NTSB investigations
96 cases where the sequence of events included Near midair/TCAS alert/loss of separation.
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duckdb -csv -c "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 s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.\"tier2Number\" = '260' 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"
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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 s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '260' 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
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NTSB DCA22WA172IncidentClass 5 · ForeignAirbus A320 · Tbd, OmanNTSB DCA22WA130IncidentClass 5 · ForeignAirbus A320 · Peshawar, PakistanNTSB DCA22WA221Occurrence · No injuriesClass 5 · ForeignBoeing 777 · Islamabad, PakistanNTSB DCA22WA167IncidentClass 5 · ForeignBoeing 737-800 · Kigali, RwandaNTSB DCA22WA089IncidentClass 5 · ForeignAirbus A320 · Sukkur, PakistanNTSB WPR22FA067Accident · 2 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportVans RV6 · Show Low, AZThe pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack following an aborted landing approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and loss of control at an altitude too low for recovery.NTSB DCA21WA202IncidentClass 5 · ForeignBoeing 737-824 · Mexico City, MexicoNTSB DCA21WA142IncidentClass 5 · ForeignBoeing 737 · Barcelona, SpainNTSB OPS21LA002Incident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportAirbus A319-112 · St Petersburg-Clearwater, FLThe air traffic controller’s failure to properly scan the runway and local area, and their general loss of situational awareness, resulting in a near midair collision. Contributing to the incident was the Cessna 337 pilot's poor decision making when he failed…NTSB DCA21WA076IncidentClass 5 · ForeignBoeing 737 · Sao Paulo, BrazilNTSB DCA19WA011Incident · No injuriesForeign investigationBoeing 737 · Brisbane, AustraliaThe Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a BOEING 737 airplane that occurred on October 09, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Australia's investigation…NTSB DCA18WA300Incident · No injuriesForeign investigationBoeing 737 · Diagoras, HungaryThe government of Hungary has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 737 airplane that occurred on September 28, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Hungary's investigation under the…NTSB DCA18IA265Incident · No injuriesClass 3 · IncidentFinal reportGulfstream G IV · Philadelphia, PAThe flight crew’s misalignment of the airplane with a taxiway instead of the assigned runway, resulting in a low-altitude go-around late in the final approach and reduced separation with the airplanes on the taxiway.NTSB DCA18WA232IncidentClass 5 · ForeignBoeing 737 · Multan, PakistanNTSB CEN18WA155Incident · No injuriesForeign investigationDassault-Breguet Falcon 900 · Bremgarten, GermanyOn April 28, 2018, 2015, about 1505 universal time (UTC), a United States registered Dassault-Breguet Falcon-900, N670JD, was involved in an incident in Bremgarten, Germany. The pilot, copilot, and 2 passengers were not injured. The investigation is under the…NTSB DCA18WA122Incident · No injuriesForeign investigationBoeing 737 · IndonesiaThe government of Indonesia has notified the NTSB of an incidentt involving a BOEING 737-800 that occurred on February 05, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Indonesia's investigation under the provisions…NTSB DCA18IA026Incident · No injuriesClass 3 · IncidentFinal reportBoeing 737-932ER · Atlanta, GAThe flight crewmembers’ failure to properly monitor the airplane’s flightpath, which caused the approach to become unstabilized and resulted in the airplane’s descent below the decision altitude while misaligned with the localizer course. Contributing to the…NTSB DCA17WA172Incident · No injuriesForeign investigationBoeing 787-9 · Madrid, SpainThe government of Spain has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a BOEING 787-9 airplane that occurred on August 08, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Spain's investigation under the provisions of…NTSB DCA17WA113Incident · No injuriesForeign investigationBoeing 737 · Palma de Mallorca, SpainThe Comision de Investigacion de Accidenties E Incidentes de Aviacion Civil of Spain has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a CESSNA 510 airplane that occurred on April 20, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the…NTSB DCA17WA107Incident · No injuriesForeign investigationAirbus A320 · New Delhi, IndiaThe Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) of India has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a AIRBUS A320 airplane that occurred on April 17, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of India's…NTSB DCA17WA219Incident · No injuriesForeign investigationBoeing 737 · Nagpur, IndiaThe Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) of India has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a ATR-72 airplane that occurred on December 02, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of India's…NTSB OPS16IA010IncidentClass 3 · IncidentFinal reportMooney M20R · Jacksonville, FLThe air traffic controller's decision to issue climb instruction to one aircraft without ensuring the required separation with another could be maintained. Contributing to the incident was the air traffic controller's failure to issue a safety alert in a…NTSB CEN15WA358Incident · No injuriesForeign investigationRobinson Helicopter Robinson R44 · Leixlip, IrelandNTSB OPS15IA017Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 767 34AF · Miami, FLThe controller's issuance of a landing clearance to an arriving aircraft while another aircraft was in position on the same runway. Contributing to the incident was the controller's non-compliance with traffic advisory procedures, and insufficient…NTSB OPS14IA011Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 777 - 236 · Shemya, AKThe air traffic controller’s failure to identify a conflict between two aircraft and to issue an adequate clearance, which resulted in a loss of required separation. Contributing to the incident was the Federal Aviation Administration’s failure to provide…NTSB OPS14IA005Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportEmbraer EMB 145XR · Newark, NJThe local controller’s failure to comply with Federal Aviation Administration separation requirements for aircraft operating on intersecting runways.NTSB OPS12IA535Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportLas Vegas, NVFederal Aviation Administration procedures that do not ensure separation in the event of a go-around during simultaneous independent runway operations on runways that do not physically intersect but whose flight paths intersect.NTSB OPS12IA122Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportKahului, HIFailure of the Honolulu Control Facility controller to issue control instructions necessary to establish and maintain required separation between all three aircraft. Contributing to the losses of separation was inadequate training provided to controllers…NTSB OPS12IA041Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportCessna 172S · Daytona Beach, FLThe departing pilot's incorrect runway selection and non-compliance with an air traffic control clearance. Contributing to the incident was the air traffic controller's inadequate monitoring of the departing aircraft to ensure that the pilot complied with the…NTSB OPS11IA686Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83) · Apache Junction, AZThe failure of the pilots of both airplanes to see and avoid each other and to maneuver as advised by the air traffic controller in time to prevent the conflict that resulted in the reported near midair collision.NTSB OPS11IA653Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBeech 1900C · Fairbanks, AKInadequate air traffic control actions that failed to establish and maintain required separation between the two airplanes. Contributing to the incident was inexperience on the part of the local controller, inadequate oversight by the tower…NTSB OPS11IA499Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 737 · Camp Springs, MDThe misapplication of wake turbulence and instrument flight rules (IFR) separation criteria by air traffic controllers.NTSB OPS11IA476Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBeech 400 · Midland, TXInadequate planning and control instructions issued to the pilots involved by the trainee controller operating the local control position and inadequate supervision by the instructor responsible for the position.NTSB OPS11IA428Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportCirrus Design SR22 · Orlando, FLThe air traffic controllers’ application of inappropriate separation between the B737 and the Cirrus and their inappropriate use of airborne civilian aircraft for observation of other airborne aircraft. Contributing to the incident was the crew of the B737's…NTSB OPS11IA101Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-832 · 66 NM East of Hobe Sound, FLAir traffic controllers did not maintain required awareness of available flight data and aircraft positions, resulting in issuance of an incorrect altitude clearance that caused a loss of standard instrument flight rules separation between the two aircraft.NTSB OPS10IA574Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportAirbus Industrie A320-214 · Minneapolis, MNThe Local North Controller's issuance of a left-turn heading to the Airbus without establishing the position and heading of the Beech. Contributing to the incident was the Local South Controller's distraction with a ground movement operation and lack of…NTSB DCA10LA083Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportEmbraer ERJ 170 100 SE · Summit, MSthe abrupt maneuver that was appropriately initiated to comply with the TCAS resolution advisory caused by the momentary projected loss of separation from converging traffic. Contributing to the accident was a passenger's decision to disregard the seatbelt…NTSB OPS10IA163Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBombardier CL-600-2B19 · Burbank, CAThe local controller’s failure to issue control instructions necessary to ensure positive control/standard separation of traffic operating within the Class C airspace.NTSB OPS10IA155Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportEmbraer EMB-135KL · Chicago, ILThe air traffic controller's issuance of an improper takeoff clearance to the pilot of the Embraer. Contributing to the incident was the instructor’s inadequate monitoring of the trainee local controller.NTSB OPS10IA020Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 777-222 · San Francisco, CAThe local controller's issuance of a takeoff clearance to the Boeing 777 without ensuring that approved separation would exist with the Cessna 182. Contributing to the incident were tower procedures that permitted transitioning aircraft to cross the runway 28…NTSB OPS10IA014Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 737 · Worton, MDThe R10/12 controller issued an improper vector and descent clearance to the GII that put the airplane on a coverging flight path with the B737. Contributing to the incident was the failure of the FAA's training program to correct ongoing controller…NTSB OPS10IA015Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportCessna 208B · Phoenix, AZThe Cessna 208 pilot’s failure to identify the correct landing runway.NTSB OPS09IA006Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportMcdonnell Douglas MD80 · Chicago, ILThe Chicago TRACON West Arrival controller's omission of a required clearance, resulting in AAL 879 overshooting the final for runway 28 and losing separation with AAL 93.NTSB OPS09IA001Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportPeoria, ILThe tower local controller's failure to provide adequate separation between EGF4075 and SKW5961 that landed on intersecting runways.NTSB OPS08IA014Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing B744 · Atlantic OceanThe San Juan CERAP controllers failure to ensure the two aircraft were properly separated using non-radar separation standards.NTSB OPS08IA011Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportLearjet 60 · Chicago, ILThe LC-10 controller's failure to ensure the appropriate separation between two airplanes operating on runways where flight paths intersect.