# NTSB investigations, 1987: 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 BFO88IA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO88IA012.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32 · Baltimore, MD · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Dec 5, 1987 · N924L · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > Twa flt 388 (DC-9, N924L) was in clouds climbing to 7000' when Baltimore (bwi) TRACON adzd that an acft (Piper PA-28R) was straight ahead at 3 mi dscndg fm 6700'. Flt 388 had passed 6000' & the capt requested a traffic avoidance vector. The TRACON ctlr…
- [NTSB MIA88IA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88IA055.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 · Newark, NJ · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Nov 1, 1987 · N806NY · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > At 1710:53 EST, the LCL twr ctlr (lc) at the Newark intl arpt clrd Continental flt 321 (DC-9-82, N806NY) for takeoff on rwy 22L; 11 sec later, Continental flt 688 (Boeing 727, N577PE) rprtd 'left downwind for rwy 29.' Lc told flt 688 to 'maintain 1500 as you…
- [NTSB CHI88IA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88IA015.md): Boeing 737-322 · Chicago, IL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Oct 29, 1987 · N305UA · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > The south rwys (32L, 9R, & 4R) were being ctld by the south LCL ctlr (slc) & the north rwys (9L & 4L) were ctld by the north LCL ctlr (nlc). At 1543:26, slc told united flt 973 (Boeing 737) to hold on 32L & expect a 3 min delay bfr tkof. Air Wisconsin flt 954…
- [NTSB MIA88IA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88IA020.md): Boeing 727-214 · St Croix · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Oct 28, 1987 · N375PA · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > Paa flt was on visual apch and in contact with apch control who informed flt of two acft ahead also on visual apch. The controller offered vectors to clear traffic. Paa flt elected to continue current heading. The two preceding acft were on twr freq giving…
- [NTSB LAX88IA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88IA009.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 · Ontario, CA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Oct 9, 1987 · N413AA · No damage
  > Failure of the general aviation aircraft to visually identify the transport aircraft. Factures contributing to the incident were: failure of the general aviaiton aircraft to establish communications with ATC prior to entering the arsa and maintaining a poor…
- [NTSB MIA87IA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87IA264.md): Boeing 727-225 · Hampton, NY · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Sep 29, 1987 · N8864E · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > A full performance level controller (fpl ctlr) at sector 31 of boston ARTCC was giving familiarization training to another fpl ctlr to familiarize the trainee with a new area that had been transferred from new york ARTCC to boston ARTCC. Sector 31 was…
- [NTSB ATL87LA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA236.md): Cessna A185F · Mt Airy, NC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 23, 1987 · N3463Y · Substantial damage
  > After Cessna 185, N3462Y, entered the traffic pattern for rwy 18, the UNICOM operator warned the plt of another acft in the pattern. The other acft was a Mooney mite, N4129. The Cessna plt contd his apch, but didn't see the Mooney mite until after the Cessna…
- [NTSB LAX87IA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87IA304.md): Boeing 737 · Santa Monica, CA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Aug 12, 1987 · N754UA · No damage
  > The plts of a Boeing 737 reported that a near-collision occurred aprx 2.5 miles east of the Santa Monica VOR while they were descending through an altitude of about 7400 ft MSL. The coplt saw the other acft first & took immediate evasive action. He estimated…
- [NTSB NYC87IA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87IA227.md): Boeing 747 · New York, NY · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Aug 9, 1987 · N93109 · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > Acft with similar call signs (twa flts 843H & 834; Boeing 747 & Boeing 727) apchd jfk intl arpt for ldg. Flt 843H was 22MIN late & flt 834 was 12 min early, causing same arr time. NY TRACON vctrd flt 834 bhnd flt 843H. While ctlg the acft, jfk final ctlr,…
- [NTSB CHI87IA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87IA188.md): Boeing 727-233 · Chicago, IL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Aug 8, 1987 · CGYNE · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > Air Canada flt 839 (Boeing 727, c-gyne) was depg Chicago o'hare intl arpt as Cessna 650 (citation), N20AT, was depg palwaukee (pwk) arpt, about 8 mi north of o'hare. Both flts tkof with IFR flt plans. Bfr the citation tkof, the pwk twr ctlr ctcd the TRACON…
- [NTSB CHI87IA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87IA183.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10 · Chicago, IL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Aug 3, 1987 · N113AA · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > After ldg the co B727 was directed to make two right turns and follow an acft that had landed in front of him. The pilot made one right turn and taxied down an empty runway. This taxi route crossed an active runway. An aa#DC-10 on takeoff roll, at 110 knots,…
- [NTSB NYC87IA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87IA199.md): Douglas DC-10-30 · Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean) · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 9, 1987 · YV135 · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > A Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10 (viasa flt 800) & an Airbus A310 (pan am flt 221) were involved in a near collision while on intl flts ovr the Atlantic Ocean on (airway) amber 300. Both acft were operg under IFR & were in a non-radar environmentw/o drct radio ctc…
- [NTSB ATL87IA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87IA179.md): Boeing 727-232 · Nashville, TN · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jun 19, 1987 · N482DA · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > At aprx 2211 CDT, delta flt 314 (Boeing 727, N482DA) was clrd to taxi to rwy 31 with info india. Info india indcd rwy 31WAS active. Soon thereafter, southwest flt 715 (Boeing 737, N50SW) reqd & recd taxi clnc to rwy 13 for tkof. To accommo-date incoming…
- [NTSB DEN87IA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87IA145.md): Boeing 727-251 · Casper, WY · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jun 2, 1987 · N297US · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > Boeing 727 (northwest flt 354) & USAF EC-135 (slum 51) were involved in a nr collision at FL 330. The mishap occurred asflt 354 was ene bnd on J-158 & slum 51 was flying on a radial-distance (r/d) flt pln, flying btn r/d pts south of J-158.as slum 51 apchd…
- [NTSB CHI87IA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87IA135.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 · Chicago, IL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · May 30, 1987 · N224AA · No damage
  > American flt 637 was on departure from Chicago-o'hare intl arpt (ord), climbing thru 7300' MSL, when it passed American flt 393 with aprx 500' vertical sepn & 1/4 mi horizontal sepn. This occurred after an air traffic assistant, who was working the clnc…
- [NTSB NYC87IA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87IA118.md): de Havilland DHC-7-102 · Wrightstown, NJ · Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Apr 8, 1987 · N42RA · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > Ransom flt 444 (DHC-7) rprtd a near collision with USAF C-141 (gleek 41) as flt 444 was at 5000' & gleek 41 was clbg to 7500' fm a combat aircrew training (cat) mnvr. Flt 444 was under IFR ctl of mcguire afb rapcon; gleek 41 was VFR, rcvg radar adzys fm…
- [NTSB CHI87IA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87IA109.md): Boeing 727-222 · Chicago, IL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Apr 7, 1987 · N7258U · No damage
  > A united airlines Boeing 727 domestic passenger flight was holding short of runway 32L at the Chicago-o'hare international airport awaiting clearance for an intersection takeoff. A northwest airlines Boeing 747 international passenger flight was holding in…
- [NTSB CHI87IA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87IA112.md): Dassault-Breguet 50 · Cleveland, OH · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 31, 1987 · N52DC · No damage
  > An opnl error developed as a falcon 50, N52DC, was proceeding se toward the dryer VOR at FL290 & northwest flt 427 was proceeding westbound at the same alt toward the same fix (dryer VOR). When the full performance lvl (fpl) controller (ctlr) saw the…

## 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") = 1987
  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&year=1987

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