# NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series, 2008

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 DCA09FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09FA022.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83 · Los Angeles Intl Airport, CA · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 26, 2008 · N9617R · Substantial damage
  > The first officer's unannounced advancement of the left engine throttle, which led to a sustained application of high thrust that caused the airplane to impact the tug.
- [NTSB DCA09IA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09IA018.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD88 · Greer, SC · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Dec 11, 2008 · N924DL · Minor damage
  > The overheating and arcing of the DC Ground Service Relay and Block Diodes component for undetermined reasons.
- [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 DFW08IA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08IA073.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-88 · Austin, TX · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Feb 18, 2008 · N935DL · Minor damage
  > The airplane struck a large bird while making a visual approach to the airport.

## 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") = 2008
  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=2008

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