NTSB investigations
1,429 cases where the sequence of events included Attempted remediation/recovery.
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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.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.\"tier2Number\" = '060' 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"
Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
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."mKey" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '060' 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
Run it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.
NTSB GAA19CA046Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBeech 55 · Gainesville, FLThe pilot's inadvertent landing gear retraction during the landing roll, which resulted in a canted left main landing gear and the wing dragging during the subsequent landing following a go-around.NTSB ERA19LA029Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportDiamond DA20 · Mountain Rest, SCA partial loss of engine power due to multiple discrepancies of the engine's ignition system.NTSB GAA19CA044Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportStoddard Hamilton Glasair II · Laramie, WYThe pilot's failure to maintain a proper pitch attitude during landing at night, which resulted in a porpoised landing.NTSB CEN19LA016Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportRotorway 162 · Passaic, MOThe electrical short in the main rotor rpm indicating unit which provided an inaccurate indication to the student pilot and resulted in substantial damage during the precautionary autorotation.NTSB CEN19LA015Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172 · Houston, TXThe pilot's failure to apply carburetor heat while operating in an area conducive to carburetor icing, which resulted in a total loss of engine power on approach and subsequent forced landing into a creek.NTSB GAA19CA042Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 172 · Salina, KSThe student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing.NTSB ERA19LA024Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech 35 · State College, PAThe pilot's mismanagement of the available fuel, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.NTSB CEN19LA013Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSorrell Sorrell SNS 7 · Middletown, OHThe pilot's loss of directional control during the landing rollout for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence, which resulted in the right wing striking the ground.NTSB GAA19CA037Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportZenith CH601 · Junction City, KSThe pilot's failure to secure the canopy latch before takeoff, which resulted in the canopy opening in flight and the subsequent loss of airplane control.NTSB GAA19CA050Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA28 · East Moriches, NYThe pilot’s delayed initiation of a go-around and his subsequent use of the improper go-around procedure, which resulted in a landing area overshoot.NTSB ERA19LA022Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA22 · Brownstown, INThe total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the engine revealed no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. Contributing to the outcome was the student…NTSB GAA19CA032Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA24 · Madras, ORThe pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear, which resulted in an attempted go-around and subsequent pitchdown and impact with the runway.NTSB GAA19CA029Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCapital Holdings 226 CCX-2000 · Dahlonga, GAThe pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control. Also causal to the accident was the pilot’s failure to retract the flaps during the aborted landing, which resulted in the…NTSB GAA19CA026Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 140 · Denver, COThe pilot’s inadvertent brake application, which resulted in a loss of directional control and a subsequent nose-over.NTSB GAA19CA027Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper J3C · Camas, WAThe student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.NTSB ERA19TA011Accident · No injuriesFinal reportBeech F33 · Reidsville, GAThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with a taxiway sign.NTSB ANC19CA003Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 207 · Anchorage, AKThe pilot's inadequate in-flight fuel management, which resulted in fuel starvation and the subsequent loss of engine power, and her subsequent failure to maintain clearance from trees during the approach to land at a nearby airstrip.NTSB GAA19CA012Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBearden Biplane Sopwith Camel · Bolivar, MOThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.NTSB GAA19CA009Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportStearman A75N1(PT17) · New Orleans, LAThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during a crosswind landing.NTSB GAA19CA007Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportMaule M7 · Medford, ORThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing.NTSB GAA19CA006Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportZenair CH 2000 · Topeka, KSThe pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and a subsequent runway excursion.NTSB GAA19CA014Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 172 · Stockton, CAThe student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.NTSB GAA19CA005Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 180 · Hailey, IDThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff in gusting crosswind conditions.NTSB ANC19CA002Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBeech 1900 · Gambell, AKThe pilot’s unstabilized approach and improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.NTSB GAA18CA580Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA28 · Van Nuys, CAThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.NTSB GAA18CA574Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA24 · Crewe, VAThe pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s improper fuel management, which resulted in fuel starvation…NTSB CEN18FA391Accident · 3 fatalField investigationFinal reportAirbus Helicopters AS350 · Gustavus, AKThe pilot's failure to maintain main rotor speed after setting the engine fuel control to idle, which resulted in a loss of helicopter control and impact with water.NTSB GAA18CA566Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportVans RV-14 · Heber City, UTThe pilot's loss of directional control during the landing roll and his subsequent attempted go-around.NTSB ERA18LA257Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 172 · Winter Haven, FLThe student pilot’s improper pitch attitude control during the initial climb, which resulted in a loss of airspeed, and his subsequent decision to conduct a 180° turn following the perceived anomaly, which resulted in a runway overrun.NTSB ERA18TA267Accident · Serious injuriesClass 3Final reportGrob G103 Twin Astir · Groveland, FLThe student pilot's failure to relinquish the flight controls during landing when the flight instructor told him to do so, and the instructor’s subsequent inability to properly control the glider, which led to a hard landing.NTSB GAA18CA564Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 150 · Roseburg, ORThe pilot's loss of directional control during landing.NTSB GAA18CA565Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportDe Havilland DHC 2 · Igiugig, AKThe pilot’s selection of an empty fuel tank for takeoff, which resulted in fuel starvation and the subsequent total loss of engine power.NTSB GAA18CA569Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportMaule M7 · Grass Valley, ORThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.NTSB GAA18CA556Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna R182 · Mount Holly, NJThe pilot’s failure to maintain lateral control of the airplane during landing, which resulted in a loss of directional control and subsequent runway excursion.NTSB GAA18CA553Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA28 · Spanish Fork, UTThe student pilot’s failure to maintain the runway heading during takeoff and the flight instructor’s decision to conduct primary flight instruction in an airplane without dual controls.NTSB GAA18CA549Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportAviat A1 · Bentonville, ARThe pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during an attempted go-around after the airplane bounced, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.NTSB GAA18CA559Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA34 · Miami, FLThe pilot under instruction’s failure to maintain the twin-engine airplane’s minimum control airspeed with one engine inoperative and the flight instructor’s distraction when reconfiguring the airplane following the simulated engine failure, which resulted in…NTSB GAA18CA548Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportVans Vans RV 8 · Carson, NVThe pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing, and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control in gusting, right quartering tailwind conditions.NTSB GAA18CA555Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportHimmeroeder Hansgeorg Bearhawk · Williams, CAThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.NTSB GAA18CA542Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA28 · Chino, CAThe student pilot's failure to maintain lateral control during the aborted landing.NTSB GAA18CA545Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportCirrus SR22 · Mason City, IAThe pilot’s improper hand propping procedure, which resulted in a runaway airplane and subsequent impact with a hangar.NTSB GAA18CA546Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA28 · De Pere, WIThe pilot's improper decision not to abort the takeoff after the airplane encountered standing water on the runway, which decreased its speed and led to its subsequent inability to climb and resulted in a runway overrun.NTSB GAA18CA584Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 305 · Groveland, CAThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing with a crosswind, which resulted in a runway excursion and subsequent ground-loop.NTSB GAA18CA532Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 206 · London, KYThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff with a tailwind.NTSB WPR18LA252Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportGuimbal Cabri · Santa Ana, CAThe flight instructor's delayed application of power during a power recovery following an autorotation, which resulted in an unrecoverable low rotor rpm during the landing flare and subsequent loss of control.NTSB WPR18FA247Accident · 2 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportSchempp-Hirth Duo Discus T · New Washoe City, NVThe pilot’s delayed recovery from an inadvertent spin and/or spiral dive and an exceedance of the glider’s design limit load during recovery, which resulted in an overload failure of both wings.NTSB GAA18CA522Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA 12 · Rexburg, IDThe pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in the airplane bouncing and a subsequent loss of directional control, a runway excursion, and impact with a fence.NTSB GAA18CA551Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA28 · Cypress, TXThe student pilot’s improper approach path after the airplane encountered turbulence, which resulted in the airplane landing hard short of the runway.NTSB GAA18CA523Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportEggleston Daniel S-18 Thorp · Porterville, CAThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll.NTSB GAA18CA529Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA46 · Hartford, CTThe pilot’s unstabilized approach and hard landing, which resulted in a nose landing gear collapse.