# NTSB investigations: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82), 2003

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 DCA03IA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA03IA058.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-80 · Dfw, TX · Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Sep 25, 2003 · N462AA · No damage
  > The improper maintenance of the tailcone evacuation system, which prevented the evacuation slide from inflating during an evacuation due to smoke/fumes in the cabin.
- [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 MIA03LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA155.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-82 · Charlotte, NC · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 4, 2003 · N7527A · No damage
  > The pilot-in-command's failure to sufficiently deviate to avoid known weather, and his failure to activate the seatbelt sign to ensure flight attendants and passengers were seated, which resulted in a passenger receiving serious injuries when the flight…
- [NTSB LAX03LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA193.md): Boeing MD-82 · Fort Worth, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 12, 2003 · N451AA · No damage
  > The encounter with severe turbulence during descent, prior to the cabin crew taking their seats, which resulted in serious injury to two flight attendants.
- [NTSB FTW03LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA132.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) · DFW Airport, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 16, 2003 · N452AA · No damage
  > An inadvertent trauma to the passenger's ankle during an emergency evacuation.
- [NTSB SEA03IA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03IA046.md): Boeing DC-9-82 · Seattle, WA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 15, 2003 · N298AA · No damage
  > The flight crew's misidentification of the parallel taxiway as the active runway, resulting in the flight crew executing a landing on the taxiway. Factors include sunglare from the wet paved surfaces, and a visual illusion created by the airport surface…

## 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") = 2003
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('3022082'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3022082&year=2003

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