# NTSB investigations, IN: Birdstrike

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 CEN24LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA017.md): Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206L-4 · Mitchell, IN · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Oct 17, 2023 · N490AE · Substantial damage
  > The inflight collision with a bird while in cruise flight.
- [NTSB CEN23LA384](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA384.md): Piper PA-44-180 · West Lafayette, IN · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 26, 2023 · N767PA · Substantial damage
  > An in-flight collision with a bird during initial climb.
- [NTSB CEN09CA418](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA418.md): Cessna 550 · Sellersburg, IN · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 5, 2009 · N73HH · Substantial damage
  > An in-flight collision with a large bird during the airplane's initial climb.

## 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" = 'IN' 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" = '901' 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/901/sequence?state=IN

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