NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series, ND
6 cases on aircraft whose registry engine model is Pratt & Whitney R-985 series, where the first occurrence was “In flight collision with object”. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.
Cases per year
| 1983 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 1988 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 |
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Query with SQL
duckdb -csv -c "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 c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'ND' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA'
AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('52008')
AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o.\"occurrenceNumber\" = 1 AND o.\"occurrenceCode\" = 220))
ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
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 c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'ND' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('52008')
AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 220))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESCRun it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.
NTSB CHI04CA151Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportGrumman-Schweizer G-164B · Hope, NDThe pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the tree branches during the aerial-application flight. A factor to the accident was the trees.NTSB CHI03LA134Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWeatherly 620A · Melville, NDThe pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the wires. The low altitude operation and the wires were contributing factors.NTSB CHI01LA217Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrumman G-164A · Mandan, NDthe pilot failed to maintain clearance from the powerline. Additional factors were the thermal lift and the powerline.NTSB CHI97LA278Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportSchweizer G-164B · Larimore, NDthe pilot delaying the swath run turnaround maneuver at the end of the field boundary, and his failure to maintain clearance between the airplane and the high tension wires. A factor was the pilot's inattentiveness regarding the time to begin the swath run…NTSB DEN88LA131Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrumman G-164 · Ayr, NDNTSB DEN83LA170Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrumman G-164B · Page, NDWhile spraying at dusk, the plt was concerned about injuring a 'non-target crop' across the road to the south from the field that was being sprayed. He stated that an irrigation system was sitting pointed southwest, and that as he was entering a swath to the…