# NTSB investigations, PR: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)

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 GAA17CA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA261.md): Quicksilver Manufacturing SPORT2S R582 · Arecibo, PR · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 5, 2017 · N228KM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to see and avoid trees during low-altitude flight.
- [NTSB ERA10CA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA152.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Patillas, PR · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 24, 2010 · N5212L · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s decision to abort the takeoff with insufficient runway remaining.
- [NTSB ERA09FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA078.md): Rockwell International 690B · Rio Grande, PR · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 3, 2008 · N318WA · Destroyed
  > The pilot's continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in an in-flight collision with terrain.

## 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" = 'PR' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '120' 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/120/sequence?state=PR

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