Major NTSB investigations, NY

180,658 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,636 accidents, the rest incidents and other occurrences. Each has NTSB’s narrative and, once the investigation is done, its probable cause; since 2008, its findings and sequence of events.

Cases per year

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Major NTSB investigations, NY per year, 1972–2026: 34 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 c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'NY' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA'
    AND (c.board_report_url IS NOT NULL OR c.\"investigationClass\" = 'Class 1' OR c.\"caseType\" = 'Major - Launch')
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB DCA26MA161Accident · 2 fatalClass 1 · MajorPreliminary reportMitsubishi CL-600 · New York, NYOn March 22, 2026, at 2337 eastern daylight time, Jazz Aviation LP flight 646 (doing business as Air Canada flight 8646), an MHI (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) RJ Aviation (formerly Bombardier) CL-600-2D24 (CRJ-900) airplane, registration C-GNJZ, was…Mar 23, 2026 · C-GNJZ · Substantial damageNTSB WPR25MA128Accident · 6 fatalClass 3 · MajorPreliminary reportMitsubishi MU-2B-40 · Copake, NYOn April 12, 2025, about 1203 eastern daylight time, a Mitsubishi MU-2B-40, N635TA, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Copake, New York. The pilot and five passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of…Apr 12, 2025 · N635TA · DestroyedNTSB DCA23LA125Incident · No injuriesClass 1 · LimitedFinal reportBoeing 737-900ER · Queens, NYThe American Airlines flight 106 (AAL106) crew’s surface navigation error due to distractions caused by their performance of concurrent operational tasks during taxi, which resulted in a loss of situational awareness. Contributing to the incident was the air…Jan 14, 2023 · N914DU · 2 aircraft · No damageNTSB ERA18MA099Accident · 5 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportAmerican Eurocopter AS350B2 · New York, NYLiberty Helicopters Inc.'s use of a NYONair-provided passenger harness/tether system, which caught on and activated the floor-mounted engine fuel shutoff lever and resulted in the in-flight loss of engine power and the subsequent ditching. Contributing to…Mar 11, 2018 · N350LH · Substantial damageNTSB DCA15FA085Accident · No injuriesClass 1 · FieldFinal reportMcdonnell Douglas MD 88 · New York, NYthe captain's inability to maintain directional control of the airplane due to his application of excessive reverse thrust, which degraded the effectiveness of the rudder in controlling the airplane's heading. Contributing to the accident were the captain's…Mar 5, 2015 · N909DL · Substantial damageNTSB ERA12MA005Accident · 2 fatalMajor investigationFinal reportBell 206B · New York, NYThe pilot's failure to anticipate and correct for conditions (high gross weight, low indicated airspeed, and a right downwind turn) conducive to loss of tail rotor effectiveness (LTE), which resulted in LTE and an uncontrolled spin. Contributing to the…Oct 4, 2011 · N63Q · Substantial damageNTSB DCA09MA027Accident · 50 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportBombardier DHC-8-402 · Clarence Center, NYThe captain’s inappropriate response to the activation of the stick shaker, which led to an aerodynamic stall from which the airplane did not recover. Contributing to the accident were (1) the flight crew's failure to monitor airspeed in relation to the…Feb 13, 2009 · N200WQ · DestroyedNTSB DCA07MA003Accident · 2 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportCirrus Design SR-20 · Manhattan, NYC, NYThe pilots' inadequate planning, judgment, and airmanship in the performance of a 180º turn maneuver inside of a limited turning space.Oct 11, 2006 · N929CD · DestroyedNTSB IAD05MA078Accident · Serious injuriesMajor investigationFinal reportSikorsky S-76C · New York, NYAn inadvertent encounter with a left quartering tailwind. Factors in the accident were settling with power, the high gross weight of the helicopter, and the crew's failure to accurately assess the winds in the area.Jun 17, 2005 · N317MY · Substantial damageNTSB DCA02MA001Accident · 265 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportAirbus Industrie A300B4-605R · Belle Harbor, NYthe in-flight separation of the vertical stabilizer as a result of the loads beyond ultimate design that were created by the first officer's unnecessary and excessive rudder pedal inputs. Contributing to these rudder pedal inputs were characteristics of the…Nov 12, 2001 · N14053 · DestroyedNTSB DCA01MA063Accident · 65 fatalMajor investigationFinal reportBoeing 767-200ER · New York City, NYThe Safety Board did not determine the probable cause and does not plan to issue a report or open a public docket. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 are under the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Safety Board provided…Sep 11, 2001 · N612UA · DestroyedNTSB DCA01MA060Accident · 92 fatalMajor investigationFinal reportBoeing 767-200ER · New York City, NYThe Safety Board did not determine the probable cause and does not plan to issue a report or open a public docket. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 are under the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Safety Board provided…Sep 11, 2001 · N334AA · DestroyedNTSB DCA98MA084Accident · No injuriesMajor investigationFinal reportBoeing 727-200 · Jamaica, NYThe failure of the right main landing gear caused by fatigue cracking and stress corrosion cracking of the trunnion bearing support fitting.Aug 31, 1998 · N722DH · Substantial damageNTSB NYC97MA005Accident · Minor injuriesClass 1 · MajorFinal reportMcDonnell Douglas MD-88 · Flushing, NYThe Safety Board's full report is available at www.ntsb.gov/publictn/publictn.htm. NTSB Report AAR-97/03. the inability of the captain, because of his use of monovision contact lenses, to overcome his misperception of the airplane's position relative to the…Oct 19, 1996 · N914DL · Substantial damageNTSB DCA96MA079Accident · Minor injuriesClass 1 · MajorFinal reportMcDonnell Douglas DC-10-10CF · Newburgh, NYan in-flight cargo fire of undetermined origin. (NTSB Report AAR-98/03)Sep 5, 1996 · N68055 · DestroyedNTSB DCA96MA070Accident · 230 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportBoeing 747-131 · East Moriches, NYAn explosion of the center wing fuel tank (CWT), resulting from ignition of the flammable fuel/air mixture in the tank. The source of ignition energy for the explosion could not be determined with certainty, but, of the sources evaluated by the investigation,…Jul 18, 1996 · N93119 · DestroyedNTSB DCA96MA029Accident · Serious injuriesClass 1 · MajorFinal reportBoeing 747-136 · Jamaica, NYthe captain's failure to reject the takeoff in a timely manner when excessive nosewheel steering tiller inputs resulted in a loss of directional control on a slippery runway. Inadequate Boeing 747 slippery runway operating procedures developed by Tower Air,…Dec 20, 1995 · N605FF · Substantial damageNTSB DCA94MA038Accident · Minor injuriesClass 1 · MajorFinal reportMcdonnell Douglas MD-82 · Flushing, NYThe failure of the flightcrew to comply with checklist procedures to turn on an operable pitot/static heat system, resulting in ice and/or snow blockage of the pitot tubes that produced erroneous airspeed indications, and the flightcrew's untimely response to…Mar 2, 1994 · N18835 · Substantial damageNTSB DCA92MA044Accident · Serious injuriesClass 1 · MajorFinal reportLockheed L-1011-385-1 · Jamaica, NYDesign deficiencies in the stall warning system that permitted a defect to go undetected, the failure of twa's maintenance program to correct a repetitive malfunction of the stall warning system, and inadequate crew coordination between the captain and first…Jul 30, 1992 · N11002 · DestroyedNTSB DCA92MA025Accident · 27 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportFokker 28-4000 · Flushing, NYThe failure of the airline industry and the federal aviation administration to provide flightcrews with procedures, requirements, and criteria compatible with departure delays in conditions conducive to airframe icing and the decision by the flightcrew to…Mar 23, 1992 · N485US · DestroyedNTSB DCA92MA016Accident · 2 fatalMajor investigationFinal reportBeech 1900C · Gabriels, NYFailure of the captain to establish a stabilized approach, his inadequate cross-check of instruments, his descent below specified minimum altitude at the final approach fix, and failure of the copilot to monitor the approach. Factors related to the accident…Jan 3, 1992 · N55000 · DestroyedNTSB DCA90MA019Accident · 73 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportBoeing 707-321B · Cove Neck, NYThe failure of the flightcrew to adequately manage the airplane's fuel load, and their failure to communicate an emergency fuel situation to air traffic control before fuel exhaustion occurred. Contributing to the accident was the flightcrew's failure to use…Jan 26, 1990 · HK201 · DestroyedNTSB DCA89MA074Accident · 2 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportBoeing 737-400 · Flushing, NYThe captain's failure to exercise his command authority in a timely manner to reject the takeoff or take sufficient control to continue the takeoff, which was initiated with a mistrimmed rudder. Also causal was the captain's failure to detect the mistrimmed…Sep 21, 1989 · N416US · 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 NYC87MA024Accident · 1 fatalMajor investigationFinal reportEnstrom F-28F · Manhattan, NYThe aircraft was contracted by nbc to make daily highway traffic observations in the new york city area. The pilot and passenger, an nbc radio traffic reporter, were flying in a northerly direction along Manhattan's west side at an altitude of about 75 feet.…Oct 22, 1986 · N8617B · DestroyedNTSB CHI86MA212Accident · 1 fatalMajor investigationFinal reportPiper PA-31-T1 · Montgomery, NYAfter canceling his IFR flight plan, the PA-31 pilot entered the traffic pattern for rwy 26 on a crosswind leg. He did not see any traffic on downwind as he entered the pattern. He visually cleared the area below and to his right while on downwind and as he…Aug 29, 1986 · N284MC · 2 aircraft · Substantial damageNTSB DCA84AA018Accident · Serious injuriesFinal reportMcdonnell Douglas DC-10-30 · Jamaica, NYDuring an ILS apch to rwy 4R with a tailwind, the acft (scandinavian flt 901) was being flown by the coplt. The acft was fast on final apch & was landed aprx 4700 ft beyond the apch end of the rwy at 36 KTS above the programmed touchdown speed. The aircrew…Feb 28, 1984 · LNRKB · Substantial damageNTSB DCA84AA014Accident · Serious injuriesFinal reportFokker F27-100 · Jamaica, NYDuring the previous flt, the acft encountered light icing conditions while crusing at 4000 ft. the capt stated that the ice disappeared from the acft's structure in the course of its descent at 3000 ft & he did not use wing de-icing or the eng cowling…Jan 13, 1984 · N148PM · Substantial damageNTSB DCA82AA009Accident · 2 fatalFinal reportPiper PA-31 · Ithaca, NYThe acft was on a scheduled commuter flt from utica, NY to Washington, DC with a stop at Ithaca, NY. The en route portion of the flt from utica to Ithaca was normal. At 0735 EST, the acft was at 6000 ft MSL when apch control informed the aircrew to expect an…Jan 5, 1982 · N546BA · DestroyedNTSB DCA81AA013Incident · No injuriesClosedBoeing 727 · Jamaica, NYApr 8, 1981 · N8140N · Minor damageNTSB DCA78AA017Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBritish AC 1-11 · Rochester, NYJul 9, 1978 · N1550 · Substantial damageNTSB DCA75AZ015Accident · 112 fatalClosedBoeing 727 · Jamaica, NYJun 24, 1975 · N8845E · DestroyedNTSB NYC75AN070Accident · 3 fatalClosedBoeing 727 · Thiells, NYDec 1, 1974 · N274US · DestroyedNTSB DCA72AZ009Accident · 16 fatalClosedFairchild FH227B · Albany, NYMar 3, 1972 · N7818M · Destroyed