# NTSB investigations, LA: Fire/smoke (non-impact)

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 CEN24FA353](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA353.md): Hawker Beechcraft G36 · Lafayette, LA · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Preliminary report · Sep 12, 2024 · N643RS · Destroyed
  > On September 12, 2024, about 1137 central daylight time, a Hawker Beechcraft G36 airplane, N643RS, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Lafayette, Louisiana. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of…
- [NTSB CEN22LA430](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA430.md): Agusta AW139 · Houma, LA · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Sep 24, 2022 · N811TA · Substantial damage
  > The inflight loss of collective control of the helicopter due to thermal damage of a collective control torque tube that abraded with misrouted electrical wiring, which resulted in an electrical short and inflight fire. Contributing to the accident were the…
- [NTSB CEN22LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA072.md): American Legend AL18 · Abbeville, LA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 12, 2021 · N1477D · Destroyed
  > An electrical fire for reasons that could not be determined.
- [NTSB CEN18LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA221.md): Beech 58 · Baton Rouge, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 8, 2018 · N190RS · Substantial damage
  > The improper insulation of the anticollision light wiring, which resulted in the ignition of combustible fuel vapors in the outboard section of the right wing; the source of the fuel leak could not be determined due to fire damage.
- [NTSB CEN17LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA034.md): Cirrus Design SR22 · Baton Rouge, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 31, 2016 · N454RK · Substantial damage
  > A clamp rubbing a hole in a fuel drain line, which resulted in an engine compartment fuel leak and subsequent engine fire.
- [NTSB DCA11IA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11IA040.md): Airbus A320 · New Orleans, LA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Apr 4, 2011 · N409UA · Minor damage
  > the captain's failure to properly recognize and manage the abnormal condition, resulting in it escalating to an in-flight emergency.

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'LA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '150' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent"))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150/sequence?state=LA

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