# NTSB investigations: Training with equipment 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 ANC25LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA064.md): Robinson Helicopter R44 II · Palmer, AK · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 30, 2025 · N531AT · Substantial damage > The pilot’s diverted attention during takeoff in flat light conditions, which resulted in a loss of visual reference with terrain. - [NTSB ERA25LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA077.md): Wolstenholme Dennis Pietenpol AIR Camper · Tullahoma, TN · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 12, 2024 · N161DW · Substantial damage > The pilot’s failure to adequately secure the airplane before hand-propping the engine. Contributing was the pilot’s lack of training in hand-propping procedures. - [NTSB ANC25LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA008.md): Cub Crafters CC18-180 · Anchorage, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Nov 2, 2024 · N55PK · Substantial damage > The incorrect installation of the rear flight control stick, resulting in the pilot’s inability to control the pitch attitude, coupled with the pilot’s inadequate control system check before departure, all which resulted in an aerodynamic stall during takeoff. - [NTSB ERA24LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA099.md): Swissdrones Operating SDO 50 V2 · Antioch, GA · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jan 18, 2024 · N780PA · Substantial damage > A partial loss of engine power due to a reduction of fuel flow for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the UAS manufacturer’s lack of instructions for a partial loss of engine power landing. - [NTSB CEN23LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA292.md): Cessna 172R · Burlington, VT · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 5, 2023 · N64AF · Substantial damage > The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action. - [NTSB ERA21LA325](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA325.md): Silverlight Delta JET-II · Mulberry, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 10, 2021 · N314SL · Substantial damage > The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing and a subsequent loss of directional control. - [NTSB WPR21LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA070.md): SilverLight AR-1 · Heber City, UT · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Dec 16, 2020 · N261MD · Substantial damage > The pilot’s failure to follow the procedures for takeoff in the Pilot Operating Handbook, which resulted in a loss of control and collision with the terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to receive additional training in the gyroplane. - [NTSB CEN20LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA037.md): Robinson R22 · Beeville, TX · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Dec 19, 2019 · N695AP · Substantial damage > The solo student pilot's improper cyclic input during takeoff, which resulted in dynamic rollover. - [NTSB GAA19CA389](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA389.md): Cessna 152 · Paris, TX · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 6, 2019 · N757YK · Substantial damage > The student pilot's failure to maintain the runway heading during takeoff with a crosswind, which resulted in impact with a hay bale left of the runway, and his improper decision to perform a soft-field takeoff without adequate practice. - [NTSB ERA19LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA132.md): Apollo Monsoon · Sharpsburg, GA · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Mar 20, 2019 · N156AP · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a collision with trees. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to obtain instruction in the weight-shift control aircraft. - [NTSB GAA18CA380](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA380.md): Jabiru J250 · Ferndale, WA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 18, 2018 · N722BL · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident were the pilot’s lack of experience and training in the accident airplane make and model. - [NTSB ERA18LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA134.md): Stanley Ernie Sigurd Kolb Mark · Collegedale, TN · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 20, 2018 · N9123R · Destroyed > The pilot's loss of airplane control, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper decision to take off in the nonairworthy airplane in which he had no training and his lack of flight experience in the 17… - [NTSB ERA18LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA082.md): Mosquito XEL · Loxahatchee, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 21, 2018 · UNREG · Destroyed > The noncertificated pilot's failure to maintain helicopter control during takeoff. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's lack of recent flight experience and his lack of training and experience in the accident helicopter make and model. - [NTSB GAA18CA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA028.md): Stinson 108 · Lewiston, ID · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 26, 2017 · N927D · Substantial damage > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to obtain appropriate training in the airplane before flying solo. - [NTSB CEN17LA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA327.md): Greene R/Greene S Rans S 17 · Erie, CO · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 22, 2017 · N117BE · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain control following a rejected takeoff for a perceived loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of training and experience in the airplane. - [NTSB CEN17FA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA315.md): Piper PA 22-150 · Las Vegas, NM · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 9, 2017 · N3664Z · Substantial damage > The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack while maneuvering to land, which resulted in an accelerated stall and the pilot’s subsequent loss of control. Contributing to the accident was the gap in the pilot’s flight experience, his… - [NTSB ANC17CA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17CA023.md): Wsk-Pzl Warzawa-Okecie PZL 104 Wilga 80 · Talkeetna, AK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 14, 2017 · N9726N · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's lack of training and experience in the accident make and model airplane. - [NTSB CEN17FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA026.md): Roe Cleo Wittman Tailwind W10 · Pearland, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 26, 2016 · N557CL · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during a climbing turn after takeoff, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall/spin. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate training… - [NTSB ERA16FA289](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA289.md): Piper PA 31 · Northport, AL · Accident · 6 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 14, 2016 · N447SA · Substantial damage > A total loss of power in both engines due to fuel starvation as a result of the pilot's fuel mismanagement, and his subsequent failure to follow the emergency checklist. Contributing to the pilot's failure to follow the emergency checklist was his lack of… - [NTSB GAA16LA329](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16LA329.md): Mini Max 1200 · Batesville, IN · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 8, 2016 · UNREG · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane's critical angle-of-attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to depart without obtaining flight training in the… - [NTSB GAA15CA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA291.md): Maule M 7-235C · Kemmerer, WY · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 30, 2015 · N4244L · Substantial damage > A hard landing which resulted in a loss directional control and ground loop. - [NTSB CEN15LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA106.md): Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 20 C1 · Shipshewana, IN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 19, 2015 · N979DC · Substantial damage > The total loss of engine power due to impact ice obstructing the primary air induction system, which resulted from the student pilot’s failure to operate the alternate air control. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot’s lack of knowledge about… - [NTSB DCA15MA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15MA019.md): Scaled Composites 339 · Koehn Dry Lake, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Oct 31, 2014 · N339SS · Destroyed > Scaled Composites' failure to consider and protect against the possibility that a single human error could result in a catastrophic hazard to the SpaceShipTwo vehicle. This failure set the stage for the copilot's premature unlocking of the feather system as a… - [NTSB ERA15LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA001.md): Air Command 582 · Monongahela, PA · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 1, 2014 · UNREG · Substantial damage > The amateur-built gyroplane’s collision with terrain for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to conduct the flight without obtaining additional training. - [NTSB CEN14LA454](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA454.md): Rans S17 · Lowell, MI · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 24, 2014 · UNREG · Substantial damage > The pilot’s overconfidence, which led to his improper decision to continue flight in the recently purchased, unregistered airplane without acquiring training and to his continued erratic handling of the airplane and subsequent loss of airplane control. - [NTSB DCA13MA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA13MA120.md): Boeing 777-200ER · San Francisco, CA · Accident · 3 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Jul 6, 2013 · HL7742 · Destroyed > The flight crew's mismanagement of the airplane's descent during the visual approach, the pilot flying's unintended deactivation of automatic airspeed control, the flight crew's inadequate monitoring of airspeed, and the flight crew's delayed execution of a… - [NTSB WPR12FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12FA089.md): Garza Lancair IV-TP · Boise, ID · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 3, 2012 · N321LC · Destroyed > A loss or commanded reduction of engine power during the initial climb for reasons that could not be determined because of postaccident impact damage and fire destruction to engine systems and components. Also causal were the pilot's failure to maintain… - [NTSB ANC11CA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11CA104.md): Cessna 170B · Fairbanks, AK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 17, 2011 · N4597C · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of experience/training in tailwheel-equipped airplanes. - [NTSB ERA11LA427](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA427.md): TL Ultralight Sro Sting S3 · Sarasota, FL · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 29, 2011 · N2442 · Substantial damage > The inability of the pilot-in-command (PIC) to recover from an inadvertent spin following a stall demonstration for reasons that could not be determined because aircraft and engine examinations did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded recovery… - [NTSB CEN11IA369](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11IA369.md): Embraer EMB-145 · Chicago, IL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jun 3, 2011 · N607AE · No damage > The overheat and failure the brake during landing due to oxidation of the brake rotors, which went undetected by maintenance personnel. Contributing to the accident was maintenance personnel’s lack of familiarity with detailed brake oxidation inspection… - [NTSB WPR10LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA046.md): Eurocopter AS350BA · Globe, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 5, 2009 · N617LH · Substantial damage > The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed or control of the helicopter during a simulated hydraulic failure maneuver, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s delayed remedial… - [NTSB DFW08LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA122.md): Robinson R44 · Bartlett, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 28, 2008 · N477SH · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain tail rotor clearance from terrain (embankment) during takeoff. ## 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", '02031530')) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031530/cases --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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