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Major NTSB investigations, 1990

180,630 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,609 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.

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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\") = 1990
    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"

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 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 DCA90MA055Accident · 1 fatalMajor investigationFinal reportBoeing 707-321B · Marana, AZImproper preflight planning/preparation by the pilot, and his failure to use a checklist. Factors related to the accident were: the faa's inadequate surveillance of the operation, the faa's insufficient standards/requirements, the pilot's operation of the…Sep 20, 1990 · N320MJ · DestroyedNTSB CHI90MA244Accident · 5 fatalMajor investigationFinal reportBell 206B · Elkhorn, WIImproper planning/decision by the pilot, and his failure to attain adequate altitude before flying over rising terrain at night. Factors related to the accident were: darkness, fog, haze, rising terrain, and the lack of visual cues that were available to the…Aug 27, 1990 · N16933 · DestroyedNTSB FTW90MA161Accident · 3 fatalMajor investigationFinal reportGrumman G-159 · Houston, TXPartial failure of the left engine fuel pump, which resulted in a partial loss of power in the left engine, but not enough of a power loss to trigger and/or complete the autofeathering operation of the left propeller, thus allowing insufficient time for the…Aug 23, 1990 · N80RD · DestroyedNTSB CHI90MA162Accident · 1 fatalMajor investigationFinal reportPiper PA-46-310P · Lakeville, MIThe pilot's failure to use the airplane's ice protection equipment, which resulted in a performance loss due to induction icing, propeller icing, or both, while flying in convective instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) at and above the freezing level.…Jun 26, 1990 · N315RC · DestroyedNTSB DCA90MA030Accident · Serious injuriesClass 1 · MajorFinal reportBoeing 737-2X6C · Unalakleet, AKDeficiencies in flightcrew coordination, their failure to adequately prepare for and properly execute the unk LOC rwy 14 nonprecision approach and their subsequent premature descent.Jun 2, 1990 · N670MA · DestroyedNTSB MKC90MA115Accident · 2 fatalMajor investigationFinal reportPiper PA-46-310P · Naylor, MOThe pilot's failure to activate the pitot heat before flying in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) above the freezing level, followed by his improper response to erroneous airspeed indications that resulted from blockage of the pitot tube by…May 27, 1990 · N22EK · DestroyedNTSB BFO90MA023Accident · 1 fatalMajor investigationFinal reportHawker Siddeley HS.125-35 · Columbia, MOInadequate preflight by the pilot(s), water contamination of the fuel, low level of deice fluid (methanol) in the deice tank, and subsequent ice blockage of the fuel filters. Darkness was a related factor.Jan 31, 1990 · G0B0B · 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 MKC90MA049Accident · 7 fatalMajor investigationFinal reportGrumman G1159 · Little Rock, ARFailure of the pilot-in-command to follow IFR procedures (maintain an ILS glide path or initiate a missed approach) during an IFR arrival to the airport. Factors related to the accident were: unfavorable weather conditions, an erroneous wind indication from…Jan 19, 1990 · N46TE · 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 ATL90MA051Accident · 2 fatalMajor investigationFinal reportLearjet 23 · Ansonia, OHThe flight crew became incapacitated for undetermined reasons and lost control of the airplane.Jan 18, 1990 · N331DP · Destroyed