NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series, 1985

4 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, 1985 per year, 1982–2026: 103 cases
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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 year(c.\"eventDate\") = 1985
    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 CHI86LA054Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech G18S · Minneapolis, MNThe aircraft collided with a snowbank while goundlooping after landing at the completion of a cargo flight from chicago ill. The winds were calm. The pilot stated that he needed to take timely and sufficient action.Dec 29, 1985 · N100VE · Substantial damageNTSB MIA86LA042Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech E-18S · Opa Locka, FLThe plt stated that while on his takeoff roll, the left main wheel started to shimmy, the acft pulled left then veered off the right side of the rwy, collapsing the tail wheel & coming to rest in the grass.Dec 13, 1985 · N43T · Substantial damageNTSB ANC85LA104Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportde Havilland DHC-2 · Ungalikthluk Rv, AKThe plt reported that when he was landing the float plane on a river, an extreme gust of wind cocked the acft causing loss of control. Subsequently, the acft struck a river bank & was damaged. The plt noticed that after the landing, the winds had changed,…Jun 22, 1985 · N10395 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX85LA138Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech BE-18 · Santa Maria, CAThe plt reptd that during the landing rollout on rwy 30, a gust of wind caused the acft right wing to lift. The plt was unable to correct the uplifting wing and the acft entered into a left groundloop maneuver & exited the rwy. The local controller reported…Feb 13, 1985 · N81DA · Substantial damage