Engine - General (72-00-00) - CFM56-5B Engine Serialization Manufacturing Sequence

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TRANSMITTAL INFORMATION

REVISION 5 TO SERVICE BULLETIN 72-0781

Revision 5 is issued to update paragraph 3., ACCOMPLISHMENT INSTRUCTIONS.

Revision 4 was issued November 16, 2018. Revision 3 was issued September 13, 2018. Revision
2 was issued October 21, 2014. Revision 1 was issued April 04, 2014. The original was issued
August 27, 2010. Revision bars in the left margin identify changes.
1. PLANNING INFORMATION

A. Effectivity

CFM56-5B1, -5B1/2P, -5B1/3, -5B1/P, -5B2, -5B2/2P, -5B2/3, -5B2/P, -5B3/2P,

-5B3/2P1, -5B3/3, -5B3/3B1, -5B3/P, -5B3/P1, -5B4, -5B4/2P, -5B4/2P1, -5B4/3

CFM56-5B4/3B1, -5B4/P, -5B4/P1, -5B5, -5B5/3, -5B5/P, -5B6, -5B6/2P, -5B6/3,

-5B6/P, -5B7, -5B7/3, -5B7/P, -5B8/3, -5B8/P, -5B9/2P, -5B9/3, -5B9/P

This Service Bulletin is applicable to all CFM56-5B engines.

B. Description

This Service Bulletin explains the CFM56-5B engine serialization manufacturing

sequence (serialization sequence).

C. Compliance

Category 9
Information only.

Impact F

Implement as deemed necessary per the Service Bulletin category.

D. Concurrent Requirements

None.

E. Reason
(1) Objective:

To explain the CFM56-5B serialization sequence.

(2) Condition:
CFM56-5B engines have been shipped out of numerical sequence.

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(3) Cause:

Method of engine serial number (ESN) assignment.

(4) Improvement

Explanation of CFM56-5B serialization sequence.

(5) Substantiation:
Substantiation is by assembly records.

F. Approval

The technical content of this Service Bulletin is approved by the FAA and under the
Authority of DOA No. EASA.21J.086.

G. Manpower
No additional man-hours are required to comply with this Service Bulletin.

H. Weight and Balance

Weight and balance are not changed.

I. References

None.

J. Publications Affected
None.

K. Interchangeability

Not applicable.

L. Software Accomplishment Summary

Not applicable.

2. MATERIAL INFORMATION
A. Material - Price and Availability

(1) Parts necessary to do this Service Bulletin:

None.

(2) Other Spare Parts:

None.

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(3) Consumables:

None.
B. Industry Support Information

None.

C. Configuration Chart
None.

D. Parts Disposition

None.
E. Tooling - Price and Availability

None.

3. ACCOMPLISHMENT INSTRUCTIONS
A. General

During production, CFM gives a unique 6-digit ESN for each engine program. The
first 3 digits of the ESN are unique to an engine program and to a final assembly
site. Digits 4 through 6 of the ESN indicate the production sequence from the
assembly site.

CFM makes many engine programs (CFM56-2, CFM56-2A, CFM56-2B, CFM56-3,

CFM56-5, CFM56-5B, CFM56-5C, and CFM56-7B) and the unique first 3-digit
number for each engine program is given from a block of pre-allocated numbers.
Assigning each engine program a unique number from the same block of numbers
can result in a situation where the ESNs for an engine program are not sequential.

In 2001, CFM started to use a series of ESNs (574-XXX and 575-XXX) where
the unique first 3-digit number is lower than the unique 3-digit number that was
previously given (778-XXX and 779-XXX). It has come to our attention that the use
of a lower series of first 3-digit numbers causes confusion to determine the Service
Bulletin compliance, if the Service Bulletin effectivity references a previous series
of "ESNs and up".

Example:

This Service Bulletin has been introduced in production to these CFM56-5B

engines:

. CFM56-5B engines, serial numbers "778-XXX and up" or "779-XXX

and up".

The table below indicates the CFM56-5B ESNs that have been used and the year,
which CFM started to use the ESNs.

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First Year Used ESN ESN

1994 778-XXX 779-XXX
2001 574-XXX 575-XXX
2004 576-XXX 577-XXX
2007 697-XXX --
2008 698-XXX 699-XXX
2010 643-XXX 644-XXX
2012 645-XXX 646-XXX
2013 569-XXX --
2015 573-XXX --
2016 -- 729-XXX
2019 849-XXX --
Deleted.

To determine the Service Bulletin compliance.

Example:

(1) A CFM56-5B engine with ESNs of 698-XXX, 699-XXX, or an ESN reserve for
future use, is in compliance with Service Bulletins that contain the condition
that follow:

(a) The Service Bulletin being evaluated must have the statement that
follows:

This Service Bulletin has been introduced in production to these

CFM56-5B engines:

. CFM56-5B engines, serial numbers "XXX-XXX and up".

NOTE: ESNs "XXX-XXX and up" can be one of the ESNs in the table
above that were used from 1994 to 2013.

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