# NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney PW2037: Tailstrike

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 DCA22LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22LA178.md): Boeing 757-251 · Atlanta, GA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 7, 2022 · N540US · Substantial damage
  > The overpitch control of the airplane during landing resulting in a tail strike.
- [NTSB DCA17LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17LA122.md): Boeing 757 · Raleigh, NC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 21, 2017 · N633DL · Substantial damage
  > the first officer's failure to attain a proper landing flare, which resulted in a tail strike.
- [NTSB DCA13CA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA13CA065.md): Boeing 757-232 · Atlanta, GA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 8, 2013 · N698DL · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain correct airspeed and pitch attitude at touchdown.

## 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 ('52117')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE e.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND e.aircrafts_position = x.position AND e."isDefiningEvent" AND e."tier2Number" = '091'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091/cases?engine=52117

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