# NTSB investigations, 1982: Missing 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 ATL83FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FA049.md): Piper PA-24-250 · Ocean City, MD · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 2, 1982 · N5284P
  > The pilot and passenger bodies were recovered from the atlantic Ocean near Ocean City, MD. Both persons had died of drowning without serious traumatic injuries. The aircraft was not recovered. Low ceilings and visibilities were reportedin the area throughout…
- [NTSB MIA83LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA025.md): Beech 65-B80 · Missing Acft, Bahamas · Accident · 3 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 5, 1982 · N1HQ · Destroyed
  > The flt departed ft. lauderdale at 1626, & at 1654 in the vicinity of bimini was advised to contact nassau radio. The flt failed to contact nassau & there were no further communications with the flt. Search efforts produced negative results. IMC prevailed on…
- [NTSB FTW83FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83FAMS1.md): Piper PA-34-220T · Durango, CO · Accident · 4 fatal · Missing aircraft · Final report · Nov 2, 1982 · N80960 · Destroyed
  > The aircraft originally departed helena, mt on a flight believed to be to taos, NM. A landing was made at ogden, ut where the plane was serviced with 47.5 gal of fuel. The last radio communication was at 1735 MST 11/2/82. At that time, the aircraft was…
- [NTSB MIA83FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83FA017.md): Piper PA-31 · Missing Acft (Atlantic Ocean) · Accident · 8 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 20, 1982 · N777AA · Destroyed
  > The flt departed anguilla at 0803 ast. At 0805 the plt radioed st. maarten & filed a VFR flt plan to st. thomas. The flt plan showed a direct route of flt at 4,500 ft MSL with a time enroute of 45 min. The flt failed to arrive at the destination. Search…
- [NTSB MIA83LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA009.md): Beech H35 · Missing Acft (Atlantic Ocean) · Accident · 2 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 28, 1982 · N5999 · Substantial damage
  > Aircraft Missing on a flight from marsh harbour Bahamas to ft. pierce FL. Thunderstorms were along the proposed route. Last recorded position on radar data log was at 27-06-13 north and 79-27-58 west. No radio communications were reported with flight after…
- [NTSB ANC82DAG59](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DAG59.md): Cessna 180 · Missing Acft, AK · Accident · 3 fatal · Final report · Sep 7, 1982 · N2194Z · Destroyed
  > Aircraft disappeared on this flight of 9/7/82. No flight plan was filed but it is believed pilot was on round robin from lake hood to two lakes and return.
- [NTSB NYC83FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA083.md): Grumman AA-1 · Missing Acft, NY · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 12, 1982 · N5637L · Destroyed
  > The non-instrument rated pilot called ground control and requested a VFR departure. He was advised that the field was IFR and an IFR clearance was needed. The pilot filed an IFR flight plan and about 15 min later called for his clearance. He had trouble…
- [NTSB MIA82DA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA157.md): Piper PA-28R-201T · West Of Cross C, FL · Accident · 4 fatal · Final report · Jul 5, 1982 · N505HP
  > At about 1605 CDT, the pilot activated his VFR flight plan from nashville, TN to venice, FL. At 1813, the pilot contacted tallahasee fss and was briefed on the weather conditions to sarasota, FL. This was the last known radio communication with the aircraft.…

## 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") = 1982
  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" = 420)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=420&year=1982

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