# NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series: Near collision between aircraft

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 ANC00IA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00IA088.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-82 · Anchorage, AK · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 11, 2000 · N935AS · No damage
  > An inoperative traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS).
- [NTSB LAX94IA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94IA331.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD-82 · Reno, NV · Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Aug 19, 1994 · N954AS · No damage
  > Failure of the area supervisor/departure controller (supvr/ctlr) to stay at his radar position and ensure that required communications were maintained. Factors related to the incident were: failure of the local tower controller instruct the flightcrew of…
- [NTSB CHI92IA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92IA061.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-30 · Chicago, IL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Dec 23, 1991 · N142AA · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > The local controller's not understanding read back of radio communications. Factors include the pilot-in-command of flight 73 not understanding verbal instructions; local controller not visually identifying the aircraft; and inadequate surveillance (FAA) in…
- [NTSB FTW89IA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89IA064.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 · Houston, TX · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 1, 1989 · N820NY · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > Failure of the TRACON final approach controller to assure radar separation between the aircraft. Factors related to the accident were: inadequate supervision by the ATC supervisor, excessive workload for the controller, unclear instructions by the controller,…
- [NTSB LAX88IA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88IA009.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 · Ontario, CA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Oct 9, 1987 · N413AA · No damage
  > Failure of the general aviation aircraft to visually identify the transport aircraft. Factures contributing to the incident were: failure of the general aviaiton aircraft to establish communications with ATC prior to entering the arsa and maintaining a poor…
- [NTSB CHI87IA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87IA135.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 · Chicago, IL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · May 30, 1987 · N224AA · No damage
  > American flt 637 was on departure from Chicago-o'hare intl arpt (ord), climbing thru 7300' MSL, when it passed American flt 393 with aprx 500' vertical sepn & 1/4 mi horizontal sepn. This occurred after an air traffic assistant, who was working the clnc…

## 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" = 280))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=52053&occurrence=280

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