# NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series, NY

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 DCA15FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15FA085.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD 88 · New York, NY · Accident · No injuries · Class 1 · Field · Final report · Mar 5, 2015 · N909DL · Substantial damage
  > the captain's inability to maintain directional control of the airplane due to his application of excessive reverse thrust, which degraded the effectiveness of the rudder in controlling the airplane's heading. Contributing to the accident were the captain's…
- [NTSB NYC03FA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03FA186.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 · Jamaica, NY · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 2, 2003 · N454AA · Substantial damage
  > A fractured nose gear spray deflector due to contact with a tow bar during pushback, which subsequently jammed and prevented nose gear extension during landing. A factor in this accident was the tow operator's failure to detect the damaged spray deflector.
- [NTSB NYC97LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA095.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-88 · Flushing, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 13, 1997 · N984DL · Minor damage
  > The vehicle's driver failure to maintain adequate clearance from and resulted in a collision with a parked aircraft.
- [NTSB NYC97MA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97MA005.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-88 · Flushing, NY · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Oct 19, 1996 · N914DL · Substantial damage
  > The Safety Board's full report is available at www.ntsb.gov/publictn/publictn.htm. NTSB Report AAR-97/03. the inability of the captain, because of his use of monovision contact lenses, to overcome his misperception of the airplane's position relative to the…
- [NTSB NYC96IA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96IA169.md): Boeing 727-232 · Howard Beach, NY · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Aug 16, 1996 · N24343 · Minor damage
  > fatigue failure of the fore flap attachment fitting, due to grinding marks on the fitting.
- [NTSB NYC87MA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87MA236.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63 · Newburgh, NY · Accident · No injuries · Major investigation · Final report · Aug 20, 1987 · N951R · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The wx was deteriorating as airborne express flt 124 & rosenbalm flt 074 were on successive arrivals for an ILS rwy 9 apch. Flt 124 was clrd for the apch & lndd. After lndg, the LCL ctlr (l/c) instructed flt 124 to back taxi on the rwy & rprt when clr of the…
- [NTSB NYC77FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FA011.md): Douglas DC-9 · Buffalo, NY · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Nov 12, 1976 · N979VJ · Substantial damage

## 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" = 'NY' 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=NY

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