NTSB investigations, MN

7 cases where the first occurrence was “Midair collision”.

Cases per year

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NTSB investigations, MN per year, 1984–2026: 7 cases
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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 c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'MN' 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\" = 270)
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB CHI03FA284Accident · 3 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 172S · Lake Elmo, MNBoth pilots failed to maintain adequate visual lookout and did not maintain clearance from the other aircraft.Aug 22, 2003 · N53033 · 2 aircraft · DestroyedNTSB CHI93LA195Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna A150L · Blaine, MNThe failure of the pilot of the Cessna 150, N6059J, and the pilot of the challenger to see and avoid each other.Feb 28, 1993 · N6059J · 2 aircraft · Minor damageNTSB CHI92FA201Accident · 4 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 172N · St Paul, MNInadequate visual lookout by the pilots of both airplanes, which resulted in their failure to see-and-avoid conflicting traffic, and failure of the relieving controllers to use the radar display to identify and sequence an airplane entering the pattern.…Jul 7, 1992 · N6376F · 2 aircraft · DestroyedNTSB CHI92LA036Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA28R-200 · Lakeville, MNThe failure of both pilots to maintain visual separation from each other. Contributing factors to this accident were an inadequate visual lookout by both pilots and the pilot-in-command's failure to follow procedures and directives.Dec 1, 1991 · N2072T · 2 aircraft · Substantial damageNTSB MKC90FA032Accident · No injuriesField investigationFinal reportBeech 95-B55B · Lakeville, MNInadequate visual lookout by the pilot in command in both aircraft.Nov 18, 1989 · N5678K · 2 aircraft · Substantial damageNTSB CHI84FA250Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportGrumman G-164B · Warren, MNN9367K was on departure and climbout to aerial application operations. N6533K was about to enter the traffic pattern to land and reload. Marks on respective airframes indicate N9367K was above and approaching N6533K from the latter's forward left quarter;…Jun 20, 1984 · N6533K · 2 aircraft · DestroyedNTSB CHI84FA225Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportSchleicher AS-K13 · Stanton, MNThe tow plane and the sailplane it had towed to pattern alt collided on final approach of the pattern. The tow plane was supposed to follow the sailplane to land after it had dropped the tow rope. There was a low sun glare facing the towplt on the heading of…Jun 9, 1984 · N3313 · 2 aircraft · Destroyed