# NTSB investigations, IL: 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 CHI06CA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA025.md): Piper PA22-150 · Canton, IL · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Nov 2, 2005 · N9664D · Destroyed
  > The fire for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB CHI05LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA173.md): Robinson R22 Beta · Crete, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 1, 2005 · N997SA · Substantial damage
  > The separation of the drive belt, during cruise, leading to the puncturing of the oil cooler and subsequent fire. An additional cause was the pilot's restricted lookout during the emergency landing resulting in the hard landing.
- [NTSB CHI04LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA050.md): Cessna 182A · West Chicago, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 30, 2003 · N5894B · Substantial damage
  > The inadequate starting and flooded engine procedure used by certified flight instructor while providing instruction to the dual student.
- [NTSB CHI02LA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA213.md): Weatherly 201C · Malta, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 24, 2002 · N1296W · Substantial damage
  > The inflight fire and loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons. Factors associated with the accident were the lack of suitable terrain on which to land and the corn crop which was contacted during the landing.
- [NTSB CHI01LA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA284.md): Cameron Balloons Shuttle 90 · Centralia, IL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 18, 2001 · N8094S · Destroyed
  > The balloon envelope fire. A contributing factor was the flammability of the envelope.
- [NTSB CHI99LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA139.md): Cessna 182C · Loraine, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 2, 1999 · N8563T · Destroyed
  > A fuel system related fire in the engine compartment.
- [NTSB CHI98LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA127.md): Boeing 727-227 · Chicago, IL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 20, 1998 · N722AA · Minor damage
  > the passenger initiated evacuation of the airplane. A factor was the auxiliary power unit fire.
- [NTSB CHI95IA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95IA028.md): Boeing 747-251B · Chicag0, IL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Nov 2, 1994 · N631US · Minor damage
  > inattentive maintenance service of the airplane by the mechanic who failed to disengage the constant speed drive (CSD) after the engine runup had been completed. A factor in this incident was the lead mechanic not performing maintenance record keeping after…
- [NTSB CHI94IA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94IA134.md): British Aerospace BAE-146-200 · Chicago, IL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Apr 17, 1994 · N609AW · No damage
  > a loose fuel nozzle.
- [NTSB CHI93IA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93IA124.md): Aerospatiale ATR-42-300 · Moline, IL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 31, 1993 · N426TE · No damage
  > The passenger's failure to extinguish a cigarette before placing it into the lavatory waste bin. Factors related to the incident were: an inoperative smoke detector in the lavatory, the manufacturer's inadequate maintenance program, and inadequate review of…
- [NTSB CHI90FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90FA029.md): Piper PA-28-235 · Monroe Center, IL · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 22, 1989 · N9465W · Destroyed
  > In-flight fire initiated by an inadequately installed wiring harness and propagated by an existing fuel leak which was not repaired.
- [NTSB CHI82FA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA312.md): Taylorcraft BL-65 · Rock Falls, IL · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 18, 1982 · N29660 · Destroyed
  > Aircraft caught fire while performing aerobatics and crashed out of control. Gas tank cap had come off and during inverted flight fuel spilled out and ignited.
- [NTSB CHI82FEE12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FEE12.md): Cessna 172RG · Wheeling, IL · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jan 24, 1982 · N6492V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that after the aircraft was started and warmed up approximately five to ten minutes the engine was shut down to investigate frozen brake pads. After the brake pads were freed the engine was restarted and during cranking the pilot noticed…

## 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" = 'IL' 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=IL

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