# NTSB investigations: Cessna 140: 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 GAA19CA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA013.md): Cessna 140 · Marina, CA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 10, 2018 · N89266 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s inadvertent application of the brakes, which resulted in a nose-over.
- [NTSB WPR17LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA193.md): Cessna 140 · Empire, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 30, 2017 · N140X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during an off-airport precautionary landing on a dirt road with an uphill gradient.
- [NTSB CEN16FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16FA054.md): Cessna 140 · Keytesville, MO · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 7, 2015 · N90123 · Substantial damage
  > The non-instrument-rated pilot's decision to operate in dark night conditions with low clouds, which resulted in a loss of control due to spatial disorientation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's use of methamphetamine, which impaired his…
- [NTSB ERA14CA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA195.md): Cessna 140 · Colebrook, NH · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 10, 2014 · N2143N · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's decision to power out of soft snow with a gusty quartering tailwind which resulted in the tail of the airplane rising and the airplane nosing over.
- [NTSB CEN13CA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA277.md): Cessna 140 · Groesbeck, TX · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 11, 2013 · N1752V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during an aborted takeoff.
- [NTSB ERA13CA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA208.md): Cessna 140 · Lancaster, SC · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 18, 2013 · N76688 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s decision to land with a tailwind and his failure to turn off the carburetor heat during a go-around, which resulted in degraded engine performance and the airplane’s subsequent collision with trees at the end of the runway.

## 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 x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2071602', '2071603')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND s.aircrafts_position = x.position AND s."tier2Number" = '900' 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/900/sequence?model=2071602

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