# NTSB investigations, 1983: 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 NYC83FFJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FFJ03.md): Sopwith Triplane · Allegany, NY · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Jul 22, 1983 · N5004 · Destroyed
  > The owner/plt of the home built, Sopwith triplane took off on a local flt. This was the 1st flt since some maintenance rework & a new propeller installation. After the acft was airborne for aprx 20 min, it was observed flying at about 500 ft AGL. Reportedly,…
- [NTSB MIA83IA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83IA165.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51 · Tampa, FL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jun 26, 1983 · N405EA · Minor damage
  > Smoke was observed coming from under the right rear lavatory door during the taxi from landing. The fire was not contained within the waste receptacle. Source of the fire could not be determined.
- [NTSB DEN83FA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83FA122.md): Bell 206B · Billings, MT · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · May 27, 1983 · N16937 · Substantial damage
  > The helicopter made a hard autorotative landing after takeoff from an off arpt landing stie. The plt was on a personal flt with family and friends when a engine fire/explosion forced him to land. The fire was extinguished by the plt after landing. Post…

## 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") = 1983
  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=1983

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