# NTSB investigations, 1988: 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 NYC89IA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89IA063.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-10 · Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean) · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Dec 30, 1988 · N153AA · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > American flt 1180 (McDonnell-douglas DC-10) was northbound ovr the Atlantic Ocean at flt lvl 350 as a british royal air force vickers VC10 was cruising east at the same alt (non-standard alt for the VC10'S drctn of flt). They were in a non-radar airspace…
- [NTSB NYC89IA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89IA028.md): Boeing 727-227 · Boston, MA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Nov 14, 1988 · N555PE · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > Failure of the local controller to detect the red t on the departure strip on PRE659 when he cleared him into position and hold. Factors related to the accident were: darkness and the lack of positive coordination between the ground controller and local…
- [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 ATL89MA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89MA012.md): Aerospatiale ATR-42-300 · Yardley, PA · Incident · No injuries · Major investigation · Final report · Oct 12, 1988 · N17810 · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > Bfr tkof, corrected flt plan was put in ATC computer for airforce 1 (AF1) to take nonstandard rte to newark. After tkof,AF1 was vctrd nw with handoff to NY ARTCC (zny), then east via Yardley (ard) to newark; 15 mi west of ard, zny initiatedhandoff to NY…
- [NTSB DEN89FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89FA010.md): Piper PA-24-180 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 9, 1988 · N7228P · Destroyed
  > Plt-rated pax told plt, coronado arpt 'in sight'. Plt was suspicious because loran indicated arpt was 3 mi away but trusted former instrument student's judgment & landed at closed alameda arpt instead of coronado arpt. Coronado UNICOM had told plt 'multiple…
- [NTSB CHI88IA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88IA217.md): Bell 206L · Indianapolis, IN · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Aug 19, 1988 · N295CK · No damage
- [NTSB MIA88IA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88IA176.md): Airbus Industrie A-300 · Near San Juan, PR · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · May 23, 1988 · N209PA · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > Pan am flt 217 (Airbus A300, N209PA) was clrd by new york center oceanic ctl area (oca) to proceed south on airway amber 300 at FL 290 over the atlantic ocean. As it was en route, American flt 902 departed san Juan (sju), PR for a northbound flt on the same…
- [NTSB MIA88IA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88IA168.md): Piper PA-42-720 · Chicago, IL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · May 11, 1988 · N900MP · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > Condor flt 610 (Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10, german registration: dadso) was aprx 2 hrs late as the flt crew members were preparing to takeoff. Subsequently, flt 610 was clrd for takeoff with instructions to cross the 5 DME (on the standard instrument…
- [NTSB MIA88IA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88IA167.md): Beech 200 · Chicago, IL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · May 10, 1988 · N981LL · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > Midway flt 172 (Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9, N1065T) was on an IFR departure from Chicago midway arpt at the same time that Beech 200, N981LL, was on an IFR arrival for a visual apch to merrill c meigs arpt, although both were in VMC. Previously, o'hare TRACON had…
- [NTSB NYC88IA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88IA109.md): Boeing 737 · Morristown, NJ · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 19, 1988 · N69348 · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > Boeing 737 (N69348) was depg newark intl arpt as a lear jet 24 (N500NH) was depg fm teterboro. Both were being ctld by new york TRACON (newark sector). The strip for the 737 was mismarked as a north departure rather than an east departure. The instructor/full…
- [NTSB ATL88IA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88IA108.md): Boeing 737 · Greensboro, NC · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 10, 1988 · N13331 · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > Continental flt 458 (Boeing 737, N13331) was flying NE at FL370 as Continental flt 703 (Boeing 737, N432PE) was flying fm the opposite drctn at FL350. Both flts were on the same freq, being ctld by atlanta ARTCC (sector 47) ctlr, who had just come on duty. In…
- [NTSB CHI88IA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88IA074.md): Swearingen SA226T · Chicago, IL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 7, 1988 · N600TA · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > The TRACON supervisor failed to comply with the established visual minima criteria and his incorrect issuance of a visual approach to an arriving aircraft.
- [NTSB CHI88IA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88IA073.md): Boeing 747-227B · Chicago, IL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Feb 19, 1988 · N635US · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > Failure of the tower cab supervisor to assure that coordination between the south local controller and north local controller had been completed. A factor is the failure of FAA tower management to insure there were personnel manning the cab coordinator…
- [NTSB MIA88IA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88IA099.md): Beech C-99 · Orlando, FL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Feb 4, 1988 · N232BH · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > Drg a visual apch to Orlando intl arpt, bar harbor flt 3949 (Beech C-99, N232BH) contacted the tower (local controller) at 1817:07 & rprtd 5 mi north of the VOR for landing. The VOR was located 5.8 mi north of the rwy. About 20 sec later, the local controller…

## 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") = 1988
  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=1988

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