# NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series: 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 DCA07MA310](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA07MA310.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) · St. Louis, MO · Accident · No injuries · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Sep 28, 2007 · N454AA · Substantial damage
  > American Airlines’ maintenance personnel’s use of an inappropriate manual engine start procedure, which led to the uncommanded opening of the left engine air turbine starter valve, and a subsequent left engine fire, which was prolonged by the flight crew’s…
- [NTSB CHI02LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA069.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-9-41 · Indianapolis, IN · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 24, 2002 · N754NW · No damage
  > The passenger fell off the side of the slide during the emergency evacuation. Factors were the emergency evacuation and the erratic ignition exciter.
- [NTSB IAD01IA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01IA017.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 · Dulles, VA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Nov 29, 2000 · N3507A · Minor damage
  > the operator's inadequate maintenance procedure to disconnect the Omega navigational system, which resulted in coaxial cables being cut and not properly protected. A factor in the incident was the lightning strike.
- [NTSB NYC99IA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99IA231.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-88 · Covington, KY · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Sep 18, 1999 · N947DL · Minor damage
  > Deteriorated wire insulation and shorting at a short radius bend to the electrical wiring in the right side alternate static port heater, which resulted in electrical arcing and a fire sustained by overlaying thermal acoustic insulation.
- [NTSB FTW99LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA054.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-88 · Dfw Airport, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 27, 1998 · N907DE · No damage
  > A passenger sustained a hairline fracture during an emergency evacuation of the airplane.
- [NTSB ATL93IA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93IA113.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 · Savannah, GA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jun 18, 1993 · N467AA · Minor damage
  > Leakage of the number 7 fuel nozzle, which resulted in an in flight engine fire.

## 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 ('52053', '52377')
    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=52053&occurrence=171

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