# NTSB investigations, SC: Aircraft 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 ERA23FA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23FA280.md): Piper PA-32R-300 · North Myrtle Beach, SC · Accident · 5 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Jul 2, 2023 · N5524F · Destroyed
  > The pilot’s loss of control during initial climb, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s operation of the airplane above its maximum gross weight and near its aft center of gravity limit,…
- [NTSB ERA13LA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA264.md): Globe GC-1B · Williamson, SC · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 1, 2013 · N3715K · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s decision to takeoff with a quartering tailwind at high density altitude, close to gross takeoff weight, on a short turf runway with trees at the departure end.
- [NTSB ERA09LA544](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA544.md): Celier Xenon RST · Mount Pleasant, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 25, 2009 · N4462J · Substantial damage
  > The gyroplane's inadequate climb performance for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB ERA09LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA107.md): Moore David DM-1 · Salters, SC · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 25, 2008 · N75EW · Substantial damage
  > A hard landing following an autorotation that resulted from the separation of the red main rotor blade cap that led to the uncontrolled movement of the cyclic, autorotation and a hard landing.

## 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", '010610'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010610/cases?state=SC

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