# NTSB investigations: Prop/jet/rotor blast/suction

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 DCA26WA367](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA367.md): Airbus A321-271NX · Guayaquil, Ecuador · Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Sep 19, 2026 · N2086J · 2 aircraft
- [NTSB DCA26LA329](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26LA329.md): Boeing 777 · Boston, MA · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open · Jul 19, 2026 · HL7783
- [NTSB DCA26LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26LA164.md): Boeing 737-8 · Dulles, VA · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 24, 2026 · N17316 · No damage
  > The tug drivers improper positioning of the airplane during pushback, which resulted in the airplane’s jet blast impacting an active gate area during taxi and the subsequent injury to a maintenance technician. Contributing to the accident was the captain’s…
- [NTSB WPR26LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA122.md): Cessna 182M · Flagstaff, AZ · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 6, 2026 · N71518 · Substantial damage
  > Maintenance personnel’s decision to conduct an engine run at takeoff power in front of an active taxiway, and their failure to notify ATC, which resulted in the accident pilot’s loss of control during taxi due to an encounter with a jet blast.
- [NTSB GAA26WA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA032.md): Pilatus PC24 · Lago Sul, Brazil · Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Nov 24, 2025 · PS-ECB · No damage
- [NTSB DCA25LA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA268.md): Airbus Industrie A319-131 · Santa Barbara, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 19, 2025 · N822UA · No damage
  > The ramp worker’s premature entry into the jet blast hazard area of an operating engine due to his failure to maintain situational awareness and his misinterpretation of the marshaller’s hand signals.
- [NTSB CEN25LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA122.md): Cessna 208B · Dallas, TX · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report · Mar 14, 2025 · N9471B · Substantial damage
  > On March 14, 2025, about 0738 central daylight time, a Cessna 208B airplane, N9471B, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), Dallas, Texas. The pilot was not injured. The airplane…
- [NTSB CEN24LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA117.md): Cessna 172 · San Marcos, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Feb 20, 2024 · N6762A · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient clearance from a large multi-engine airplane during taxi operations.
- [NTSB ERA24LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA062.md): Cessna 172M · Miami, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 8, 2023 · N955PT · Substantial damage
  > The business jet flight crew’s failure to appropriately position their airplane to mitigate the impact of their extended duration, high-power engine run, and their failure to adequately communicate these factors to air traffic control, which resulted in the…
- [NTSB DCA23WA460](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA460.md): Boeing 787 · Melbourne, Australia · Incident · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Sep 18, 2023 · VN-A819 · No damage
- [NTSB DCA23WA387](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA387.md): Boeing 737 · Corrientes, Argentina · Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Jul 14, 2023 · LV-KCE · No damage
- [NTSB CEN23LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA198.md): Textron 172S · Wichita, KS · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · May 23, 2023 · N49RH · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain a safe taxi distance from a turbine-powered airplane, resulting in an encounter of the turbine-powered airplane’s jet blast while taxiing.
- [NTSB ERA23LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA116.md): Mesafox Kitfox · Orlando, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jan 19, 2023 · N915KF · Substantial damage
  > An inadvertent encounter with the jet blast of another airplane while taxiing, which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane’s left wing.
- [NTSB ERA23LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA104.md): Cessna 172N · Opa-locka, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jan 3, 2023 · N2354E · Substantial damage
  > The flight instructor’s decision to taxi behind a large multi-engine airplane, which resulted in an encounter with propeller blast and a loss of airplane control on the ground.
- [NTSB DCA23LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA109.md): Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR · Montgomery, AL · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Dec 31, 2022 · N264NN · Minor damage
  > The ramp agent’s cognitive impairment, which resulted in her (1) inconsistent behavior with trained procedures and pre landing briefings, (2) presence on the left side of the airplane while the left engine was still operating, and (3) subsequent ingestion…
- [NTSB DCA22LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22LA131.md): Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2012 Traveller · Chicago, IL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 16, 2022 · N833CA · Substantial damage
  > The accident airplane encountered jet blast from a departing Boeing 737.
- [NTSB WPR22LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA162.md): Cessna 182 · Las Vegas, NV · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 21, 2022 · N182HH · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient clearance from the jet blast of a departing jet airplane.
- [NTSB WPR22LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA143.md): Cessna 172G · Van Nuys, CA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 2, 2022 · N3901L · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient distance behind a jet airplane which, resulted in his loss of airplane control due to the jet airplane’s jet blast and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action.
- [NTSB WPR21LA328](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA328.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Wasilla, AK · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 20, 2021 · N89ZW · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s inability to maintain control of the airplane during taxi after it encountered the prop wash from a larger airplane that was conducting a high-power engine run on the same taxiway.
- [NTSB WPR21LA322](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA322.md): Cessna 172F · Tucson, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 3, 2021 · N53350 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain a safe taxi distance from a large turbine-powered airplane, resulting in an encounter of the turbine-powered airplane's jet blast while taxiing.
- [NTSB CEN21LA388](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA388.md): Cessna 172 · Iron Mountain, MI · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 3, 2021 · N6778A · Substantial damage
  > The mechanics’ failure to follow procedures for high-thrust operations at the nontowered airport, which resulted in jet blast damage to an airplane taxiing nearby.
- [NTSB ANC20CA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20CA014.md): Cessna 172 · Tokyo, Japan · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 15, 2019 · N22905 · Substantial damage
  > The airplane’s encounter with prop wash while taxiing behind a larger airplane that was conducting a high-power engine run on the same taxiway. Contributing to the accident was the air traffic controller’s failure to inform the smaller airplane’s pilot about…
- [NTSB ERA20LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA016.md): Bombardier BD 700 1A10 · Augusta, GA · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Oct 16, 2019 · N307KP · No damage
  > The first officer's failure to maintain a safe distance from a large turbine-powered airplane while escorting passengers, resulting in a passenger encounter with jet blast.
- [NTSB GAA19CA531](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA531.md): Robinson R44 · Nuiqsut, AK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 6, 2019 · N447PA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper decision to land downwind from unsecured debris, which resulted in the helicopter’s main rotor disk ingesting foreign objects.
- [NTSB ERA18LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA117.md): Stanley Lancair · Sebring, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Mar 28, 2018 · C-GSQQ · Substantial damage
  > The failure of ground personnel to obtain permission from airport management to conduct engine test runs; adequately monitor the area behind the B737 for traffic; and install barricades to prevent access behind the running airplane, which resulted in the…
- [NTSB GAA17CA581](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA581.md): Cessna 414 · San Jose, CA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 29, 2017 · N1652T · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper descent rate, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB GAA16CA442](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA442.md): Cessna 172 · Anchorage, AK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 20, 2016 · N35408 · Substantial damage
  > The facility's designation of the taxiway for use by maintenance personnel to conduct high thrust tests without appropriate safeguards in place, which led to maintenance personnel conducting high-power, run-up thrust procedures across the active taxiway and…
- [NTSB GAA16CA400](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA400.md): Cessna 172 · Morristown, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 29, 2016 · N5322P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain a safe taxi distance from a large turbine-powered airplane, resulting in an encounter of the turbine-powered airplane's jet blast while taxiing.
- [NTSB CEN16WA397](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16WA397.md): Bombardier BD 700 1A10 · George Town, Cayman Islands · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Mar 25, 2016 · N683GA · No damage
  > On March 25, 2016, about 0345 coordinated universal time, an unoccupied Saab 340B airplane, VP-CKI, encountered jet blast from a taxiing Bombardier Global Express BD-700-1A10 airplane, N683GA, at the Owen Roberts International Airport, George Town, Cayman…
- [NTSB DCA16WA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16WA103.md): Boeing 737 · Dublin, Ireland · Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Nov 2, 2015 · EI-ESZ · No damage
  > The Ireland Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Boeing 737-800 that occurred on November 2, 2015. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the AAIU investigation under the provisions…
- [NTSB DCA15CA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15CA176.md): Boeing 737 7H4 · Oakland, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 23, 2015 · N232WN · No damage
  > inadvertent jet blast, resulting in debris striking ground operations personnel.
- [NTSB DCA15WA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15WA180.md): Boeing 747 · Frankfurt, Germany · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Aug 11, 2015 · D-ABYJ · No damage
  > The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU) has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 747 airplane, which occurred on August 11, 2015. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of…
- [NTSB GAA15CA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA167.md): Cessna 170B · Durango, CO · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 28, 2015 · N170MW · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's decision to taxi behind a turbojet airplane into jet blast, which resulted in the airplane being blown off an active taxiway and flipped upside down onto terrain.
- [NTSB WPR12CA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA003.md): Cessna 172P · Agana · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 6, 2011 · N9853L · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to avoid the jet blast while taxiing and the ground air traffic controller's failure to advise the pilot of the hazard.
- [NTSB WPR10CA478](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA478.md): Robinson R22 · Portland, OR · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 30, 2010 · N856HA · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's decision to hover-taxi behind a jet, resulting in the helicopter encountering jet wash and rolling over.
- [NTSB WPR10CA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA132.md): Leza Lockwood Air Cam · Everett, WA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 10, 2010 · N125AC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadvertent encounter with the rotor downwash from a hovering heavy-lift helicopter.
- [NTSB CEN09LA541](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA541.md): Cessna CE-560 · Kremmling, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 23, 2009 · N802QS · No damage
  > The lineman’s inadvertent encounter with jet blast.
- [NTSB WPR09IA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09IA128.md): Cessna 172H · Tucson, AZ · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Feb 22, 2009 · N1408F · Minor damage
  > The flight instructor’s inadequate situational awareness while taxiing that led to an encounter with jet blast.
- [NTSB LAX08LA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA283.md): Cessna 172 · Honolulu, HI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 30, 2008 · N5329L · Substantial damage
  > The flight's encounter with the jet wash from a parked commercial airplane while taxiing for takeoff.

## 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 e.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE e."isDefiningEvent" AND e."tier2Number" = '082')
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/082/cases

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