# NTSB investigations, Outside the U.S.: Aircraft oper/perf/capability

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 ANC24LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA065.md): Beech 65-B80 · Woleai Atoll, Micronesia · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 12, 2024 · N44MA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of an unsuitable takeoff area, resulting in a loss of directional control. Contributing to the accident was a flooded runway.
- [NTSB ERA23LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA081.md): Learjet 35 · Guantanamo Bay, Cuba · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 2, 2022 · N979RF · Substantial damage
  > The flight crew’s continuation of an unstable approach which resulted in abnormal runway contact during the landing flare and touchdown.
- [NTSB ERA20CA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA191.md): Bell UH 1N · Baghdad, Iraq · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · May 10, 2020 · N12328 · Substantial damage
  > The flight crew's inadequate situational awareness and failure to maintain adequate clearance from a security barrier during a night takeoff.
- [NTSB ANC20CA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20CA014.md): Cessna 172 · Tokyo, Japan · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 15, 2019 · N22905 · Substantial damage
  > The airplane’s encounter with prop wash while taxiing behind a larger airplane that was conducting a high-power engine run on the same taxiway. Contributing to the accident was the air traffic controller’s failure to inform the smaller airplane’s pilot about…
- [NTSB ERA19FA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA210.md): Agusta AW139 · Big Grand Cay, Bahamas · Accident · 7 fatal · Class 2 · Field · Final report · Jul 4, 2019 · N32CC · Substantial damage
  > The pilots’ decision to takeoff over water in dark night conditions with no external visual reference, which resulted in spatial disorientation and subsequent collision with the water. Also causal was the pilots’ failure to adequately monitor their…
- [NTSB CEN18FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA063.md): Cessna 208 · Punta Islita, Costa Rica · Accident · 12 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 31, 2017 · TI-BEI · Destroyed
  > The flight crew's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering to exit an area of rising terrain, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the flight crew's…
- [NTSB WPR14LA309](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA309.md): Beech A36 · Pago Pago, Antarctica · Accident · 2 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 22, 2014 · N20TC · Destroyed
  > A loss of airplane control during the initial climb in gusting wind conditions for reasons that could not be determined because the wreckage was not recovered from the ocean.
- [NTSB ERA13LA380](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA380.md): Piper PA46R-350T · Cat Cay, Bahamas · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 25, 2013 · N720JF · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s attempt to rotate the airplane before obtaining sufficient airspeed and his improper pitch control during takeoff, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle-of-attack and subsequently experiencing an aerodynamic stall at a low…
- [NTSB DCA13MA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA13MA081.md): Boeing 747-400 BCF · Bagram, Afghanistan · Accident · 7 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Apr 29, 2013 · N949CA · Destroyed
  > National Airlines' inadequate procedures for restraining special cargo loads, which resulted in the loadmaster's improper restraint of the cargo, which moved aft and damaged hydraulic systems Nos. 1 and 2 and horizontal stabilizer drive mechanism components,…
- [NTSB DCA13CA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA13CA008.md): Bombardier DHC-8-315 · Kabul, Afghanistan · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 17, 2012 · N800AW · Substantial damage
  > the captains ineffective management of the airplanes energy state during final approach and flare that resulted in a hard landing and tail strike at touchdown.
- [NTSB DCA12FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12FA024.md): Bell 214 · Camp Bastion, Afghanistan · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 16, 2012 · N5748M · Destroyed
  > the overtravel of the collective sleeve, which led to a severe and sudden reduction in main rotor blade collective pitch, resulting in a loss of control of the helicopter. The reason for the collective sleeve overtravel could not be determined since much of…
- [NTSB DCA12CA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12CA023.md): University Of Kansas Meridian · McMurdo, AY · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 19, 2011 · UNREG · Substantial damage
  > an aerodynamic stall induced by an inadvertent autopilot Home command. The Home command was entered following a loss of the direct radio link due to improperly set failsafe settings, and an unintentional latching of Home mode from an earlier functionality…
- [NTSB ERA09FA419](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA419.md): MD Helicopter 530 (369FF) · Camp Butler, Iraq · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 17, 2009 · N974BW · Destroyed
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain terrain clearance during a low-level course reversal.

## 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."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", '0106'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0106/cases?state=OF

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