NTSB investigations: CFM International CFM56 series
255 cases on aircraft whose registry engine model is CFM International CFM56 series. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.
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duckdb -csv -c "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 ('13802'))
ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" 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 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 ('13802'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESCRun 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.
NTSB SEA05IA040Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-3H4 · Seattle, WAThe flight crew's failure to maintain an adequate visual lookout while on final for a visual approach. Factors include the failure of both airport operations personnel and the local FAA Airports Inspector to insure that some form of identification marking was…NTSB DEN05LA048Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-724 · Gunnison, COthe snowplow driver's failure to see the airplane during plowing operations. Factors contributing to the accident were the snowplow driver's excessive speed and the snow.NTSB LAX04LA318Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-3H4 · Los Angeles, CAthe flight's encounter with the wake turbulence from a preceding heavy airplane while on approach.NTSB LAX04IA302Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-7H4 · Los Angeles, CAa loss of separation between Southwest flight 440 and Asiana flight 204 due to the LC2 relief controller's failure to appropriately monitor the operation and recognize a developing traffic conflict. Contributing factors included the FAA's position relief…NTSB DEN04IA124Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-500 · Denver, COthe inaccurate radar information due to the failure of the Airport Movement Area Surveillance radar resulting in the tower calling for the airplane to abort the takeoff, subsequently causing tire and brake damage to the airplane.NTSB NYC04IA152Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportAirbus Industrie A319-114 · Manchester, NHThe Airbus captain's misjudged clearance, which resulted the left wing of the Airbus contacting the rudder of the stationary Canadair.NTSB CHI04LA148Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-7H4 · Liberal, KSThe adverse weather encountered during cruise flight by the flight crew and the flight attendant not being restrained. A contributing factor was the convective activity.NTSB NYC04LA107Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-700 · Beach Haven, NJAn encounter with turbulence during cruise flight.NTSB SEA04IA045Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-300 · Seattle, WAThe First Officer's misidentification of the parallel taxiway as the active runway, resulting in the need for a sidestep maneuver while on short final for a full-stop landing. Factors include sun-glare from wet paved surfaces, a visual illusion created by the…NTSB DEN04LA019Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-500 · Denver, COthe in-flight encounter with heavy to moderate turbulence.NTSB MIA04LA004Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAirbus Industrie A-319-112 · Tampa, FLAn intermittent fault with the airplane's Brake Steering Control Unit (BSCU) for undetermined reasons, which resulted in a momentary loss of brakes and steering, and a serious injury to a flight attendant during the resultant sudden stop during taxi for…NTSB DEN03LA094Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAirbus Industrie A319-111 · Denver, COthe inflight encounter with severe turbulence.NTSB FTW03MA160Accident · No injuriesMajor investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-300 · Amarillo, TXthe flight crew's failure to align the airplane's ground track with the runway centerline before touchdown and the flight crew's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane after touchdown. Contributing to the accident was the flight crew's…NTSB FTW03LA121Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-924 · Palestine, TXThe airplane's encounter with unforecasted clear air turbulence during cruise flight.NTSB DEN03LA063Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAirbus Industrie A319-111 · Pueblo, COin-flight encounter with turbulence.NTSB CHI03IA055Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-83N · Indianapolis, INThe ground tow personnel not maintaining clearance from the de-icing vehicle during the tow back to the gate. Factors were the de-icing vehicle that parked by the airplane's left wing, the ground personnel not following the operator's towing…NTSB CHI03LA031Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAirbus Industrie A320-211 · Minneapolis, MNThe cabin flight crew not verifying the galley service cart had been properly stowed prior to departure, which resulted in the inadvertent deployment of the galley service cart during initial climb after takeoff.NTSB MIA02IA167Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-823 · Miami, FLThe failure of the tug driver to maintain wingtip clearance with a parked airplane, and the inability of the tug driver to communicate with the brake rider during a tow operation following failure of the headset cord. Contributing factors in the incident were…NTSB LAX02LA138Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAirbus Industrie A319-114 · Reno, NVThe failure of an undetermined cabin crewmember to securely close an aft galley compartment door, which necessitated the injured crewmember leaving her seat to secure the compartment door.NTSB NYC02LA065Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-724 · Beaumont, TXAn inadvertent encounter with convective induced turbulence, which injured a flight attendant. Factors were the failure of the airline to supply direction to the flight crew to indicate when the flight attendants could begin cabin service, and the convective…NTSB CHI02IA058Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-522 · Chicago, ILThe wake turbulence encounter.NTSB ANC02IA007Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportDouglas DC-8-71F · Anchorage, AKThe asymmetrical activation of the left wing spoiler due to a broken retraction cable during takeoff. A factor associated with the incident was the operator's inadequate inspection of the cable.NTSB LAX02IA002Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-700 · Santa Ana, CAThe failure of the stabilizer electric trim motor as a result of internal mechanical seizure.NTSB DCA01WA061Incident · No injuriesForeign investigationDouglas DC-8 · Mexico City, MexicoNTSB CHI01FA292Accident · Minor injuriesField investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-3G7 · Kansas City, MOThe second in command failed to maintain proper runway alignment, directional control, and landed long. The pilot in command failed to execute a go-around and failed to provide adequate supervision. Additional factors included the thunderstorm, the dark…NTSB LAX01LA275Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-500 · Klamath Falls, ORAn encounter with turbulence from a developing thunderstorm during cruise flight.NTSB MIA01LA146Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-301 · Toccoa, GAAn in-flight encounter with unforecasted weather (turbulence) during an enroute climb resulting in one flight attendant sustaining serious injury.NTSB MIA01IA129Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportMcDonnell Douglas DC-8-71F · Nashville, TNThe failure of company maintenance personnel to install the correct hydraulic landing gear extension component, and the failure of company maintenance inspection personnel to comply with proper post maintenance test procedures, resulting in the impossibility…NTSB NYC01LA094Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 767-200ER · Boston, MAThe Boeing 767 captain's misjudgment of the distance between his airplane and the stationary Boeing 737, which resulted in a ground collision. A factor was sunglare.NTSB CHI01FA104Accident · Minor injuriesField investigationFinal reportAirbus Industrie A320-200 · Detroit, MIThe pilot induced oscillations and the delay in aborting the takeoff. Factors associated with the accident were the first officer used an improper trim setting and the captain did not identify and correct the setting during the taxi checklist, and the wet…NTSB LAX01IA109Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-3H4 · Phoenix, AZthe pilot's misjudgment of distance, which resulted in a runway overrun. A factor in the incident was the failure of the flightcrew to conduct a briefing for the approach to runway eight.NTSB NYC01LA075Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing B-737-832 · Boston, MAThe inadequate visual lookout by theMD-81's tug driver during the pushback operation.NTSB SEA01IA039Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportMcDonnell Douglas DC-8-71F · Seattle, WAA malfunctioning relay in the aircraft's flight management system (FMS) switching matrix and associated false "on course" indication on the captain's course deviation indicator (CDI), resulting in proper localizer course alignment not being obtained or…NTSB ANC01LA018Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-790 · Anchorage, AKAn in-flight encounter with clear air turbulence.NTSB CHI00LA269Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-322 · Chicago, ILthe evasive maneuver performed by the pilot. A factor was the activation of the collision avoidance system.NTSB MIA00LA169Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-500 · Nashville, TNThe passenger's onboard disturbance and self-evacuation from the parked aircraft, resulting in injuries. A factor in the accident was the lack of backup electrical power to the terminal which necessitated a lengthy ground hold.NTSB NYC00LA097Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-300 · Boston, MAIn flight encounter with turbulence.NTSB DEN00IA032Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-347 · Salt Lake City, UTImproper assembly of the wheel during build up in the operator's maintenance facilities.NTSB SEA00IA019Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-400 · Portland, ORArcing in the electrical system wiring for undetermined reasons.NTSB ANC00IA010Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-400 · Juneau, AKThe failure of the flight crew to provide a recommended landing traffic advisory, and the failure of flight service station personnel to provide a flight advisory to the arriving airplane concerning men and equipment operating on the runway. Factors in the…NTSB LAX99LA291Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-322 · Santa Barbara, CAThe flight's encounter with wake vortices from a preceding heavy aircraft.NTSB IAD99FA052Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-824 · Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)the aircrew's inadvertent encounter with unforecast clear air turbulence.NTSB FTW99LA207Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-3H4 · Lafayette, LAThe pilot's inadvertent flight into an adverse weather condition. A factor was the turbulence.NTSB NYC99LA122Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 737 · Newark, NJIn flight encounter with turbulence which caused a flight attendant to fall and break two bones in his right leg.NTSB NYC99LA076Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-300 · Newark, NJThe flight attendant's failure to follow cabin door opening procedures.NTSB NYC99IA024Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-3TO · Newark, NJA loss of torque on the apex nut of the shimmy damper for undetermined reason(s), which resulted in a failure of the shimmy damper, and the subsequent failure of the lower torsion link of the right main landing gear.NTSB ANC98LA122Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-400 · Juneau, AKThe flight crew's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.NTSB NYC98IA165Incident · Minor injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-300 · Mcconnellsburg, PAA high altitude encounter with wake vortices.NTSB FTW98FA273Accident · Minor injuriesField investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-322 · Denver, COInadequate visual lookout by ground personnel (tug operator). Factors include failure of the airline to provide proper assistance (wing walkers) to the tug operator, and inadequate pushback procedures by the airline; inattention of the catering truck driver,…NTSB CHI98IA095Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportAirbus Industrie A-320-212 · Memphis, TNthe inadequate (bronze) material used by the fuel pump's manufacturer, which wore and ultimately blocked the fuel filter bypass and partially blocked the fuel nozzles, causing the fuel spray to burn through the low pressure turbine case.