# NTSB investigations, 1998: Collision between aircraft (other than midair)

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 LAX99LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA059.md): Piper J3C-65 · North Las Vegas, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 28, 1998 · N87714 · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > Failure of the pilot-in-command of the other aircraft to see and avoid the stationary Cessna TR182.
- [NTSB LAX99LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA069.md): Cessna 182G · San Andreas, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 27, 1998 · N3787U · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The other pilot's failure to maintain an adequate visual lookout while taxiing in a confined area between rows of parked aircraft.
- [NTSB IAD99LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99LA022.md): Pitts S-2B · Easton, MD · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 28, 1998 · N340PS · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The failure of both the pilot-in-command (CFI) and dual student of the other aircraft (Pitts) to maintain adequate visual lookout.
- [NTSB CHI99LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA040.md): Cessna 172P · Brainerd, MN · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 27, 1998 · N52502 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The visual lookout not obtained/maintained by the pilot of the other aircraft. Contributing factors were the unicom frequency not selected and the traffic advisory not issued by the pilot of the other aircraft. An additional factor was the aircraft moving on…
- [NTSB ANC99FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99FA012.md): Boeing 747-400 · Anchorage, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 11, 1998 · HL741 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The excessive taxi speed by the pilot of the other aircraft. A factor associated with the accident was the other pilot's inadequate maneuver to avoid the parked airplane.
- [NTSB LAX99LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA025.md): de Havilland Tiger Moth DH 82A · Petaluma, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 5, 1998 · N838KC · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > Failure of the pilot in the Tiger Moth to see and avoid traffic. A contributing factor was the delayed reaction of the student pilot in the Cessna to initiate a turnoff of the taxiway once it became apparent that the other airplane did not see him.
- [NTSB LAX98LA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA302.md): Bognuda Livio IV Lancair · Reno, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 21, 1998 · N805L · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain adequate visual surveillance of the taxiway in front of his aircraft to avoid the collision.
- [NTSB CHI98LA297](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA297.md): Cessna 180 · Oshkosh, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 1, 1998 · N111WF · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > the pilot of the other airplane did not maintain proper clearance.
- [NTSB FTW98LA317](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA317.md): Cessna 152 · Dallas, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 6, 1998 · N47354 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The inadequate visual lookout by the pilots of both airplanes.
- [NTSB CHI98LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA177.md): Mooney M20J · Lincoln, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 26, 1998 · N11498 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > the pilot of N60BH failed to maintain clearance with N11498. Factors associated with the accident were the diminished visual lookout due to the runway and the tail wheel configuration of N60HB, along with the controllers failure to point out traffic.
- [NTSB MIA98LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA111.md): Steen Skybolt · Sanford, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 29, 1998 · N101DT · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the pilot of N101DT to maintain a visual lookout during the taxi phase of his flight and the failure of the ground controller to issue a traffic advisory to N101DT about the location of N6285M.

## 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") = 1998
  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" = 271)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=271&year=1998

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