# NTSB investigations: Navigation error 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. ## Latest cases - [NTSB ERA26FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26FA019.md): Cirrus SR22 · Ruston, LA · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Preliminary report · Oct 21, 2025 · N42BE · Destroyed > On October 21, 2025, about 0944 central daylight time, a Cirrus SR22, N42BE, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Ruston, Louisiana. The private pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations… - [NTSB CEN25LA356](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA356.md): Sikorsky S-76 · Round Mountain, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Sep 1, 2025 · N36RP · Substantial damage > The flight crew’s failure to properly identify the heliport in dark night conditions, which resulted in the flight crew attempting to land and a subsequent impact with trees and terrain. - [NTSB OPS25LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OPS25LA048.md): Embraer ERJ 170-200 LR · Monterey, CA · Incident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report · Jul 15, 2025 · N185SY · No damage > On July 15, 2025, about 0005 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), SkyWest Airlines (SKW) flight 3005, an Embraer 170-200LR, N185SY, conducted a pilot-initiated go-around approximately 4 miles from the threshold of runway 10R at Monterey Regional Airport (MRY),… - [NTSB ERA25LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA199.md): Cessna 182A · Ocala, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · May 8, 2025 · N174A · Substantial damage > The pilot’s decision to depart on the flight with known electrical issues and his subsequent loss of situational awareness (geographic position), which resulted in his eventual decision to perform an off-airport landing. - [NTSB WPR24LA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA207.md): Piper J3C-65 · Scheelite, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 19, 2024 · N3627N · Substantial damage > The pilot’s inadvertent entry to a box canyon where the airplane could not outclimb the rising terrain. - [NTSB WPR24FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA104.md): Kolb Firestar KXP · Cave Junction, OR · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Mar 7, 2024 · N4443G · Substantial damage > The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during a turn, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's use of potentially impairing substances with bipolar disorder, which resulted in a decreased… - [NTSB DCA24FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24FA017.md): Textron 510 · Houston, TX · Accident · No injuries · Class 2 · Field · Final report · Oct 24, 2023 · N510HM · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage > The takeoff by the flight crew of N269AA, without a takeoff clearance, which resulted in a collision with N510HM that was landing on an intersecting runway. Contributing to the accident was the N269AA crew’s expectation bias and distraction. - [NTSB WPR23LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA052.md): Rutan Long-EZ · Mountain Green, UT · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Nov 27, 2022 · N379W · Substantial damage > The pilot’s flight into a valley with rising terrain that the airplane was incapable of out-climbing. - [NTSB ERA23LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA031.md): Cessna 172P · Elizabethtown, KY · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Oct 15, 2022 · N63663 · Substantial damage > The pilot's decision to continue the taxi without visual reference to the surface, due to his vision being impaired by darkness and glare, which resulted in the airplane’s departure from the paved surface and impact with a ditch. Contributing was the flight… - [NTSB WPR21FA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21FA321.md): Cessna 182H · Bountiful, UT · Accident · 3 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Aug 16, 2021 · N8477S · Destroyed > The decision of both pilots to fly into a steep canyon, which resulted in the airplane being unable to maintain a sufficient altitude to clear rising terrain. Contributing to the accident was their delayed initial action in responding to the hazard, and their… - [NTSB DCA20WA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA20WA117.md): Boeing 787 · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Jun 8, 2020 · A6-BMD · No damage > The GCAA of United Arab Emirates has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 787 airplane that occurred on June 08, 2020. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the GCAA of United Arab Emirates's investigation under the… - [NTSB CEN19CA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19CA017.md): Piper PA28R · Hobbs, NM · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 28, 2018 · N6899C · Substantial damage > The pilot's incorrect altimeter setting during the night visual approach, which resulted in a controlled flight into terrain. - [NTSB DCA18WA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA136.md): Boeing 737 · Ballina/Byron Gateway Aerodome, Australia · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Feb 18, 2018 · unknown · No damage > The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a BOEING 737 airplane that occurred on February 18, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Australia's… - [NTSB DCA18WA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA134.md): Boeing 717 · Melbourne, Australia · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Feb 5, 2018 · unknown · No damage > The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a BOEING 717 airplane that occurred on February 05, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Australia's… - [NTSB OPS18IA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OPS18IA003.md): Bombardier CL600 2D24 · Medford, OR · Incident · Class 3 · Incident · Final report · Dec 25, 2017 · N162PQ · No damage > The incident was caused by the air traffic controller assigning an altitude below the published procedure altitude for the approach segment to be flown prior to the aircraft being established on a published portion of the approach. Contributing to the… - [NTSB WPR17LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA195.md): Walker Edgar E Glastar · Cascade, ID · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 2, 2017 · N65EW · Destroyed > The pilot's inadequate flight planning, preparation, and navigation, which resulted in the airplane entering a canyon that the pilot was unable to exit by climbing the airplane. Also causal were his in-flight decision-making and his execution of the course… - [NTSB DCA17WA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17WA170.md): Airbus A320 214 · Cali, Colombia · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Jul 3, 2017 · N742AV · No damage > The Grupo de Investigacion de Accidentes of Colombia has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a AIRBUS A320 214 airplane that occurred on July 03, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Colombia's… - [NTSB DCA14IA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA14IA037.md): Boeing 737 7H4 · Branson, MO · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jan 13, 2014 · N272WN · No damage > The Flight crew's failure to properly identify the airport and runway of intended landing. Contributing to the incident was the flight crew's failure to comply with procedures for use of navigation information and visual cues to verify the airport and runway… - [NTSB DCA14IA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA14IA016.md): Boeing 747 - 409LCF · Wichita, KS · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Nov 22, 2013 · N780BA · No damage > the flight crew's failure to properly identify the airport and runway of intended landing. Contributing to the incident was the flight crew's failure to follow company procedures for crosschecking navigational information and visual cues to verify the airport… - [NTSB CEN13WA480](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13WA480.md): Socata TBM-700 · Vertaizon, France · Accident · 3 fatal · Foreign investigation · Aug 8, 2013 · N850GC · Substantial damage - [NTSB ANC09LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA069.md): Cessna 172L · Anchorage, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 18, 2009 · N7136Q · Substantial damage > The pilot's unfamiliarity with the airport environment, which resulted in his taxiing the airplane onto a no-taxi section of roadway and into a road sign. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to avail himself of additional information that… ## 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 s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '280' 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 ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/280/sequence --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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