NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series, TX

8 cases on aircraft whose registry engine model is Pratt & Whitney R-985 series, where the first occurrence was “Loss of control - on ground/water”. 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

19822026
NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series, TX per year, 1982–2026: 8 cases
19821
19831
19841
19931
19971
19981
19991
20041

Latest cases

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\" = 'TX' 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\" = 260))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB FTW04CA200Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBoeing A75N1 · Bay City, TXThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. A contributing factor was the pilot's decision to land with a quartering tailwind.Jul 31, 2004 · N75272 · Substantial damageNTSB FTW99LA149Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWeatherly 620B · Whiteface, TXThe pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the soft ground and the standing water on the runway.May 25, 1999 · N6305W · Substantial damageNTSB FTW98LA407Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSnow S2C · Bovina, TXThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.Sep 18, 1998 · N9492R · Substantial damageNTSB FTW97LA186Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSnow S2C · Hondo, TXThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing.May 12, 1997 · N1619S · Substantial damageNTSB FTW93LA221Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing B75-N1 · Burnet, TXInadvertent groundloop by the pilot.Jul 31, 1993 · N65355 · Substantial damageNTSB FTW84LA317Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech D-18S · Mcallen, TXThe PIC was observing from the right seat while the C0-PLT was in the left seat taking off. During the takeoff roll, the co-plt lost directional control of the acft & the PIC was unable to recover. The acft veered off the left side of the rwy, the right main…Jul 20, 1984 · N113B · Substantial damageNTSB FTW83LA391Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrumman G-164B · Lissie, TXThe acft ran into a ditch during takeoff and collapsed the landing gear. The plt said he was steering around some mud holes when the wing became entangled in high grass alongside the rwy. The acft groundlooped off the rwy into a ditch. The wings and landing…Aug 20, 1983 · N48516 · Substantial damageNTSB FTW82DA185Accident · No injuriesFinal reportBoeing A75N1 · Fabens, TXFollowing a left turn on landing roll the pilot applied the brakes to correct for right drift. The braking action resulted in the aircraft nose over. Investigation revealed no mechanical malfunction or failure.May 16, 1982 · N55971 · Substantial damage