# NTSB investigations, 1987: Nose down

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 ATL87LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA252.md): Bell 47G-2A · Mc Intosh, AL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 8, 1987 · N1200W · Destroyed
  > The helicopter was being used to set fires to burn off underbrush in a commercial forest prior to cutting of trees. The plt landed the helicopter on a mobile transport trailer at the completion of the day's work. The helicopter engine had been shut off and…
- [NTSB CHI87LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA184.md): Cessna 172Q · Belleville, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 2, 1987 · N96593 · Substantial damage
  > Although the plt saw a dark wx area apch the arpt he elected to shoot a touch and go before terminating the flt. After touchdown and during taxi twr advised wind was 270 degrees at 40 KTS. The pilot continued taxi to the south and the wind nosed the acft down.

## 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" = 290)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=290&year=1987

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