# NTSB investigations: North American SNJ-5, 1997

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 FTW98LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA004.md): North American Harvard MK IV · Midland, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 4, 1997 · N13595 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > the failure of the pilots of both airplanes to maintain clearance from each other. A factor was their failure to follow procedures/directives.
- [NTSB ATL97FA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97FA134.md): North American T-6-SNJ5 · Camden, SC · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 6, 1997 · N1047C · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to take remedial action after a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, leading to a spin. Factors were the pilot's use of unapproved medication, and the FAA's inadequate certification and standards for airman.

## 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") = 1997
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('6400418', '6400429'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=6400418&year=1997

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