# NTSB investigations: Loss of control in flight

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.

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## Cases, newest first

- [NTSB GAA24WA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA030.md): Tecnam P2008 · Baramati, India · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Foreign · Oct 19, 2023 · VT-RBC · Destroyed
- [NTSB GAA24WA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA014.md): Cessna 172 · Barrancabermeja, Colombia · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 4 · Foreign · Oct 19, 2023 · HK-2465G · Substantial damage
- [NTSB CEN24LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA013.md): Magni M24 · Mount Sterling, IL · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Oct 16, 2023 · N90HM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain gyroplane control on the downwind leg, which resulted in impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s distraction.
- [NTSB ERA24LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA008.md): Rotorsport UK Mtosport 2017 · Easton, MD · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Oct 13, 2023 · N975CD · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the gyroplane on takeoff.
- [NTSB CEN24FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA010.md): Cessna 414 · Patterson, LA · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Oct 12, 2023 · N880A · Destroyed
  > The pilot’s failure to properly set the elevator trim before takeoff, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall during takeoff.
- [NTSB WPR24FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA010.md): Robert L Thurmond RV8 · Centerville, UT · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Oct 10, 2023 · N75RT · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack while attempting to return to the departure airport, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at an altitude too low for recovery. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the No. 2…
- [NTSB ERA24FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA003.md): Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Croydon, NH · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Oct 8, 2023 · N802JR · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s loss of control during the initial climb in dark night conditions due to spatial disorientation, which resulted in a steep banking descent into trees and terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s lack of recent night flight experience,…
- [NTSB CEN24LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA008.md): Cubcrafters CC11-160 · Warrenton, MO · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Oct 8, 2023 · N211BL · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the touch-and-go landing. Contributing was the pilot’s decision to land with a quartering tailwind.
- [NTSB GAA24WA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA018.md): Piper PA 34 · Chilliwack BC, Canada · Accident · 3 fatal · Class 5 · Foreign · Oct 6, 2023 · C-GTYH · Destroyed
- [NTSB WPR24FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA004.md): Piper PA-44-180 · Newberg, OR · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Oct 4, 2023 · N8360K · Substantial damage
  > The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to maintain control of the airplane and the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision of the flight, which resulted in a stall/spin from which they were unable to recover.
- [NTSB GAA24WA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA004.md): Beech 90 · Cuiaba, Brazil · Accident · 3 fatal · Class 5 · Foreign · Oct 4, 2023 · PS-JCO · Destroyed
- [NTSB CEN24LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA005.md): Helicopteres Guimbal Cabri G2 · Cahokia Heights, IL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Oct 2, 2023 · N354MH · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s failure to maintain helicopter control which resulted in impact with the ground.
- [NTSB CEN23LA424](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA424.md): Powrachute Pegasus · Caddo Mills, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Sep 28, 2023 · N31520 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s inadequate rolling preflight, which resulted in a loss of directional control in flight and subsequent collision with an object during landing.
- [NTSB WPR23LA357](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA357.md): Cessna 172R · Redding, CA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 27, 2023 · N17274 · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s loss of airplane control during takeoff, which resulted in a bounced landing and impact with the airport’s windsock.
- [NTSB ERA23LA379](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA379.md): Dorr Dan W Sequoia F.8L Falco · Sanford, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 26, 2023 · N708WC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control after an engine access cover opened during the initial climb.
- [NTSB WPR23LA348](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA348.md): Champion 7KCAB · Benson, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Sep 19, 2023 · N998B · Substantial damage
  > The pilots’ failure to maintain control of the aircraft during takeoff.
- [NTSB ERA23LA381](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA381.md): Boeing B75 · Erwinna, PA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 19, 2023 · N46Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane while taking off in a crosswind.
- [NTSB GAA23WA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA259.md): Cessna 182 · Bamberg, Germany · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 5 · Foreign · Sep 17, 2023 · D-EOLP · Substantial damage
- [NTSB ERA23LA371](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA371.md): Cessna 150G · Cross Keys, NJ · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 14, 2023 · N2880S · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the banner pickup, which resulted in a low altitude aerodynamic stall/spin.
- [NTSB ERA23FA370](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23FA370.md): Ercoupe 415 · Fitzgerald, GA · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Sep 13, 2023 · N2796H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to perform pre-takeoff engine runup and carburetor heat check procedures, which resulted in rotation with inadequate climb performance, and his subsequent failure to maintain adequate airspeed and exceedance of the airplane’s critical…
- [NTSB ANC23FA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC23FA074.md): Piper PA-18-150 · St. Mary's, AK · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 2 · Field · Final report · Sep 13, 2023 · N109T · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s decision to operate the airplane above its maximum certificated gross weight, and his installation of an unapproved external load that degraded takeoff performance and flight characteristics resulting in a loss of airplane control during takeoff…
- [NTSB GAA23WA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA253.md): North American T28 · Székesfehérvár, Hungary · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 5 · Foreign · Sep 10, 2023 · HA-RDM · Destroyed
- [NTSB GAA23WA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA250.md): Bell 212 · Um Al Quwain, United Arab Emirates · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 5 · Foreign · Sep 7, 2023 · A6-ALD · Substantial damage
- [NTSB CEN23LA408](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA408.md): Flight Design Ctsw · Berryville, AR · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 7, 2023 · N603CT · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during the attempted go-around.
- [NTSB WPR23LA335](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA335.md): Cessna 150M · Marble Canyon, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 4, 2023 · N9328U · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s loss of airplane control after an encounter with windshear during takeoff which resulted in collision with terrain.
- [NTSB WPR23LA334](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA334.md): Piper PA-28-140 · Prescott, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Sep 2, 2023 · N6834W · Substantial damage
  > The pilot-in-command’s inadequate preflight planning for the high density altitude and relative humidity conditions and his failure to recognize the need to reject the takeoff, allowing the student pilot to execute an abnormally long takeoff roll and apply…
- [NTSB ERA23FA357](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23FA357.md): Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta · Kingston, NJ · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Aug 31, 2023 · N2356M · Substantial damage
  > A loss of control, which resulted in the main rotor blade severing the tail boom, for reasons that could not be determined.
- [NTSB CEN23FA391](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23FA391.md): Schleicher Alexander ASH 26 E · Wellington, CO · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Aug 31, 2023 · N50FU · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s loss of glider control during approach for reasons that could not be determined, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at an altitude too low for recovery.
- [NTSB WPR23LA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA330.md): Yamaha Fazer SAR · Reno, NV · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 29, 2023 · N53GR · Substantial damage
  > The operator’s incorrect input into the ground station controller, resulting in a loss of control during flight and subsequent impact with terrain.
- [NTSB GAA23WA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA265.md): Robinson 66 · Buenos Aires, Argentina · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Foreign · Aug 29, 2023 · LV-HVZ · Substantial damage
- [NTSB CEN23LA383](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA383.md): Hiller UH-12A · Mosby, MO · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 27, 2023 · N8178H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate rotor rpm which resulted in a loss of control and impact with terrain.
- [NTSB GAA23WA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA276.md): Cessna 207 · Kamiji, Congo - Kinshasa · Accident · Class 5 · Foreign · Aug 26, 2023 · 9S-LAL · Substantial damage
- [NTSB ERA23LA350](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA350.md): Robinson Helicopter R44 · Immokalee, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 26, 2023 · N4147Q · Substantial damage
  > The flight instructor’s inadequate supervision of the student pilot during hover flight, which resulted in main rotor blade contact with the ground after the student pilot applied a sudden control input.
- [NTSB WPR23LA325](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA325.md): Cessna 172M · Carson City, NV · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 25, 2023 · N4432R · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during an aborted landing in gusting wind conditions.
- [NTSB WPR23FA323](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23FA323.md): Hensler Howard Cassutt · West Jordan, UT · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Aug 23, 2023 · N6291N · Substantial damage
  > A loss of control during the initial climb for reasons that could not be determined.
- [NTSB GAA23WA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA243.md): Gulfstream 690C · Las Velas, Venezuela · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 5 · Foreign · Aug 23, 2023 · YV2915 · Destroyed
- [NTSB CEN23LA386](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA386.md): Silverlight AR-1 · Granbury, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 20, 2023 · N57AR · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper takeoff procedure which resulted in a loss of control during takeoff.
- [NTSB CEN23LA374](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA374.md): Cessna A188B · Bay Port, MI · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 19, 2023 · N8075G · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s decision to takeoff from a soft wet runway with a quartering tailwind which resulted in a lack of climb performance and impact with terrain.
- [NTSB DCA23WA416](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA416.md): Raytheon 390 · Elmina, Malaysia · Accident · 10 fatal · Class 5 · Foreign · Aug 17, 2023 · N28JV · Destroyed
- [NTSB CEN23LA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA363.md): Beech C-99 · Lansing, MI · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 15, 2023 · N261SW · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to properly set the rudder trim position which resulted in a loss of directional control during takeoff. Contributing was the pilot’s inadequate checklist procedures prior to takeoff.
- [NTSB CEN23FA359](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23FA359.md): Vans RV14 · Virden, IL · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Aug 12, 2023 · N6161 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot/builder’s improper configuration of the canopy latch micro switch, which incorrectly signaled a closed canopy before flight that resulted in an inflight opening of the airplane’s canopy, an upset of the airplane, and a loss of control from which the…
- [NTSB ERA23FA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23FA330.md): Cessna P210 · Junction City, GA · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Aug 10, 2023 · N210JT · Destroyed
  > The pilot’s continued flight into a known area of adverse weather, which resulted in the penetration of a severe thunderstorm, the pilot’s loss of airplane control, and the airplane’s subsequent in-flight breakup.
- [NTSB ERA23LA339](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA339.md): Cessna 172R · Princeton, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 9, 2023 · N172FW · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s inadequate compensation for the prevailing wind conditions during takeoff, which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent collision with trees.
- [NTSB ERA23LA329](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA329.md): Eipper Formance Mxii · Holy Hill, SC · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 9, 2023 · N1624Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s exceedance of the critical angle of attack during the initial climb, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at low altitude and a collision with a hangar. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s lack of experience in the accident make and…
- [NTSB CEN23FA353](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23FA353.md): Air Tractor AT-802 · Gilman City, MO · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Aug 8, 2023 · N804AA · Destroyed
  > The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and failure to maintain adequate airspeed during a steep turn, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at an altitude too low for recovery.
- [NTSB GAA23WA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA237.md): Robinson R44 · Borroloola, Australia · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Aug 7, 2023 · VH-HRB · Substantial damage
- [NTSB CEN23FA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23FA352.md): Cessna 150 · Caddo Mills, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Aug 7, 2023 · N5610E · Destroyed
  > The pilot’s loss of airplane control during an attempted forced landing following a loss of engine power.
- [NTSB WPR23LA305](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA305.md): Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A · Davis, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 6, 2023 · N5450 · Substantial damage
  > An inflight loss of control during a low altitude operation for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB ERA23LA328](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA328.md): Cessna 172 · Charlotte Amalie, CB · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 4, 2023 · N13384 · Destroyed
  > The pilots’ loss of airplane control due to spatial disorientation. Contributing to the accident was both pilots’ lack of experience in operating in actual instrument meteorological conditions.
- [NTSB DCA23LA397](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA397.md): Supernal SUP83-1 · California City, CA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 3, 2023 · N183TD · Substantial damage
  > A loss of control in flight due to a loss of electrical power to one of the lift-motors.

Next page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/cases.md?page=10

## 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."mKey" IN (SELECT e.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE e."isDefiningEvent" AND e."tier2Number" = '240')
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/cases?page=9

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