# NTSB investigations, 2025: Aircraft inspection 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 WPR26LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA065.md): Cessna 150F · Temecula, CA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 20, 2025 · N8155S · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection and fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
- [NTSB WPR25LA298](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA298.md): Cessna 185A · Ilwaco, WA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 27, 2025 · N186X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
- [NTSB ERA25LA303](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA303.md): Centrair 101A · Springfield, VT · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 16, 2025 · N99KG · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to assemble the glider’s elevator control before takeoff.
- [NTSB ERA25LA285](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA285.md): Cessna TU206 · Ellsworth, ME · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 1, 2025 · N9493Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s decision to operate the airplane with a known deficiency of the floats, which resulted in an accumulation of water in the forward compartments of the floats, a forward center of gravity, and subsequent nose over during a water landing.
- [NTSB WPR25LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA184.md): Cessna 180E · Rockford, WA · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 20, 2025 · N2680Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and a subsequent landing on rough terrain.
- [NTSB WPR25LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA176.md): Cessna 182M · Willow Creek, MT · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 15, 2025 · N71450 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection and fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
- [NTSB CEN25LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA193.md): Cessna 177B · Columbus, MS · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · May 31, 2025 · N177LS · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and improper in-flight decision-making, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and a subsequent landing on rough terrain.
- [NTSB ERA25LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA188.md): Cessna 172RG · Louisburg, NC · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Apr 23, 2025 · N6386V · Substantial damage
  > Maintenance personnel’s failure to identify and remediate water contamination of the airplane’s fuel system, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power during initial climb.
- [NTSB CEN25LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA129.md): Stemme S10-VT · Kiowa, CO · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 15, 2025 · N237DB · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection and fuel planning which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
- [NTSB ERA25LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA122.md): Allyn Kaste Rans S-19 (KIT) · Doylestown, PA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Feb 10, 2025 · N258DK · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s inadequate maintenance and preflight inspection.
- [NTSB WPR25LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA099.md): Cessna 140 · Salome, AZ · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Feb 9, 2025 · N4185N · Substantial damage
  > The total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and the pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection.
- [NTSB CEN25LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA080.md): Luscombe 8 · Omaha, NE · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jan 16, 2025 · N71586 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 2025
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '050' 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/050/sequence?year=2025

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