# NTSB investigations, 1983, DE

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 NYC84FHD01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FHD01.md): Beech 58P · Cheswold, DE · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Oct 22, 1983 · N2029Z · Destroyed
  > The plt reported that the western 1/3 of rwy 9 consisted of rough chat rock & packed soil. The remaining rwy surface consisted of asphalt. The plt elected to make a no-flap takeoff, using all of the rwy. He stated that due to the rough rwy surface, up…
- [NTSB NYC83LA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA250.md): Cessna C172M · Dover, DE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 20, 1983 · N64006 · Substantial damage
  > The acft ran off the end of the rwy, groundlooped, and collided with a tree during an effort to avoid a blast fence. The landing, made at night with touchdown occurring too FAR down the rwy. An approach had already been abandoned due to excessive airspeed,…
- [NTSB NYC83FA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA214.md): Gates Learjet 25B · Wilmington, DE · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 17, 1983 · N108PA · Substantial damage
  > After lift-off a flock of birds approached from left to right at about 400 ft. the plt maneuvered the acft behind & above the birds in an attempt to avoid them. Both engs flamed out & the acft mde a forced landing on a road. Ground witnesses described the…
- [NTSB NYC83LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA065.md): Cessna 150K · Wilmington, DE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 19, 1983 · N5898G · Substantial damage
  > A C-130 aircrew was cleared to taxi to the run-up area at the north end of the arpt for a run-up. At that time, the wind was reported from 360 deg at 8 KTS. The C-130 crew stopped on the run-up pad facing the wind & began a run-up. In the meantime, a Cessna…

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

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?state=DE&year=1983

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