NTSB investigations, 1989

12 cases where the first occurrence was “Near collision between aircraft”.

Cases per year

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NTSB investigations, 1989 per year, 1982–2026: 115 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 year(c.\"eventDate\") = 1989
    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\" = 280)
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB MIA90IA039Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 727 · Ormond Beach, FLFailure of the pilot in command in the Beech 300 to comply with an ATC clearance in a timely manner, while diverting his attention, and failure of the ATC controller to assure that IFR separation was maintained.Dec 15, 1989 · N64339 · 2 aircraft · No damageNTSB CHI89IA179Incident · Minor injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 767-231 · Knox, INThe radar controlller's failure to maintain radar separation. Factors contributing to the incident were: misunderstanding of an ATC instruction by the pilot of the incident airplane, and unclear phraseology used in the instructions issued by the radar…Sep 5, 1989 · N608TW · No damageNTSB CHI89IA144Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportDornier DO-228 · Chicago, ILPoor lookout by the crew of the Dornier and the baron.Jul 9, 1989 · N263MC · No damageNTSB CHI89IA143Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32 · Chicago, ILPoor lookout by the crew of the DC-9 and the Cessna pilot.Jul 9, 1989 · N939ML · No damageNTSB BFO89IA036Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportNorthrop T-38A · Washington, DCFailure of the T-38 pilot (in the other aircraft) to follow the ATC clearance and to maintain the proper altitude. Factors related to the incident were: failure of air traffic control (ATC) personnel to recognize the T-38'S improper altitude in a timely…May 15, 1989 · N920NS · 2 aircraft · No damageNTSB LAX89IA184Incident · Minor injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 747 · Los Angeles, CAInadequate visual look-out by the pilot of the other (small twin engine) aircraft. A factor related to the incident was: a delay of the 747 crew to see-and-avoid the other aircraft.May 8, 1989 · ZKNZX · No damageNTSB NYC89IA222Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportCessna 421C · New York, NYFailure of the liberty sector controller to advise pan am flight 542 of the presence of the Cessna 421 and/or restrict the climb of flight 542 until it had passed the Cessna, and failure of the pan am aircrew to see the Cessna in adequate time to avoid a near…Apr 23, 1989 · N247CB · 2 aircraft · No damageNTSB NYC89IA123Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportFairchild Swearingen SA-227AC · New York, NYThe failure of the swearingen flight crew to properly identify the airplane they were to follow, prior to accepting the visual approach to runway 31R.Apr 23, 1989 · N3044J · 2 aircraft · No damageNTSB DEN89IA089Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 727-200A · San Antonio, TXFailure of the ARTCC controller to assure that the aircraft maintained IFR separation standards. The controller's heavy workload was a related factor.Mar 22, 1989 · N728 · 2 aircraft · No damageNTSB CHI89IA054Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportShort Brothers SD360 · Chicago, ILThe PIC followed a clearance intended for another airplane.Mar 8, 1989 · N366MQ · No damageNTSB FTW89IA064Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 · Houston, TXFailure of the TRACON final approach controller to assure radar separation between the aircraft. Factors related to the accident were: inadequate supervision by the ATC supervisor, excessive workload for the controller, unclear instructions by the controller,…Mar 1, 1989 · N820NY · 2 aircraft · No damageNTSB LAX89IA112Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBritish Aerospace BAE 146-200A · Los Alamitos, CAInadequate coordination among the ATC controllers which resulted in their failure to maintain adequate radar separation of the two aircraft.Feb 14, 1989 · N141AC · No damage