# NTSB investigations, 2016: Runway incursion veh/AC/person

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 OPS17IA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OPS17IA008.md): Bombardier CL 600 2B19 · San Francisco, CA · Incident · Class 3 · Incident · Final report · Dec 15, 2016 · N986SW · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > The captain’s inadvertent turn onto the incorrect taxiway and subsequent entry onto an active runway without a clearance, which resulted in the runway incursion.
- [NTSB OPS17IA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OPS17IA003.md): Douglas DC 9 83 · Westfield, MA · Incident · Class 2 · Incident · Final report · Oct 21, 2016 · N425NV · No damage
  > The air traffic controller issuing the aircraft a clearance to land while there was a vehicle authorized to be on the same runway. Contributing to the incident was the air traffic controller's decision to not simulcast the local control and ground control…
- [NTSB DCA16WA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16WA228.md): Boeing 777 · London, United Kingdom · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Aug 30, 2016 · VT-JEK · No damage
  > The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) of India has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Boeing 777 that occurred on August 30, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the AAIB's investigation under the…
- [NTSB DCA16IA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16IA200.md): Airbus Industrie A320 211 · Rapid City, SD · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 8, 2016 · N333NW · No damage
  > The flight crew's misidentification of the desired landing runway due to excess altitude requiring an extended downwind, and failure to use all available navigation information.
- [NTSB OPS16IA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OPS16IA008.md): Embraer S A EMB-505 · Dallas, TX · Incident · Class 3 · Incident · Final report · Apr 7, 2016 · N304QS · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > The controller's miscommunication of a clearance and failure to recognize and correct the readback resulting in the flight crew initiating takeoff without a clearance.
- [NTSB OPS16IA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OPS16IA009.md): Cessna 172S · Honolulu, HI · Incident · Class 3 · Incident · Final report · Feb 26, 2016 · N269ME · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > The air traffic controller's decision to clear an aircraft to land on a runway occupied by another aircraft that had previously been instructed to line up and wait. Contributing to the runway incursion was the failure of the air traffic controller to visually…
- [NTSB OPS16IA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OPS16IA004.md): Airbus A321 231 · Fort Lauderdale, FL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jan 29, 2016 · N587NK · No damage
  > The air traffic controller's failure to ensure the runway surface area was clear of vehicles before clearing an aircraft for takeoff. Also causal was the flight crew's decision to initiate a takeoff while the Runway Status Lights (RWSL) Takeoff Hold Lights…
- [NTSB OPS16IA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OPS16IA002.md): Bombardier CL600 2D24 · Detroit, MI · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jan 27, 2016 · N316PQ · No damage
  > The local controller's failure to visually scan and ensure that the runway surface was not occupied by a vehicle or other aircraft before issuing a takeoff clearance to the pilot. Contributing to this incident was the relieved controller's failure to monitor…

## 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") = 2016
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '320' 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/320/sequence?year=2016

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