NTSB investigations: Callair A-9, CA

10 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Callair A-9. 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: Callair A-9, CA per year, 1964–2026: 10 cases
1964	1
1965	3
1968	2
1969	3
1973	1

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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 c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'CA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA' AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1850120')) 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 c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'CA' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA'
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1850120'))
  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 c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'CA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1850120'))
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 LAX73DUQ36Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCallair A-9 · New Cuyama, CAMay 28, 1973 · N8262H · Substantial damage NTSB OAK70D0140Accident · No injuriesClosedCallair A9B · Tulare, CAOct 7, 1969 · N8234H · Substantial damage NTSB OAK70D0097Accident · No injuriesClosedCallair A-9 · Lodi, CAAug 21, 1969 · N8238H · Substantial damage NTSB OAK69D0238Accident · No injuriesClosedCallair A-9 · Linden, CAMar 1, 1969 · N8238H · Substantial damage NTSB OAK68F0355Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCallair A-9 · Firebaugh, CAApr 13, 1968 · N3615G · Destroyed NTSB OAK68D0312Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCallair A9 · Galt, CAMar 3, 1968 · N7242V · Destroyed NTSB LAX66A0006Accident · 1 fatalClosedCallair A-9 · Clements, CAJul 12, 1965 · N3600G · 2 aircraft · Destroyed NTSB OAK66F0013Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCallair A9 · Dingville, CAApr 26, 1965 · N8287H · Substantial damage NTSB UNK65X1362Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCallair A9 · W.Fairfield, CAJan 27, 1965 · N9665Z · Destroyed NTSB UNK64X3485Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCallair A9 · Dos Palos, CAAug 20, 1964 · N3615G · Substantial damage