# NTSB investigations: Policy/procedure

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.

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## Latest cases

- [NTSB CEN26LA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA304.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Hudson Oaks, TX · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 1, 2026 · N47899 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s loss of directional control during the rejected takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to abort the takeoff after the airplane had accelerated above its normal rotation speed. Also…
- [NTSB WPR26LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA122.md): Cessna 182M · Flagstaff, AZ · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 6, 2026 · N71518 · Substantial damage
  > Maintenance personnel’s decision to conduct an engine run at takeoff power in front of an active taxiway, and their failure to notify ATC, which resulted in the accident pilot’s loss of control during taxi due to an encounter with a jet blast.
- [NTSB ANC25MA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25MA018.md): Textron 208B · Nome, AK · Accident · 10 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Feb 6, 2025 · N321BA · Destroyed
  > The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the pilot’s inadequate airspeed management due to workload and degraded situation awareness and his improper inputs leading up to and during the aerodynamic…
- [NTSB DCA25MA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25MA108.md): Bombardier CL-600-2C10 · Washington, DC · Accident · 67 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Jan 30, 2025 · N709PS · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) placement of a helicopter route in close proximity to a runway approach path; their failure to regularly review and evaluate helicopter routes and available data, and their failure to act on recommendations to…
- [NTSB ANC25LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA016.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Fairbanks, AK · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jan 10, 2025 · N59826 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to recognize that an automated taxiway gate was closing, and the pilot’s failure stop for the closing gate.
- [NTSB DCA25LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA065.md): Uvify IFO · Orlando, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Dec 21, 2024 · UNREG · Substantial damage
  > The remote pilot-in-command’s (RPIC’s) failure to locate the drone show center position over the physical location of the sUA, which resulted in multiple sUA colliding during the initial lift and subsequent loss of control. Contributing to the accident was…
- [NTSB DCA25LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA061.md): Lockheed 382G-44K-30 · St. Mary's, AK · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Dec 18, 2024 · N403LC · Substantial damage
  > The fatigue failure of the forward pressure bulkhead canted web that originated from stress corrosion cracking areas. Contributing to the failure were inspection procedures and intervals inadequate to identify the fatigue cracks.
- [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 ANC24FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24FA102.md): Cessna 206 · Chalkyitsik, AK · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Sep 24, 2024 · N8255Q · Substantial damage
  > A loss of engine power due to water-contaminated fuel as a result of the pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection. Contributing to the accident was the operator’s failure to ensure replacement filters were available for use during refueling operations.
- [NTSB WPR24FA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA201.md): Air Tractor AT-802 · Arco, ID · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Jun 20, 2024 · N802TP · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > A midair collision between two airplanes during aerial application operations due to both pilots’ insufficient awareness of their proximity to each other and their failure to see and avoid each other. Contributing to the accident was the operator and both…
- [NTSB ERA24FA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA110.md): Bombardier CL-600-2B16 · Naples, FL · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Feb 9, 2024 · N823KD · Destroyed
  > Corrosion of both engines’ variable geometry (VG) system components, which led to their operation in an off-schedule position and resulted in near-simultaneous sub-idle rotating compressor stalls on approach, subsequent loss of thrust in both engines, and an…
- [NTSB WPR24FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA083.md): Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 900XP · Westwater, UT · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 2 · Field · Final report · Feb 7, 2024 · N900VA · Destroyed
  > The flight crew’s decision to conduct a post-maintenance stall test in an area of icing conditions, which resulted in wing contamination that significantly decreased the airplane’s critical angle of attack. Also causal was the airplane manufacturer’s lack of…
- [NTSB ERA24LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA094.md): Cessna 208 · Dulles, VA · Incident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jan 19, 2024 · N1983X · Minor damage
  > The pilot-in-command’s approach to the critical angle of attack during initial climb, which resulted in a vibration the flight crew improperly identified as an engine issue and resulted in the subsequent off-airport landing. Contributing to the accident was…
- [NTSB DCA24LA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24LA330.md): Boeing 737-8 · Kenner, LA · Incident · Class 2 · Limited · Final report · Dec 20, 2023 · N8830Q · Minor damage
  > A partial loss of engine power due to bird ingestion in the No. 1 (left) engine, which resulted in the activation of the load reduction device to prevent vibration. The load reduction device activation resulted in smoke and fumes entering the cockpit.
- [NTSB WPR24FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA053.md): Beauchamp Norm Kitfox · Eloy, AZ · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Dec 8, 2023 · N66180 · Destroyed
  > The separation of a propeller blade during the initial climb due to insufficient blade retention forces. Contributing to the accident was the propeller blade retention design, manufacturing defects that prevented the propeller from achieving adequate grip…
- [NTSB CEN23LA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA363.md): Beech C-99 · Lansing, MI · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 15, 2023 · N261SW · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to properly set the rudder trim position which resulted in a loss of directional control during takeoff. Contributing was the pilot’s inadequate checklist procedures prior to takeoff.
- [NTSB CEN23MA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23MA034.md): Boeing B17 · Dallas, TX · Accident · 6 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Nov 12, 2022 · N7227C · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > the air boss’s and air show event organizer’s lack of an adequate, prebriefed aircraft separation plan for the air show performance, relying instead on the air boss’s real-time deconfliction directives and the see-and-avoid strategy for collision avoidance,…
- [NTSB DCA22MA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22MA193.md): Dehavilland DHC-3 · Freeland, WA · Accident · 10 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Sep 4, 2022 · N725TH · Destroyed
  > The in-flight unthreading of the clamp nut from the horizontal stabilizer trim actuator barrel due to a missing lock ring, which resulted in the horizontal stabilizer moving to an extreme trailing-edge-down position rendering the airplane’s pitch…
- [NTSB ERA22LA379](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA379.md): Boeing A75N1 · Bealeton, VA · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 20, 2022 · N55267 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The pilot of the departing airplane’s failure to see and avoid the landing airplane before takeoff, resulting in a collision with the landing airplane. Contributing was the airport’s failure to encourage pilots to use radios for traffic deconfliction when…
- [NTSB ERA22FA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA279.md): Bell UH-1B · Amherstdale, WV · Accident · 6 fatal · Class 1 · Field · Final report · Jun 22, 2022 · N98F · Destroyed
  > the operator’s failure to adequately inspect the former military turbine powered helicopter, which allowed an engine issue to progress and result in a loss of engine power and a subsequent loss of control after the helicopter struck powerlines during a forced…
- [NTSB DCA22LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22LA126.md): Boeing 757-236 · Tulsa, OK · Incident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jun 8, 2022 · N949FD · No damage
  > The flight crew’s misidentification of the intended landing runway. Contributing to the incident were (1) the flight crew’s failure to perceive and correctly interpret visual and auditory indicators – including electronic guidance – that they were approaching…
- [NTSB CEN22LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA130.md): Raytheon Hawker 800XP · Aspen, CO · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Feb 21, 2022 · N99AP · Substantial damage
  > The flight crew’s decision to takeoff in tailwind conditions that were consistently above the airplane’s tailwind limitation, which resulted in a runway overrun following an aborted takeoff. Contributing was the flight crew’s use of the instantaneous wind…
- [NTSB CEN22FA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA081.md): Cessna 208 · Fulshear, TX · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Dec 21, 2021 · N1116N · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > The limitations of the see-and-avoid concept as a method for self-separation of aircraft, which resulted in an inflight collision. Contributing to the accident was the absence of collision avoidance technology on both aircraft.
- [NTSB ERA21LA353](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA353.md): Embraer EMB-505 · Banner Elk, NC · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 26, 2021 · N413N · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to achieve the approach criteria for the available runway landing distances published in the POH, likely as a result of the steeper-than-normal approach and the required left turn on short final to avoid the terrain surrounding the…
- [NTSB CEN21LA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA274.md): Beech U-8F · Goodland, KS · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jun 17, 2021 · N62069 · Substantial damage
  > Maintenance personnel’s inadequate inspection of the airplane, which failed to detect and correct chafed electrical wiring and a degraded fuel bladder with holes, which resulted in ignition of fuel vapor and a right wing explosion.
- [NTSB ERA21LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA193.md): Textron 208B · Laceyville, PA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 26, 2021 · N143CA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper decision to conduct a low altitude flight and his failure to see and avoid powerlines. Contributing was the operator’s lack of safety guidance or a safety policy for low-altitude operations.
- [NTSB WPR21FA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21FA143.md): Airbus Helicopters AS350-B3 · Palmer, AK · Accident · 5 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Mar 28, 2021 · N351SH · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to adequately respond to an encounter with whiteout conditions, which resulted in the helicopter’s collision with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the (1) operator’s inadequate pilot training program and pilot competency checks,…
- [NTSB ANC20LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20LA074.md): De Havilland DHC-2 · Soldotna, AK · Accident · 7 fatal · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jul 31, 2020 · N4982U · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The failure of both pilots to see and avoid the other airplane. Contributing to the accident were (1) the PA-12 pilot’s decision to fly with a known severe vision deficiency that had resulted in denial of his most recent application for medical certification…
- [NTSB ERA20LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA160.md): Hughes 369 · Pylesville, MD · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Apr 25, 2020 · N9159F · Substantial damage
  > The loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of unporting of the fuel tank supply pickup while the helicopter was maneuvered to move a conductor wire. Contributing to the accident was the helicopter’s inappropriate configuration for the type of…
- [NTSB DCA20MA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA20MA002.md): Saab 2000 · Unalaska, AK · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Oct 18, 2019 · N686PA · Substantial damage
  > The landing gear manufacturer’s incorrect wiring of the wheel speed transducer harnesses on the left main landing gear during overhaul. The incorrect wiring caused the antiskid system not to function as intended, resulting in the failure of the left outboard…
- [NTSB WPR19MA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19MA177.md): Beech 65-A90 · Mokuleia, HI · Accident · 11 fatal · Class 2 · Major · Final report · Jun 22, 2019 · N256TA · Destroyed
  > The pilot’s aggressive takeoff maneuver, which resulted in an accelerated stall and subsequent loss of control at an altitude that was too low for recovery. Contributing to the accident were (1) the operation of the airplane near its aft center of gravity…
- [NTSB GAA19CA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA284.md): Schweizer 269C · Riverside, CA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 24, 2019 · N269P · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's failure to maintain yaw control and the engine's rpm during transition to a hover, which resulted in hard landing.
- [NTSB ANC19FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19FA019.md): De Havilland DHC 2 · Metlakatla, AK · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 2 · Field · Final report · May 20, 2019 · N67667 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s inadequate compensation for a quartering tailwind during a water landing, which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent nose-over. Contributing to the accident was the company’s inadequate operational control of the flight release process,…
- [NTSB CEN19MA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19MA141.md): De Havilland DHC-2 · Ketchikan, AK · Accident · 6 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · May 13, 2019 · N952DB · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > The inherent limitations of the see-and-avoid concept, which prevented the two pilots from seeing the other airplane before the collision, and the absence of visual and aural alerts from both airplanes’ traffic display systems, while operating in a geographic…
- [NTSB DCA19MA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19MA143.md): Boeing 737 · Jacksonville, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 2 · Major · Final report · May 4, 2019 · N732MA · Substantial damage
  > An extreme loss of braking friction due to heavy rain and the water depth on the ungrooved runway, which resulted in viscous hydroplaning. Contributing to the accident was the operator’s inadequate guidance for evaluating runway braking conditions and…
- [NTSB CEN19FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA072.md): Bell 407 · Zaleski, OH · Accident · 3 fatal · Class 1 · Field · Final report · Jan 29, 2019 · N191SF · Destroyed
  > The NTSB determines that the probable cause of this accident was Survival Flight's inadequate management of safety, which normalized pilots' and operations control specialists' noncompliance with risk analysis procedures and resulted in the initiation of the…
- [NTSB WPR19IA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19IA030.md): Cessna 208 · Bakersfield, CA · Incident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Incident · Final report · Nov 24, 2018 · N781FE · No damage
  > The pilot's loss of consciousness while taxiing due to an accumulation of toxic levels of carbon dioxide gas inside the airplane as a result of dry ice sublimation. Also causal was the pilot's decision to fly the airplane in an unventilated configuration, the…
- [NTSB CEN18LA309](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA309.md): Cameron A 250 · Hartsel, CO · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 3, 2018 · N2025J · No damage
  > The passengers’ fall from the basket after landing when the basket tipped over.
- [NTSB ERA18LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA199.md): Cessna 182 · Cleveland, TN · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 26, 2018 · N1311S · No damage
  > The undetected wear of the ignition switch and key, which allowed removal of the key from an intermediate position and subsequently led to an unintended engine start-up. Contributing to the undetected wear of the 42-year-old ignition switch was the lack of…
- [NTSB ANC18FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC18FA053.md): De Havilland DHC 3 · Hydaburg, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 10, 2018 · N3952B · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's decision to continue the visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.
- [NTSB CEN18LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA230.md): Cessna TR182 · Beloit, KS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 18, 2018 · N756SW · Substantial damage
  > The mechanic’s failure to properly torque one of the left brake caliper’s back plate attachment bolts while re-installing it during the annual inspection, which resulted in the left main landing gear not extending before landing.
- [NTSB ERA18LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA117.md): Stanley Lancair · Sebring, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Mar 28, 2018 · C-GSQQ · Substantial damage
  > The failure of ground personnel to obtain permission from airport management to conduct engine test runs; adequately monitor the area behind the B737 for traffic; and install barricades to prevent access behind the running airplane, which resulted in the…
- [NTSB ERA18MA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18MA099.md): American Eurocopter AS350B2 · New York, NY · Accident · 5 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Mar 11, 2018 · N350LH · Substantial damage
  > Liberty Helicopters Inc.'s use of a NYONair-provided passenger harness/tether system, which caught on and activated the floor-mounted engine fuel shutoff lever and resulted in the in-flight loss of engine power and the subsequent ditching. Contributing to…
- [NTSB CEN18LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA119.md): Czech Sport Piper Sport · Addison, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 2 · Limited · Final report · Mar 10, 2018 · N422PS · Substantial damage
  > The operator’s use of improper fuel, which resulted in partial loss of engine power due to vapor lock.
- [NTSB ANC18LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC18LA018.md): Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2006 · Lynchburg, VA · Accident · No injuries · Class 2 · Limited · Final report · Jan 1, 2018 · N594MA · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the left main landing gear assembly due to a fatigue fracture along the inside circumferential weld on the trailing arm’s attachment flange, which resulted from the manufacturer’s inadequate welding of the trailing arm connecting the lower arm…
- [NTSB WPR18FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA013.md): Flugzeugproduktions-und Vertri EA 300/L · Four Corners, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 21, 2017 · N414MT · Destroyed
  > Collision with terrain after the pilot was unable to regain airplane control during an aerobatic maneuver. Contributing to the accident was the operator's failure to provide effective internal oversight to identify and prohibit exceedance of the airplanes'…
- [NTSB CEN17FA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA331.md): Beech A36 · Ellabell, GA · Accident · 3 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Aug 28, 2017 · N87RY · Destroyed
  > The total loss of engine power due to oil starvation to the No. 1 connecting rod, which resulted from the improper torque of the No. 1 cylinder hold-down bolts and through-studs at the time of the cylinder's installation, which resulted in the failure of the…
- [NTSB ANC17FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17FA039.md): Cessna U206 · Port Alsworth, AK · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 2 · Field · Final report · Jul 27, 2017 · N1749R · Destroyed
  > The pilot's decision to continue visual flight into an area of instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of visual reference and subsequent controlled flight into terrain. Contributing to the accident was (1) the inadequate preflight…
- [NTSB DCA17IA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17IA148.md): Airbus A320-211 · San Francisco, CA · Incident · No injuries · Class 1 · Incident · Final report · Jul 8, 2017 · C-FKCK · No damage
  > The flight crew's misidentification of taxiway C as the intended landing runway, which resulted from the crewmembers' lack of awareness of the parallel runway closure due to their ineffective review of notice to airmen (NOTAM) information before the flight…
- [NTSB GAA17CA365](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA365.md): Beech 58 · Ingleside, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 26, 2017 · N58SM · Destroyed
  > The pilot’s inability to avoid a collision with an unauthorized vehicle on the runway during the landing roll and the truck driver’s decision to cross the runway in front of the airplane.

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## 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", '040210'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/040210/cases

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