# NTSB investigations, NJ: 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 DCA25FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25FA148.md): Boeing 767 · Newark, NJ · Incident · No injuries · Class 3 · Field · Preliminary report · Mar 1, 2025 · N178FE · Minor damage
  > On March 1, 2025, at 0800 eastern standard time, FedEx flight 3609, a Boeing 767-300F, powered by two General Electric CF6-80C2 turbofan engines, registration number N178FE, struck birds during initial climb after takeoff from Newark Liberty International…
- [NTSB ENG23LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG23LA031.md): Boeing 737-9 · Newark, NJ · Incident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jun 28, 2023 · N37516 · Minor damage
  > A No. 1 (left) engine fire due a fuel leak that originated from the fuel nozzle 17 b-nut connection that was not properly torqued in accordance with the aircraft maintenance manual procedure.
- [NTSB ENG22LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG22LA002.md): Airbus A320-271N · Atlantic City, NJ · Incident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Oct 2, 2021 · N922NK · Minor damage
  > The ingestion of a bird into the right engine during the takeoff roll caused a fan blade to fracture near the blade platform resulting in high fan blade off loads and engine vibrations sufficient to result in an eventual failure of a fuel tube in the right…
- [NTSB ERA18FA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA138.md): Piper PA32 · West Milford, NJ · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 2, 2018 · N4153R · Destroyed
  > An in-flight fire and total loss of engine power after takeoff due to a loose fuel line. Contributing to the accident was the installation of an unapproved fuel line by unknown personnel.
- [NTSB GAA18CA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA115.md): Cessna 210 · Sussex, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 21, 2018 · N884KM · Destroyed
  > The pilot’s inadvertent landing gear retraction during approach.
- [NTSB ERA17LA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA267.md): Piper PA28 · Pittstown, NJ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 6, 2017 · N56884 · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's improper decision to conduct a night flight and his failure to maintain adequate altitude during the approach, which resulted in controlled flight into trees and terrain. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot's lack of total…
- [NTSB ERA09LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA191.md): Grumman TBM-3 · Millville, NJ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 7, 2009 · N188TD · Destroyed
  > The pilot/mechanic’s failure to properly torque the fuel pressure line B-nut to the carburetor fitting.
- [NTSB ENG08IA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG08IA022.md): Boeing 747 · Newark, NJ · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Apr 20, 2008 · N704CK · Minor damage
  > An engine fire in the No. 3 engine due to the failure of, and subsequent flammable fluid leak from, one of three fuel or hydraulic lines located in the engine's accessory raceway that ignited when the fluid came in contact with the hot engine cases.…

## 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" = 'NJ' 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=NJ

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