# NTSB investigations, CA: 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 LAX92LA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA276.md): Cessna 421B · Hayward, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 3, 1992 · N11BU · Substantial damage
  > The explosion of fuel vapors in the right wing due to the pilot's overpriming of the right engine during a start attempt and an uncorrected preexisting fuel system leak. A factor in the accident was inadequate maintenance performed on the aircraft.
- [NTSB DCA84IA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA84IA026.md): Boeing 747 · Los Angeles, CA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · May 12, 1984 · FBPVS · Minor damage
  > During rotation the #2 eng sustained an explosive rupture of its compressor rear frame(crf). The crew observed a rapid drop in the #2 eng performance parameters & the illumination of the #2 eng thrust reversers 'unlock and in transit' lites. The crew…
- [NTSB LAX83FUG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FUG04.md): Cessna 402B · Upland, CA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Oct 24, 1982 · N7856Q · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that after he landed and turned off the runway to taxi, he heard a loud report (explosion) from the right wing. He evacuated the aircraft and found the skin separated from the top and bottom leading edge of the right wing. Soot was found…

## 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" = 'CA' 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" = 172)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=172&state=CA

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