# NTSB investigations, 2017: Air traffic event

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 DCA18LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18LA024.md): Boeing 777 · Jamaica, NY · Accident · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Nov 28, 2017 · SU-GDL · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The air traffic controller's improper instruction to the Egypt Air airplane flight crew to pass in an area where passing is prohibited, which led to a ground collision.
- [NTSB DCA18WA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA028.md): Boeing 737 · Latvia, Latvia · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Nov 23, 2017 · LNN-II · No damage
  > The Transport Accident and Incident Investigation Bureau of Latvia has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 737, which occurred on November 23, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S Accredited Representative to assist under the provisions of ICAO…
- [NTSB OPS17IA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OPS17IA021.md): Cessna 172S · New Orleans, LA · Incident · Class 3 · Incident · Final report · May 9, 2017 · N520ER · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > The air traffic controller not following Federal Aviation Administration directives to establish sequencing and spacing between aircraft operating to the same runway.
- [NTSB OPS17IA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OPS17IA014.md): Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR · San Francisco, CA · Incident · Class 3 · Incident · Final report · Feb 16, 2017 · N214NN · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > The local controller's issuance of a landing clearance for runway 28L to the ERJ170, and the subsequent issuance of line up and wait instructions to the A320 for runway 28L, resulting in a runway incursion.

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 2017
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT e.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE e."isDefiningEvent" AND e."tier2Number" = '100')
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100/cases?year=2017

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