# NTSB investigations: Time/schedule pressure

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 CEN26LA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA249.md): Cessna 150 · Ellsworth, KS · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 10, 2026 · N3773J · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s self-induced pressure to complete the flight.
- [NTSB CEN26LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA145.md): Classic Waco YMF · Galveston, TX · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 24, 2026 · N43000 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The biplane pilot’s failure to maintain an adequate visual lookout while taxiing, which included the failure to perform S-turns to compensate for limited forward visibility.
- [NTSB WPR24LA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA265.md): Bell 407 · Raft River, ID · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 3, 2024 · N20BH · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s misdiagnosis of an erroneous engine instrument indication and his subsequent decision to enter an autorotation, which resulted in a hard landing due to degraded visual cues and low ambient light conditions. Contributing to the accident were the…
- [NTSB WPR24FA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA156.md): Extra Flugzeugbau EA 300/L · Bandera, WA · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · May 19, 2024 · N22MW · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s decision to continue flight into icing conditions and inclement weather, which likely led to spatial disorientation when he attempted to divert from the planned course to the destination airport.
- [NTSB ERA23FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23FA048.md): Beech A36 · Harlan, KY · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Nov 3, 2022 · N84R · Destroyed
  > The pilot’s visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions during an approach to land at an airport in mountainous terrain, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s hazardous…
- [NTSB ERA19FA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA134.md): Hogan Innovator · Calhoun, GA · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 2 · Field · Final report · Mar 23, 2019 · N257AR · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the airplane's second test flight, which resulted in a collision with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot allowing external pressures to guide his decision to fly the airplane when he…
- [NTSB WPR16FA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16FA178.md): Piper PA 28R-201T · Reno, NV · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 12, 2016 · N821ET · Destroyed
  > The pilot's decision to depart with the airplane loaded above its maximum gross weight and at or just beyond its aft center of gravity limitations, which resulted in a loss of control during the initial climb. Contributing to the accident was the pressure to…
- [NTSB GAA16CA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA081.md): Cessna 182 · Salisbury, NC · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Nov 28, 2015 · N2000R · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain pitch control during the landing flare, causing the airplane to balloon and land hard.
- [NTSB WPR15FA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15FA158.md): Piper PA 46 350P · Spokane, WA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 7, 2015 · N962DA · Destroyed
  > The mechanic's incorrect installation of two aileron cables and the subsequent inadequate functional checks of the aileron system before flight by both the mechanic and the pilot, which prevented proper roll control from the cockpit, resulting in the pilot's…
- [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…

## 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", '03042010'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03042010/cases

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