# NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series, 1987

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 DEN88IA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88IA043.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD-80 · Denver, CO · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Dec 27, 1987 · N72830 · Minor damage
  > During landing roll the acft struck a taxiway marker. Visibility was reported by RVR to be 2200. Actual visibility was near zero due to blowing snow. Plt stated he did not lose cntrl but finite cntrl not possible due to lack of visibility and cross winds of…
- [NTSB DCA88MA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA88MA004.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-14 · Denver, CO · Accident · 28 fatal · Major investigation · Final report · Nov 15, 1987 · N626TX · Destroyed
  > The Safety Board's full report on this investigation is provided as Aviation Accident Report number AAR-88/09. To obtain a copy of this report, or to view the executive summary online, please see the Web site at http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/publictn.htm…
- [NTSB ATL88LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA034.md): Boeing 737-232 · Raleigh, NC · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 11, 1987 · N315DL · No damage
  > The acft encountered moderate to severe turbulence during the nighttime flt, when it passed through clouds momentarily at FL225. A flt attendant sustained a broken ankle. The captain rptd that radar gave no indication of any wx ahead prior to the encounter.…
- [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 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 ATL87IA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87IA201.md): Boeing 737-232 · Frankfort, KY · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 7, 1987 · N324DL · No damage
  > Thunderstorms and lightning in the vicinity of the arpt prevented adding fuel to the acft and resulted in a delayed departure. The lou VOR was out of service, and the flt was radar vectored until it was cleared direct to lex and for the apch. At the time of…
- [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…
- [NTSB CHI87IA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87IA100.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 · Minneapolis, MN · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 23, 1987 · N409AA · Minor damage
  > The aircraft landed uneventfully after the right engine failed during a descent. The shutdown occurred after failed antirotation pins allowed gas loads to drive normally stationary third stage vane clusters in the low pressure turbine area. Rotation of the…
- [NTSB MIA87IA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87IA068.md): Boeing 727-223 · Tampa, FL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jan 6, 1987 · N6819 · Minor damage
  > The regularly scheduled air carrier flight was climbing to altitude when the engine oil pressure and quantity dropped to zero on the #3 engine; it was shut down. Shortly thereafter, the #1 engine oil pressure dropped to zero. It was reduced to idle and the…

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1987
  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&year=1987

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