# NTSB investigations, IA: Fire

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 CHI05CA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA209.md): National Ballooning 751-12 · Indianola, IA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 2, 2005 · N3219T · Substantial damage
  > The in-flight fire due to the loose fuel line connection as a result of the pilot's inadequate preflight. A factor was the power lines.
- [NTSB CHI00LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA278.md): Piper PA-28-236 · Des Moines, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 31, 2000 · N451X · Substantial damage
  > A hydraulic fluid leak which resulted in a landing gear brake fire.
- [NTSB MKC89LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA066.md): Cessna 182RG · Ft. Madison, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 25, 1989 · N4314R · Substantial damage
  > An electrical wiring short that caused an in flight fire.
- [NTSB CHI88IA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88IA045.md): Aerospatiale ATR-42 · Waterloo, IA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jan 19, 1988 · N421MQ · Minor damage
- [NTSB MKC87LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA183.md): Cessna 401 · Ames, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 30, 1987 · N2UE · Substantial damage
  > The unsked pax flt was climbing to cruise altitude having just deptd Ames, IA, when the PIC noticed a fire in the left eng. The PIC aborted the climb and returned to Ames. The left eng was secured before lndg which was uneventful. A post-fire insp of the eng…
- [NTSB MKC87LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA154.md): Piper PA-32RT · Oelwein, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 3, 1987 · N36646 · Substantial damage
  > During a personal night x-c flt, the plt noticed a glowing condition in the engine compartment and also a loss of manifold pressure. The plt shut the fuel off, pulled the mixture to cutoff, and declared an emergency. The acft made an emergency landing in a…
- [NTSB MKC86FA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86FA151.md): Whittman WD (Bigx) · Sheldahl, IA · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 19, 1986 · N31637 · Destroyed
  > Witnesses state that they saw two airplanes, one silver and one red, climbing northbound to cruise altitude in loose formation when the red aircraft's engine backfired and the antique fabric-covered aircraft started burning. Flames five to eight feet in…

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'IA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  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" = 171)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=171&state=IA

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