Major NTSB investigations

7 cases where the first occurrence was “On ground/water collision with object”.

Cases per year

19832026
Major NTSB investigations per year, 1983–2026: 7 cases
19831
19861
19871
19902
19911
20021

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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\" = 310)
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB DCA02MA026Accident · No injuriesMajor investigationFinal reportCanadair CL-600-2B19 · Dulles Airport, VAthe airplane's collision with two wild turkeys.Mar 9, 2002 · N622BR · Substantial damageNTSB DCA91MA018Accident · 34 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportBoeing 737-300 · Los Angeles, CAThe failure of the Los Angeles air traffic facility management to implement procedures that provided redundancy comparable to the requirements contained in the national operational position standards and the failure of the FAA air traffic service to provide…Feb 2, 1991 · N388US · 2 aircraft · DestroyedNTSB DCA91MA010Accident · 8 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-14 · Romulus, MILack of proper crew coordn, including virtual reversal of roles by the DC-9 plts, which led to their failure to stop taxiing & alert gnd ctlr of their positional uncertainty in a timely manner bfr & after intruding onto the active rwy. Contribuing to cause of…Dec 3, 1990 · N3313L · 2 aircraft · DestroyedNTSB DCA90MA017Accident · 1 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportBeech A100 · Atlanta, GA(1) Failure of the federal aviation administration to provide air traffic control procedures that adequately take into consideration human performance factors such as those which resulted in the failure of the north local controller to detect the developing…Jan 19, 1990 · N44UE · 2 aircraft · DestroyedNTSB 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 DCA87MA010Accident · 1 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportPiper PA-23-150 · Tampa, FLAt aprx 0612 EST, an eastern airline capt (owner of Piper PA-23, N2185P) departed a rwy near his home in VFR conds to commute to work at Tampa, FL. Shortly after takeoff, he contacted a fss & updated the wx info he had obtained on the previous evening. At…Nov 6, 1986 · N2185P · 2 aircraft · DestroyedNTSB DCA84AA013Accident · Serious injuriesFinal reportMcDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF · Anchorage, AKA Piper PA-31, N35206, (south central air flt 59) was cleared to taxi to rwy 6L. The wx at that time was foggy with about 1/8 mi vsiibility, but the RVR was improving & the arpt was expected soon to be acceptable for takeoffs. The PA-31 crew taxied & waited…Dec 23, 1983 · H7339 · 2 aircraft · Destroyed