# NTSB investigations, 1998: 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 NYC99LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA002.md): Foreit Super CAT · Middlebury, CT · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 3, 1998 · N132TF · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to utilize his seat belt and shoulder harness.
- [NTSB CHI98LA351](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA351.md): Aerospatiale ATR-42-300 · Chicago, IL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 18, 1998 · N233RM · No damage
  > the wake turbulence encountered by Flight 146.
- [NTSB NYC98IA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98IA165.md): Boeing 737-300 · Mcconnellsburg, PA · Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Aug 7, 1998 · N515AU · Minor damage
  > A high altitude encounter with wake vortices.
- [NTSB LAX98FA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98FA210.md): Cessna 152 · Santa Ana, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 24, 1998 · N67421 · Destroyed
  > The failure of the pilot-in-command to identify a proper touchdown point on the runway and maintain an appropriate glidepath so as to remain clear of vortex turbulence from the preceding large aircraft. A factor in the accident was the pilot's failure to…
- [NTSB IAD98FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98FA047.md): Beech 58 · Columbus, OH · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 24, 1998 · N258B · Destroyed
  > The pilot's inadequate planned approach and his failure to follow wake turbulence avoidance procedures by not staying above the glide-path of the preceding Boeing 757, which resulted in a vortex turbulence encounter. Contributing to the accident was the wake…

## 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") = 1998
  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=1998

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