# NTSB investigations: Mcdonnell Douglas MD 83

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 DCA25LA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA312.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD 83 · Miami, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 23, 2025 · N805WA · No damage
  > An encounter with convective turbulence during descent that resulted in a serious injury to a flight attendant.
- [NTSB DCA25WA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25WA176.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD 83 · Havana, Cuba · Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Mar 31, 2025 · N802WA · No damage
- [NTSB DCA24WA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24WA282.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD 83 · Santa Clara, Cuba · Incident · Class 5 · Foreign · Jun 2, 2024 · N802WA · Minor damage
- [NTSB DCA18WA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA247.md): Douglas DC9 · Chichen Itza, Mexico · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Jul 11, 2018 · N802WA · No damage
  > The Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil (DGAC) of Mexico has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Douglas DC9 airplane that occurred on July 11, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Mexico's…
- [NTSB CHI07FA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07FA184.md): Boeing 777-222 · Chicago, IL · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 27, 2007 · N213UA · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > The 777-222's flight crew not maintaining clearance from the parked/standing MD 83 and the airport not coordinating the taxi chart instructions with air traffic control. Contributing to the accident was the MD 83's flight crew not following the taxi chart…
- [NTSB DCA00MA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA00MA023.md): Douglas MD-83 · Port Hueneme, CA · Accident · 88 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Feb 1, 2000 · N963AS · Destroyed
  > A loss of airplane pitch control resulting from the in-flight failure of the horizontal stabilizer trim system jackscrew assembly's acme nut threads. The thread failure was caused by excessive wear resulting from Alaska Airlines' insufficient lubrication of…

## 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."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('3023681'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3023681

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