# NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series, NJ

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 DCA16CA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16CA070.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD 88 · Newark, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 24, 2016 · N908DE · Substantial damage
  > the ground crew's misjudgment of the distance between the B767 wingtip and the MD-88 tail. Contributing to the accident was the slushy condition of the ramp which limited the maneuvering space available.
- [NTSB IAD97IA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97IA048.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-82 · Newark, NJ · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Feb 17, 1997 · N34838 · Minor damage
  > fatigue fracture of the upper lock link, which led to the collapse of the nose gear during landing.
- [NTSB NYC92FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92FA009.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD-80 · Newark, NJ · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 17, 1991 · N498AA · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > Failure of the crew of the B-737, N7385F, to maintain adequate visual lookout while taxiing, and failure by air traffic controllers to provide traffic information and/or issue warnings to either flightcrew. A factor was the after-landing task saturation of…

## 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" = 'NJ' 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=NJ

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