Fatal NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 series

10 cases on aircraft whose registry engine model is Pratt & Whitney R-1830 series. 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

19652026
Fatal NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 series per year, 1965–2026: 10 cases
19651
19691
19741
19771
19781
19811
19961
20001
20011
20161

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.\"highestInjuryLevel\" = 'Fatal'
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('52020'))
  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.

NTSB ERA16FA269Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportYakovlev YAK11 · West Mifflin, PAA malfunction of the electrical system, which resulted in an electrical fire in the right wing root of the airplane, which compromised the fuel system and resulted in ignition of fuel. Contributing to the accident was the routing of the electrical wiring near…Jul 25, 2016 · N5940 · Substantial damageNTSB ANC01FA033Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportDouglas DC-3 · Unalaska, AKThe airplane flightcrew's failure to maintain adequate distance/altitude from mountainous terrain during a departure climb to cruise flight, and the captain's impairment from drugs. Factors in the accident were dark night conditions, and the first officer's…Jan 24, 2001 · N19454 · DestroyedNTSB MIA00RA224Accident · 2 fatalForeign investigationDouglas DC-3 · Nassau, BahamasJul 20, 2000 · N54AANTSB SEA97FA034Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportDouglas DC-3C · Boise, IDA fire within the right engine compartment of undetermined cause and the pilot-in-command's failure to maintain airspeed above the aircraft's minimum control speed. A factor contributing to the accident was the dark night environmental conditions.Dec 10, 1996 · N75142 · DestroyedNTSB ANC81FA074Accident · 3 fatalClosedDouglas DC-3 · Pilot Point, AKJul 1, 1981 · N111ST · DestroyedNTSB MIA79DA001Accident · 1 fatalClosedDouglas DC-3 · Ft Walton Bch, FLOct 1, 1978 · N74Z · DestroyedNTSB DCA78AA001Accident · 29 fatalClosedDouglas DC-3 · Evansville, INDec 13, 1977 · N51071 · DestroyedNTSB LAX74FUJ73Accident · 2 fatalClosedConvair P4Y-2 · Safford, AZJun 27, 1974 · N7237C · DestroyedNTSB DCA69A0015Accident · 16 fatalClosedDouglas DC3A · New Orleans, LAMar 20, 1969 · N142D · DestroyedNTSB CHI66A0025Accident · 1 fatalClosedDouglas DC3 · Louisville, KYSep 10, 1965 · N272R · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage