# NTSB investigations: Embraer EMB-120RT: Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction

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 MIA96FA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96FA162.md): Embraer 120 · Orlando, FL · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 23, 1996 · N168CA · Substantial damage
  > the aircraft manufacture's inadequate written procedures in the airplane flight manual/quick reference handbook, which resulted in a failure of the landing gear to extend and a wheels up emergency landing, due to hydraulic blockage in the landing gear…
- [NTSB DEN92IA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN92IA074.md): Embraer EMB-120 RT · Denver, CO · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 21, 1992 · N221YV · No damage
  > Open air ground circuit breakers that allowed the propellers to overspeed. A factor was: clear air turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA91MA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA91MA052.md): Embraer 120 · Eagle Lake, TX · Accident · 14 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Sep 11, 1991 · N33701 · Destroyed
  > The failure of Continental express maintenance and inspection personnel to adhere to proper maintenance and quality assurance procedures for the airplane's horizontal stabilizer deice boots that led to the sudden in-flight loss of the partially secured left…
- [NTSB DCA91MA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA91MA033.md): Embraer EMB-120RT · Brunswick, GA · Accident · 23 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Apr 5, 1991 · N270AS · Destroyed
  > The loss of control in flight as a result of a malfunction of the left engine propeller control unit which allowed the propeller blade angles to go below the flight idle position. Contributing to the accident was the deficient design of the propeller control…
- [NTSB FTW90IA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90IA169.md): Embraer EMB-120 · College Station, TX · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Aug 25, 1990 · N33701 · No damage
  > Propeller and engine (powerplant) overspeed.

## 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 ('3260202')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 130))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3260202&occurrence=130

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