# NTSB investigations, 2024: Medical event

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 WPR25FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25FA062.md): American Eurocopter AS350B3 · Potrero, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Dec 16, 2024 · N617GC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s loss of control during cruise flight due to incapacitation for reasons that could not be determined.
- [NTSB DCA25WA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25WA018.md): Boeing 737 · Alicante, Spain · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Oct 28, 2024 · EI-HAY · No damage
- [NTSB ERA25LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA019.md): Cessna 150 · Gainesville, GA · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Oct 18, 2024 · N11519 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s sudden incapacitation due to an in-flight cardiac arrest, which necessitated a landing by a non-pilot passenger and resulted in a hard landing and collapse of the nose landing gear.
- [NTSB WPR25LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA003.md): Raytheon C90A · Bakersfield, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Oct 4, 2024 · N6077X · No damage
  > The pilot’s incapacitation by an in-flight cardiac event that led to cardiac arrest.
- [NTSB DCA24WA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24WA311.md): Boeing 737 · Hurghada, Egypt · Incident · Class 5 · Foreign · Sep 19, 2024 · UR-SQO · No damage
- [NTSB CEN24FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA089.md): Cessna 310R · Poolville, TX · Accident · 3 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Jan 14, 2024 · N252DL · Destroyed
  > Pilot incapacitation for undetermined reasons which resulted into controlled descent into terrain.

## 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") = 2024
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '850' 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/850/sequence?year=2024

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