# NTSB investigations: GE CFM56 series

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB DCA10WA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10WA054.md): Boeing 737-300 · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Apr 24, 2010 · N444HE · Minor damage
  > On April 24, 2010, a Mirage Aviation Boeing 737-300, registration N444HE, experienced a dual engine power loss shortly after rotation from runway 33R at King Khaled International Airport (OERK), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The airplane made an emergency return to…
- [NTSB WPR10LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA134.md): Boeing 737-7H4 · Santa Clarita, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 13, 2010 · N221WN · No damage
  > The pilot’s abrupt airplane pitch change maneuver. Contributing to the accident was the flight crew’s failure to maintain the heading specified by the air traffic controller, which would have avoided the near collision course with an unidentified airplane…
- [NTSB DCA09FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09FA047.md): Airbus A320 · Denver, CO · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · May 4, 2009 · N311US · Substantial damage
  > The first officer’s excessive pitch-up of the airplane while landing with a tailwind, which resulted in a tailstrike following a bounced landing. Contributing to the bounced landing were a high descent rate and excessive thrust resulting from the first…
- [NTSB DEN08IA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08IA022.md): Douglas DC-8-73F · Wichita, KS · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Nov 2, 2007 · N880UP · Minor damage
  > Failure of the recirculation fan motor end ball bearing.
- [NTSB CHI07FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07FA020.md): Airbus A-320-200 · Chicago, IL · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 7, 2006 · N428UA · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > The pilot-in-command of the other airplane failed to maintain clearance with the parked airplane during taxi for takeoff.
- [NTSB CHI06LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA161.md): Boeing 737-300 · New York, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 8, 2006 · N403TZ · Substantial damage
  > The foreign object damage to the horizontal stabilizer during taxi as a result of improper airport maintenance by contract maintenance personnel. The aluminum plate was a factor.
- [NTSB CHI04LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA126.md): Boeing 737-300 · St. Louis, MO · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 10, 2004 · N662SW · No damage
  > The inadvertent encounter with turbulence which resulted in the injury to the flight attendant.
- [NTSB NYC03CA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03CA169.md): Boeing 757-251 · Wadsworth, OH · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 22, 2003 · N504US · No damage
  > An in-flight encounter with turbulence.
- [NTSB MIA99FA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99FA252.md): Boeing B737-300 · West Palm Beach, FL · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 12, 1999 · N17356 · Substantial damage
  > The fatigue fracture and separation of the high pressure turbine forward rotating air seal due to a manufacturing defect in a bolt hole that was not detected by the engine manufacturer due to inadequate and ineffective inspection techniques. Contributing to…
- [NTSB MIA98IA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98IA193.md): Boeing 737-7H4 · Birmingham, AL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 7, 1998 · N701GS · Minor damage
  > The improper electronic control unit software logic that permitted the electronic control unit to lock on a failed hydromechanical resolver, which failed due to damage to a wire that was incurred during the manufacturing process, resulting in an uncommanded…
- [NTSB CHI97LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA162.md): Boeing 737-300 · Valparaiso, IN · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 8, 1997 · N321UA · No damage
  > a delay by the pilot of the other aircraft in turning on his mode C transponder.
- [NTSB LAX97FA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97FA164.md): Boeing 737-3S3 · Las Vegas, NV · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 19, 1997 · N313AW · No damage
  > inadequate service provided by the TRACON controller, by issuing a radar vector to the Boeing 737 flight, which resulted in inadequate separation from a Beech 99 that the controller had just terminated from radar service; and failure of the controller to…
- [NTSB NYC93IA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93IA017.md): Boeing 737-300 · Pittsburgh, PA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Oct 12, 1992 · N586US · No damage
  > The high cycle fatigue failure of blades on the stage 1 high pressure compressor, which resulted in blade fracture and subsequent internal engine damage and fire.
- [NTSB NYC92LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92LA018.md): Boeing 737-4B7 · Boston, MA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 23, 1991 · N441US · No damage
  > A latch failure on a door in the aft galley which allowed a liquor kit to roll forward.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('30016'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=30016

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