NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series, 1987

9 cases on aircraft whose registry engine model is Pratt & Whitney JT8D 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

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NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series, 1987 per year, 1966–2026: 142 cases
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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\") = 1987
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('52053', '52377'))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB DEN88IA043Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportMcdonnell Douglas MD-80 · Denver, CODuring landing roll the acft struck a taxiway marker. Visibility was reported by RVR to be 2200. Actual visibility was near zero due to blowing snow. Plt stated he did not lose cntrl but finite cntrl not possible due to lack of visibility and cross winds of…Dec 27, 1987 · N72830 · Minor damageNTSB DCA88MA004Accident · 28 fatalMajor investigationFinal reportMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-14 · Denver, COThe Safety Board's full report on this investigation is provided as Aviation Accident Report number AAR-88/09. To obtain a copy of this report, or to view the executive summary online, please see the Web site at http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/publictn.htm…Nov 15, 1987 · N626TX · DestroyedNTSB ATL88LA034Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-232 · Raleigh, NCThe acft encountered moderate to severe turbulence during the nighttime flt, when it passed through clouds momentarily at FL225. A flt attendant sustained a broken ankle. The captain rptd that radar gave no indication of any wx ahead prior to the encounter.…Nov 11, 1987 · N315DL · No damageNTSB LAX88IA009Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 · Ontario, CAFailure of the general aviation aircraft to visually identify the transport aircraft. Factures contributing to the incident were: failure of the general aviaiton aircraft to establish communications with ATC prior to entering the arsa and maintaining a poor…Oct 9, 1987 · N413AA · No damageNTSB NYC87MA236Accident · No injuriesMajor investigationFinal reportMcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63 · Newburgh, NYThe wx was deteriorating as airborne express flt 124 & rosenbalm flt 074 were on successive arrivals for an ILS rwy 9 apch. Flt 124 was clrd for the apch & lndd. After lndg, the LCL ctlr (l/c) instructed flt 124 to back taxi on the rwy & rprt when clr of the…Aug 20, 1987 · N951R · 2 aircraft · Substantial damageNTSB ATL87IA201Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-232 · Frankfort, KYThunderstorms and lightning in the vicinity of the arpt prevented adding fuel to the acft and resulted in a delayed departure. The lou VOR was out of service, and the flt was radar vectored until it was cleared direct to lex and for the apch. At the time of…Jul 7, 1987 · N324DL · No damageNTSB CHI87IA135Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 · Chicago, ILAmerican flt 637 was on departure from Chicago-o'hare intl arpt (ord), climbing thru 7300' MSL, when it passed American flt 393 with aprx 500' vertical sepn & 1/4 mi horizontal sepn. This occurred after an air traffic assistant, who was working the clnc…May 30, 1987 · N224AA · No damageNTSB CHI87IA100Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 · Minneapolis, MNThe aircraft landed uneventfully after the right engine failed during a descent. The shutdown occurred after failed antirotation pins allowed gas loads to drive normally stationary third stage vane clusters in the low pressure turbine area. Rotation of the…Mar 23, 1987 · N409AA · Minor damageNTSB MIA87IA068Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 727-223 · Tampa, FLThe regularly scheduled air carrier flight was climbing to altitude when the engine oil pressure and quantity dropped to zero on the #3 engine; it was shut down. Shortly thereafter, the #1 engine oil pressure dropped to zero. It was reduced to idle and the…Jan 6, 1987 · N6819 · Minor damage