# NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series, MO

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 CHI08IA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08IA182.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD-81 · St. Louis, MO · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 7, 2008 · N804ME · Minor damage
  > The inadvertent partial inflation of the evacuation slide within the tailcone during takeoff and subsequent binding of the elevator control cables. The partial inflation resulted from the tailcone evacuation slide cover failing to be secured to the floor…
- [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 CHI04LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA127.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) · Near St. Louis, MO · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 26, 2004 · N573AA · No damage
  > The unexpected encounter with convective turbulence which resulted in a flight attendant being injured.
- [NTSB CHI01IA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01IA211.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-83 · Whiteman AFB, MO · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 12, 2001 · N9413T · Minor damage
  > The separation of a fan blade due to fatigue failure which led to case separation and loss of engine power in the left engine.
- [NTSB CHI98IA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98IA275.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-83 · Saint Louis, MO · Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 25, 1998 · N9620D · Minor damage
  > the failure of the flight crew to maintain clearance from the sweeper truck. A factor in the incident was the sweeper truck.
- [NTSB CHI95MA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95MA044.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 · Bridgeton, MO · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Nov 23, 1994 · N954U · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The Cessna 441 pilot's mistaken belief that his assigned departure runway was runway 30R, which resulted in his undetected entrance onto runway 30R, which was being used by the MD-82 for its departure. Contributing to the accident was the lack of Automatic…
- [NTSB CHI93IA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93IA352.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 · St. Louis, MO · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Sep 2, 1993 · N918TW · No damage
  > a fatigue failure of the power transfer unit caused by a material defect which resulted in a total hydraulic system failure.
- [NTSB MKC84IA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84IA018.md): Boeing 727-15C · St. Louis, MO · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Nov 10, 1983 · N436EX · No damage
  > The pilot reported that after engine start the acft was directed by the tower to taxi for takeoff. The marshaller motioned him forward and he advanced the power to 65 percent to break away and then reduced it to idle. At no time was the pilot advised that an…
- [NTSB MKC84IA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84IA017.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC9-80 · St. Louis, MO · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Nov 8, 1983 · N903TW · Minor damage
  > During landing rollout the aft fiberglass tailcone fell off the acft for undetermined reasons.

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'MO' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND 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'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

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

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