# Fatal NTSB investigations, Outside the U.S.: Ditching

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 GAA24WA285](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA285.md): Piper PA-23-250 · Nassau, Bahamas · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 4 · Foreign · Sep 12, 2024 · N555MH · Substantial damage
- [NTSB GAA23WA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA045.md): Bell 412EP · Ocean, Mexico · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 5 · Foreign · Dec 22, 2022 · XA-BNA
- [NTSB GAA22WA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA22WA307.md): Robinson R44 · Off shore, Ecuador · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 5 · Foreign · Jul 28, 2022 · HC-CLZ · Substantial damage
- [NTSB GAA22WA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA22WA067.md): Piper PA-32-260 · Chame, Panama · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 5 · Foreign · Jan 3, 2022 · N5535J
- [NTSB ERA18WA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18WA047.md): Cessna T210 · West End, Bahamas · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 5 · Foreign · Dec 14, 2017 · N727TJ · Substantial damage
- [NTSB WPR15LA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA257.md): Hughes 369HS · Manra Island, Kiribati · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 3, 2015 · N9068F · Destroyed
  > A The loss of helicopter control for reasons that could not be determined asbecause the helicopter sank in the oceanwater and was not recovered.
- [NTSB ERA10WA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10WA044.md): Britten Norman BN2A · Kralendijk, Bonaire, NT · Accident · 1 fatal · Foreign investigation · Oct 22, 2009 · PJ-SUN · Substantial damage
  > On October 22, 2009, about 1417 universal coordinated time, a Britten Norman BN-2A/26, PJ-SUN, experienced a right engine failure during cruise flight, and subsequently ditched in the Caribbean Sea, near Kralendijk, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. The airplane…
- [NTSB CHI08FAMS2](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08FAMS2.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Vik, Iceland · Accident · 1 fatal · Missing aircraft · Final report · Feb 21, 2008 · N60842 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's decision to fly into an area of forecast weather suitable for structural icing. Contributing to the accident was the effect of the structural icing encountered.
- [NTSB CHI08FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08FAMS1.md): Cessna 310N · Keflavík, Iceland · Accident · 1 fatal · Missing aircraft · Final report · Feb 11, 2008 · N5030Q · Substantial damage
  > The reported loss of both engines' power during cruise for undetermined reasons.

## 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."eventCountry" <> 'USA'
  AND c."highestInjuryLevel" = 'Fatal'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '441' 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/441/sequence?fatal=1&state=OF

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