# NTSB investigations, 2020: Dragged wing/rotor/float/other

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 ANC21LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC21LA010.md): Cessna 172R · Hope, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 31, 2020 · N949AF · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s selection of unsuitable terrain for landing. A factor was the certified flight instructor’s selection of unsuitable terrain for landing.
- [NTSB ANC20CA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20CA092.md): Helio H 295 · Fairbanks, AK · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Sep 10, 2020 · N68857 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s decision to initiate a right turn immediately after departure and his failure to maintain a proper crosswind correction, which resulted in a collision with terrain.
- [NTSB WPR20CA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA296.md): Cessna Ector 305A · Amboy, CA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Sep 3, 2020 · N1832 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during a precautionary landing which resulted in a ground loop.
- [NTSB ERA20LA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA275.md): Piper PA25 · Miami, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 5, 2020 · N223AB · Substantial damage
  > A total loss of engine power due to carburetor ice that was not detected by the pilot.
- [NTSB ERA20CA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA178.md): Schempp Hirth Ventus 2CT · Stuarts Draft, VA · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · May 11, 2020 · N514TW · Substantial damage
  > A loss of thermal lift during a motor glider flight, which resulted in an off-airport landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's delayed attempted engine start.
- [NTSB ERA20CA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA147.md): Zenair CH 2000 · Ocala, FL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 28, 2020 · N677NA · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's improper landing flare and subsequent improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in the nosewheel collapsing.
- [NTSB ERA20CA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA114.md): Cessna 172 · Everglades City, FL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 26, 2020 · N291RP · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during the landing flare in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in the left wing striking the runway.
- [NTSB WPR20CA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA093.md): Aviat A1 · Columbia, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 22, 2020 · N462 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain bank control during landing in gusting wind conditions.
- [NTSB CEN20LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA125.md): Mitsubishi MU 2B-40 · Chilton, WI · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jan 29, 2020 · N425GZ · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's decision to land on the turf runway with insufficient landing performance and his subsequent loss of control during the landing roll.

## 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") = 2020
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '093' 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/093/sequence?year=2020

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