# NTSB investigations, PA: 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 ERA26LA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA245.md): Taylorcraft DCO-65 · Renovo, PA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 7, 2026 · N47123 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain control during an off-airport landing.
- [NTSB ERA20CA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA280.md): Cubcrafters CC11-160 · Monongahela, PA · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Aug 9, 2020 · N321C · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's premature application of brakes during landing, which resulted in a nose-over event.
- [NTSB GAA19CA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA292.md): Stearman B75N1 · Bradford, PA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 18, 2019 · N75577 · Substantial damage
  > The passenger’s inadvertent brake application during landing, which resulted in a nose-over.
- [NTSB ERA18TA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18TA266.md): Cessna 172 · Somerset, PA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Sep 30, 2018 · N4001F · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's decision to land with insufficient runway remaining to stop, which resulted in a runway overrun.
- [NTSB ERA14CA395](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA395.md): Boeing E75N1 · Penridge, PA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 17, 2014 · N53546 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's delayed action in correcting a drift to the right during landing roll and his improper use of the wheel brakes which resulted in the airplane nosing 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'PA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT e.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE 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?state=PA

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.