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 WPR24LA048Accident · Minor injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportFlight Design Ctls · Hungry Horse, MTThe pilot's inadequate fuel planning and improper in-flight decision-making, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB WPR24LA039Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 150M · Woodland, WAThe flight instructor’s inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of engine power.NTSB WPR24FA037Accident · 1 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportCessna P210N · San Diego, CAA total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident were the pilot’s inadequate flight and fuel planning and his decision to fly in night instrument meteorological conditions despite his lack of recent instrument flight.NTSB ANC24LA004Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-22 · Anchorage, AKThe loss of engine power during final approach due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the pilot’s inadequate preflight.NTSB WPR24LA031Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportAmazon.Com Services MK27-2 · Pendleton, ORThe operator’s use of an insufficiently charged battery that resulted in a total loss of engine power and subsequent impact with terrain.NTSB WPR24LA033Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-12 · Baker City, ORThe pilot’s inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN24LA030Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportMooney M20K · Lamar, COThe pilot's inadequate fuel planning and improper in-flight decision making, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN24LA022Accident · Minor injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-28-181 · Iola, KSThe pilot’s inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN24LA019Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 172C · Wichita, KSThe pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection and fuel planning and improper in-flight decision-making, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB WPR24LA012Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-46-310P · Chandler, AZThe pilot’s failure to adequately confirm the fuel quantity before departure, resulting in fuel exhaustion and a partial loss of engine power.NTSB ERA24LA006Accident · Serious injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA28 · Jonesboro, GABoth pilots’ inadequate preflight inspection and inadequate fuel monitoring during the flight, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB GAA23WA252Accident · No injuriesClass 5 · ForeignPiper PA-32-301 · Marsh Harbor, BahamasNTSB CEN23LA406Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBeech B200 · Elk Grove Village, ILThe pilot’s improper fuel planning, that resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, and a subsequent forced landing. Also causal was the pilot’s decision to go around with minimum fuel.NTSB ERA23LA388Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportRemos GX · Fort Pierce, FLThe pilot’s inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power during cruise flight due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN23LA396Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 172G · Neola, IAThe pilot’s inadequate fuel planning and improper in-flight decision-making, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB DCA23WA429IncidentClass 4 · ForeignBoeing 737 · Palma de Mallorca, SpainNTSB ERA23LA338Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportStephen J Moorman Just Aircraft Highla · Edenton, NCThe pilot’s inadequate fuel planning, which led to a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB ERA23LA336Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 182P · North Myrtle Beach, SCThe pilot’s failure to properly secure the left wing fuel cap, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB WPR23LA316Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportRemos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau Remos GX · Henderson, NVThe flight instructor’s failure to ensure there was adequate fuel onboard before departure, which led to a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB ERA23LA335Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 152 · Manatí, PRThe flight instructor’s inadequate preflight inspection of the fuel level, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB WPR23LA308Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-28-180 · Ritchfield, UTThe pilot’s improper preflight planning that resulted in the loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB ANC23LA060Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-12S · Igiugig, AKThe pilot’s inadequate fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB WPR23LA303Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportAldinger Albert John Cozy Mark III · McDermitt, ORThe pilot's inadequate preflight fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB ERA23LA325Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportLong Charles Jackson Avid Flyer · Wetumpka, ALA loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion because of a leaking fuel drain valve.NTSB CEN23LA345Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-28-181 · Rosenberg, TXThe student pilot’s improper fuel management that resulted in fuel exhaustion, a total loss of engine power, and a subsequent forced landing and landing overrun at an alternate airport.NTSB ERA23LA356Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-12 · Myrtle Beach, SCThe pilot’s inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB WPR23LA309Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 150M · Dune City, ORThe pilot's improper fuel management, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, a total loss of engine power, and impact with terrain.NTSB CEN23LA330Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 177 · Cortland, ILThe pilot’s improper fuel planning, that resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, and a subsequent forced landing.NTSB CEN23LA329Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportVarga 2150A · Green Lake, WIA loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the pilot’s inadequate preflight planning.NTSB CEN23LA281Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportDiamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 · Jeffersonville, INThe pilot’s improper fuel management, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of engine power.NTSB CEN23FA258Accident · 1 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportCessna 177 · Hot Springs, ARThe pilot’s improper preflight fuel planning and inflight fuel mismanagement, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, and his subsequent failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the forced landing, which resulted in the…NTSB WPR23LA241Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 172K · Marana, AZA total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN23LA237Accident · Minor injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBell 206B · Pratt, KSFuel exhaustion due to the pilot’s inadequate preflight planning.NTSB WPR23LA222Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 150F · Wishram, WAThe pilot’s improper fuel management, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of engine power.NTSB CEN23LA214Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportProgressive Aerodyne Searey LSA · Detroit, MIA loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion that resulted from the pilots’ inadequate preflight planning.NTSB ERA23FA252Accident · 1 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportCessna 180 · Harrisburg, PAThe pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning and improper in-flight decision-making, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and a subsequent collision with terrain and objects.NTSB ANC23LA034Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportDennis D Downs CCK-1865 · Sterling, AKThe pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB ERA23LA208Accident · Serious injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportVans RV6 · Eaton, OHThe pilot’s inadequate fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB ERA23LA206Accident · Serious injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportThatcher CX4 · West Palm Beach, FLThe loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN23LA163Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 150J · Buffalo, IAA loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot’s inadequate preflight planning. Contributing to the accident were the unreliable fuel quantity gauges and the improperly adjusted mixture control, which increased the fuel consumption…NTSB ERA23LA191Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 152 · Danbury, CTThe flight instructor’s inadequate preflight fuel planning and oversight of the preflight inspection, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB ERA23LA151Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBeech 35-B33 · Scottsmoor, FLThe pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN23LA135Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportBell Helicopter Textron APT70 · Mineral Wells, TXThe flight crew’s loss of control of the unmanned aircraft due to software limitations. Contributing to the accident was the overly restrictive low voltage threshold limits.NTSB WPR23LA127Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 172L · Lewiston, IDThe flight instructor’s inadequate fuel planning and improper in-flight decision-making, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB WPR23LA125Accident · Minor injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportRockwell International AC 690A · Bullhead City, AZThe pilot’s improper fuel planning for a cross-country flight, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, a total loss of engine power and subsequent impact with terrain.NTSB WPR23LA118Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBell UH-1B · Orland, CAThe pilot’s inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a loss of engine power.NTSB WPR23LA115Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportAircraft Mfg & Development CH 2000 · Mulino, ORThe pilot’s inadequate fuel planning which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB ERA23LA122Accident · Serious injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportAero Commander 500 · Sylacauga, ALThe pilot’s failure to assure there was an adequate amount of fuel onboard to complete the flight, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB ERA23LA089Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-38-112 · Rockingham, NCThe pilot’s improper fuel management, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of engine power.NTSB ERA23LA083Accident · Minor injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-44 · Hawkinsville, GAThe pilot’s inadequate in-flight decision-making, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.