# Final NTSB investigations: GE CF6-80 series

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.

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## Latest cases

- [NTSB DCA25LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA085.md): Boeing 767 · San Bernardino, CA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jan 10, 2025 · N324UP · Substantial damage
  > Encounter with windshear during landing which resulted in a tailstrike.
- [NTSB DCA17FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17FA021.md): Boeing 767 · Chicago, IL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 1 · Field · Final report · Oct 28, 2016 · N345AN · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the high-pressure turbine (HPT) stage 2 disk, which severed the main engine fuel feed line and breached the right main wing fuel tank, releasing fuel that resulted in a fire on the right side of the airplane during the takeoff roll. The HPT…
- [NTSB DCA16CA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16CA113.md): Boeing 767 34AF · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 5, 2016 · N305UP · Substantial damage
  > the pilot flying's failure to maintain airspeed and correct pitch attitude. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain appropriate thrust after disconnecting the autothrottles. Also contributing was the first officer's failure to monitor…
- [NTSB DCA15CA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15CA146.md): Boeing 767 432ER · Atlanta, GA · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 29, 2015 · N825MH · No damage
  > the flight attendant inadvertently slipped off a worn tread descending the crew rest ladder.
- [NTSB DCA15FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15FA073.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD 11F · St. Louis, MO · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 24, 2015 · N584FE · No damage
  > a partial inflation of the 1L escape slide/raft due to undetermined reasons resulting in insufficient capability to support the weight of the crewmember.
- [NTSB DCA15LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15LA067.md): Boeing 767 · Honolulu (Pacific Ocean) · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 15, 2015 · N59053 · No damage
  > an encounter with convective turbulence associated with a forecasted area of thunderstorms.
- [NTSB ENG14IA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG14IA019.md): Boeing 767 332 · Los Angeles, CA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 11, 2014 · N139DL · Minor damage
  > The combination of fuel leaking from the integrated drive generator (IDG) fuel/oil heat exchanger and the coincident arcing of the IDG power feeder cables that ignited the leaking fuel. Contributing to the ignition of the fuel was the misrouting of the IDG…
- [NTSB DCA14CA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA14CA124.md): Boeing 767 424ER · Newark, NJ · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 17, 2014 · N77066 · No damage
  > A hot liquid splashed from a meal box onto the flight attendant's hand, resulting in a 2nd degree burn.
- [NTSB DCA13CA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA13CA043.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD11 · Denver, CO · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 25, 2013 · N618FE · Substantial damage
  > the flight crews failure to perform a takeoff performance data briefing following the final entries into the Flight Management System, which would have alerted them to the incorrect weight entry and resulting incorrect landing speeds. Contributing to the…
- [NTSB DCA13CA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA13CA035.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11F · Memphis, TN · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 26, 2012 · N612FE · Substantial damage
  > the operator's failure to provide appropriate training and documentation for ground personnel, leading the marshaller to inadvertently guide the airplane into the collision.
- [NTSB DCA12CA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12CA045.md): Boeing 767 · Angers, France · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 26, 2012 · N829MH · No damage
  > the flight attendant inadvertently tripping over a passenger's luggage strap that was protruding into the isle.
- [NTSB ENG12IA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG12IA010.md): Boeing 767 · Jamaica, NY · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Feb 8, 2012 · N360AA · No damage
  > The failure of the American Airlines aviation maintenance technicians to properly reassemble the two-piece bracket and spray shield on the integrated drive generator fuel-oil heat exchanger that caused a fuel leak that sprayed out and ignited on hot engine…
- [NTSB ERA12CA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA044.md): Boeing 767-2B7 · New York, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 20, 2011 · N253AY · No damage
  > The passenger's lack of compliance with the illuminated seatbelt sign, which resulted in her injury during a turbulence encounter.
- [NTSB CEN11LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA099.md): Boeing 747-47UF · Chicago, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 5, 2010 · N499MC · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > The Boeing 747 first officer’s failure to maintain clearance from another airplane while taxiing due to his inadequate judgment of the distance between the airplanes.
- [NTSB DCA10CA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10CA061.md): Boeing 747 · Miami, FL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 17, 2010 · N498MC · Substantial damage
  > impact of the fore flap with the aft fuselage after fatigue failure of the right wing fore flap carriage assembly attachment fitting at position 6.
- [NTSB CEN10LA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA240.md): Boeing 767 · Fort Dodge, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 30, 2010 · N320AA · No damage
  > The flight crew's inadequate separation from convective activity that resulted in serious injury to an unrestrained flight attendant.
- [NTSB ERA10CA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA036.md): Boeing 767-432ER · Atlanta, GA · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 27, 2009 · N825MH · No damage
  > Unforecasted turbulence resulting in a flight attendant being injured.
- [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 ENG09IA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG09IA016.md): Boeing 767 432ER · St. Johns, Canada · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Sep 8, 2009 · N840MH · Minor damage
  > Incorrect installation of a wire bundle, which contained wires for oxygen system, passenger address system and lavatory power, led to chafing of the wires on structure. The chafing eventually exposed the wire conductors and resulted in electrical arcing,…
- [NTSB DCA09IA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09IA071.md): Boeing 767-224 · Bavaro, Dominican Republic · Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Aug 3, 2009 · N76156 · No damage
  > The flight crew's inadvertent flight through the top of a convective updraft that resulted in an encounter with convective induced turbulence. Contributing to the severity of the incident was the unrestrained status of several passengers, contrary to the…
- [NTSB DCA09CA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09CA051.md): Boeing 767 332 · San Juan, PR · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 20, 2009 · N129DL · No damage
  > Inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence while in cruise.
- [NTSB DCA08MA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA08MA076.md): Boeing 767 · San Francisco, CA · Accident · No injuries · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Jun 28, 2008 · N799AX · Destroyed
  > The design of the supplemental oxygen system hoses and the lack of positive separation between electrical wiring and electrically conductive oxygen system components. The lack of positive separation allowed a short circuit to breach a combustible oxygen hose,…
- [NTSB ENG08IA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG08IA025.md): Boeing MD-11 · Singapore, Singapore · Incident · Incident investigation · Final report · Apr 27, 2008 · N595FE · Minor damage
  > The Center Landing gear (CLG) strut failed due to intergranular (IG) cracking resulted from a contamination of the surface from the chemical used to clean that area prior to painting.
- [NTSB OPS06IA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OPS06IA008.md): Boeing 737-322 · Chicago, IL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 24, 2006 · N315UA · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > The failure of the ORD tower south local controller to monitor Atlas Air flight 6972 on arrival to runway 14R and subsequently clearing United Airlines flight 1015 for takeoff on intersecting runway 27L causing a loss of separation between the two aircraft.
- [NTSB ENG06IA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG06IA018.md): Boeing 767-223(ER) · Los Angeles, CA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jun 2, 2006 · N330AA · Substantial damage
  > The HPT stage 1 disk failed from an intergranular fatigue crack because of GE's inadequate design of the CF6-80 series HPT stage 1 disk. The inadequate design of the disk resulted in a high stress area in the blade slot bottom aft corner that was at or nearly…
- [NTSB DFW06IA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06IA025.md): Boeing 767-300ER · Houston, TX · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Dec 16, 2005 · N319UP · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > The captain's failure to maintain clearance from a parked airplane awaiting for a gate. A contributing factor was that taxi procedures were not issued by ground control to advise the captain that the ramp area where he was taxing was designated as a…
- [NTSB NYC05FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05FA094.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-11F · Louisville, KY · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 7, 2005 · N250UP · Substantial damage
  > The flying pilot's improper aircraft handling after main landing gear touchdown, which resulted in the collapse of the nose landing gear assembly. Conributing to the accident was the pilot-in-command's inadequate supervision during the landing.
- [NTSB DCA04MA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA04MA082.md): Boeing MD-11 · Memphis, TN · Accident · No injuries · Major investigation · Final report · Sep 19, 2004 · N601FE · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's over-rotation during a go-around maneuver initiated because of a bounced landing. The go-around maneuver was initiated at a low speed and high pitch angle, and after reverse thrust was selected, contrary to Boeing and FedEx training guidance.
- [NTSB MIA04IA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04IA056.md): Airbus Industrie A300F4-605R · Fort Lauderdale, FL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 11, 2004 · N682FE · Minor damage
  > The flight crews' inadvertent setting of the parking brake during flight resulting in the airplane being landed with the parking brake set and failure of all 8 main landing gear tires during the landing rollout.
- [NTSB LAX03IA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03IA137.md): Airbus Industrie A300F4-605R · Oakland, CA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Apr 10, 2003 · N676FE · No damage
  > the failure of the 1R evacuation slide to inflate because the transport-locking pin had not been removed from the regulator during the slide's installation on the 1R door. The cause of the cabin/cockpit smoke was contamination of the air conditioning packs.
- [NTSB FTW02LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA198.md): Airbus Industrie A300-600F · El Paso, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 11, 2002 · N681FE · Substantial damage
  > The flight crew's failure to obtain the Vr speed prior to rotation which resulted in insufficient lift and the subsequent tail strike.
- [NTSB DCA02MA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA02MA039.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-11 · Subic Bay, Philippines · Accident · No injuries · Major investigation · Final report · Jun 3, 2002 · N588FE · Substantial damage
  > The momentary operation of the airplane outside of the airplane's aerodynamic design stall buffet boundary that resulted from the captain's initiation of a Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) escape maneuver. Factor's contributing to the accident were the…
- [NTSB DCA02MA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA02MA042.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-11F · Subic Bay, Philippines · Accident · No injuries · Major investigation · Final report · Jun 2, 2002 · N601FE · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the lower outboard nut and bolt assembly of the left inboard flap's outboard hinge that resulted from stress corrosion cracking and fatigue. Factors contributing to the accident were the inadequate materials specification of the bolt, and…
- [NTSB SEA02IA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02IA092.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-11F · Seatac, WA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · May 31, 2002 · N608FE · Minor damage
  > Failure of the copilot's forward (R1) windshield anti-ice controller resulting in a continuous over voltage condition, followed by the subsequent overheating and shattering of the windscreen.
- [NTSB NYC02LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA088.md): Boeing 767-224 · Atlantic Ocean · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 22, 2002 · N68160 · No damage
  > The airplane's inadvertent encounter which clear air turbulence during cruise flight.
- [NTSB DCA02MA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA02MA001.md): Airbus Industrie A300B4-605R · Belle Harbor, NY · Accident · 265 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Nov 12, 2001 · N14053 · Destroyed
  > the in-flight separation of the vertical stabilizer as a result of the loads beyond ultimate design that were created by the first officer's unnecessary and excessive rudder pedal inputs. Contributing to these rudder pedal inputs were characteristics of the…
- [NTSB DCA01MA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA01MA060.md): Boeing 767-200ER · New York City, NY · Accident · 92 fatal · Major investigation · Final report · Sep 11, 2001 · N334AA · Destroyed
  > The Safety Board did not determine the probable cause and does not plan to issue a report or open a public docket. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 are under the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Safety Board provided…
- [NTSB NYC01LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA094.md): Boeing 767-200ER · Boston, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 9, 2001 · N328AA · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > The Boeing 767 captain's misjudgment of the distance between his airplane and the stationary Boeing 737, which resulted in a ground collision. A factor was sunglare.
- [NTSB IAD01IA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01IA019.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-11 · Newark, NJ · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Nov 25, 2000 · N582FE · No damage
  > a short in the left inboard elevator parallel engage solenoid valve for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB MIA01FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01FA029.md): Airbus Industrie A300B4-605R · Miami, FL · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 20, 2000 · N14056 · Minor damage
  > The failure of the flight crew to perform the cabin pressurization manual control abnormal checklist after experiencing a pressurization system malfunction and switching to manual pressurization control, and the failure of the flight crew to perform the…
- [NTSB SEA01LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01LA014.md): Boeing 767-332ER · Portland, OR · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 4, 2000 · N173DZ · No damage
  > An inflight encounter with turbulence that occurred before flight attendants could finish stowing a beverage cart and return to their seats.
- [NTSB MIA00LA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA267.md): Boeing 767-332ER · Atlanta, GA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 20, 2000 · N172DZ · No damage
  > an in-flight encounter with turbulence in clouds during a normal descent, resulting in serious injuries.
- [NTSB SEA00LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA094.md): Boeing 767-200 · Seattle, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 25, 2000 · N767AX · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > The failure of the B-767 flight crew to ensure their aircraft's jet blast was not a hazard to the Cessna. A factor for the Cessna was the B-767 moving on the taxiway. A factor for the B-767 was the Cessna standing in the runup area. A factor for both aircraft…
- [NTSB SEA00IA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00IA057.md): Airbus Industrie A-300-600 · Seattle, WA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 29, 2000 · N667FE · No damage
  > An oil leak from the aircraft's APU that subsequently contaminated the aircraft's environmental system.
- [NTSB NYC00LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA005.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-11F · Newark, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 5, 1999 · N606FE · Substantial damage
  > A divergent, longitudinal oscillation of undetermined origin on the center landing gear, which caused a failure of the center landing gear lower drag brace during landing roll.
- [NTSB NYC99LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA177.md): Airbus Industrie A-300-600ER · Jamaica, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 15, 1999 · N80057 · Substantial damage
  > improper use of the flight controls by the captain trainee, and inadequate supervision by the check airman.
- [NTSB LAX99FA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA218.md): Boeing 747-4F6B · Los Angeles, CA · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 7, 1999 · N751PR · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > Airport management's failure to ensure that its current operating procedure, which required the arriving airplane to power into the terminal gate, was being used. Also causal was (1) the ground service company's utilization of an outdated arrival procedure…
- [NTSB DCA99IA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA99IA058.md): Airbus Industrie 300-600 · Miami, FL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · May 11, 1999 · N7082A · No damage
  > Uncommanded rudder movement caused by a contaminant in the engagement valve solenoid that prevented disengagement of the autopilot yaw actuator and cross-connected wiring of the autopilot yaw actuator's main valve solenoids by the operator. Factors…
- [NTSB FTW98FA380](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA380.md): Boeing 767-34AF · Houston, TX · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 11, 1998 · N316UP · Substantial damage
  > The flight crew's decision to land with convective activity over the airport with a prevailing crosswind to a quartering tailwind, on an ungrooved, flooded runway, which resulted in hydroplaning and a loss of directional control. Factors contributing to the…
- [NTSB CHI98LA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA269.md): Boeing 767-223 · Peotone, IL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 22, 1998 · N335AA · No damage
  > In-flight encounter with turbulence.

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## 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."completionStatus" = 'Completed'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('30025'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=30025&status=final

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