# NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series, 1986

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 LAX87IA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87IA027.md): Boeing 727-222 · Los Angeles, CA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Oct 29, 1986 · N7255U · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > Drg arr, united flt 282 (Boeing 727, N7255U) was vectored by Los Angeles (lax) TRACON for an ILS rwy 25L apch. While in a dscndg turn at 2100' MSL to intercept the ILS LOC at 2000', the capt saw a helicopter (hel) ahead & pulled up. He estdhis acft passed w/i…
- [NTSB ANC87IA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87IA003.md): Boeing 727-22C · Anchorage, AK · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Oct 15, 1986 · N753AS · Minor damage
  > After departure, the flight crew retracted the landing gear and noticed a nose gear disagreement light. Upon arriving at Anchorage, the flight crew could not lower the nose gear through normal or manual means. The airplane landed with main gear extended and…
- [NTSB CHI86MA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86MA142.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31 · Chicago, IL · Incident · No injuries · Major investigation · Final report · May 17, 1986 · N973VJ · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > U.S. Air flight 373 passed over American airlines flight 695 at the intersection of runways 32R and 4L while both aircraft were taking off. Both aircraft had been cleared for takeoff by the local controller at o'hare tower. The aircraft came within twenty…
- [NTSB ATL86LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA090.md): Boeing 727-223 · Memphis, TN · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 12, 1986 · N877AA · No damage
  > American airlines flight 502 experienced a fire warning light illumination on no. 1 engine as the aircraft was climbing through 6000 feet. The pilot declared an emergency and returned to Memphis. Following the landing the pilot ordered a passenger emergency…
- [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…

## 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") = 1986
  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&year=1986

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