# NTSB investigations: Continental C85 series, NE

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 ERA22FA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA233.md): Cessna 140 · Wayne, NE · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · May 20, 2022 · N76075 · Destroyed
  > The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack on final approach while conducting traditional short takeoff and landing operations in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and spin from which the pilot could not…
- [NTSB GAA18CA495](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA495.md): Cessna 140 · Hayes Center, NE · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 17, 2018 · N4102N · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.
- [NTSB CEN13FA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA081.md): Ercoupe 415-C · Blair, NE · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 29, 2012 · N720RC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's loss of control due to physical incapacitation.
- [NTSB CEN09CA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA050.md): Aeronca 7CCM · Chadron, NE · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Nov 2, 2008 · N2259E · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain direction control of the airplane. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of experience.
- [NTSB CHI01LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA065.md): Luscombe 8E · North Platte, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 16, 2001 · N2953K · Substantial damage
  > The inadvertent ground loop. Factors associated with the accident were the pilot selected the wrong runway on which to land, the quartering tailwind, the icy runway, and the snow bank which the airplane contacted.
- [NTSB CHI98LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA272.md): Cessna 140 · Falls City, NE · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 23, 1998 · N76601 · Substantial damage
  > the main landing gear leg fracturing and separating from the portion mounted to the fuselage for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB CHI92LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA225.md): Aeronca 7AC · Whitman, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 2, 1992 · N84228 · Substantial damage
  > Water contamination in the fuel and low magneto output.
- [NTSB CHI92LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA082.md): Cessna 140 · Fairbury, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 8, 1991 · N89997 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper use of the brakes. An associated factor is the pilot's lack of total experience in the type airplane.
- [NTSB CHI91LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA066.md): Cessna 140 · So. Sioux City, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 13, 1991 · N1978V · Substantial damage
  > Directional control not maintained by the pilot-in-command. Factors related to the accident were a snow covered runway and a lack of recent experience.
- [NTSB MKC90LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC90LA096.md): Piper PA-11 · Thedford, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 24, 1990 · N78812 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot in command's failure to compensate for wind while landing resulting in loss of directional control and collision with terrain.
- [NTSB MKC89DCJ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89DCJ01.md): Piper PA-17 · Omaha, NE · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Nov 28, 1988 · N4691H · Substantial damage
  > Witnesses observed the airplane takeoff and climb steeply to about 100 feet above ground. The airplane then turned sharply to the right and crashed into the ground in a nose low attitude. Investigation revealed no problems with either engine or airframe.
- [NTSB MKC87LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA174.md): Cessna 120 · Creighton, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 20, 1987 · N2061V · Substantial damage
  > The flt dptd harvard, NE., with a dest of wausa, NE abt 1 hrs flying dist to the northeast. The departure commenced abt 1 hr and 40 min's prior to dark. The PIC stated he encountered strong headwinds along the route which delayed his progress. The acft…
- [NTSB MKC84FA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA157.md): Piper J3C-65 · Norfolk, NE · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 3, 1984 · N42497 · Substantial damage
  > Three witnesses stated the acft entered a steep climb after lift-off and continued climbing to an alt of aprx 250 to 350 ft AGL, stalled and spun to the rwy. The acft impacted the rwy 1100 ft from the apch end in a nose low and left wing low attitude.
- [NTSB MKC83LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA070.md): Cessna 140 · Scottsbluff, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 20, 1983 · N1798V · Substantial damage
  > The aircraft made a hard landing while landing at Scottsbluff NE during a pleasure flight. The aircraft was landing on runway 30 with the wind from 350 degrees at 8 KTS. A witness said the aircraft bounced 2 times before groundlooping off the left side of the…
- [NTSB MKC81DCJ02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCJ02.md): Cessna 120 · Aurora, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Nov 9, 1980 · N89765 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC78FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA058.md): Cessna 120 · Kimball, NE · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · Aug 2, 1978 · N16DF · Destroyed
- [NTSB MKC78DCJ26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78DCJ26.md): Luscombe 8E · Utica, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jul 5, 1978 · N2458K · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC78FCJ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FCJ19.md): Erco 415-C · York, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jun 20, 1978 · N2050H · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC78FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA043.md): Cessna 140 · Wolbach, NE · Accident · 2 fatal · Closed · May 31, 1978 · N76011 · Destroyed
- [NTSB MKC78FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA016.md): Luscombe 8E · Gordon, NE · Accident · 2 fatal · Closed · Dec 23, 1977 · N1226K · Destroyed
- [NTSB MKC77DCJ39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77DCJ39.md): Cessna 140 · Kimball, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Aug 14, 1977 · N72720 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC77DCJ13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77DCJ13.md): Cessna 120 · Weeping Water, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Mar 7, 1977 · N77048 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC76DCJ44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DCJ44.md): Cessna 140 · York, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jun 27, 1976 · N89202 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC76DCJ37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DCJ37.md): Piper J3C-65 · Ashland, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · May 31, 1976 · N88431 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC75FCJ44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75FCJ44.md): Cessna 120 · Milford, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jan 8, 1975 · N2111V · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC74DCJ47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DCJ47.md): Cessna 140 · Papillion, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jun 17, 1974 · N76601 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC73DCJ14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DCJ14.md): Aeronca 11AC · Taylor, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Aug 11, 1972 · N9148E · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC72DCJ48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC72DCJ48.md): Cessna 140 · Lincoln, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Feb 17, 1972 · N76809 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC72FCJ15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC72FCJ15.md): Cessna 120 · Lincoln, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Aug 11, 1971 · N2765N · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC71FCJ57](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC71FCJ57.md): Bowers 1A375G · Norfolk, NE · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Apr 3, 1971 · N24080 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC71DCJ44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC71DCJ44.md): Erc0 415C · Mccook, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Feb 1, 1971 · N93364 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC71DCJ33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC71DCJ33.md): Piper J3C-65 · Indianola, NE · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Dec 13, 1970 · N92449 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC70D0276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC70D0276.md): Piper J-3 · Burwell, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Nov 16, 1969 · N32843 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC70D0052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC70D0052.md): Ercoupe 415-G · S.Sioux City, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jul 4, 1969 · N94421 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC69D0474](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC69D0474.md): Cessna 120 · Omaha, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · May 30, 1969 · N89990 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC69D0443](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC69D0443.md): Piper PA-11 · Thedford, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · May 8, 1969 · N78618 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC69F0354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC69F0354-201685.md): Cessna 140 · Grand Island, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Feb 5, 1969 · N77046 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC69D0385](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC69D0385.md): Piper J3C-65 · Ewing, NE · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Dec 11, 1968 · N31026 · Destroyed
- [NTSB MKC69D0288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC69D0288.md): Luscombe 8E · Omaha, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Dec 4, 1968 · N2780K · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC68F0485](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC68F0485.md): Cessna 120 · Papillion, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Mar 3, 1968 · N81044 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC68D0315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC68D0315.md): Piper J-3 · Gothenburg, NE · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Oct 28, 1967 · N42663 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC67D0386](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC67D0386.md): Piper J3C-65 · Silver Creek, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Dec 29, 1966 · N6637H · Substantial damage
- [NTSB OAK66F0234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK66F0234.md): Cessna 120 · Lincoln, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Mar 31, 1966 · N1799N · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC66F0292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC66F0292.md): Aeronca 7AC · Valley, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Nov 4, 1965 · N85636 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC66F0117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC66F0117.md): Cessna 140 · Omaha, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Aug 1, 1965 · N4279N · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC66F0107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC66F0107.md): Piper J-3 · Giltner, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jul 25, 1965 · N3340N · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC65F0062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC65F0062.md): Forney 415E · Papillion, NE · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Apr 12, 1965 · N94852 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB UNK64X2691](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2691.md): Piper J3 · Tekamah, NE · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · Jul 6, 1964 · N98775 · Destroyed
- [NTSB UNK64X2304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2304.md): Cessna 120 · Lexington, NE · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jun 15, 1964 · N76948 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB UNK64X1813](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1813.md): Funk B85C · Fort Calhoun, NE · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · May 17, 1964 · N81192 · Destroyed

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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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'NE' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('17008'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=17008&state=NE

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