NTSB investigations
4,591 cases where the sequence of events included Loss of control on ground.
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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\" = '230' 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" = '230' 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 MIA08CA184Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportGulfstream-Schweizer G-164B · Pantego, NCThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control on the landing roll out.NTSB LAX08CA285Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportMason Falconar F-11 · Creswell, ORThe pilot's failure to maintain a stabilized approach, inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, and failure to maintain directional control.NTSB DEN08CA146Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportHelie RV-6 · Denver, COThe pilot failed to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident was the crosswind.NTSB LAX08CA280Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportChristen Industries A-1 · Wasco, ORThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing.NTSB CHI08CA262Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportSchweizer G-164B · Nielsville, MNThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the crosswind landing. Factors associated with the accident were the crosswind and the rough terrain.NTSB NYC08LA291Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 441 · Baltimore, MDThe pilot's delayed decision to abort the takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's attempted takeoff with a propeller start lock inadvertently engaged.NTSB LAX08CA270Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 182Q · Mesa, AZThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.NTSB ANC08TA107Accident · No injuriesFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Slana, AKThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during an aborted takeoff.NTSB SEA08CA181Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportEberle Pitts S1S · Show Low, AZThe pilot failed to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's limited experience in the airplane.NTSB SEA08CA186Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 140A · Lowman, IDThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.NTSB CHI08CA256Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 172N · Huntington, INThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadvertent use of the toe brake.NTSB NYC08CA283Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-22-160 · Cleveland, GAThe pilot's improper decision to land with a tailwind, and his failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing. Contributing to the accident was the tailwind.NTSB ANC08CA105Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportWalker AK Bush Flyer · Deadhorse, AKThe pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing roll. A factor contributing to the accident was a tailwind.NTSB DEN08CA142Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportAerotek Pitts Special S-1S · Crawford, COthe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff. Contributing to the accident were wind gusts and rough terrain.NTSB DEN08CA136Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportAir Tractor AT-402 · Dexter, NMThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane.NTSB CHI08CA249Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportMorane-Saulnier MS-760/B · St Paul, MNRestriction of the elevator controls due to the presence of the seat belt buckled around the co-pilot control stick. An additional cause was the failure of the pilot to verify that the flight controls were unobstructed before flight. Contributing factors were…NTSB CHI08CA247Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBellanca 17-30A · Waukegan, ILThe pilot's inability to maintain directional control of the airplane following a failure of the right brake.NTSB ANC08CA102Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 182 · Cantwell, AKThe pilot's misjudged distance while step-taxiing after landing. Factors in the accident were rain showers, wind, and spray from the airplane's propeller.NTSB ANC08LA101Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Tyonek, AKThe pilot's excessive speed and excessive application of brakes during the landing roll on soft, sandy terrain.NTSB ANC08TA099Accident · No injuriesFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Nome, AKThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff roll.NTSB DFW08LA209Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportEvektor Aerotechnik Sportstar · St Charles, MOThe student pilot's failure to maintain control due to his task saturation as a result of his failure to set the pitch trim to the neutral position before takeoff.NTSB SEA08CA171Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportde Havilland Beaver DHC-2 MK.1 · Kenmore, WAThe pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while water taxiing. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's failure to compensate for the wind condition and a tailwind.NTSB NYC08CA269Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 172M · Jefferson, NCA loss of directional control during the takeoff roll for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the severity of the event was the descending embankment adjacent to the runway.NTSB LAX08CA255Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-20 · Grass Valley, CAThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control due to his foot slipping off one rudder pedal while braking.NTSB ANC08LA094Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172 · Anchorage, AKThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing flare/touchdown, which resulted in a runway excursion and collapse of the nose gear.NTSB DFW08CA202Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportNorth American P-51D · Tulsa, OKThe pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during takeoff.NTSB ANC08LA093Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 207 · Quinhagak, AKThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during an aborted landing.NTSB LAX08CA257Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 150M · Phoenix, AZThe student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a touch-and-go landing.NTSB ANC08CA090Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 180G · Anchorage, AKThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident was an inadvertent ground-loop.NTSB SEA08CA169Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBellanca 7GCBC · Helena, MTThe failure of the pilot receiving instruction to adequately compensate for the crosswind condition and failure to maintain directional control. Also causal was the flight instructor's delayed remedial action and inadequate supervision of the flight.NTSB NYC08LA258Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportEvektor-Aerotechnik Sportstar · Atlanta, GAThe pilot's improper flare during landing.NTSB CHI08CA221Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 150G · Grand Rapids, MNThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident were the crosswind and wind gusts.NTSB CHI08CA207Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportTuth RV-3 · Oshkosh, WIThe compensation for wind conditions disregarded by the pilot and the inadequate in-flight planning/decision making by the plot during approach to the destination airport. A contributing factor was the quartering tailwind.NTSB SEA08CA166Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 180 · Lewistown, MTThe pilot's inadequate compensation for the variable and gusting winds, and his failure to maintain directional control. Contributing to the accident were variable winds that were gusting to 25 knots.NTSB LAX08CA232Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-22-150 · Ogden, UTThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.NTSB CHI08CA198Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportRockwell S2R · Carthage, ILThe pilot failed to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll. Contributing to the accident were the uneven runway, the runway edge, and the cornfield.NTSB CHI08LA195Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportEvektor-Aerotechnik Sportstar · Frankfort, KYThe student pilot's improper landing flare and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action.NTSB NYC08LA247Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing B75N1 · Culpeper, VAThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while landing in a quartering tailwind.NTSB DFW08CA189Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportStinson 108-1 · Alliance, NEThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control on takeoff. Contributing to the accident was a lack of total experience.NTSB LAX08LA226Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportJonsson Sonerai · Hood River, ORThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the emergency landing roll with a tailwind. Contributing was the partial separation of the left aileron that prompted the pilot to attempt the emergency landing.NTSB MIA08LA138Accident · 2 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportColyaer SL Freedom S100 · Limestone, ALThe pilot's loss of aircraft control for undetermined reasons while making a water landing.NTSB LAX08CA222Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 172R · Byron, CAThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout.NTSB SEA08LA164Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportEvektor-Aerotechnik SportStar · Arlington, WAThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff roll in gusty conditions.NTSB LAX08CA243Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-28-161 · Canyon City, ORThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Contributing to the accident was the gusting tailwind.NTSB CHI08CA181Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBeech C23 · Schaumburg, ILThe pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind and his failure to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident were the gusting crosswind, and the embankment.NTSB CHI08CA187Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper J3C-65 · Lake In The Hil, ILThe directional control not maintained/obtained by the pilot during landing.NTSB DFW08CA181Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-22/20 · Peyton, COLanding gear collapse during the landing roll for undetermined reasons.NTSB LAX08CA208Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPipistrel Virus 912 · Bend, ORThe pilot's improper flare, inadequate bounced landing recovery, and his failure to maintain directional control.NTSB NYC08CA233Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna T182T · Lincoln Park, NJThe pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while landing. Contributing to the accident was the wet runway and hydroplaning conditions.NTSB LAX08CA218Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 180G · Heber, UTThe pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind condition and failure to maintain directional control. Contributing to the accident was the crosswind weather conditions.