# NTSB investigations: Off-field or emergency landing

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 ERA26LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA127.md): Piper PA-28-151 · Arno, TN · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report · Feb 24, 2026 · N85RW · Substantial damage
  > On February 24, 2026, about 1107 central standard time, a Piper PA-28-151, N85RW, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Arno, Tennessee. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part…
- [NTSB WPR25LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA292.md): Cessna 182N · Fallbrook, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report · Sep 23, 2025 · N766EE · Substantial damage
  > On September 23, 2025, about 1400 Pacific daylight time, N766EE, a Cessna 182N, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Fallbrook, California. The pilot received minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of…
- [NTSB ERA25LA350](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA350.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Astatula, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report · Sep 17, 2025 · N580JA · Substantial damage
  > On September 17, 2025 at 1000 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-28-181 100i, N580JA, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Astatula, Florida. The student pilot sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a 14 Code of…
- [NTSB WPR25LA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA265.md): Cessna 120 · Taylor, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report · Aug 24, 2025 · N3151N · Substantial damage
  > On August 24, 2025, about 0711 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 120, N3151N, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Taylor, Arizona. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal…
- [NTSB WPR25LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA163.md): Rans S20 · Fairfield, UT · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report · May 27, 2025 · N327KM · Substantial damage
  > On May 27, 2025, about 1330 mountain daylight time, an experimental amateur-built RANS S20 Raven, N327KM, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Fairfield, Utah. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14…
- [NTSB GAA25WA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA162.md): Cessna 150 · Ucharpi, India · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Mar 31, 2025 · VT-PBA
- [NTSB GAA24WA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA053.md): Air Tractor AT301 · Orihueca, Colombia · Accident · Class 5 · Foreign · Dec 9, 2023 · HK4952 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB GAA24WA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA001.md): Robinson R44 · Vamdrup, Denmark · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Foreign · Oct 4, 2023 · OY-HFS · Substantial damage
- [NTSB GAA23WA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA251.md): Robinson R44 · Manta, Ecuador · Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Sep 8, 2023 · HC-CPV · Substantial damage
- [NTSB GAA23WA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA176.md): Cessna 182 · Jelenia Góra, Poland · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Jun 25, 2023 · D-EDYP · Substantial damage
- [NTSB GAA23WA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA166.md): Beech A36 · Teresina, Pi, Brazil · Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Jun 11, 2023 · PT-DLO · Substantial damage
- [NTSB GAA23WA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA160.md): Piper PA-34-220T · São Pedro da Água Branca,, Brazil · Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · May 29, 2023 · PT-WMF · Substantial damage
- [NTSB GAA23WA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA102.md): Quicksilver GT500 · Flaminio Suárez, Colombia · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Feb 26, 2023 · HJ-320 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB ERA22LA326](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA326.md): Schweizer SGS 2-33A · Waynesville, OH · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 10, 2022 · N3616Q · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s loss of situational awareness (geographic position), which resulted in his inability to locate the intended landing runway and his decision to perform an off-airport landing.
- [NTSB CEN22LA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA314.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Rogers, AR · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 9, 2022 · N83552 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to establish a stabilize approach criteria during low-level maneuvering to the runway, which resulted in a hard landing and contact with a hay bale.
- [NTSB GAA22WA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA22WA215.md): Robinson R44 · Rio das Ostras, Brazil · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Foreign · Jun 20, 2022 · PP-MDS · Substantial damage
- [NTSB GAA21WA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA21WA057.md): Partenavia P68 · Bhopal, India · Accident · Class 5 · Foreign · Mar 27, 2021 · VT-TAA · Substantial damage
- [NTSB GAA21WA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA21WA056.md): Cessna 208 · Ndetani, Kenya · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 5 · Foreign · Mar 20, 2021 · 5Y-JKN · Destroyed
- [NTSB GAA21WA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA21WA070.md): Bell 212 · Región del Libertador Bernardo O´Higgins, Chile · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Foreign · Jan 27, 2021 · CC-ATY · Substantial damage
- [NTSB CEN21LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA102.md): Hughes 369D · Tuckers Crossing, MS · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Dec 29, 2020 · N103SU · Destroyed
  > The pilot’s loss of helicopter control when the external saw contacted trees during an attempted emergency landing due to a main rotor transmission oil pressure warning. The reason that the pilot did not release the external saw from the helicopter during the…
- [NTSB CEN20CA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA236.md): Bellanca 1730A · Martinton, IL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Jun 19, 2020 · N244HW · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper decision to conduct an off-field precautionary landing.
- [NTSB WPR20LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA121.md): Piper PA-32RT-300T · Angostura, NM · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Apr 10, 2020 · N2112A · Substantial damage
  > The pilots precautionary off airport landing due to an undetermined engine issue.
- [NTSB WPR18LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA133.md): Robinson Helicopter R44 II · Borrego Springs, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Apr 30, 2018 · N423ML · Substantial damage
  > The loss of the helicopter’s drive system for reasons that could not be determined from the available evidence, which led to an autorotation that resulted in a hard landing and rollover on uneven sandy terrain.

## 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" = '440')
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/cases

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