# NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series, 1997

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 CHI98LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA053.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 · Syracuse, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 21, 1997 · N564PC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight to ensure that the cargo pallets were properly secured. Also causal was the the improper securing of the pallets.
- [NTSB CHI97IA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97IA212.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 · Memphis, TN · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 12, 1997 · N9348 · No damage
  > the spoiler cable was misrouted by unknown maintenance personnel.
- [NTSB FTW97LA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA215.md): Boeing 737-291A · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 11, 1997 · N980UA · No damage
  > the sudden encounter with clear air turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA97IA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA97IA030.md): Boeing 727F · Atlanta, GA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 3, 1997 · N465FE · Minor damage
  > A jammed elevator resulting from a backed-off elevator trim tab nut.
- [NTSB CHI97LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA060.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 · Cape Girardeau, MO · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 28, 1997 · N414EA · No damage
  > clear air turbulence encountered by the flight.

## 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") = 1997
  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=1997

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