NTSB investigations

6 cases where NTSB found VHF/HF radio.

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NTSB investigations per year, 2011–2026: 6 cases
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Query with SQL
duckdb -csv -c "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.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT f.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_findings.parquet' f WHERE starts_with(f.\"findingCode\", '03016010'))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB DCA24FA143Accident · Serious injuriesClass 3 · FieldFinal reportBoeing 737-7CT · Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico)The pilot’s inadvertent encounter with convectively induced turbulence from a broken line of embedded thunderstorms moving across the region. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the air traffic controller to issue pertinent weather information…Apr 3, 2024 · N567WN · No damageNTSB OPS21LA003Incident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportBoeing 737-8H4 · San Diego, CAThe blocked go-around radio instruction from the air traffic control tower to the arrival aircraft which resulted in the arrival aircraft continuing the landing approach. This led to a loss of separation between the landing aircraft and the aircraft awaiting…Jun 11, 2021 · N8674B · 2 aircraft · No damageNTSB ERA21LA056Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 172 · Atlanta, GAThe Cessna pilot’s failure to tune his radio to the common traffic advisory frequency, which resulted in a lack of awareness of the other aircraft operating at the airport. Contributing to the accident was the Cessna pilot’s lack of understanding of the…Nov 25, 2020 · N8125U · 2 aircraft · Substantial damageNTSB ANC17MA001Accident · 3 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportCessna 208B · Togiak, AKThe flight crew's decision to continue the visual flight rules flight into deteriorating visibility and their failure to perform an immediate escape maneuver after entry into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into…Oct 2, 2016 · N208SD · DestroyedNTSB CEN16LA067Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHawker 400 · Telluride, COThe limitations of the air traffic control equipment that prevented the controller's timely recognition of NOTAM information that was effective immediately and resulted in the issuance of an approach clearance to a closed runway. Also causal was the pilots'…Dec 23, 2015 · XA-MEX · Substantial damageNTSB ERA12LA100Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSigmon Harvey E Vans RV 6 · Abingdon, VAThe failure of the Pitts pilot to see and avoid the RV-6 that had landed ahead. Contributing to the accident was the Pitts pilot's inability to hear the RV-6 pilot's radio calls due to the lack of a radio in the Pitts.Nov 6, 2011 · N62HS · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage