# NTSB investigations, CA: Missing aircraft

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 WPR25LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA212.md): Cessna T240 · San Diego, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 13, 2025 · N636CS
  > Impact with the ocean for reasons that could not be determined because the pilot and airplane were not located.
- [NTSB WPR22LA371](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA371.md): Cessna 172M · Pacific Ocean, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 20, 2022 · N9670V
  > Undetermined because the airplane and pilot were not located.
- [NTSB WPR15FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15FAMS1.md): Cessna 172S · Davenport, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Missing aircraft · Final report · May 8, 2015 · N191TG
  > Undetermined because the airplane was not located.

## 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" = 'CA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '990' 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/990/sequence?state=CA

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