# NTSB investigations, TX: 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.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB FTW01IA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01IA183.md): Boeing 737-347 · DFW Airport, TX · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Aug 16, 2001 · N308WA · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > The local controller clearing the taxiing aircraft to cross the runway in front of the aircraft on takeoff roll. Contributing factors were the local controller's failure to follow FAA procedures and directives to visually scan the runway prior to issuing the…
- [NTSB FTW95IA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95IA126.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD11 · Dallas-Ft Worth, TX · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Feb 28, 1995 · N1763 · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > The local controller's task overload, which led him to forget to issue appropriate traffic advisories and to lose his awareness of the traffic situation, and the failure of the controller's supervisor to recognize that the controller had reached or exceeded…
- [NTSB FTW92IA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92IA158.md): Piper PA-31T · Addison, TX · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jun 10, 1992 · N182TC · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > The failure of the pilot-in-command of the PA-38, N2603B, to follow ATC instructions.
- [NTSB DEN89IA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89IA089.md): Boeing 727-200A · San Antonio, TX · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 22, 1989 · N728 · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > Failure of the ARTCC controller to assure that the aircraft maintained IFR separation standards. The controller's heavy workload was a related factor.
- [NTSB FTW89IA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89IA064.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 · Houston, TX · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 1, 1989 · N820NY · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > Failure of the TRACON final approach controller to assure radar separation between the aircraft. Factors related to the accident were: inadequate supervision by the ATC supervisor, excessive workload for the controller, unclear instructions by the controller,…
- [NTSB FTW89IA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89IA016.md): Boeing 727 · Houston, TX · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Nov 6, 1988 · N386PA · No damage
  > Poor planning/decision by the unidentified Cessna pilot by maneuvering in busy airspace near the arsa with no ATC coordination or transponder signal; no traffic advisory being issued by the approach controller; and inadequate visual lookout by the flight crew…
- [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…

## 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" = 'TX' 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" = 280)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

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

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