# NTSB investigations: Near collision between aircraft

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.

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## Cases, newest first

- [NTSB MIA85IA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85IA208.md): Cessna 402 · West Palm Bch, FL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 5, 1985 · N68368 · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > A Learjet 35 was cleared on to runway 09L and hold, the Learjet crew confirmed with the air traffic control tower personnel that te transmission was intended for them and taxied into position and held. Personnel on duty in the control tower then cleared a…
- [NTSB CHI85FA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FA249.md): Boeing 727 · South Haven, MI · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 23, 1985 · N1965 · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > While en route on an IFR flt plan (1st officer at ctls), American flt 803 (a Boeing 727, N1965) bgn a dscnt fm FL 190 TO9000'. The seat belt sign was turned on at 18,000'. While dscndg btn cld layers, at aprx 13,000 to 12,000', the capt sawa Cessna 421C,…
- [NTSB LAX85IA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85IA175.md): Piper PA-44-180 · San Jose, CA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 16, 1985 · N2138G · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > A Piper seminule was vectored to the final apch course & cleared for an ILS apch at 3000FT MSL. A DC-9, in trail at 5000FT MSL, was overtaking the seminule. The controller elected to change their sequence & cleared the seminule to climb to 4000FT MSL due to…
- [NTSB BFO85IA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO85IA056.md): Boeing 747-200 · New Orleans, LA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Dec 20, 1984 · DABYP · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > During arrival, a Boeing 747, registration number d-abyp, lufthansa flight 5432, was vectored for an ILS localizer backcourse apch to rwy 19 at the new orlean intl arpt. While on the apch at 2000 ft MSL, the aircrew were instructed by the arrival controller…
- [NTSB DCA85IA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA85IA003.md): Boeing VC-137B-BN · Seattle, WA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Oct 18, 1984 · USAF · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > During arrival, a Boeing VC-137B-BN, USAF #58-6970, operating as air force 2 (AF-2), was cleared for a localizer back- course apch. At 1442:49, TRACON advised AF-2 of traffic at its 10 o'clock position at 2 mi, alt unkn. At 1443:11, TRACON advised AF-2 the…
- [NTSB FTW85IA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85IA011.md): Cessna Citation 550 · Houston, TX · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Oct 8, 1984 · N107T · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > N3322L inadvertently crossed the active rwy 04 at the time N107T became airborne on takeoff from that rwy. A near miss occurred as the captain and 1st officer of N107T observed N3322L on the rwy and made a max performance climb over the top of N3322L. N3322L…
- [NTSB FTW84LA359](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA359.md): Maule M6-235 · Corpus Christi, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 18, 1984 · N5648D · No damage
  > On a heading of 165 deg at 3,500 ft the plt saw another acft at the same altitude on a collision course. Evasive action was taken by pushing the nose over forcing both occupants into the cabin overhead. According to the plt, both seatbelts and shoulder…
- [NTSB DCA84IA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA84IA030.md): Boeing 727-225 · Marietta, GA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 16, 1984 · N8840E · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > Eastern airlines flt 92, a Boeing 727, N8840E, and an air force-KC-135, reg #60-0330, call sign fowl 24, were involved in a near collision while both acft were maintaining FL350. The captain of flt 92 reported that during the occurrence, the KC-135 passed…
- [NTSB ATL84IA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84IA160.md): Douglas DC-9-32 · Mount Vernon, IL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · May 4, 1984 · N923L · No damage
  > Kansas city ARTCC (zkc) had cleared ozark flt 709 (a DC-9, N923L) to cruise at FL270. While proceeding ese near the edgeof the zkc area, the DC-9 converged on zorro 11 (a flt of 3 F-4'S). The F-4'S had been cleared by indianaplolis ARTCC (zid) to proceed…
- [NTSB LAX84IA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84IA219.md): Beech C-45G · Ontario, CA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 15, 1984 · N3657G · No damage
  > A Beech E18S, N3657G, operating as federal express flt 954L, was cleared for takeoff on rwy 8L after a Boeing 747, N8172G, operating as interflight 429, was cleared to cross the same rwy. The Boeing 747'S cargo included race horses. The Boeing crew were…
- [NTSB MIA84IA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84IA054.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-30 · Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean) · Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jan 1, 1984 · N82NA · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > Acft nearly collided with paa N82NA at FL370 about 200 mi east of miami when acft passed about 300 ft from each other ina nonradar environment. Both acft were at their assigned flight level & were operating on routes approved & issued by miami ARTCC. The D72…
- [NTSB MIA83LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA003.md): Cessna 152 · Orlando, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 3, 1982 · N93286 · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings. After touching down on his first landing, he configured the aircraft for takeoff. Immediately after applying power, he observed another plane (unknown make & model) landing from the opposite direction.…
- [NTSB ATL82FIG09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FIG09.md): Bellanca 7GCBC · Woodbine, MD · Accident · 2 fatal · Final report · Jun 18, 1982 · N5153X · Destroyed
  > After taking off from runway 21, the pilot made a left turn-out then reentered a downwind for runway 03. At about the same time, a Cessna 150 was departing from runway 21 and a glider entered the pattern to land on runway 03. Two witnesses observed the…
- [NTSB NYC82DA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA104.md): Piper PA-22-160 · Red Hook, NY · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 26, 1982 · N3128Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot flew to sky park airport to have radio work done on his aircraft. During arrival, he had no contact with UNICOM. He made a low pass over the airport, noted that the wind was light and elected to land on runway 19. As he was touching down, he…
- [NTSB SEA82FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82FA052.md): Cessna A152 · Bremerton, WA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 11, 1982 · N761QZ · Destroyed
  > The pilot took off downwind and against traffic in marginal weather conditions. No flight plan was filed and there was no record of a weather briefing. During departure, a near-miss occurred between N761QZ and a light twin-engine aircraft on an instrument…

## 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."mKey" IN (SELECT o.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 280)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=280&page=3

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