# NTSB investigations: Data recorders (flight/maint) 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 CEN24MA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24MA111.md): Airbus Helicopters EC 130 · Halloran Springs, CA · Accident · 6 fatal · Class 2 · Major · Final report · Feb 10, 2024 · N130CZ · Destroyed > The pilot’s decision to continue the visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the pilot’s spatial disorientation and loss of control. Contributing to the accident was the company’s inadequate oversight of its… - [NTSB DCA23FA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23FA149.md): Boeing 737-79P · Austin, TX · Incident · No injuries · Class 1 · Field · Final report · Feb 4, 2023 · N7827A · 2 aircraft · No damage > the local controller’s incorrect assumption that the Southwest Airlines (SWA) airplane would depart from the runway before the Federal Express airplane arrived on the same runway, which resulted in a loss of separation between both airplanes. Contributing to… - [NTSB DCA23LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA125.md): Boeing 737-900ER · Queens, NY · Incident · No injuries · Class 1 · Limited · Final report · Jan 14, 2023 · N914DU · 2 aircraft · No damage > The American Airlines flight 106 (AAL106) crew’s surface navigation error due to distractions caused by their performance of concurrent operational tasks during taxi, which resulted in a loss of situational awareness. Contributing to the incident was the air… - [NTSB DCA20MA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA20MA059.md): Sikorsky S76 · Calabasas, CA · Accident · 9 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Jan 26, 2020 · N72EX · Destroyed > The pilot’s decision to continue flight under visual flight rules into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the pilot’s spatial disorientation and loss of control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s likely self-induced pressure… - [NTSB DCA19MA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19MA086.md): Boeing 767 · Trinity Bay, TX · Accident · 3 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Feb 23, 2019 · N1217A · Destroyed > The inappropriate response by the first officer as the pilot flying to an inadvertent activation of the go-around mode, which led to his spatial disorientation and nose-down control inputs that placed the airplane in a steep descent from which the crew did… - [NTSB DCA17IA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17IA148.md): Airbus A320-211 · San Francisco, CA · Incident · No injuries · Class 1 · Incident · Final report · Jul 8, 2017 · C-FKCK · No damage > The flight crew's misidentification of taxiway C as the intended landing runway, which resulted from the crewmembers' lack of awareness of the parallel runway closure due to their ineffective review of notice to airmen (NOTAM) information before the flight… - [NTSB CEN17FA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA252.md): Airbus Helicopters Deutschland MBB-BK 117 B-2 · Perryville, MO · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 2, 2017 · N238BK · Substantial damage > Fuel starvation due to the pilot’s failure to turn on the fuel transfer pump switches during takeoff, which led to a total loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper decision to activate the annunciator panel’s dimming… - [NTSB ANC17MA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17MA001.md): Cessna 208B · Togiak, AK · Accident · 3 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Oct 2, 2016 · N208SD · Destroyed > The flight crew's decision to continue the visual flight rules flight into deteriorating visibility and their failure to perform an immediate escape maneuver after entry into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into… - [NTSB DCA16FA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16FA199.md): Bell 525 · Italy, TX · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 2 · Field · Final report · Jul 6, 2016 · N525TA · Destroyed > A severe vibration of the helicopter that led to the crew's inability to maintain sufficient rotor rotation speed (Nr), leading to excessive main rotor blade flapping, subsequent main rotor blade contact with the tail boom, and the resultant in-flight… - [NTSB CEN16MA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16MA036.md): British Aerospace HS 125 700A · Akron, OH · Accident · 9 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Nov 10, 2015 · N237WR · Destroyed > The flight crew's mismanagement of the approach and multiple deviations from company standard operating procedures, which placed the airplane in an unsafe situation and led to an unstabilized approach, a descent below minimum descent altitude without visual… - [NTSB CEN14FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA046.md): Mitsubishi MU 2B-25 · Owasso, OK · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 10, 2013 · N856JT · Destroyed > The pilot's loss of airplane control during a known one-engine-inoperative condition. The reasons for the loss of control and engine shutdown could not be determined because the airplane was not equipped with a crash-resistant recorder and postaccident… - [NTSB DCA13IA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA13IA037.md): Boeing 787 · Boston, MA · Incident · No injuries · Class 1 · Incident · Final report · Jan 7, 2013 · JA829J · Minor damage > an internal short circuit within a cell of the auxiliary power unit (APU) lithium-ion battery, which led to thermal runaway that cascaded to adjacent cells, resulting in the release of smoke and fire. The incident resulted from Boeing's failure to incorporate… - [NTSB CEN11FA599](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11FA599.md): Eurocopter AS-350-B2 · Mosby, MO · Accident · 4 fatal · Class 1 · Field · Final report · Aug 26, 2011 · N352LN · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to confirm that the helicopter had adequate fuel on board to complete the mission before making the first departure, his improper decision to continue the mission and make a second departure after he became aware of a critically low fuel… - [NTSB CEN11FA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11FA267.md): Cirrus Design SR-22 · South Bend, IN · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 4, 2011 · N847C · Substantial damage > The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control while on final approach with a gusting crosswind and the subsequent aerodynamic stall and spin during the attempted go-around. - [NTSB ANC10MA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10MA068.md): Dehavilland DHC-3 · Aleknagik, AK · Accident · 5 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Aug 9, 2010 · N455A · Substantial damage > The pilot's temporary unresponsiveness for reasons that could not be established from the available information. Contributing to the investigation's inability to determine exactly what occurred in the final minutes of the flight was the lack of a cockpit… - [NTSB DCA10IA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10IA021.md): Airbus Industrie A319-131 · Newark, NJ · Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jan 10, 2010 · N816UA · Minor damage > A mechanical failure of internal components of the right main landing gear door actuator resulting in the flight crew being unable to fully extend the right main landing gear using the normal and alternate procedures. Contributing to this incident was a… - [NTSB LAX08PA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08PA259.md): Sikorsky S-61N · Weaverville, CA · Accident · 9 fatal · Class 1 · Final report · Aug 6, 2008 · N612AZ · Destroyed > The following actions by Carson Helicopters: 1) the intentional understatement of the helicopter's empty weight, 2) the alteration of the power available chart to exaggerate the helicopter's lift capability, and 3) the practice of using unapproved… ## 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 f.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_findings.parquet' f WHERE starts_with(f."findingCode", '01023130')) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023130/cases --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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