# NTSB investigations, 1982: Fire/explosion

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 LAX83FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA002.md): Swearingen SA-226TC · Palm Springs, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 16, 1982 · N63SA · Substantial damage
  > While at the gate with the passengers seated & the engines running, the copilot attempted to turn up his panel lights with the rheostat located on the FAR right forward portion of the side electrical panel. At that instant smoke began to erupt at his right…
- [NTSB MIA82DA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA154.md): Bellanca 17-31 · Lake Wales, FL · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jul 14, 1982 · N7373V · Destroyed
  > The aircraft was on a maintenance flight to check a recently installed engine oil temperature gauge. After determining that the gauge was operating satisfactorily, the pilot began a descent toward the airport. While descending through 3000 ft, the pilot…
- [NTSB CHI82FA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA168.md): Piper PA-22 · Joilet, IL · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · May 16, 1982 · N3723Z · Destroyed
  > When the aircraft was about 1 1/2 miles from the destination, a fire started on the left side of the floorboard against the firewall. The pilot turned off the electrical system, and before landing, shut off the fuel selector. After landing, the occupants…
- [NTSB CHI82DA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA056.md): Cessna 340A · Near Lansing, MI · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jan 19, 1982 · N4140G · Substantial damage
  > During flight over lake Michigan at 13,000 feet, the pilot noticed that the throttle, mixture and propeller controls to one of the engines began binding. The controls to the other engine remained normal. He descended to 9000 feet and continued at reduced…

## 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") = 1982
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT o.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 170)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=170&year=1982

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