# NTSB investigations, 2018: Other weather encounter

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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## Latest cases

- [NTSB GAA19CA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA111.md): Cessna 180 · Bend, OR · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 29, 2018 · N7757C · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control in gusting crosswind conditions.
- [NTSB GAA19CA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA123.md): Cessna 172 · Center, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 20, 2018 · N8487X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during landing in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
- [NTSB ERA19LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA072.md): Piper PA46 · Mayport, FL · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Dec 20, 2018 · N307JM · Destroyed
  > An in-flight loss of control following an encounter with supercooled large droplet icing conditions, which ultimately resulted in an uncontrolled descent and subsequent inflight breakup. Also causal was the pilot’s failure to maintain an appropriate airspeed…
- [NTSB GAA19CA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA098.md): Cessna 170 · Riggins, ID · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 16, 2018 · N4385B · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper preflight performance planning and his subsequent failure to attain sufficient speed for the airplane to climb with a tailwind.
- [NTSB GAA19CA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA101.md): Clifford E Massey AR-1 · Anahuac, TX · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 15, 2018 · N923DJ · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper landing flare in gusting crosswind conditions.
- [NTSB CEN19LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA039.md): Cessna 550 · Fargo, ND · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 30, 2018 · N941JM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to lower the flaps during the approach and maintain sufficient airspeed while flying in instrument meteorological and icing conditions and the accumulation of ice on the wings’ leading edges, which resulted in the exceedance of the…
- [NTSB GAA19CA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA080.md): Piper PA 12 · Burlington, WA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Nov 29, 2018 · N3619M · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing in crosswind conditions.
- [NTSB GAA19CA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA075.md): Darren M. Vinelli Sopwith PUP · Rio Vista, CA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Nov 26, 2018 · N1916Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in gusting tailwind conditions.
- [NTSB CEN19FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA029.md): Beech 55 · Liberal, KS · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 17, 2018 · N4817M · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper decision to fly in an area where moderate icing conditions were forecasted in an airplane that was not certified for such conditions, and in the effort to get out of the icing conditions, his decision to fly below the minimum descent…
- [NTSB ERA19TA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19TA051.md): Cessna E162 · Franklin, NC · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Nov 16, 2018 · N70252 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's delay in applying carburetor heat, which resulted in a total loss of engine power during descent due to carburetor icing.
- [NTSB GAA19CA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA049.md): Flight Design Ctls · Elyria, OH · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Nov 4, 2018 · N21ZA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during landing in variable gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in a hard landing and runway excursion.
- [NTSB CEN19LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA015.md): Cessna 172 · Houston, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 27, 2018 · N3973L · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to apply carburetor heat while operating in an area conducive to carburetor icing, which resulted in a total loss of engine power on approach and subsequent forced landing into a creek.
- [NTSB GAA19CA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA022.md): Piper PA 18-135 · Cherry Ridge, PA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 14, 2018 · N6690D · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a ground loop.
- [NTSB GAA19CA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA051.md): RIchard Silva Seawind · Pocono Summit, PA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 12, 2018 · N46SW · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper decision to attempt to take off from a lake in high crosswind conditions, which resulted in the right wing lifting, the left wing impacting the water, and the airplane bouncing and then impacting the water hard.
- [NTSB GAA19CA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA009.md): Stearman A75N1(PT17) · New Orleans, LA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 6, 2018 · N56949 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during a crosswind landing.
- [NTSB GAA19CA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA007.md): Maule M7 · Medford, OR · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 6, 2018 · N10555 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing.
- [NTSB GAA19CA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA019.md): Champion 7ECA · Cleveland, TX · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 5, 2018 · N36268 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing in a gusting crosswind conditions.
- [NTSB GAA19CA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA005.md): Cessna 180 · Hailey, ID · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 3, 2018 · N180BG · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff in gusting crosswind conditions.
- [NTSB GAA18CA580](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA580.md): Piper PA28 · Van Nuys, CA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 30, 2018 · N400JW · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.
- [NTSB GAA18CA576](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA576.md): Raymon A. King Super CUB Replica · Saratoga Springs, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 29, 2018 · N1698K · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll with crosswind conditions.
- [NTSB GAA18CA570](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA570.md): Aviat A1 · Raquette Lake, NY · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 24, 2018 · N52DA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain lateral control after landing on water in gusting wind conditions.
- [NTSB GAA18CA569](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA569.md): Maule M7 · Grass Valley, OR · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 16, 2018 · N760AC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
- [NTSB GAA18CA543](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA543.md): Bosko Wr/Bosko Ce Safari · Highgate, VT · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 8, 2018 · N699WC · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s failure to maintain lateral control during a hover.
- [NTSB GAA18CA538](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA538.md): Avid Avid Magnum · Carrabassett Valley, ME · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 6, 2018 · N2137G · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper decision to initiate the flight in marginal visual flight rules over mountainous terrain, which resulted in an inadvertent encounter with instrument meteorological and downdraft conditions and the subsequent controlled flight into trees…
- [NTSB GAA18CA551](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA551.md): Piper PA28 · Cypress, TX · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 1, 2018 · N212NA · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s improper approach path after the airplane encountered turbulence, which resulted in the airplane landing hard short of the runway.
- [NTSB GAA18CA527](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA527.md): Cessna 170 · Tulsa, OK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 1, 2018 · N2303D · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting crosswind conditions.
- [NTSB GAA18CA524](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA524.md): Luscombe 8 · Fulton, MO · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 28, 2018 · N1211B · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting crosswind conditions.
- [NTSB CEN18LA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA352.md): Cessna 172 · Rushville, IN · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 27, 2018 · N4379L · Substantial damage
  > Loss of engine power due to carburetor icing and the pilot's failure to use carburetor heat in weather conditions conducive to carburetor icing.
- [NTSB GAA18CA517](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA517.md): Champion 7GCBC · Ocklawaha, FL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 25, 2018 · N7618S · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing.
- [NTSB GAA18CA508](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA508.md): Robinson R22 · Corvallis, OR · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 24, 2018 · N4085T · Substantial damage
  > The student helicopter pilot’s inadequate torque pedal application during practice approaches with a tailwind, which resulted in a loss of yaw control and a subsequent hard landing.
- [NTSB GAA18CA499](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA499.md): Evolution Trikes Revo · Hawthorne, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 21, 2018 · N145PT · Substantial damage
  > The flight instructor’s failure to maintain lateral control of the weight-shift-controlled aircraft during the landing flare.
- [NTSB GAA18CA504](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA504.md): Piper PA18 · McGrath, AK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 20, 2018 · N6727A · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff in a crosswind.
- [NTSB WPR18LA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA227.md): Cessna 182 · Salmon, ID · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 18, 2018 · N84CP · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s inadvertent encounter with downdraft conditions, which resulted in a loss of altitude, and the pilot’s subsequent decision to conduct a precautionary landing into a stand of trees.
- [NTSB ERA18TA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18TA222.md): Globe GC1B · Wellington, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Aug 17, 2018 · N80932 · Substantial damage
  > The partial loss of engine power during the initial climb due to a sticking intake valve on the No. 3 cylinder.
- [NTSB GAA18CA491](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA491.md): Cessna U206 · Barter Island, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 16, 2018 · N206JM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain lateral control while taxiing in gusting wind conditions.
- [NTSB GAA18CA520](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA520.md): Piper PA18 · Tyonek, AK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 15, 2018 · N4165Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting wind conditions.
- [NTSB GAA18CA493](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA493.md): Cessna 172 · Silver City, NM · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 15, 2018 · N1543Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing with a quartering tailwind.
- [NTSB WPR18LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA241.md): Cessna 172 · Afton, WY · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 13, 2018 · N5660J · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain terrain clearance after an encounter with a downdraft while maneuvering in a valley with a high-density altitude, which resulted in impact with trees and terrain.
- [NTSB GAA18CA494](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA494.md): Piper PA18 · Gilliam Glacier, AK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 12, 2018 · N9884D · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper decision to take off in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in a loss of control and collision with terrain.
- [NTSB GAA18CA487](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA487.md): Cessna U206 · Waynesville, OH · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 10, 2018 · N29204 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inability to stop the airplane on the wet runway after an aborted go-around, which resulted in a runway overrun and impact with terrain.
- [NTSB GAA18CA480](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA480.md): Piper PA18 · Raton, NM · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 9, 2018 · N104CC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's loss of directional control during the landing roll.
- [NTSB WPR18TA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18TA212.md): ICP Savannah · Fairfield, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Aug 5, 2018 · N951RA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control after encountering a downdraft on approach to the runway.
- [NTSB GAA18CA468](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA468.md): Cessna 185 · Lovelock, NV · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 5, 2018 · N9867X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper in-flight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent total loss of engine power.
- [NTSB GAA18CA485](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA485.md): Cessna 172 · Sallisaw, OK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 4, 2018 · N707TM · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's loss of directional control during the landing roll.
- [NTSB GAA18CA452](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA452.md): Cessna 172 · Wadsworth, OH · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 28, 2018 · N4855G · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing.
- [NTSB CEN18LA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA301.md): Flightstar SC II · Painesville, OH · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 27, 2018 · N953RJ · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s failure to maintain an airspeed below flight speed during a practice taxi run, which resulted in the airplane inadvertently becoming airborne. Once airborne, the reduced engine power due to an improper propeller pitch setting and…
- [NTSB GAA18CA433](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA433.md): Cessna 172 · Colorado Springs, CO · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 22, 2018 · N99243 · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting crosswind conditions.
- [NTSB GAA18CA446](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA446.md): Cessna 310 · Malden, MO · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 20, 2018 · N46CH · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper landing flare in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB GAA18CA439](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA439.md): Wayne D. Teel Waiex · Kinsey, KS · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 20, 2018 · N49YX · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in gusting crosswind conditions.
- [NTSB CEN18LA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA286.md): Vans RV6 · Coldwater, KS · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 20, 2018 · N306FR · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's loss of control while landing a tailwheel-equipped airplane in gusting wind conditions.

Next page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?year=2018&page=2

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 2018
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '400' 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/400/sequence?year=2018

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