NTSB investigations: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG, 2012, WA
3 cases on aircraft whose registry engine model is Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG. 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
| 1969 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 1975 | 1 |
| 1977 | 1 |
| 1978 | 1 |
| 1980 | 2 |
| 1982 | 2 |
| 1984 | 3 |
| 1985 | 1 |
| 1987 | 1 |
| 1988 | 3 |
| 1989 | 1 |
| 1990 | 2 |
| 1991 | 2 |
| 1992 | 2 |
| 1993 | 2 |
| 1994 | 1 |
| 1996 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 |
| 1999 | 3 |
| 2000 | 3 |
| 2001 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 |
| 2004 | 7 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 |
Where
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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\") = 2012
AND c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'WA' 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 ('99999'))
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.
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") = 2012
AND c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'WA' 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 ('99999'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESCRun it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.
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