# NTSB investigations: Resources 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 DCA24FA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24FA143.md): Boeing 737-7CT · Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico) · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Apr 3, 2024 · N567WN · No damage > The pilot’s inadvertent encounter with convectively induced turbulence from a broken line of embedded thunderstorms moving across the region. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the air traffic controller to issue pertinent weather information… - [NTSB DCA23LA465](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA465.md): Boeing 787-8 · Lake Erie Beach, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 28, 2023 · N804AN · No damage > Malfunctioning brakes on a service cart. - [NTSB ANC20MA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20MA010.md): Airbus AS350B2 · Kekaha, HI · Accident · 7 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Dec 27, 2019 · N985SA · Destroyed > The pilot’s decision to continue flight under visual flight rules (VFR) into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), which resulted in the collision into terrain. Contributing to the accident was Safari Aviation Inc.’s lack of safety management processes… - [NTSB DCA19IA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19IA036.md): Boeing 737 · Burbank, CA · Incident · No injuries · Class 3 · Incident · Final report · Dec 6, 2018 · N752SW · Minor damage > (1) The flight crewmembers’ decision, due to plan continuation bias, to continue the approach despite indications of windshear and a higher-than-expected tailwind and (2) the flight crew’s misperception of the airplane’s touchdown point, which was farther… - [NTSB DCA18MA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18MA142.md): Boeing 737 7H4 · Philadelphia, PA · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Apr 17, 2018 · N772SW · Substantial damage > A low-cycle fatigue crack in the dovetail of fan blade No. 13, which resulted in the fan blade separating in flight and impacting the engine fan case at a location that was critical to the structural integrity and performance of the fan cowl structure. This… - [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 CEN18FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA063.md): Cessna 208 · Punta Islita, Costa Rica · Accident · 12 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 31, 2017 · TI-BEI · Destroyed > The flight crew's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering to exit an area of rising terrain, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the flight crew's… - [NTSB DCA17FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17FA021.md): Boeing 767 · Chicago, IL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 1 · Field · Final report · Oct 28, 2016 · N345AN · Substantial damage > The failure of the high-pressure turbine (HPT) stage 2 disk, which severed the main engine fuel feed line and breached the right main wing fuel tank, releasing fuel that resulted in a fire on the right side of the airplane during the takeoff roll. The HPT… - [NTSB GAA15CA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA163.md): Gates Learjet 35A · Grosse Ile, MI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 22, 2015 · N640BA · Substantial damage > The airplane's collision with a deer on the unfenced runway during the takeoff roll. Contributing to the accident is the airport's failure to establish a continuous fence between the runway and the nature conservancy. - [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 OPS14IA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OPS14IA011.md): Boeing 777 - 236 · Shemya, AK · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Aug 16, 2014 · N773AN · No damage > The air traffic controller’s failure to identify a conflict between two aircraft and to issue an adequate clearance, which resulted in a loss of required separation. Contributing to the incident was the Federal Aviation Administration’s failure to provide… - [NTSB CEN14LA390](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA390.md): Bell 206B · Bennet, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 26, 2014 · N240SJ · Substantial damage > A total loss of engine power due to fuel contamination, which resulted from the pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection. Contributing to the accident was the operator’s failure to properly maintain the fuel storage tank. - [NTSB CEN14CA391](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA391.md): Continental Copters Tomcat MK5A · Osage, MN · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 25, 2014 · N161SH · Substantial damage > The total loss of engine power due to water contamination of the fuel, which resulted in the pilot's forced landing and impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to operate the helicopter without resolving the fuel… - [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 ANC13GA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13GA036.md): Eurocopter AS350 · Talkeetna, AK · Accident · 3 fatal · Class 1 · Final report · Mar 31, 2013 · N911AA · Destroyed > The pilot's decision to continue flight under visual flight rules into deteriorating weather conditions, which resulted in the pilot's spatial disorientation and loss of control. Also causal was the Alaska Department of Public Safety's punitive culture and… - [NTSB DCA12FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12FA069.md): Airbus A319-112 · Fort Lauderdale, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · May 10, 2012 · N951FR · No damage > an inadvertent encounter with convectively induced turbulence developing upwards into the flight path, which was not detected on weather radar as configured by the crew. Contributing to the delay in emergency medical personnel notification was the incomplete… - [NTSB ENG12IA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG12IA010.md): Boeing 767 · Jamaica, NY · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Feb 8, 2012 · N360AA · No damage > The failure of the American Airlines aviation maintenance technicians to properly reassemble the two-piece bracket and spray shield on the integrated drive generator fuel-oil heat exchanger that caused a fuel leak that sprayed out and ignited on hot engine… - [NTSB DCA11MA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11MA076.md): Gulfstream GVI · Roswell, NM · Accident · 4 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Apr 2, 2011 · N652GD · Substantial damage > The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows: an aerodynamic stall and subsequent uncommanded roll during a one engine-inoperative takeoff flight test, which were the result of (1) Gulfstream’s failure… - [NTSB WPR11FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11FA052.md): Gates Lear Jet 25B · Portland, OR · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 17, 2010 · N25PJ · Substantial damage > The failure of the flight crew to stop the airplane on the runway due to the flying pilot’s failure to attain the proper touchdown point. Contributing to the accident was an anti-skid system that was not performing optimally, which allowed the airplane to… - [NTSB ENG08IA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG08IA022.md): Boeing 747 · Newark, NJ · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Apr 20, 2008 · N704CK · Minor damage > An engine fire in the No. 3 engine due to the failure of, and subsequent flammable fluid leak from, one of three fuel or hydraulic lines located in the engine's accessory raceway that ignited when the fluid came in contact with the hot engine cases.… ## 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", '040220')) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/040220/cases --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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