# NTSB investigations, NY: Part(s) separation from AC

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 ERA25LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA002.md): Fokker D Viii Replica · Rhinebeck, NY · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report · Oct 5, 2024 · N94100 · Destroyed
  > On October 5, 2024, about 1456 eastern daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Coughlin Fokker D-VIII Replica, N94100, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Old Rhinebeck Airport (NY94), Rhinebeck, New York. The commercial pilot was…
- [NTSB ERA24LA325](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA325.md): Flight Design Ctsw · Cuba, NY · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 23, 2024 · N504CT · Substantial damage
  > A separation of the left main landing gear wheel assembly during landing.
- [NTSB ERA24FA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA283.md): Piper PA46 · Trout Creek, NY · Accident · 5 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Jun 30, 2024 · N85PG · Destroyed
  > The pilot’s loss of airplane control in flight due to spatial disorientation during a climb to cruise altitude in instrument meteorological conditions and turbulence, which resulted in the in-flight breakup of the airplane. Contributing to the accident was…
- [NTSB ERA22FA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA207.md): Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 429 · Elba, NY · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Apr 26, 2022 · N507TJ · Substantial damage
  > The pilots’ inappropriate flight control inputs while in vortex ring state, which resulted in main rotor blade contact with the tail boom and a subsequent in-flight breakup. Also causal was the flight instructor’s inadequate monitoring of the flight.
- [NTSB ERA21FA317](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21FA317.md): Rotorway Exec 162F · Argyle, NY · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Aug 7, 2021 · N162KJ · Destroyed
  > The pilot’s abrupt control inputs, which resulted in a low G condition, main rotor mast bumping, and the subsequent severing of the tail boom by a main rotor blade.
- [NTSB ERA19LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA012.md): Piper PA34 · Westhampton Beach, NY · Accident · 3 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 13, 2018 · N593MS · Destroyed
  > The instructor's decision to conduct and continue a visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions with a known flight instrument anomaly, which resulted in spatial disorientation, causing a loss of airplane control and subsequent…
- [NTSB GAA18CA420](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA420.md): Cirrus SR22 · Hudson, NY · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 30, 2018 · N615EM · Substantial damage
  > Collision with a deer during landing.
- [NTSB ERA18LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA135.md): Heard Alan E Mosquito XE · Albion, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Apr 24, 2018 · N911CY · Destroyed
  > The pilot's inadvertent, improper configuration of the engine fuel system, which resulted in an excessively lean air-to-fuel ratio and resulted in a loss of engine power; and the pilot's subsequent failure to maintain main rotor rpm following the loss of…
- [NTSB GAA18CA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA158.md): Johnson Gerald CR-1 · Altamont, NY · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 11, 2018 · N142DT · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain the runway heading during the approach in gusting crosswind conditions.
- [NTSB ERA17LA298](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA298.md): Cessna 305 · Wurtsboro, NY · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 27, 2017 · N1834 · Substantial damage
  > A fatigue fracture of the left main landing gear axle.
- [NTSB GAA16CA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA163.md): Enstrom F280 · Sodus, NY · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 26, 2016 · N5698Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper collective application at touchdown during a practice run-on landing, which resulted in the main rotor system impacting the tailboom and the forward portion of the fuselage impacting terrain during remedial action by the flight…
- [NTSB ERA14LA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA223.md): Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 · Hamburg, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 4, 2014 · N504TJ · Substantial damage
  > Wear in the left cabin door assembly parts, which resulted in the door partially opening in flight, dislodging from the lower door track assembly, and then separating from the helicopter.
- [NTSB ERA12TA538](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12TA538.md): Bell 407 · Bath, NY · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Aug 31, 2012 · N11SP · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper recovery from an in-flight upset, which resulted in the main rotor striking and separating the tail boom. Contributing to the accident was the helicopter manufacturer's failure to warn pilots of unanticipated and unequal aft cyclic…
- [NTSB ERA12TA542](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12TA542.md): Ridge Lowell H Jabiru J230 · Otter Lake, NY · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 16, 2012 · N365R · Substantial damage
  > A failure of an engine cylinder exhaust valve due to the buildup of lead deposits on the valve stem and fatigue cracking of the valve stem, resulting in a total loss of engine power, and the loss of the propeller. Contributing to the accident was the lack of…
- [NTSB ERA10IA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10IA170.md): Gulfstream American G-1159A · Farmingdale, NY · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 10, 2010 · N155MM · Minor damage
  > Progressive cracking from an undetermined initiation source, which resulted in the failure of the No. 4 cabin window outer pane, and the subsequent foreign object ingestion to the right engine.

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'NY' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '338' 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/338/sequence?state=NY

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