# NTSB investigations, MA: 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 ERA20CA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA100.md): Cessna 402 · Barnstable, MA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 12, 2020 · N409BK · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to properly secure the crew hatch door before takeoff, which resulted in the door’s forward hinge assembly tearing from its fuselage mount point.
- [NTSB ERA16LA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA258.md): Piper PA24 · Westwood, MA · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 16, 2016 · N11MT · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper fuel management, which resulted in exhaustion of the fuel in the selected fuel tank and a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
- [NTSB ERA14LA347](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA347.md): Colt Balloons 160A · Clinton, MA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 20, 2014 · N976TC · Minor damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight and inflight planning and improper landing site selection and approach path, which resulted in the balloon contacting powerlines during landing. Contributing to the accident was the Federal Aviation Administration's inadequate…
- [NTSB ERA14MA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14MA271.md): Gulfstream Aerospace G IV · Bedford, MA · Accident · 7 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Jun 1, 2014 · N121JM · Destroyed
  > The flight crewmembers' failure to perform the flight control check before takeoff, their attempt to take off with the gust lock system engaged, and their delayed execution of a rejected takeoff after they became aware that the controls were locked.…
- [NTSB ERA13FA372](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA372.md): Aeronca 7AC · Taunton, MA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 25, 2013 · N83863 · Destroyed
  > The pilot/owner’s inadequate preflight inspection and inadequate pretakeoff check of the flight controls, which resulted in a takeoff with the rudder gust lock installed. Contributing to the accident was the pilot-rated passenger’s failure to detect that the…
- [NTSB ERA09CA489](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA489.md): Piper J5A · Holland, MA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 27, 2009 · N33078 · Substantial damage
  > A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. A factor in the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection.

## 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" = 'MA' 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=MA

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