# NTSB investigations: Dist (ignition harness)

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 ANC24LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA025.md): Cessna 120 · Talkeetna, AK · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Apr 21, 2024 · N77032 · Substantial damage
  > A degraded ignition system, which resulted in a total loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was maintenance personnel’s inadequate inspection of the ignition system.
- [NTSB WPR20LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA148.md): American AA-1A · Blythe, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · May 15, 2020 · N12YT · Substantial damage
  > The excessive wear of one magneto’s wiring harness, which resulted in a loss of engine power during takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed following the loss of engine power, which resulted in exceedance of the…
- [NTSB ERA19LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA029.md): Diamond DA20 · Mountain Rest, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 28, 2018 · N653DC · Substantial damage
  > A partial loss of engine power due to multiple discrepancies of the engine's ignition system.
- [NTSB ERA15LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA134.md): Cirrus Design SR22 · Lexington, KY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 19, 2015 · N358CD · Substantial damage
  > Maintenance personnel's failure to properly inspect and clean the engine ignition harness spark plug terminals, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power during an attempted takeoff.
- [NTSB CEN13LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA220.md): Walker Phil RV-6A · Spearfish, SD · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 4, 2013 · N525PW · Substantial damage
  > The coil-distributor wire loosening in flight, which rendered the ignition system inoperative and subsequently caused the loss of engine power.

## 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", '01057420'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01057420/cases

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.