# NTSB investigations, MO: Midair collision

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 CHI02IA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02IA085.md): Beech BE-55 · Springfield, MO · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 4, 2002 · N66X · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > The inadequate visual lookout by the flightcrew of the other airplane.
- [NTSB CHI99LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA191.md): Beech B19 · Taylor, MO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 20, 1999 · N282L · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > the airplane pilot's and the helicopter pilot's failure to maintain visual clearance from each other while in the traffic pattern.
- [NTSB CHI92LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA131.md): Cessna 152 · Branson, MO · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 23, 1992 · N59ND · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > Inadequate inflight planning/decision by the pilot in command in failing to maintain distance separation from the other aircraft.
- [NTSB CHI90LA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA207.md): Aircoupe F-1 · Washington, MO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 23, 1990 · N93905 · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > Failure of the other aircraft's pilot to maintain an adequate visual lookout prior to turning to final. A factor in the accident was the restricted visual lookout for this aircraft's pilot.
- [NTSB DCA87MA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA87MA020.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Independence, MO · Accident · 6 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Jan 20, 1987 · N60SE · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > The two acft, a Beech U-21A and a Piper PA-31-350, collided nearly head on at 7000 ft MSL over Independence, MO. In daylight VMC conditions with a visibility of 20 miles. The U-21 was in level cruise and the PA-31 was climbing eastbound to an undisclosed alt…

## 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" = 'MO' 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" = 270)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=270&state=MO

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