# NTSB investigations, IN: 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 CHI06CA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA155.md): McFarland Rotorway Exec · Mooresville, IN · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 17, 2006 · N9164X · Destroyed
  > An in-flight fire for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB CHI05CA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA210.md): Barr Barr Six · Knox, IN · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 1, 2005 · N83W · Destroyed
  > The undetermined cause of the fire during the taxi.
- [NTSB CHI04LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA078.md): Cessna R182 · Elberfeld, IN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 25, 2004 · N5450T · Destroyed
  > The in-flight and on-ground fires in the cabin and engine compartment for undetermined reasons during the flight's cruise and emergency landing.
- [NTSB CHI02LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA069.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-9-41 · Indianapolis, IN · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 24, 2002 · N754NW · No damage
  > The passenger fell off the side of the slide during the emergency evacuation. Factors were the emergency evacuation and the erratic ignition exciter.
- [NTSB CHI97LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA255.md): Taylorcraft L2A · Shelbyville, IN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 11, 1997 · N51372 · Destroyed
  > the inadequate preflight by the pilot and the loose fuel line fitting.
- [NTSB CHI96LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA014.md): Piper PA-31 · Anderson, IN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 19, 1995 · N693MA · Substantial damage
  > inadequate maintenance in that an engine oil line was not properly tightened after routine maintenance. A factor was the disconnected oil line.
- [NTSB CHI95LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA234.md): Piper PA-23-250 · Michigan City, IN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 23, 1995 · N6092Y · Substantial damage
  > reason for the occurrence was undetermined.
- [NTSB CHI94IA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94IA066.md): British Aerospace ATP · South Bend, IN · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jan 19, 1994 · N857AW · No damage
  > an internal failure of the auxiliary power unit.
- [NTSB CHI89FA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89FA122.md): Piper PA-60-700P · Griffith, IN · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 23, 1989 · N6907C · Substantial damage
  > Failure of the turbocharger exhaust tailpipe assembly retaining clamp.
- [NTSB CHI87LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA204.md): Piper PA-28-235 · Indianapolis, IN · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 6, 1987 · N9287W · Substantial damage
  > The acft was on the third tkof of the day when the eng stopped on initial climb at the pilots estimated alt of 500 ft. he did a 180 turn back to the arpt but touched down short and ran through the perimeter fence. Examination of the acft revealed that the…
- [NTSB CHI86FEX04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FEX04.md): Beech E18S · Fort Wayne, IN · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Nov 24, 1985 · N46L · Substantial damage
  > The acft experienced a right eng fire during eng start. The plt reported the right eng would not start during the first attempt. During the second attempt at starting the eng, it started. While running the eng on the primer, the plt heard a loud bang and saw…

## 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" = 'IN' 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=IN

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