# NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A, 1988

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 LAX88DVA14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88DVA14.md): Ayres S2R-T34 · Five Points, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Sep 2, 1988 · N4009M · Substantial damage
  > Plt was engaged in aerial application and had been overflying power lines. On last pass, plt elected to fly beneath power lines, struck bracing wire between poles with vertical fin, disabling elevator. The acft crashed nose down in a field in an uncontrolled…
- [NTSB LAX88DVA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88DVA10.md): Ayres S2R-T34 · Huron, CA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 14, 1988 · N40071 · Substantial damage
  > During an aerial application flight at night, the airplane's vertical stabilizer collided with a transmission wire. Subsequently, the vertical stabilizer & rudder were dislocated & directional control was lost. Realizing he had lost directional control, the…
- [NTSB BFO88FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO88FA067.md): de Havilland DHC-6-200 · Chantilly, VA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 20, 1988 · N7267 · Destroyed
  > The pilot inadvertently misused the flaps, by failing to set the flaps to the proper setting. The flaps were set full down. This caused the aircraft to pitch up steeply after liftoff. Additionally, the flight control lock was probably installed during some…
- [NTSB CHI88LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA166.md): Gulfstream Aerospace G-21-G · Elyria, OH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 13, 1988 · N77AQ · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW88IA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88IA090.md): Embraer EMB-110P1 · Wichita Falls, TX · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Apr 13, 1988 · N905FB · Minor damage
  > The right engine upper cowling separated during initial climb, went rearward, and shattered a window at the right rearmost passenger seat which was not occupied. The pilot secured the engine and made an uneventful landing. The cowling separated due to…
- [NTSB CHI88IA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88IA074.md): Swearingen SA226T · Chicago, IL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 7, 1988 · N600TA · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > The TRACON supervisor failed to comply with the established visual minima criteria and his incorrect issuance of a visual approach to an arriving aircraft.

## 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") = 1988
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('52043', '51999'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=52043&year=1988

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