# NTSB investigations, 1986: 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 SEA87MA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87MA018.md): Cessna 401 · Henderson, NV · Accident · 2 fatal · Major investigation · Final report · Nov 6, 1986 · N3219Q · Destroyed
  > Approximately 5 1/2 minutes after departure and while the aircraft was climbing enroute, an unknown ignition source triggered an explosion of fuel/air vapor which existed within the interior of the left wing. Wing skin from the upper/lower wing surface was…
- [NTSB NYC86FA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA183.md): Bell B-222A · Staten Island, NY · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 17, 1986 · N404WW · Substantial damage
  > The helicopter, on a FAR 135 flight was in cruise flt at 900 ft. the plt was checking for called VFR traffic and the co-pilot was occuppied with the RNAV when a loud bang was heard and a sudden yaw was felt. Both crew members stated they reacted as instructed…
- [NTSB NYC86FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA092.md): Aerospatiale AS350D · Philadelphia, PA · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 23, 1986 · N512WW · Destroyed
  > A Aerospatiale helicopter an a-star under FAR 135 with pilot and 4 passengers onclimb out reaching an altitude of approx 100 to 150' AGL when pilot and passengers heard a loud bang acft lost power. Pilot attempted an auto rotation, due to low airspeed and…

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1986
  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&year=1986

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