# Fatal NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1

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 MIA91LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91LA005.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31 · Cape Canaveral, FL · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 4, 1990 · N8923E · No damage
  > Failure of the captain to follow procedures, his improper in-flight planning/decision by allowing the aircraft to continue into the overhang (anvil) of a thunderstorm, failure of the passengers to abide by procedures/instructions concerning use of seat belts,…
- [NTSB DCA84AA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA84AA012.md): Douglas DC-9-31 · Sioux Falls, SD · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Dec 20, 1983 · N994Z · Substantial damage
  > During landing the crew acquired visual reference with the ground & apch lights about 200 ft AGL, followed by visual sighting of the rwy. Since the ATIS reported blowing snow, the crew expected to see, & was not surprised to see, snow blowing across the rwy…
- [NTSB NYC70IN101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC70IN101.md): Douglas DC-9 · Boston, MA · Incident · 1 fatal · Closed · Mar 17, 1970 · N8925E · No damage
- [NTSB DCA68A0004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA68A0004.md): Douglas DC-9 · St Louis, MO · Accident · 2 fatal · Closed · Mar 27, 1968 · N970Z · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage

## 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."highestInjuryLevel" = 'Fatal'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('52044'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=52044&fatal=1

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