# NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3A: Fire

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 ANC05IA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05IA020.md): Boeing 747-123 · Anchorage, AK · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Dec 29, 2004 · N858FT · Minor damage
  > The failure of a high-pressure fuel line fitting, which resulted in an engine fire during takeoff/initial climb.
- [NTSB DCA88IA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA88IA044.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-40 · Boston, MA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 30, 1988 · N154US · Minor damage
  > The improper installation of the battery ground connection that resulted in premature loosening of the connection and electrical arc ignition of pooled fuel in the cac bilge. The fuel was not drained overboard due to inoperative cac bilge area drain valves.…
- [NTSB CHI84IA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84IA196.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40 · Minneapolis, MN · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · May 17, 1984 · N150US · Minor damage
  > During climb from FL330 to FL370 the 1st officer saw sparks and smoke coming from the left side panel under his glare shield. Cockpit lights were turned off and smoke stopped. Flt returned to Minneapolis and landed without incident. Inspection of the acft…

## 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."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('52050')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 171))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=52050&occurrence=171

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