# NTSB investigations: Lycoming O-360 series: Nose over/nose down

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 CEN25LA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA330.md): EXP Supercub · Grove, OK · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 20, 2025 · N633JC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain elevator control during the landing, which resulted in a nose over.
- [NTSB WPR21LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA051.md): Maule MX7 · Moab, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Nov 12, 2020 · N721P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during takeoff from an unimproved airstrip, which resulted in a nose-over.
- [NTSB WPR20CA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA074.md): Piper PA-18 Replica · Jean, NV · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 22, 2020 · N944KM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadvertent application of the brakes during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose-over.
- [NTSB CEN17LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA204.md): Aviat A-1B · Tomahawk Lake, WI · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 26, 2017 · N71JA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain a proper approach path, which resulted in the airplane’s hard landing and nose over after the water landing.
- [NTSB GAA16CA524](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA524.md): Van Hoomissen Gerald J Murphy Elite · Nordman, ID · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 9, 2016 · N567AK · Substantial damage
  > The floatplane pilot's improper landing flare during landing on choppy water with a tailwind, which resulted in a nose-over. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to determine the wind direction before landing.
- [NTSB CEN14CA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA061.md): Aviat A 1B · Cypress, TX · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Nov 15, 2013 · N721DL · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain control during landing which resulted in an impact with the runway surface.
- [NTSB WPR12CA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA041.md): American Champion 8GCBC · Ashton, ID · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Nov 20, 2011 · N131PM · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s poor decision-making when he decided to land on a snowy grass airstrip, which resulted in an encounter with deep snow during the landing roll and a subsequent nose-over.

## 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."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('41575')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE e.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND e.aircrafts_position = x.position AND e."isDefiningEvent" AND e."tier2Number" = '096'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/cases?engine=41575

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