Major NTSB investigations

4 cases where the first occurrence was “Near collision between aircraft”.

Cases per year

19862026
Major NTSB investigations per year, 1986–2026: 4 cases
19863
19881

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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 (c.board_report_url IS NOT NULL OR c.\"investigationClass\" = 'Class 1' OR c.\"caseType\" = 'Major - Launch')
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT o.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.\"occurrenceNumber\" = 1 AND o.\"occurrenceCode\" = 280)
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB ATL89MA012Incident · No injuriesMajor investigationFinal reportAerospatiale ATR-42-300 · Yardley, PABfr tkof, corrected flt plan was put in ATC computer for airforce 1 (AF1) to take nonstandard rte to newark. After tkof,AF1 was vctrd nw with handoff to NY ARTCC (zny), then east via Yardley (ard) to newark; 15 mi west of ard, zny initiatedhandoff to NY…Oct 12, 1988 · N17810 · 2 aircraft · No damageNTSB CHI86MA216Incident · No injuriesMajor investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-222 · Lansing, MIPiedmont flt PI255 (a Boeing 737, N749N) was dscndg in visual conds on an IFR clnc when it & a twin commanche (Piper PA-30, N7399Y) converged & passed within a rprtd 50 to 100 ft of each other. The near collision occurred as the PA-30 was cruising westbound…Aug 30, 1986 · N749N · 2 aircraft · No damageNTSB CHI86MA142Incident · No injuriesMajor investigationFinal reportMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31 · Chicago, ILU.S. Air flight 373 passed over American airlines flight 695 at the intersection of runways 32R and 4L while both aircraft were taking off. Both aircraft had been cleared for takeoff by the local controller at o'hare tower. The aircraft came within twenty…May 17, 1986 · N973VJ · 2 aircraft · Minor damageNTSB LAX86MA151Incident · No injuriesMajor investigationFinal reportBoeing 727-231 · Cincinnati, OHIndianapolis ctr (ctlr-a) clrd sluff 11 (S-11), a flt of 4 ANG A-7'S, to clb to FL210. Later, ctlr-a told S-11 to chg freq (to york low sector, ctlr-b). S-11 chgd freq, but neither S-11 nor ctlr-b established rdo contact with each other until S-11 had contd…Mar 22, 1986 · N64315 · 2 aircraft · No damage