NTSB investigations
696 cases where the defining event was Fuel exhaustion.
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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 c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT e.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE e.\"isDefiningEvent\" AND e.\"tier2Number\" = '192') 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 c."mKey" IN (SELECT e.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE e."isDefiningEvent" AND e."tier2Number" = '192') 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 CEN18LA167Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportEnstrom Helicopter 280C · Kerens, TXThe total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and the pilot’s inadequate in-flight fuel management.NTSB GAA18CA264Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA28 · Addison, TXThe pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB GAA18CA152Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA 32R · Big Spring, TXThe pilot’s failure to manage the airplane’s fuel supply, which resulted in fuel starvation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to attempt the flight with an inoperative fuel gauge.NTSB GAA18CA184Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA32 · Camas, WAThe pilot’s inadequate inflight fuel management and his failure to switch to a fuel tank with adequate fuel, which resulted in fuel starvation.NTSB GAA18CA149Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportBeech B · Ferris, TXThe pilot’s improper preflight inspection of the fuel level, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to lower the landing gear before the emergency landing.NTSB WPR18CA096Accident · Serious injuriesData collectionFinal reportBell 47G · Pixley, CAA total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation, which resulted from the pilot’s failure to ensure that adequate fuel was on board for the flight. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s self-induced pressure to complete the flight due to impending…NTSB CEN18LA093Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA 34-220T · Patterson, LAThe pilot's inadequate in-flight fuel management, which resulted in a dual loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB GAA18CA124Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 150 · El Dorado, KSThe pilot’s improper fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and a subsequent off-airport landing and nose-over.NTSB ERA18LA071Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA28 · Meriden, CTThe pilot's inadequate preflight fuel planning and his improper in-flight decision-making, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN18FA088Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 172F · Williamsport, INThe pilot's mismanagement of fuel, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and descent and collision with trees.NTSB CEN18LA075Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA 28-236 · Tishomingo, OKThe pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning and in-flight fuel monitoring and his decision to take off with an unverified amount of fuel, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent impact with trees during an attempted forced landing.NTSB GAA18CA073Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBrock Steiner Sport Copter Vortex · Spanish Fork, UTThe pilot’s failure to maintain situational and geographic awareness during the flight, which resulted in him becoming lost and exhausting the gyroplane’s fuel.NTSB CEN18LA047Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech C90 · Rockford, ILThe pilot's inadequate preflight planning and his decision to depart without the required fuel reserve, which resulted in fuel exhaustion during a night approach and subsequent loss of engine power.NTSB WPR18LA023Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportBeech B95 · Las Vegas, NVThe flight instructor’s inadequate preflight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, a total loss of power to both engines, and a subsequent forced landing.NTSB ERA18WA052Accident · Serious injuriesForeign investigationBeech B200 · Pucallpa, PeruThe government of Peru has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Beech B200C airplane that occurred on October 19, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Peru's investigation under the provisions of…NTSB CEN17CA371Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportVans RV7 · Itasca, TXThe pilot’s inadequate preflight planning and improper in-flight decision-making, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB WPR17LA212Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMooney M20E · Glendale, CAThe pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning and improper decision to not refuel before the flight, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the subsequent total loss of engine power.NTSB CEN17LA358Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 177B · London, OHThe flight instructor's inadequate in-flight fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN17LA356Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna R182 · Worland, WYThe pilot's decision to operate an airplane with unreliable fuel gauges and the worn fuel cap seal that allowed fuel to siphon from the left wing fuel tank, which ultimately resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB GAA17CA529Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 182 · Fairfield, MTThe pilot's failure to secure the right fuel cap during the preflight inspection, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, a total loss of engine power, and an off-airport hard landing.NTSB CEN17LA336Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHughes 369A · Burnet, TXThe pilot's inadequate inflight decision making, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB GAA17CA542Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 150 · Wasilla, AKThe student pilot’s inadequate in-flight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, the subsequent total loss of engine power, and a forced off-airport landing.NTSB ERA17FA299Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportGrumman AA1 · Portland, TNThe pilot's improper fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB GAA17CA511Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA 12 · Gulkana, AKThe pilot’s inadequate in-flight fuel planning, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB GAA17CA505Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 177RG · Byron, CAThe pilot’s improper preflight fuel planning, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB ERA17LA285Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBell 47G · St Marys, PAThe student pilot's inadequate prefight planning and en route fuel management, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of engine power.NTSB ERA17LA281Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper J3C · Green Creek, NJThe pilot's exhaustion of the fuel supply in the selected tank.NTSB WPR17LA147Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180 · Baker City, ORThe loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the pilot's inadequate preflight fuel planning.NTSB ERA17LA235Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna T337 · Greenwood, SCThe pilots' inadequate preflight inspection, during which they failed to adequately verify the quantity of fuel, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, a subsequent total loss of power to both engines, and a forced landing into trees. Contributing to the accident…NTSB ERA17FA232Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportMorrisey 2150A · Honesdale, PAA total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's use of two psychoactive substances, which led to his impaired decision to attempt to takeoff after engine issues became evident.NTSB CEN17LA261Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 177 · Wauseon, OHThe flight instructor’s inadequate preflight fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB GAA17CA361Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 182 · Doniphan, MOThe pilot’s improper decision to take off with a known fuel leak, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB GAA17CA331Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA25 · Hood River, ORThe pilot's failure to visually check the fuel level prior to takeoff and subsequent mismanagement of the available fuel supply during numerous glider tow flights.NTSB GAA17CA305Accident · Serious injuriesData collectionFinal reportGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164 · Maxwell, CAThe pilot's failure to visually check the fuel quantity during the preflight inspection and ensure that sufficient fuel was onboard for the flight, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN17LA166Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA 31-350 · Covington, LAThe pilot's improper fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of power to both engines due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN17LA157Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 210 · Minden, LAThe pilot's inadequate fuel planning and in-flight fuel monitoring, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB GAA17CA233Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA 34 · Llano, TXThe pilot’s complacency during the en route phase of flight, which resulted in fuel mismanagement and a subsequent gear-up landing.NTSB GAA17CA230Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 180 · Manchester, CAThe pilot’s improper preflight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the total loss of engine power.NTSB GAA17CA208Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportDempsey Daniel M Zodiac CH601XLB · Louisa, VAThe pilot’s in-flight fuel mismanagement and subsequent failure to maintain adequate airspeed while attempting to land on the runway, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and a hard landing.NTSB ANC17FA018Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna R172K · Nome, AKThe pilot's improper decision to conduct multiple visual approaches to the destination airport despite the night instrument meteorological conditions; the airplane's low fuel state at that time, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel…NTSB CEN17LA105Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAmerican AA 1A · Gainesville, TXThe pilot’s inadequate preflight and inflight fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and subsequent forced landing in a field. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s delayed action in taking control of the…NTSB GAA17CA121Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 150 · Denton, TXThe pilot’s improper fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB GAA17CA098Accident · Serious injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 182 · Apple Valley, CAThe pilot’s mismanagement of the available fuel, which resulted in a loss of engine power and a subsequent hard, off-airport landing and nose-over.NTSB ERA17LA070Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech A36 · Ormond Beach, FLThe pilot's impairment by alcohol before and during the flight, which led to his improper fuel management and resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent loss of engine power.NTSB GAA17CA089Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA 28 · Thomson, GAThe pilot’s improper preflight planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the total loss of engine power.NTSB GAA17CA088Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportDiamond Aircraft Ind DA-20 · Payson, UTThe student pilot's improper in-flight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion.NTSB DCA17RA031Accident · No injuriesForeign investigationBAE AVRO146RJ · Medellin, ColombiaThe El Grupo de Investigacon de Accidentes (GRIAA) of Colombia has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BAE AVRO146RJ that occurred on November 28, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the GRIAA investigation under…NTSB ERA17WA059Accident · 4 fatalForeign investigationEmbraer EMB710 · Novo Progresso, BrazilOn November 24, 2016, about 2040 universal coordinated time, an Embraer EMB-710C, Brazilian registration PT-NCJ, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain on approach to an unregistered landing strip in a quarry near Novo Progresso, State of Para,…NTSB WPR17LA018Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrumman American Avn. AA 1C · Hemet, CAThe pilot’s failure to ensure that sufficient fuel was available for the flight, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB ERA17LA040Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 177 · Hopkinton, RIThe pilot's failure to accurately determine the airplane's fuel quantity before the flight, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.