# NTSB investigations, 2005: 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 DFW06IA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06IA025.md): Boeing 767-300ER · Houston, TX · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Dec 16, 2005 · N319UP · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > The captain's failure to maintain clearance from a parked airplane awaiting for a gate. A contributing factor was that taxi procedures were not issued by ground control to advise the captain that the ramp area where he was taxing was designated as a…
- [NTSB SEA05LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA184.md): Airbus Industrie A330-223 · Portland, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 29, 2005 · N855NW · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > The failure of the flightcrew of the other airplane to maintain clearance while taxiing.
- [NTSB IAD05LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA118.md): Boeing 737-824 · Newark, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 8, 2005 · N73270 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The airport's failure to install markings on a parking "block" that bordered the taxiway, which failed to provide adequate clearance between taxiing airplanes and airplanes parked in the block. Factors in the accident were air traffic control's use of the…
- [NTSB DFW05IA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05IA200.md): Airbus A320-232 · Denver, CO · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Aug 3, 2005 · N496UA · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > The captain's failure to maintain sufficient clearance while taxiing to an assigned gate, which resulted in a collision with an airplane that had been pushed back (and holding) from another gate. Also causal was the tug operator's failure to follow published…
- [NTSB DFW05LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA175.md): North American T-28B · Abilene, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 24, 2005 · N9060F · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance while taxiing. Contributing factors were the pilot's diverted attention and the inaccurate frequency listing for ground control.
- [NTSB LAX05LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA199.md): Cessna 172M · Carlsbad, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 10, 2005 · N1126U · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > the other pilot's inadequate visual lookout and failure to maintain separation while taxiing.
- [NTSB CHI05LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA128.md): Cessna T210N · Smith Center, KS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 28, 2005 · N6366Y · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > Failure of the Piper airplane pilot to obtain visual separation from the Cessna airplane rolling out after landing on the intersecting runway resulting in a collision between the two aircraft. A contributing factor was the evasive maneuver attempted be the…
- [NTSB CHI05MA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05MA111.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 · Minneapolis, MN · Accident · Serious injuries · Major investigation · Final report · May 11, 2005 · N763NC · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > the Captain of the other aircraft's decision to shutdown the left engine during taxi with no hydraulic pressure on the right side hydraulic system to effectively operate the brakes, steering, or thrust reversers. A factor was the fatigue fracture of the…
- [NTSB LAX05LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA124.md): North American AT-6C · Chino, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 26, 2005 · N7055H · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > the pilot of the other airplane's failure to maintain an adequate clearance from obstacles while taxiing.
- [NTSB IAD05LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA043.md): Cessna 172N · Frederick, MD · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 10, 2005 · N711DA · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The inadequate visual lookout of the pilots in each airplane, which resulted in a ground collision.

## 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") = 2005
  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=2005

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