NTSB investigations: Beech C-45H, 1979

7 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Beech C-45H. 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.

Defining event

Finding

Phase of flight

Aircraft model

Cases per year

19642026

NTSB investigations: Beech C-45H, 1979 per year, 1964–2026: 195 cases
1964	8
1965	20
1966	10
1967	22
1968	10
1969	11
1970	13
1971	8
1972	10
1973	10
1974	7
1975	4
1976	5
1977	9
1978	6
1979	7
1981	3
1982	3
1983	1
1984	6
1986	1
1987	2
1989	1
1990	1
1991	4
1992	1
1993	3
1995	1
1996	1
1997	1
1999	2
2001	1
2004	2
2007	1

Where

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Query with SQL

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") = 1979 AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1151018', '1151019')) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC

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\") = 1979
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1151018', '1151019'))
  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.

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") = 1979
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1151018', '1151019'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC

Run it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.

NTSB LAX80DJA03Accident · 1 fatalClosedBeech C-45H · Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean)Nov 4, 1979 · N145DC · Destroyed NTSB LAX79FJA15Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech C-45H · Kailua-Kona, HISep 20, 1979 · N8067H · Substantial damage NTSB CHI79FA076Accident · 4 fatalClosedBeech C-45H · Hastings, MISep 15, 1979 · N600NA · Destroyed NTSB NYC79FA051Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBeech C45H · Slatington, PAJun 29, 1979 · N281M · Destroyed NTSB DEN79FTE31Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech C45H · Firestone, COApr 18, 1979 · N6495D · Substantial damage NTSB OAK79FJA10Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech D-18 · Molokai, HIApr 16, 1979 · N4213 · Substantial damage NTSB NYC79FA023Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBeech C45 · Reading, PAJan 31, 1979 · N346V · Substantial damage