# NTSB investigations: Intentional act, general

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 WPR22LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA049.md): Taylorcraft BL-65 · New Cuyama, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Nov 24, 2021 · N29508 · Destroyed
  > The pilot’s decision to intentionally crash the airplane.
- [NTSB CEN17CA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17CA294.md): Air Tractor AT 502B · Harrold, SD · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 26, 2017 · N421CA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper attempt at a low-pass maneuver, which resulted in a collision with a tractor.
- [NTSB ERA17LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA158.md): Cessna 172 · Euharlee, GA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 18, 2017 · N8368B · Substantial damage
  > The NTSB did not determine the probable cause of this event and does not plan to issue a report or open a public docket. The investigation of this event is being conducted under the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- [NTSB ERA15LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA218.md): Bell 206L-3 · Kearny, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 20, 2015 · N210MH · Substantial damage
  > The deliberate concealment and reuse of an unairworthy tail rotor driveshaft by unknown personnel, which resulted in an overstress separation at a bonded flange adapter as a result of driveshaft imbalance.
- [NTSB CEN11LA404](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA404.md): Ayres S2R-T34 · Athleimer, AR · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 16, 2011 · N30902 · Substantial damage
  > Failure of the first stage planetary gearset in the propeller reduction gearbox, which resulted in catastrophic engine failure. Contributing to the failure was the misrepresentation of the gearset being zero-timed by the company that sold the gearset to the…
- [NTSB ERA11LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA033.md): Rockwell International 112TC · Waynesboro, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 21, 2010 · N1154J · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s deliberate exiting of the airplane by parachute while in flight following a reported flight control malfunction that could not be verified.
- [NTSB CEN10LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA043.md): Moore Skybolt/BM · Altus, OK · Accident · 2 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 8, 2009 · N6644 · Destroyed
  > The pilot's poor judgment by performing intentional low-level maneuvers that resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin at an altitude to low to affect a safe recovery.
- [NTSB ERA09CA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA177.md): HI-Max 1700R · Windham, NH · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 17, 2009 · UNREG · Substantial damage
  > The non-certificated pilot's failure to maintain clearance from houses while flying an unregistered experimental, amateur-built airplane.
- [NTSB ERA09FA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA133.md): Piper PA-46-500TP · Milton, FL · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 12, 2009 · N428DC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's intentional inflight abandonment of the airplane.

## 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", '02051000'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02051000/cases

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