# NTSB investigations: Thunder Balloons AX8-90

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 DEN88LA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA200.md): Thunder and Colt AX8-90 · Las Cruces, NM · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 4, 1988 · N90EH · Substantial damage
  > The commercial balloon plt was participating in a balloon rally. During landing, the plt noticed the balloon was drifting toward power lines. He elected to open the deflation valve at 30 ft AGL, to attempt to land short of the lines. The balloon touched down…

## 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 ('8970111'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8970111

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