Fatal NTSB investigations: Embraer EMB-120RT

4 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Embraer EMB-120RT. 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

19902026
Fatal NTSB investigations: Embraer EMB-120RT per year, 1990–2026: 4 cases
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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 c.\"highestInjuryLevel\" = 'Fatal'
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('3260202'))
  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 DCA97MA017Accident · 29 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportEmbraer EMB-120RT · Monroe, MIThe Federal Aviation Adminstration's (FAA) failure to establish adequate aircraft certification standards for flight in icing conditions, the FAA's failure to ensure that at Centro Tecnico Aeroespacial/FAA-approved procedure for the accident airplane's deice…Jan 9, 1997 · N265CA · DestroyedNTSB DCA91MA052Accident · 14 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportEmbraer 120 · Eagle Lake, TXThe failure of Continental express maintenance and inspection personnel to adhere to proper maintenance and quality assurance procedures for the airplane's horizontal stabilizer deice boots that led to the sudden in-flight loss of the partially secured left…Sep 11, 1991 · N33701 · DestroyedNTSB DCA91MA033Accident · 23 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportEmbraer EMB-120RT · Brunswick, GAThe loss of control in flight as a result of a malfunction of the left engine propeller control unit which allowed the propeller blade angles to go below the flight idle position. Contributing to the accident was the deficient design of the propeller control…Apr 5, 1991 · N270AS · DestroyedNTSB ATL90FA095Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportEmbraer EMB-120 · Gadsden, ALInadequate visual lookout by the pilots of both aircraft, which resulted in their failure to see-and-avoid oncoming traffic. A factor related to the accident was: the sun's glare, which restricted the vision of the Cessna 172 pilot.Apr 9, 1990 · N217AS · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage