NTSB investigations
805 cases where the sequence of events included 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 s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.\"tier2Number\" = '192' 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 c."mKey" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '192' 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 WPR15LA201Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 182D · Oak Harbor, WAThe pilot’s improper preflight fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB WPR15FA200Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportManiscalco Great Lakes · Corona, CAThe pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane's critical angle-of-attack while maneuvering, which resulted in a stall/spin at too low an altitude to allow recovery. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper…NTSB GAA15CA137Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA 24 · Charles City, IAThe pilot's inadequate pre-flight fuel planning resulting in fuel exhaustion and a collision with terrain.NTSB GAA15CA151Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportFlight Design Ctls · Andover, MNThe pilot's improper fuel management and preflight planning, which resulted in the total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and a forced landing in a field where the airplane nosed over.NTSB ERA15CA243Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportDiamond Aircraft Ind DA 20 C1 · Moreland, GAThe flight instructor's inaccurate fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB WPR15LA185Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 182A · Moab, UTThe pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning and inflight fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN15LA271Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G 164B · Foster, NEThe total loss of engine power during a low-level aerial application flight due to fuel exhaustion following the pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection that led to his assumption that sufficient fuel was on board for the flight based on his reliance on a…NTSB GAA15CA097Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBell 47G 3B 1 · Fort Pierre, SDThe pilot's inadequate preflight fuel planning that resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, and the pilot's failure to maintain control of the helicopter during the subsequent autorotation landing.NTSB ANC15CA030Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna U206G · Port Alsworth, AKThe pilot's inadequate preflight and mismanagement of the fuel supply, which resulted fuel exhaustion.NTSB WPR15LA160Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G 164A · Maxwell, CAThe pilot’s improper preflight inspection and fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB GAA15CA037Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportJabiru Jabiru - SP · Surprise, AZThe pilot's inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB GAA15CA029Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportKerr John A Kitfox Classic IV · Logan, UTThe pilot's inadequate preflight inspection/planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, and a loss of engine power en route.NTSB ERA15LA166Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportHawker Beechcraft G36 · Inverness, FLThe pilot's inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of engine power.NTSB GAA15CA022Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBeech A36 · New Market, INThe pilot's improper fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, and a loss of engine power en-route.NTSB GAA15CA009Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBeech 76 · Juda, WIThe pilot's improper fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, and a loss of engine power enroute.NTSB ANC15CA012Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBell 206B · Palmer, AKThe pilot's failure to maintain control while hovering at a low altitude, which resulted in an impact with frozen lake ice. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to operate the helicopter from the left seat contrary to the rotorcraft flight…NTSB WPR15LA103Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150M · Layton, UTThe total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the pilot's inadequate preflight and in-flight fuel planning, which did not account for the increased headwind.NTSB ERA15CA120Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA 18-150 · Brookneal, VAThe flight instructor and pilot-rated student's inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN15CA130Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 310B · Rothville, MOThe pilot's inadequate preflight planning and fuel management which resulted in fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN15CA125Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 182C · Fort Morgan, COThe pilot's improper fuel planning/management, which resulted in the total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and the subsequent forced landing in a pasture.NTSB WPR15FA081Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportGibbs Lancair 320 · Van Nuys, CAThe pilot's improper decision to take off despite low fuel alerts, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, his subsequent failure to maintain adequate airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack, which…NTSB CEN15CA067Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 210 · Edinburg, TXThe loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the non-certificated pilot's inadequate preflight planning and inflight decision making.NTSB CEN15LA064Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA 24-250 · Berrien Springs, MIThe pilot’s inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN15CA055Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA 28-181 · Strasburg, COThe exhaustion of the fuel supply resulting in a complete loss of engine power.NTSB ERA15CA048Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 177 · Landrum, SCThe pilot's improper preflight planning, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN15LA031Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna T210M · Brownsville, TXA loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning.NTSB CEN15CA033Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-23-250 · Quincy, ILThe pilot's improper fuel management, which resulted in the total loss of power to both engines due to fuel exhaustion and the subsequent forced landing in a field. Also causal to the accident was the pilot's decision to use the slower emergency hand-pump to…NTSB ERA15CA018Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBell 206B · Prattville, ALThe pilot's improper fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN15CA006Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA 31-350 · Glenham, SDThe pilot's improper fuel management, which resulted in losses of power on both engines due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN15CA001Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA 25-235 · Yankton, SDThe pilot's improper fuel management, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB ANC14LA091Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper J3 · Ft. Yukon, AKThe pilot's improper preflight inspection and in-flight fuel management, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent forced landing.NTSB WPR14CA389Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA25 - 260 · Mokuleia, HIThe pilot's improper preflight planning and reliance of fuel gauge readings, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB ERA14LA440Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA 28-180 · St. Petersburg, FLA total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the pilot’s improper preflight fuel planning and in-flight fuel management.NTSB ERA14LA434Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172P · Spruce Creek, FLA total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the pilots’ improper preflight and in-flight fuel planning.NTSB ERA14LA424Accident · 2 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportSocata TBM 700 · Caribbean Sea, A1The design of the cabin pressurization system, which made it prone to unnecessary shutdown, combined with a checklist design that prioritized troubleshooting over ensuring that the pilot was sufficiently protected from hypoxia. This resulted in a loss of…NTSB CEN14LA472Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportOhlgren Brent E RV-6A · Marshalltown, IAA loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's misjudgment of the amount of fuel onboard prior to flight.NTSB ERA14LA411Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Creedmoor, NCThe pilot’s inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s impairment due to alcohol ingestion.NTSB CEN14CA479Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportQuicksilver 2S · Frontenac, MNThe loss of engine power during cruise due to fuel exhaustion resulting in a forced landing on a cornfield.NTSB ERA14WA393Accident · 4 fatalForeign investigationCessna 340A · Freeport, BahamasNTSB ERA14LA383Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportChristen Industries Pitts S · Sarasota, FLA total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the flight instructor's inadequate preflight fuel planning.NTSB ERA14LA355Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPipistrel Alpha Trainer · Pompano Beach, FLThe pilot’s miscalculation of the fuel quantity requirements, which resulted in fuel exhaustion.NTSB ERA14LA342Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHolmlund Victor P Auriga · Manville, NJThe pilot’s improper preflight fuel planning and in-flight fuel monitoring, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB ERA14LA336Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech C24R · Titusville, FLThe pilot's failure to secure the fuel strainer drain during the preflight inspection, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN14LA350Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA 28R-200 · Mt. Vernon, TXThe pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB ANC14LA052Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAeronca 7BCM · Palmer, AKThe pilot’s failure to ensure adequate fuel was onboard to complete the flight, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the subsequent loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the improperly calibrated fuel quantity indication system.NTSB CEN14LA347Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172H · Baytown, TXThe pilot’s failure to verify the fuel onboard before the flight, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN14CA344Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA 25-235 · Rhinelander, WIA loss of engine power due to the pilot's improper inflight planning and reliance of fuel gauge readings, which resulted in fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN14CA365Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 182A · Geneseo, ILThe pilot's mismanagement of the available fuel supply, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN14CA303Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA 28-180 · Port Isabel, TXA loss of engine power due to the pilot's improper inflight planning and reliance of fuel gauge readings, which resulted in fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN14LA293Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportKnauf RV-7 · Rockwall, TXThe pilot's failure to verify the airplane's actual fuel quantity before departure, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and the subsequent forced landing.