# NTSB investigations: Hirth 3203: Loss of engine power (total)

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 CEN17LA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA205.md): Amstutz Curtis J BD-5B · Portland, IN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 26, 2017 · N604KA · Substantial damage
  > A failure of the wiring between the engine control unit and the fuel injector, which resulted in a total loss of engine power.
- [NTSB CEN16LA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA243.md): Challenger II CW · Marysville, OH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 30, 2016 · N788RH · Substantial damage
  > A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.
- [NTSB CEN12LA309](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA309.md): Quicksilver Sprint II · Lebanon, IL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 19, 2012 · N3521A · Substantial damage
  > The total loss of engine power due to a fatigue failure of the crankshaft, attributed to the relative movement between the crankshaft and flywheel assembly.

## 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 x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('33733')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE e.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND e.aircrafts_position = x.position AND e."isDefiningEvent" AND e."tier2Number" = '341'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/cases?engine=33733

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