NTSB investigations, PR

4 cases where the first occurrence was “Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction”.

Cases per year

19992026
NTSB investigations, PR per year, 1999–2026: 4 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\" = 'PR' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA'
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT o.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.\"occurrenceNumber\" = 1 AND o.\"occurrenceCode\" = 130)
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB MIA05LA079Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRockwell Aero Commander 500 · San Juan, PRThe failure of the pilot to follow the emergency checklist and his inadvertent operation of the airplane with known discrepancies resulting in landing overrun and on-ground collision with a ditch during the landing roll.Mar 12, 2005 · N8498C · Substantial damageNTSB NYC04FA223Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportAero Commander 112 · Vieques, PRThe pilot's inadequate preflight and in-flight planning and decision making which resulted in the airplane entering instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of instrument experience, a vacuum pump failure, and…Feb 16, 2004 · N1261J · Substantial damageNTSB MIA02LA051Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172P · Levittown, PRthe failure of maintenance personnel to comply with aircraft manufacturer's inspection procedures, resulting in corrosion and separation of the aileron control cable in flight and the subsequent forced landing in a swamp.Jan 26, 2002 · N99295 · Substantial damageNTSB MIA99TA206Accident · No injuriesFinal reportHughes OH-6A · Aguadilla, PRAn unidentified foreign object passing through the oil cooler blower assembly resulting in fracture and seizure of the oil cooler blower, and slowing of the main transmission and main rotor, which resulted in the pilot being unable to arrest the descent…Jul 29, 1999 · N66377 · Substantial damage