# NTSB investigations, 2018: 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 ERA19LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA079.md): Cessna 172 · Fort Lauderdale, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 24, 2018 · N3015E · Substantial damage
  > A total loss of engine power due to the fatigue fracture of the No. 2 exhaust rocker arm stud.
- [NTSB WPR19TA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19TA037.md): Scottish Series 100 MDL 101 · Lake Pleasant, AZ · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Final report · Nov 17, 2018 · N82696 · Substantial damage
  > Impact with a lake for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB ERA19LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA018.md): Jabiru 250 · Daytona Beach Shores, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Oct 16, 2018 · N207Y · Substantial damage
  > A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.
- [NTSB ERA18LA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA227.md): Beech 35 · Mayport, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 17, 2018 · N1330Z · Substantial damage
  > The failure of a fuel line due to improper installation of a fuel flow sensor, which resulted in fuel starvation and a subsequent total loss of engine power.
- [NTSB ERA18LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA168.md): Stinson L 5 · Thomson, GA · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jun 14, 2018 · N45TX · Substantial damage
  > Failure of maintenance personnel to inspect the crankshaft after two previous propeller strikes, which resulted in failure of the crankshaft and a total loss of engine power. Contributing to the crankshaft failure was insufficient torque applied to the thrust…
- [NTSB WPR18CA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18CA100.md): Hughes 369D · Pacific Ocean, Marshall Islands · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 19, 2018 · N501VS · Substantial damage
  > An in-flight mechanical malfunction with the helicopter, which necessitated a ditching in the ocean. The reason for the malfunction could be determined because the helicopter sank and was not recovered.

## 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" = '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?year=2018

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