# NTSB investigations, TN: Miscellaneous/other

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 ERA20LA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA288.md): Cessna 170 · Ardmore, TN · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 13, 2020 · N3962V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s inadequate preflight planning and his decision to depart from a constrained, grass-covered field in elevated-density altitude conditions, which resulted in reduced takeoff and climb performance and a subsequent forced landing.
- [NTSB ERA18IA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18IA078.md): Airbus Helicopters EC 130 · Memphis, TN · Incident · No injuries · Class 3 · Incident · Final report · Jan 28, 2018 · N894GT · Minor damage
  > The pilot’s failure to lock the collective pitch control after landing, and the mechanic’s failure to properly balance the collective pitch control after converting the helicopter to a single-pilot configuration, which resulted in an uncommanded collective…
- [NTSB ERA15FA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA336.md): Henderson W A/Johnson W L RV 6A · Bon Aqua, TN · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 2, 2015 · N216LA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's incapacitation from complications of a recent heart attack, which resulted in a loss of control during cruise flight.
- [NTSB ERA15CA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA262.md): Robinson Helicopter R44 · Viola, TN · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 12, 2015 · N577AT · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to see and avoid a guy wire, which resulted in contact with the wire and subsequent collision with terrain.
- [NTSB GAA15CA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA173.md): Cessna 182 · Athens, TN · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 6, 2015 · N234CF · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the taxiway surface due to a sink hole, which resulted in the right main landing gear sinking into terrain causing substantial damage to the fuselage.
- [NTSB ERA13CA310](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA310.md): Schleicher Alexander ASH 26 E · Tullahoma, TN · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 12, 2013 · N26EL · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper use of wing spoilers during approach resulting in an altitude loss and collision with a tree.
- [NTSB ERA13LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA183.md): Andrews Zodiac · Collegedale, TN · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 29, 2013 · N999NA · Minor damage
  > The pilot's failure to ensure that his seatbelt was fastened and the pilots' failure to ensure that the canopy was latched properly, which resulted in the pilot's ejection from the cockpit following the opening of the canopy and the subsequent in-flight upset.
- [NTSB ERA13LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA076.md): Cassutt Sport Racer · Collegedale, TN · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 2, 2012 · N9CA · Substantial damage
  > Impact with trees and terrain during the landing approach likely due to the physiological incapacitation of the pilot.
- [NTSB ERA10CA461](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA461.md): Yeager Lancair · McMinnville, TN · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 2, 2010 · N320CY · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to properly latch the cockpit canopy prior to takeoff, resulting in his diverted attention and failure to maintain aircraft control.

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'TN' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT e.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE e."isDefiningEvent" AND e."tier2Number" = '900')
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/cases?state=TN

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