# NTSB investigations: Continental E185 series, 2016

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 ERA17FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA052.md): Ryan Navion · New Gretna, NJ · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 20, 2016 · N4976K · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight weather planning and in-flight weather evaluation, which resulted in an encounter with a strong cold front and the pilot's subsequent loss of airplane control.
- [NTSB ERA17LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA042.md): North American Navion · Blairstown, NJ · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 10, 2016 · N8849H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper engine start procedure, which resulted in a loss of control on the ground and collision with a tree.
- [NTSB CEN16LA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA354.md): North American Navion · Monett, MO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 29, 2016 · N91488 · Substantial damage
  > Maintenance personnel’s failure to properly rig the right main landing gear locking mechanism, which resulted in a gear collapse during landing.
- [NTSB GAA16CA453](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA453.md): Cessna 150 · Franklin, PA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 24, 2016 · N8120S · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's failure to maintain pitch control resulting in a hard landing and the flight instructor's delayed action to assist the student pilot during the aborted landing, which resulted in a runway excursion, a right main and nose gear collapse, and…
- [NTSB CEN16LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA234.md): North American Navion · Alamogordo, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 24, 2016 · N91137 · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the No. 5 exhaust valve key spring, which resulted in a total loss of engine power.
- [NTSB ERA16FA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA188.md): Beech D35 · Sevierville, TN · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 19, 2016 · N2967B · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to properly configure the landing gear and the pilot's inappropriate decision to abort the landing after the propeller had contacted the runway, which resulted in a loss of thrust and a subsequent loss of control of the airplane.
- [NTSB CEN16FA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16FA086.md): Beech C35 · Meeker, CO · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 14, 2016 · N2025D · Destroyed
  > The non-instrument-rated pilot's decision to fly the airplane in instrument meteorological conditions at high altitude for greater than 30 minutes without the use of supplemental oxygen which resulted in hypoxia, and a subsequent loss of control. Contributing…

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 2016
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('17014'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=17014&year=2016

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