# NTSB investigations, 1990: 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 CHI90FA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90FA278.md): Boeing 727-251 · Detroit, MI · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 29, 1990 · N278US · Minor damage
  > The intentional activation of the auxillary power unit by the flight engineer, and the improper evacuation procedures by the pilot in command. An associated factor in the accident was the APU circuit breakers were not pulled by company maintenance personnel.
- [NTSB SEA90LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90LA117.md): Dickey E-RACER · Jackpot, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 1, 1990 · N131RD · Substantial damage
  > An undetermined failure or anomaly of the exhaust system, which resulted in an in-flight fire of the fiberglass structure of the aircraft and failure of the aircraft braking system.
- [NTSB NYC90LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA056.md): Cessna 172 · Danbury, CT · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 16, 1990 · N9093H · Destroyed
  > Improper maintenance, inadequate surveillance by the company/operator, and inadequate preflight by the pilot, which resulted in a fire during an attempted engine start. A factor related to the accident was: the unsecured fuel line.

## 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") = 1990
  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=1990

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