NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1, 1985

5 cases on aircraft whose registry engine model is Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1. 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

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NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1, 1985 per year, 1964–2026: 95 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 ('52044'))
  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 MIA86MA048Incident · No injuriesMajor investigationFinal reportBoeing 727-232 · Fort Lauderdale, FLAfter gear retraction drg takeoff, at aprx 150' AGL, the aircrew heard a loud noise & noted the #2 eng had failed. They secured the eng, dumped fuel & landed without further incident. An exam of the #2 eng revealed the combustion chamber outer case, pn…Dec 28, 1985 · N519DA · Minor damageNTSB DEN86IA031Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 727-100 · Casper, WYAcft was parked at gate awaiting departure. A bus used to shuttle flt crews around the ramp arrived at flt 855 to deliver a flt attendant. The driver was backing away from acft when the left side to bus contacted rt wing tip. Damage was limited to wing tip…Nov 27, 1985 · N7011U · Minor damageNTSB MKC86LA025Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 727-23 · Bellevue, NEDuring a night arrival, a Boeing 727, operating as American flt 334, was vectored for an apch to rwy 32L. While descending thru about 5000 ft MSL, aprx 12 mi south of the arpt, the acft reportedly collided with a flock of snow geese. The ATC controller had…Nov 8, 1985 · N1908 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI85IA118Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportMcdonnell Douglas DC-9 · Champaign, ILOzark flt #814 momentarily touched down with the left main landing gear 16 ft off the left side of rwy 31. When 50 ft above minimums during the ILS rwy 31 apch the f/o called rwy in sight. Captain asked for landing lights which the f/o turned on. Captain…Feb 11, 1985 · N978Z · No damageNTSB CHI85IA097Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 727-51 · St. Paul, MNShortly after takeof, the aircraft experienced an uncontained 7th to 8th stage removable sleeve compressor spacer failure in the number 3 engine. Pieces of the spacer passed through the number 2 engines duct causing compressor stalls in that engine. The…Jan 26, 1985 · N463US · Minor damage