# NTSB investigations, 2002: 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 LAX03FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03FAMS1.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean) · Accident · 1 fatal · Missing aircraft · Final report · Dec 15, 2002 · N101YK · Destroyed
  > undetermined, missing aircraft.
- [NTSB CHI03FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03FAMS1.md): Cessna 175 · MI · Accident · 2 fatal · Missing aircraft · Final report · Nov 11, 2002 · N7091M · Substantial damage
  > Undetermined. Missing aircraft.
- [NTSB MIA02FAMS3](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02FAMS3.md): Piper PA-36-300 · Missing · Accident · 1 fatal · Missing aircraft · Final report · Sep 6, 2002 · N59684 · Destroyed
  > The falure of the pilot to arrive at the intended destination for undetermined reasons. A finding in the investigation was the fact that clouds with tops to 44,000 feet were noted 38 miles south of the airplane's last position.

## 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") = 2002
  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=2002

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