# NTSB investigations, 2022: 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 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 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 DCA22LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22LA133.md): Boeing 737-9 · Pittsburgh, PA · Incident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jun 21, 2022 · N37513 · No damage
  > The flightcrew’s misidentification of the intended landing runway, which resulted in approach to and landing on the wrong runway. Contributing to the incident was the distraction caused by the dual reset of the flight management computer displays.
- [NTSB DCA22LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22LA126.md): Boeing 757-236 · Tulsa, OK · Incident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jun 8, 2022 · N949FD · No damage
  > The flight crew’s misidentification of the intended landing runway. Contributing to the incident were (1) the flight crew’s failure to perceive and correctly interpret visual and auditory indicators – including electronic guidance – that they were approaching…
- [NTSB WPR22LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA105.md): Shelton Joseph G S-7 · Buckeye, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Feb 19, 2022 · N242K · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack while on final approach to land which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and hard landing.

## 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" = '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?year=2022

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