# NTSB investigations, 1983: Other gear collapsed

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 FTW84IA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84IA094.md): Sikorsky S76A · Cameron, LA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Nov 9, 1983 · N5444X · Minor damage
  > The helicopter was on initial climb when the #1 engine failed explosivly. A post explosion fire ensued and both fire bottles were utilized to no avail. During landing the gear collapsed and the acft settled on its belly. The cause of the engine failure is…
- [NTSB LAX83LA403](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA403.md): Bell 206-B3 · Avenal, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 22, 1983 · N3982M · Substantial damage
  > The plt was demonstrating autorotative landings in a helicopter equipped with high skid landing gear. During his 4th autorotation, he made a straight-in apch & touched down on level, smooth terrain. As the helicopter was stopping, the high skid rotated…
- [NTSB CHI83IA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83IA162.md): Douglas DC-8-71 · Minneapolis, MN · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Apr 11, 1983 · N8085U · Minor damage
  > While in curise flight a tire on theleft main landing gear blew out. On landing roll a fire erupted in the area of the left main landing gear, which was extinguished by airport crash rescue personal.
- [NTSB DEN83IA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83IA083.md): Boeing 737-200 · Denver, CO · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 21, 1983 · N7358F · Minor damage
  > During takeoff the inboard left main landing gear tire & wheel departed the acft. The flight returned and landed withoutfurther incident. Examination of the wheel rim revealed multiple fatigue cracks in the rim.

## 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") = 1983
  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" = 195)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=195&year=1983

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