# NTSB investigations, 1983: Miscellaneous/other 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 LAX84IA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84IA119.md): Boeing 707-123B · Oakland, CA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Dec 29, 1983 · N2773 · Minor damage > The acft experienced a strong shimmy & vibration on takeoff which was attributed to deep ruts in the snow. After landingon deceleration the vibration became so severe that the plt stopped on the rwy centerline & ordered an evacuation. It was determined that… - [NTSB FTW84LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA099.md): Hiller UH-12C · Imperial, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 16, 1983 · N63MC · Substantial damage > The plt reported that when he was in cruise flt at 300 ft AGL, a sudden violent shudder went thru the whole helicopter, then the shudder stopped. He noted no change in the flit characteristics or eng power. The plt elected to make a precautionary landing by… - [NTSB SEA84LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA025.md): Bell 206-BIII · Kooskia, ID · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 2, 1983 · N49584 · Substantial damage > The helicopter landed hard and rolled over to the right. The events started when the pilot heard the end of a seat belt banging against the outside of the acft where it had been caught in the door. The pilot decided to land and secure the belt. During landing… - [NTSB DEN84IA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84IA023.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32 · Denver, CO · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Nov 9, 1983 · N3512T · No damage > Approaching from the east there are 4 parallel 'strips' at the arpt. From l to r they are rwy 26L, taxiway 'charlie' rwy 26R & rwy 25. Rwy 26L & taxiway charlie are the same length. All 4 are concrete covered. The flt was cleared to landon rwy 26R. Rwy 26L… - [NTSB MIA84IA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84IA025.md): Airbus Industrie A-300B4-2C · Miami, FL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Nov 7, 1983 · N203EA · Minor damage > During takeoff ground roll the NO-4 tire failed followed by failures of the other surrounding tires. The takeoff was aborted and there was no fire. The fuse plug in the NO-4 tire was found partially melted. - [NTSB NYC84LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA015.md): Short Brothers SD3-30 · Middletown, PA · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 28, 1983 · N26288 · No damage > After takeoff on a flt to Washington, DC, the aircraft was climbing thru about 3500 ft when a person (riding as a passenger) moved to the right rear door, opened it & departed the acft. Prior to the flt, an associate, who was an acft refueler, saw the person… - [NTSB ATL84IA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84IA024.md): British 1-11/204/AF · Washington, DC · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Oct 17, 1983 · N2111J · Minor damage > On initial climb but the foward right galley service door blew open for undetermined reasons. The acft returned and landed without further incident. The door warning light did not come on. - [NTSB LAX83FUJ16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FUJ16.md): Semco Challenger · Tucson, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Sep 10, 1983 · N8554N · No damage > The pilot was outside the basket when the balloon took off. He grabbed the deflation handle and the balloon carried him aloft. He fell from about 40 ft AGL onto his head and was seriously injured. The pilot reportedly was going to tether the balloon. During… - [NTSB CHI83LA404](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA404.md): Mockrud Volksplane · Cottage Grove, WI · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 31, 1983 · N4244R · Destroyed > The owner of the new home built acft had given the plt permission to taxi the plane, but not to takeoff. The plt stated that he inadvertently became airborne while making a high speed taxi check, then the eng lost power. A witness stated that the acft became… - [NTSB LAX83LU017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LU017.md): Bird Bird · Mccloud, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Aug 27, 1983 · UNREG · No damage > While landing on ranch land, the utralight vehicle touched down without incident. However, during the landing roll, the plt put both feet down to slow the landing roll, & subsequently, broke both legs. He stated that he had misjudged the airspeed when he put… - [NTSB SEA83LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA182.md): Piper PA28-140 · Arlington, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 21, 1983 · N5097T · Substantial damage > The acft nosed over while taxiing unoccupied after being hand propped for a start by the pilot. The pilot stated that hewas unable to start the acft normally so he hand propped it with no one in the cockpit. The unoccupied acft taxied from the ramp across the… - [NTSB FTW83LA350](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA350.md): Hughes 369D · Kemah, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 26, 1983 · N1109 · No damage > The plt had landed in a restaurant parking lot. When he was informed that a local ordinance had been passed prohibiting helicopter operations from restaurant parking lots & that the police had been called, he prepared to takeoff. As the plt was preparing to… - [NTSB MIA83FA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83FA159.md): Boeing 727-200 · San Juan, PR · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 11, 1983 · HI242 · No damage > As the acft was departing, the airline company received info concerning a bomb threat. The aircrew were instructed to return to the arpt & land. After landing, the acft was parked at an isolated area & portable stairs were positioned at the left forward door.… - [NTSB SEA83IA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83IA116.md): Boeing 727-200 · Portland, OR · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jun 4, 1983 · N296AS · No damage > A broken hydraulic line near the left main landing gear allowed hydraulic fluid to leak on to the APU exhaust. The resultant smoke then was picked up by the left airpack and was blown into the cabin. The crew then ordered an evacuationof the passengers. - [NTSB LAX83LA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA250.md): Cessna 337B · Sedona, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 30, 1983 · N2368S · Substantial damage > The acft made a forced landing and collided with a pine tree after a takeoff with a tow bar attached to the nose gear. The pilot reported that he attached a tow bar to get the acft level to measure the oil quantity in the engine. After thepreflt inspection he… - [NTSB LAX83IA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83IA216.md): Cessna C-172-N · Huntington Beac, CA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · May 6, 1983 · N4913G · Minor damage > The left aileron sustained damag under undetermined circumstancea. A near miss was described by the pilot and could not be substantiated by radar. - [NTSB LAX83FUG14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FUG14.md): Schweizer 2-33A · North Shore, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Jan 22, 1983 · N65808 · Substantial damage > The rated airplane pilot was taking flight instruction for a glider rating. He had made aprx 11 previous solo flts. The accident sequence began while the sailplane was being launched with a wench tow. The plt reported that the wench cable failed when the… - [NTSB CHI83IA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83IA097.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC10-10 · Chicago, IL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jan 14, 1983 · N115AA · Minor damage > Too high a deck angle was attained during the flare & the acft floated dragging its tail on touchdown & leaving a 2 ft piece of metal on the rwy. The first officer was at the controls. ## 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" = 430) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=430&year=1983 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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