NTSB investigations: Mcdonnell Douglas MD 83

6 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Mcdonnell Douglas MD 83. 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.

Cases per year

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NTSB investigations: Mcdonnell Douglas MD 83 per year, 2000–2026: 6 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.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('3023681'))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB DCA25LA312Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportMcdonnell Douglas MD 83 · Miami, FLAn encounter with convective turbulence during descent that resulted in a serious injury to a flight attendant.Aug 23, 2025 · N805WA · No damageNTSB DCA25WA176Incident · No injuriesClass 5 · ForeignMcdonnell Douglas MD 83 · Havana, CubaMar 31, 2025 · N802WA · No damageNTSB DCA24WA282IncidentClass 5 · ForeignMcdonnell Douglas MD 83 · Santa Clara, CubaJun 2, 2024 · N802WA · Minor damageNTSB DCA18WA247Incident · No injuriesForeign investigationDouglas DC9 · Chichen Itza, MexicoThe Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil (DGAC) of Mexico has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Douglas DC9 airplane that occurred on July 11, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Mexico's…Jul 11, 2018 · N802WA · No damageNTSB CHI07FA184Accident · No injuriesField investigationFinal reportBoeing 777-222 · Chicago, ILThe 777-222's flight crew not maintaining clearance from the parked/standing MD 83 and the airport not coordinating the taxi chart instructions with air traffic control. Contributing to the accident was the MD 83's flight crew not following the taxi chart…Jun 27, 2007 · N213UA · 2 aircraft · Minor damageNTSB DCA00MA023Accident · 88 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportDouglas MD-83 · Port Hueneme, CAA loss of airplane pitch control resulting from the in-flight failure of the horizontal stabilizer trim system jackscrew assembly's acme nut threads. The thread failure was caused by excessive wear resulting from Alaska Airlines' insufficient lubrication of…Feb 1, 2000 · N963AS · Destroyed