# NTSB investigations, NJ: Standing

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 ERA17LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA042.md): North American Navion · Blairstown, NJ · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 10, 2016 · N8849H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper engine start procedure, which resulted in a loss of control on the ground and collision with a tree.
- [NTSB DCA16CA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16CA070.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD 88 · Newark, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 24, 2016 · N908DE · Substantial damage
  > the ground crew's misjudgment of the distance between the B767 wingtip and the MD-88 tail. Contributing to the accident was the slushy condition of the ramp which limited the maneuvering space available.
- [NTSB ENG09IA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG09IA018.md): Boeing 767 · Newark, NJ · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Sep 18, 2009 · N66051 · Minor damage
  > Failure of Main Landing Gear (MLG) truck beam was due to contamination of the inner surface corrosion protective layers from hydraulic fluid and deice fluid that resulted in corrosion and intergranular stress corrosion cracking.
- [NTSB NYC06CA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA225.md): Piper PA-25-180 · Mount Holly, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 17, 2006 · N6319Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper starting procedure, which resulted in an uncontrolled taxi, and collision with a parked airplane.
- [NTSB NYC06CA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA123.md): Christen Industries A-1 · Linden, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 29, 2006 · N9613Q · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the engine run-up. Factor's in the accident were the pilot's diverted attention, and his failure to secure the airplane's left tire.
- [NTSB IAD05LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA135.md): Sikorsky S-76B · Linden, NJ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 13, 2005 · N14CS · No damage
  > The lineman's failure to maintain adequate clearance from the main rotor system. A factor was his lack of familiarity with the accident helicopter make and model.
- [NTSB NYC01LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA196.md): Air & Space 18A · Blairstown, NJ · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 31, 2001 · N6121S · Substantial damage
  > An encounter with ground resonance for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB NYC99LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA076.md): Boeing 737-300 · Newark, NJ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 17, 1999 · N17321 · No damage
  > The flight attendant's failure to follow cabin door opening procedures.
- [NTSB IAD97LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA057.md): Fokker F-27 · Atlantic City, NJ · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 2, 1997 · N280MA · Substantial damage
  > Failure of the driver of the van to set the parking brake before exiting the van.
- [NTSB NYC96LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA143.md): Aerospatiale AS-332L · Lakewood, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 5, 1996 · N25AN · Substantial damage
  > a number two system module hydraulic oil leak, which was ignited by an undetermined source and resulted in a hydraulic fluid fire.
- [NTSB NYC95LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA126.md): Robinson R-22A · Fairfield, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 27, 1995 · N8541E · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's failure to maintain control of the helicopter. The student's lack of experience in the type of operation (solo flight) was a related factor.
- [NTSB BFO94LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94LA002.md): Fairchild SA 227-AC · Newark, NJ · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 5, 1993 · N550TD · No damage
  > 1) The failure of the ramp agent to follow proper procedures during the servicing of the airplane, and 2) her lack of attention to the hazards surrounding her. Factors related to the accident are 1) the pressure placed on the ramp agent to rush the servicing…
- [NTSB NYC93LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93LA095.md): Macphee RV6 · Farmingdale, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 30, 1993 · N726WM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper starting procedure, which caused the airplane to nose down.
- [NTSB NYC90LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA134.md): Hughes 269A · Pittstown, NJ · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 21, 1990 · N110ES · Destroyed
  > Ground resonance due to inadequate servicing and maintenance of the landing gear dampers.
- [NTSB BFO90LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO90LA015.md): Cessna 150M · Ocean City, NJ · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 11, 1989 · N63009 · Substantial damage
  > Failure of the pilot to obtain proper assistance or properly secure (tie down/chock) the aircraft.
- [NTSB NYC89LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA008.md): American AA-5B · Wrightstown, NJ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 9, 1988 · N666GA · No damage
  > The plt said that the battery ran low while he was attempting to start his acft. He said he hand-propped the eng for several minutes and when he became fatigued, the passenger, who is also a pilot, began to hand prop the eng. When the passenger turned the…
- [NTSB NYC88LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA065.md): Bell 206 · Holmdel, NJ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 14, 1988 · N3NJ · Minor damage
  > The pilot had just landed the helicopter from a speed survey of garden state parkway and was in idle. The passenger/police officer deplaned and walked to the rear of the aircraft and was struck by the tail rotor blade receiving serious injuries.
- [NTSB NYC88LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA058.md): Cessna 182 · Hammonton, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 19, 1987 · N3041Y · Destroyed
  > The aircraft had taxied to the runup area and during this process of engine runup, the pilot stated that the engine was running rough on one magneto but smooth on the other. The carburetor mixture was leaned but the engine quit. When an attempt to restart was…
- [NTSB NYC87LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA090.md): Cessna 150C · Manville, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 17, 1987 · N63218 · Substantial damage
  > After making a rest stop, the plt attempted to restart the eng, using a normal start procedure, but the starter would not engage. He tried to turn off the ignition switch, but said that 'possibly due to the fact that I was wearing heavy gloves, I failed to…
- [NTSB NYC85FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FA052.md): Hughes 500D · Newark, NJ · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 4, 1985 · N1106M · Minor damage
  > The right front seat passenger deplaned and walked rearward to retreive his luggage from the left rear seat of the helicopter during the cooling down stage of the engine shutdown. After deplanning he proceeded rearward under the main rotor wash. When rear of…
- [NTSB NYC84LA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA276.md): Cessna 310II · Newark, NJ · Incident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 15, 1984 · N5338C · No damage
  > An unemployed person was trying to help load an acft. In noticing that a bill of laden had been left off the cargo he ran toward the acft which had, by this time, started engines. The plt said he saw the running man and shoved the mixtures to cut off the…
- [NTSB NYC84FHD04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FHD04.md): Mooney M20 · Atlantic City, NJ · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Jun 11, 1984 · N9914S · No damage
  > The flt to Atlantic-city-bader field was uneventful, except the acft touched down hard during the landing. The plt taxied to the terminal & parked with the exit door facing the terminal. He elected not to shut down the eng since he intended to immediately…
- [NTSB NYC81IA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81IA051.md): Swearingen SA226 · Newark, NJ · Incident · No injuries · Closed · May 29, 1981 · N105UR · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
- [NTSB NYC76DHD08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76DHD08.md): Hughes 369 · Trenton, NJ · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · Aug 28, 1975 · N9075FV · Minor damage
- [NTSB NYC75FHD34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FHD34.md): Piper PA-28R · Marlton, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Feb 28, 1975 · N4681J · No damage
- [NTSB NYC74DHM19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74DHM19.md): Cessna 182G · Fairfield, NJ · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · May 15, 1974 · N3191S · No damage
- [NTSB NYC74FHM18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHM18.md): Aero Comdr 500S · Teterboro, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Mar 7, 1974 · N9098N · No damage
- [NTSB NYC72FHD30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC72FHD30.md): Piper PA-22 · Medford, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Mar 4, 1972 · N2930Z · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
- [NTSB NYC71DHD27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC71DHD27.md): Piper PA-28 · Medford, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Oct 17, 1970 · N9717W · No damage
- [NTSB NYC70AN125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC70AN125.md): Boeing 727 · Newark, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jun 3, 1970 · N8825F · Substantial damage
- [NTSB NYC68A0072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC68A0072.md): Bell 47G · Newark Apt Fac, NJ · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Nov 16, 1967 · N940B · Substantial damage
- [NTSB NYC68F0269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC68F0269.md): Cessna 150 · Teterboro, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Oct 29, 1967 · N8398J · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
- [NTSB NYC68F0251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC68F0251.md): Beech A23 · Medford, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Oct 21, 1967 · N5956S · No damage
- [NTSB NYC68D0223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC68D0223.md): Cessna 140A · Atlantic City, NJ · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · Sep 26, 1967 · N9469A · No damage
- [NTSB NYC67I0150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC67I0150.md): Vertol 107-II · Newark, NJ · Incident · No injuries · Closed · Apr 28, 1967 · N6674D · Minor damage
- [NTSB NYC67D0489](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC67D0489.md): Cessna 150 · Sewell, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jan 22, 1967 · N3976J · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
- [NTSB NYC66F0045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC66F0045.md): Piper PA-23 · Newark, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jun 23, 1965 · N1304P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB UNK65X0892](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0892.md): Piper PA22 · Newark, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Dec 1, 1964 · N9738B · Substantial damage
- [NTSB UNK65X0375](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0375.md): Piper J3C65 · Lincoln Park, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Oct 22, 1964 · N42201 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB UNK64X4091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X4091.md): Douglas DC-3 · Atlantic City, NJ · Incident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 22, 1964 · N58 · No damage
- [NTSB UNK64X4090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X4090.md): Douglas DC-3 · Atlantic City, NJ · Incident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 22, 1964 · N58 · No damage
- [NTSB UNK64X4007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X4007.md): Forney F1 · Red Bank, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 16, 1964 · N7530C · Substantial damage
- [NTSB UNK64X1415](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1415.md): Aero Comm 680 · Newark, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Apr 22, 1964 · N41441 · Substantial damage

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
WITH phase_names(main, name) AS (VALUES (100, 'Prior to flight'), (150, 'Standing'), (200, 'Pushback/towing'), (250, 'Taxi'), (300, 'Takeoff'), (350, 'Initial climb'), (400, 'Enroute'), (450, 'Maneuvering'), (500, 'Approach'), (550, 'Landing'), (600, 'Emergency descent'), (650, 'Uncontrolled descent'), (700, 'Post-impact'), (750, 'After landing'), (800, 'Other'), (990, 'Unknown')),
  crosswalk(code, main, name) AS (VALUES (500, 150, 'Standing'), (501, 150, 'Standing - pre-flight'), (502, 150, 'Standing - starting engine(s)'), (503, 150, 'Standing - engine(s) operating'), (504, 150, 'Standing - engine(s) not operating'), (505, 150, 'Standing - idling rotors'), (510, 250, 'Taxi'), (511, 200, 'Taxi - pushback/tow'), (512, 250, 'Taxi - to takeoff'), (513, 250, 'Taxi - from landing'), (514, 250, 'Taxi - aerial'), (520, 300, 'Takeoff'), (521, 300, 'Takeoff - roll/run'), (522, 350, 'Takeoff - initial climb'), (523, 300, 'Takeoff - aborted'), (530, 400, 'Climb'), (531, 400, 'Climb - to cruise'), (540, 400, 'Cruise'), (541, 400, 'Cruise - normal'), (542, 400, 'Maneuvering - holding (IFR)'), (550, 400, 'Descent'), (551, 400, 'Descent - normal'), (552, 600, 'Descent - emergency'), (553, 650, 'Descent - uncontrolled'), (560, 500, 'Approach'), (561, 500, 'Approach - VFR pattern - downwind'), (562, 500, 'Approach - VFR pattern - base turn'), (563, 500, 'Approach - VFR pattern - base leg/base to final'), (564, 500, 'Approach - VFR pattern - final approach'), (565, 500, 'Go-around (VFR)'), (566, 500, 'Approach - IAF to FAF/outer marker (IFR)'), (567, 500, 'Approach - FAF/outer marker to threshold (IFR)'), (568, 500, 'Circling (IFR)'), (569, 500, 'Missed approach (IFR)'), (570, 550, 'Landing'), (571, 550, 'Landing - flare/touchdown'), (572, 550, 'Landing - roll'), (573, 550, 'Landing - aborted'), (574, 550, 'Emergency landing'), (575, 550, 'Emergency landing after takeoff'), (576, 600, 'Emergency descent/landing'), (580, 450, 'Maneuvering'), (581, 450, 'Maneuvering - aerial application'), (582, 450, 'Maneuvering - turn to reverse direction'), (583, 450, 'Maneuvering - turn to landing area (emergency)'), (590, 450, 'Hover'), (591, 450, 'Hover - in ground effect'), (592, 450, 'Hover - out of ground effect'), (600, 800, 'Other'), (610, 990, 'Unknown')),
  current_codes AS (
    SELECT e.case_mkey, TRY_CAST(e."tier1Number" AS INTEGER) AS code,
      row_number() OVER (PARTITION BY e.case_mkey ORDER BY coalesce(e."isDefiningEvent", false) DESC, e.position) AS n
    FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e
    WHERE e.aircrafts_position = 1 AND e."tier1Number" GLOB '[1-9][0-9]*'
      AND (e."isDefiningEvent" OR e.case_mkey IN (SELECT "mKey" FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' WHERE "isPre1982"))
  ),
  phases AS (
    SELECT case_mkey, 'current' AS scheme, code, CASE WHEN code >= 990 THEN 990 ELSE code // 50 * 50 END AS main
    FROM current_codes WHERE n = 1
    UNION ALL
    SELECT o.case_mkey, 'older', o."phaseOfFlightCode", w.main
    FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o JOIN crosswalk w ON w.code = o."phaseOfFlightCode"
    WHERE o.aircrafts_position = 1 AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o.case_mkey NOT IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM current_codes)
  ),
  case_phases AS (
    SELECT p.*, c."eventDate", c."highestInjuryLevel" = 'Fatal' AS fatal, a.aircraft_model_code
    FROM phases p JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c ON c."mKey" = p.case_mkey
    LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = p.case_mkey AND a.position = 1
    WHERE c."eventDate" >= DATE '1962-01-01' AND p.main IN (SELECT main FROM phase_names)
  )
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" = 'NJ' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM case_phases WHERE main = 150)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150/cases?state=NJ

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