# NTSB investigations, 2022: Midair collision

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 WPR23LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA045.md): Sikorsky UH-60A · San Diego, CA · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Nov 23, 2022 · N160AQ · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the crewmembers of the second helicopter to maintain visual separation with the first helicopter while complying with the LC controller’s instruction to go around. Contributing to the accident were the nighttime conditions and the lack of a…
- [NTSB WPR23LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA041.md): Cessna 172M · Las Vegas, NV · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Nov 18, 2022 · N88E · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The student helicopter pilot’s failure to follow the tower controller’s landing instructions, which resulted in a midair collision.
- [NTSB CEN23MA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23MA034.md): Boeing B17 · Dallas, TX · Accident · 6 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Nov 12, 2022 · N7227C · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > the air boss’s and air show event organizer’s lack of an adequate, prebriefed aircraft separation plan for the air show performance, relying instead on the air boss’s real-time deconfliction directives and the see-and-avoid strategy for collision avoidance,…
- [NTSB CEN22FA424](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA424.md): Cessna 172S · Longmont, CO · Accident · 3 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Sep 17, 2022 · N2117Y · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > The pilots’ inability to see and avoid each other, resulting in a midair collision.
- [NTSB WPR22FA309](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA309.md): Cessna 152 · Watsonville, CA · Accident · 3 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Aug 18, 2022 · N49931 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the pilot of the multi-engine airplane to see and avoid the single-engine airplane while performing a straight-in approach for landing.
- [NTSB ERA22FA338](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA338.md): Air Tractor AT-802A · Portland, AR · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Jul 26, 2022 · N749LA · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > The failure of both pilots to see and avoid the other airplane during aerial application and ferry operations.
- [NTSB ERA22FA318](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA318.md): Piper PA-46-350P · North Las Vegas, NV · Accident · 4 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Jul 17, 2022 · N97CX · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > The low-wing airplane pilot’s failure to ensure that the airplane was aligned with the correct runway, which resulted in a collision with the high-wing airplane on final approach. Contributing to the accident was the controller’s failure to provide timely and…
- [NTSB GAA22WA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA22WA241.md): Cessna 172RG · Aaachen, Germany · Accident · Class 5 · Foreign · Jul 16, 2022 · D-EWAE · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage

## 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") = 2022
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '250' 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/250/sequence?year=2022

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