# NTSB investigations, AL: Preflight or dispatch event

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB ERA16FA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA140.md): Eurocopter AS 350 B2 · Enterprise, AL · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 26, 2016 · N911GF · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's decision to perform visual flight rules flight into night instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in loss of control due to spatial disorientation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's self-induced pressure to complete the…
- [NTSB ERA16FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA100.md): Cessna 182 · Mobile, AL · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 2, 2016 · N784CP · Destroyed
  > The pilot's loss of airplane control during a missed approach in instrument meteorological conditions due to spatial disorientation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight and inflight weather planning which resulted the pilot's…
- [NTSB ERA15CA364](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA364.md): Hughes 269B · Hartford, AL · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 19, 2015 · N141LL · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight planning, and his subsequent failure to attain adequate altitude during takeoff, which resulted in a collision with a wire fence.
- [NTSB ERA14FA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA120.md): Cessna 210L · Clay, AL · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 15, 2014 · N732EJ · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane while being vectored to intercept the localizer during night instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). Contributing to the accident was the operator's inadequate dispatch procedures, which did not…
- [NTSB NYC08LA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA270.md): Piper PA-12 · Brownsboro, AL · Accident · 2 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 5, 2008 · N7820H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to ensure the fuel valve was on prior taxi and takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed following loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```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" = 'AL' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '030' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent"))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/030/sequence?state=AL

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