# NTSB investigations, MI: 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 CHI07CA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA189.md): Cameron Balloons Z-77 · Battle Creek, MI · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 3, 2007 · N4021M · Substantial damage
  > The whisper burner's fuel valve opening for undetermined reasons, which resulted in a fire after landing. A factor in the accident was the balloon envelope's parachute top not reseating.
- [NTSB CHI96IA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96IA191.md): Beech 1900 · Lansing, MI · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jun 6, 1996 · N81538 · Minor damage
  > the short in the windshield anti-ice low power braided copper lead wire caused a fire that had resulted from the manufacturer's inadequate design.
- [NTSB CHI94LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA198.md): Beech 18 · Belleville, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 13, 1994 · N231LJ · Substantial damage
  > the failure of the fuel line on the unique STC'd engine installation. A related factor is the improper installation of a fuel line by company maintenance personnel.
- [NTSB CHI94LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA068.md): Piper PA-32RT-300T · Newberry, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 22, 1994 · N39505 · Destroyed
  > an engine fire which started as the result of an oil leak around the engine oil filter.
- [NTSB CHI90IA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90IA064.md): Boeing 747-151 · Detroit, MI · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jan 10, 1990 · N602US · Minor damage
  > A fire in the aft cargo compartment for undetermined reasons(s).
- [NTSB CHI90LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA048.md): Cessna 310Q · Grand Rapids, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 20, 1989 · N117CC · Substantial damage
  > The undetermined engine compartment fire during the initial climbout. A factor was the failure of the pilot to shut off the fuel supply to the engine.

## 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" = 'MI' 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=MI

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