# NTSB investigations, SC: Ice/rain protection system

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 ERA23LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA221.md): Aeronca 7DC-CONV · Fort Mill, SC · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · May 5, 2023 · N3058E · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to apply carburetor heat before initiating a descent in conditions conducive to the development of carburetor icing, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power due to carburetor ice.
- [NTSB ERA21LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA125.md): Taylorcraft BC-65 · Columbia, SC · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Feb 7, 2021 · N24476 · Substantial damage
  > A total loss of engine power due to carburetor icing, which resulted from the student pilot’s failure to use carburetor heat.
- [NTSB ERA21LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA054.md): Piper PA32 · Greenville, SC · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Nov 24, 2020 · N5566J · Substantial damage
  > A partial loss of engine power due to the pilot’s delayed application of carburetor heat, which resulted in carburetor icing.
- [NTSB ERA20LA335](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA335.md): Piper PA28 · Union, SC · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Sep 27, 2020 · N33859 · Destroyed
  > A total loss of engine power due to carburetor icing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to use carburetor heat in conditions conducive to the development of carburetor icing.

## 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" = 'SC' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT f.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_findings.parquet' f WHERE starts_with(f."findingCode", '010230'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010230/cases?state=SC

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