# Major NTSB investigations, RI

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 NYC92FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92FA053.md): Beech 1900C · Block Island, RI · Accident · 3 fatal · Class 1 · Field · Final report · Dec 29, 1991 · N811BE · Destroyed
  > The instructor pilot's loss of altitude awareness and possible spatial disorientation, which resulted in the loss of control of the airplane at an altitude too low for recovery; and company management's lack of involvement in and oversight of its Beechcraft…
- [NTSB DCA90MA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA90MA010.md): Britten-Norman BN-2 · Block Island, RI · Accident · 8 fatal · Major investigation · Final report · Nov 28, 1989 · N127JL · Destroyed
  > The aircraft crashed for an undetermined reason, during an overwater flight on a dark (moonless) night under a cloud layer. A SIGMET was in effect warning of moderate to occasionally severe turbulence below 6000 feet and the potential of low level wind shear.
- [NTSB DCA82AA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA82AA016.md): de Havilland DHC-6 · Providence, RI · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Feb 21, 1982 · N127PM · Destroyed
  > Aprx 15 min aft tkof, lgt icg was noted on the windshield. The aircrew activated the windshield washer/deice sys which used isopropyl alcohol. However, only a little deicing fluid was noted on either side. The sys was activated again. Aft hldg the sw svrl…

## 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" = 'RI' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND (c.board_report_url IS NOT NULL OR c."investigationClass" = 'Class 1' OR c."caseType" = 'Major - Launch')
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?major=1&state=RI

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