# NTSB investigations, GA: Wrong surface or wrong airport

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 OPS24LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OPS24LA045.md): Cessna 525 · Brunswick, GA · Incident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 29, 2024 · N70FC · No damage
  > The flight crew’s failure to properly identify the airport and runway of intended landing, and the lack of verification of their airplane’s position using all available navigation information.
- [NTSB ERA24LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA085.md): Beech 58 · Griffin, GA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 15, 2023 · N303RA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s misidentification of a taxiway as the intended runway, which resulted in a collision with a utility pole and trees.
- [NTSB OPS10IA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OPS10IA001.md): Boeing 767 · Atlanta Hartsfield Intl. Apt. (KATL), GA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Oct 19, 2009 · N185DN · No damage
  > The flight crew’s failure to identify the correct landing surface due to fatigue. Contributing to the cause of the incident were (1) the flight crew’s decision to accept a late runway change, (2) the unavailability of the approach light system and the…

## 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" = 'GA' 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" = '284' 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/284/sequence?state=GA

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