERS. *S/D* THE APU TAILPIPE WAS REMOVED DUE TO GROSS DISTORTION OF THE INNSDR 96UAL900689Sensor · out of adjustON APPROACH, LEADING EDGE DEVICE SHOWED INTERMEDIATE POSITION. AIRCRAFT WENT AROUND, FOLLOWED CHECKLIST, LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. DURING SECOND APPROACH SAME SLAT LIGHT AGAIN. LANDED NORMAL WITH 5 KNOTS ADDED TO APPROACH SPEED. *S/D* ADJUSTED THE NR 4 LEADINGSDR 96UAL900686Light · failedEMERGEMCY EXIT LIGHTING AT DOORS 1L AND 1R INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTING AT DOORS 1L AND 1R. OPERATION CHECKS NORMAL.SDR 96UAL900674Strip · inoperativeEMERGENCY ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING IN AFT CABIN HAS A 12 FOOT SECTION INOPERATIVE. REPLACED AFT SECTION LIGHT STRIP. CHECKS O.K.SDR 96UAL900663Wire · inoperativeEMERGENCY ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING INOP FROM ROW 17 TO AFT OF CABIN. REPLACED POWER CABLE STRIP IN CHANNEL. CHECKS O.K.SDR 96UAL900666Pcu · inoperativeHAD VERY ABRUPT YAW DAMPER INPUT TO THE LEFT AT FLIGHT LEVEL 290. DISENGAGED YAW DAMPER AND COMPLETED EMERGENCY CHECKLIST. CONTINUED TO ORD, LANDING WAS DIFFICULT DUE TO SLUGGISH YAW ACTION BECAUSE YAW DAMPER TURNED OFF, JUST AS DESCRIBED IN THE FLIGHT MANUASDR 96UAL900669Lamp · inoperativeEMERGENCY SLIDE LIGHT INOPERABLE AT DOOR TWO LEFT. REPLACED LAMP. CHECKS O.K.
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