NTSB investigations, 2019
138 cases where the sequence of events included Nose over/nose down.
Cases per year
| 2008 | 120 |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 136 |
| 2010 | 138 |
| 2011 | 133 |
| 2012 | 129 |
| 2013 | 124 |
| 2014 | 122 |
| 2015 | 127 |
| 2016 | 174 |
| 2017 | 166 |
| 2018 | 141 |
| 2019 | 138 |
| 2020 | 97 |
| 2021 | 93 |
| 2022 | 74 |
| 2023 | 116 |
| 2024 | 100 |
| 2025 | 86 |
| 2026 | 76 |
Where
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Query with SQL
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 year(c.\"eventDate\") = 2019
AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.\"tier2Number\" = '096' 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 year(c."eventDate") = 2019 AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '096' 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 ERA20CA110Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA28 · Cortland, NYThe student pilot's failure to maintain the runway heading during takeoff, which resulted in impact with a snowbank and a subsequent nose-over.NTSB CEN20CA039Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportFlight Design Ctsw · Delaware, OHThe student pilot’s failure to maintain yaw control during takeoff, which resulted in an aborted takeoff and subsequent landing on grassy terrain, during which the airplane bounced and then nosed over.NTSB WPR20CA045Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 140 · Lancaster, CAThe student pilot's failure to maintain directional control and his use of excessive braking while taxiing.NTSB WPR20LA040Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportVans RV 6 · Pima, AZA total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.NTSB CEN20LA029Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportLuscombe 8A · Baldwin City, KSThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff, and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action, which resulted in a runway excursion and nose over.NTSB WPR20CA036Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportJavron PA-18 Replica · Nephi, UTThe passenger’s inadvertent application of the brakes during landing, which resulted in a nose-over.NTSB CEN20CA027Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportSkystar Kitfox · Williamston, MIThe pilot's improper decision to continue taxiing the airplane on unsuitable terrain, which resulted in a nose-over.NTSB GAA20CA081Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportStinson SR9 · West Jefferson, OHThe pilot's use of excessive braking during landing, which resulted in a nose-over.NTSB GAA20CA071Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 182 · San Luis, COThe pilot's improper pitch attitude during landing on rising terrain in flat light conditions, which resulted in a hard landing.NTSB GAA20CA064Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportNew Glasair Sportsman GS-2 · Huntsville, ARThe pilot's failure to maintain proper pitch control during takeoff from a muddy, turf runway and his exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during the initial climb, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.NTSB GAA20CA069Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 180 · Tyler, TXThe pilot's improper wind correction while taking off with a tailwind, which resulted in a runway excursion and subsequent nose-over.NTSB ERA20LA028Accident · Serious injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCessna T210 · Odessa, TXA loss of engine power due to fuel starvation and the pilot’s mismanagement of the available fuel.NTSB GAA20CA051Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPereyra Aventura · Tavares, FLThe pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing on water, and his failure to maintain airplane control during a go-around, which resulted in the airplane nosing over.NTSB GAA20CA091Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCostruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2004 · Apopka, FLThe student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and subsequent nose-over.NTSB GAA20CA095Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 120 · Marion, ALThe student pilot's overapplication of the brakes during landing to avoid a deer on the runway, which resulted in a nose-over.NTSB GAA20CA040Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportKitfox S7 · Reno, NVThe pilot's use of excessive braking control during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose over.NTSB GAA20CA023Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 172 · Louisville, KYThe student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a porpoised landing, a subsequent hard landing on grass left of the runway, and a nose-over. Contributing to the accident was the student’s self-imposed pressure to land the airplaneNTSB ANC20LA002Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 172 · Palmer, AKThe pilot's delayed application of carburetor heat in weather conditions conducive to carburetor icing, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power, a precautionary landing, and impact with terrain.NTSB GAA20CA011Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportChampion 8GCBC · Henrys Lake, IDThe pilot's decision to land on unsuitable terrain, which resulted in a nose-over.NTSB GAA20CA004Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportReed Mike Smiths Super CUB · Triangle, IDThe pilot's excessive use of brakes during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose-over.NTSB GAA20CA003Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportVans RV9 · Lake Elsinore, CAThe pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for taxi, which resulted in the landing gear collapsing and a nose-over.NTSB GAA19CA577Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPitts S2 · Morrisville, VTThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and nose down.NTSB GAA19CA586Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA 12 · Williams, CAThe pilot's over application of power during recovery from a runway excursion, which resulted in a ground loop and nose over.NTSB GAA19CA575Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper J3C · Lander, WYThe pilot's failure to maintain lateral control during takeoff with a quartering tailwind, which resulted in the right wing striking the ground, a runway excursion, impact with a fence, and a subsequent noseover.NTSB GAA19CA564Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA18 · Skwentna, AKThe pilot's improper decision to depart from an off-airport surface covered with standing water, which resulted in a noseover.NTSB GAA19CA584Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA18 · New Meadows, IDThe pilot receiving instruction's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff with a gusting, right quartering headwind, which resulted in a noseover.NTSB GAA19CA552Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportMaule M 6-235 · Palmer, AKThe pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing and his failure to maintain directional control during the landing, which resulted in the airplane hitting a rut, bouncing, and then nosing over.NTSB GAA19CA551Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA 12 · Healy, AKThe pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack while taking off from water in shifting wind conditions.NTSB GAA19CA544Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 172F · Hemet, CAThe flight instructor's improper decision to perform a precautionary landing on unsuitable terrain, which resulted in a noseover.NTSB ERA19LA268Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportBeech K35 · St. Augustine, FLAn unintended brake application of the right main landing gear brake system during the landing rollout due to excessive play between the brake caliper anchor bolts and their bushings.NTSB GAA19CA529Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 172 · Mekoryuk, AKThe pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during takeoff in gusting wind conditions.NTSB ERA19LA267Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportGrumman G164 · Berlin, MDThe malfunction of the No. 9 pushrod, which resulted in a total loss of engine power.NTSB GAA19CA526Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPietenpol Pietenpol Aircamper · Glendo, WYThe pilot's overapplication of brakes during the landing roll, which resulted in a noseover.NTSB ANC19LA053Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA18 · Chugiak, AKOne of the pilot’s inadvertent application of the airplane's brakes, which resulted in a nose over.NTSB GAA19CA548Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 180 · Lancaster, TXThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a ground loop.NTSB GAA19CA539Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper J3C · Winfield, ALThe pilot's failure to maintain proper wind correction input during taxi in a gusting tailwind, which resulted in a nose over.NTSB GAA19CA530Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA 18 · Chickaloon, AKThe pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing and the pilot's improper pitch control during the landing roll which resulted in a nose over.NTSB GAA19CA522Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportStinson 108 · Bandera, WAThe pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for a simulated rejected takeoff, which resulted in a runway overrun and noseover.NTSB WPR19TA248Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3Final reportHall Kitfox · Nampa, IDThe owner's improper installation of the tailwheel, which resulted in the pilot's inability to maintain directional control during landing as a result of severe tailwheel vibrations.NTSB GAA19CA510Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportAmerican Legend AL3C · Waco, TXThe student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and noseover.NTSB GAA19CA507Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportMaule M5 · Anchorage, AKThe pilot's excessive braking during landing on a dry lakebed, which resulted in a nose-over.NTSB GAA19CA505Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPipistrel Sinus 912 · Oxford, FLThe pilot’s continued use of battery power during a nonpowered flight in a powered-glider, which depleted the battery to a level that was insufficient to power the starter during the engine restart sequence and resulted in a forced landing to a soft field and…NTSB GAA19CA501Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportChampion 7GCBC · Fairbanks, AKThe pilot's overapplication of brakes during landing on unimproved terrain, which resulted in a nose-over.NTSB GAA19CA495Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportFlight Design CT2K · Hooper, WAThe pilot's improper fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, a total loss of engine power, an off-airport landing to a field, and a subsequent nose-over.NTSB GAA19CA497Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA 12 · McCarthy, AKThe pilot's overapplication of brakes during landing, which resulted in a nose-over.NTSB ANC19TA044Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3Final reportCessna 180 · Anchorage, AKThe pilot’s failure to maintain takeoff heading due to sun glare, which resulted in his inability to see an island adjacent to the water lane and subequent impact with the island.NTSB CEN19WA256Accident · 1 fatalForeign investigationCessna A185 · Upper Raft Lake, CanadaNTSB GAA19CA464Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 172 · Westminster, MDThe pilot's improper decision to continue the landing with the airplane high and fast during the approach, which resulted in a long landing and a subsequent runway overrun and nose-over.NTSB WPR19LA226Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 177RG · Fall City, WAThe failure of the No. 3 cylinder intake valve that resulted in a partial loss of engine power and a forced landing on uneven terrain.NTSB CEN19LA243Accident · Serious injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCulver LCA · Viroqua, WIA total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.