# NTSB investigations, 1985, DC

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 BFO85IA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO85IA074.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10 · Washington, DC · Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Sep 8, 1985 · N1842U · Minor damage
  > Northwest flight 78 (NW78), a B-757, was parked at gate 17 facing east with mobile passenger lounge (mpl) docked at L1 door. United 52, a DC-10, taxied in easterly direction by left side of NW78, then turned right to southeasterly heading to follow lead-in…
- [NTSB BFO85IA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO85IA036.md): Boeing 727-200 · Washington, DC · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Apr 16, 1985 · N400DL · Minor damage
  > While on final for runway 36 at Washington national airport, Washington, d.c., the pilot was given a change of lndg rwys because of traffic on rwy 36. Drng the ensuing realignment the cpt took the ctls and lndg the acft, scraping the right wing on the runway.…
- [NTSB BFO85FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO85FA013.md): Aerospatiale SA 360C · Washington, DC · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 17, 1985 · N42CP · Substantial damage
  > The flt crew rprtd the eng lost pwr when the helicopter was at aprx 100' with a fwd speed of 50 KTS. Witnesses observed faint gray/white smoke emanating from the vicinity of the tailpipe shortly after lift off which trailed & became profuseimmediately before…

## 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") = 1985
  AND c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'DC' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?state=DC&year=1985

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