# NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series, TX

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 FTW92LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92LA142.md): Boeing 737-200 · Palacios, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 15, 1992 · N67SW · No damage
  > The flight's unexpected encounter with moderate turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA89MA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA89MA035.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-9-33F · Saginaw, TX · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Mar 18, 1989 · N931F · Destroyed
  > The loss of control of the airplane for undetermined reasons following the inflight opening of the improperly latched cargo door. Contributing to the accident were: inadequate procedures used by evergreen airlines and approved by the FAA for preflight…
- [NTSB FTW89IA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89IA067.md): Boeing 727-232 · Greenville, TX · Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 14, 1989 · N511DA · No damage
  > False fire warning, which resulted from (1) contaminants on hardware at one end of the fire detection loop; and (2) an electrical short on both elements of the loop.
- [NTSB FTW88IA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88IA037.md): Boeing 727-243 · Houston, TX · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Dec 3, 1987 · N571PE · Minor damage
  > Improper drilling of the cross hole in the slat track bearing bolt, which led to its failure from fatigue cracking.
- [NTSB DCA86IA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA86IA017.md): Boeing 727-223 · Harlingen, TX · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Feb 8, 1986 · N871AA · Minor damage
  > While en route, the company dispatcher notified American flt 844 (via acars) that Harlingen (hrl) had unforecast fog & was 300' obscd with 1/2 mi vis. At 2335, as the flt bgn a dscnt fm FL 310, the same ceiling & vis were rprtd. However, as the flt was clrd…
- [NTSB FTW83IA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83IA094.md): Boeing B-737-200 · Lubbock, TX · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jan 20, 1983 · N68SW · No damage
  > During taxi to takeoff the acft slid off the taxiway into the snow and became stuck. The taxiway was covered with snow &ice.

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'TX' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('52048'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=52048&state=TX

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