# NTSB investigations, 1983: Vortex turbulence encountered

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 LAX83LA334](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA334.md): Cessna A188B · Calipatria, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 19, 1983 · N4463Q · Substantial damage
  > The acft made a hard landing in a cotton field during a crop dusting operation after buffeting was felt in a turn. The pilot thought he was stalling in vortex turbulence from another acft in front of him. A toxic load of suprecide was dumped before the pilot…
- [NTSB MKC83LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA155.md): Cessna A188B · Edgar, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 13, 1983 · N9114G · Destroyed
  > The plt reported that he was completing a turnaround when the acft encountered turbulence from another plane that was spraying the same field. The acft began to settle. When he pulled up to avoid a power line, the acft stalled & crashed.
- [NTSB NYC83LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA065.md): Cessna 150K · Wilmington, DE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 19, 1983 · N5898G · Substantial damage
  > A C-130 aircrew was cleared to taxi to the run-up area at the north end of the arpt for a run-up. At that time, the wind was reported from 360 deg at 8 KTS. The C-130 crew stopped on the run-up pad facing the wind & began a run-up. In the meantime, a Cessna…
- [NTSB LAX83FA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA098.md): Beech H35 · Tucson, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 7, 1983 · N4687D · Substantial damage
  > During arrival, the plt was advised of the position of a Boeing 727 that was landing on rwy 29R & he reported seeing theacft. He also was cautioned about possible wake turbulence from the Boeing & he acknowledged. The plt reported that while he was on an…

## 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") = 1983
  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" = 410)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=410&year=1983

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