# NTSB investigations: Continental IO-360 series, 1987

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 FTW88LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88LA041.md): Cessna 172XP · Godley, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 23, 1987 · N736AN · Substantial damage
  > During a cross country flight, the weather worsened. Visibility decreased and the ceiling lowered, forcing the pilot to descend in order to remain VFR. The pilot elected to perform a precautionary landing in a field. During landing roll the pilot noticed a…
- [NTSB ATL88LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA024.md): Cessna 337C · Columbus, OH · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 27, 1987 · N11GL · Substantial damage
  > PIC rpted rear eng quit after take-off. Fuel selector found on right main tank which was empty. Prop was not feathered and landing gear was found in transient position after crash. Owners manual cautions against higher drag with gear in transit due to large…
- [NTSB LAX88LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA008.md): Maule M-5-210C · Fullerton, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 8, 1987 · N62008 · Substantial damage
  > During a pleasure flt, just after take-off, the acft was observed to climb out at an extremely high rate. The acft leveled off momentarily, and the left wing dropped. The acft began to descend and collided with the runway and two parked acft.
- [NTSB BFO87LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87LA051.md): Maule M-4-210C · Burnt Chimney, VA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 9, 1987 · N51436 · Destroyed
  > The plt attempted to land on a 1400 ft grass airstrip. The plt later stated that during the lndg roll the passg alerted him to the fact that they would not stop on the rwy. This caused the plt to start a go-around followed by a 2nd attempt to stop. The plt…
- [NTSB FTW87FA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87FA175.md): Cessna 337B · Laporte, TX · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 23, 1987 · N2315S · Substantial damage
  > The aircraft had been sitting outside in the wx since its last annual inspection on 12/1/84. After purchasing the aircraft, the pilot (who is an aircraft and powerplant maintenance technician) examined it and a ferry permit was issued by FAA for the proposed…
- [NTSB SEA87FA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87FA135.md): Maule M-4-210C · Sitka, AK · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 12, 1987 · N9812M · Destroyed
  > Plt was on local VFR flight plan. Witnesses observed acft flying at low level along beaches. Later, witness saw smoke rising from wooded terrain about two miles inland from nearest beach. Investigation revealed no evidence of inflight failure of malfunction…
- [NTSB FTW87LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA169.md): Maule M-4-210C · Houston, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 10, 1987 · N40684 · Substantial damage
  > The instructor plt (CFI) stated that drg the preflt, he & the student drained about 1 pint of water from the left wing tank & a small amount from the lower eng sump drain. No water was found in the rgt tank. The left tank was selected & a 12 to 15 min eng…
- [NTSB CHI87LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA116.md): Cessna 172XP · Superior, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 24, 1987 · N5093V · Substantial damage
  > Upon landing on runway 13, pilot reports wind blowing aircraft towards the edge of runway. Aircraft went off right side, nose wheel stuck in mud and collapsed, and aircraft nosed over. Winds at duluth, MN, approx. 11 nmi northwest of accident site, were…
- [NTSB MIA87LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA100.md): Cessna 337E · New Smyrna Bch, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 8, 1987 · N100LT · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that on short final the auto-plt activated resulting in an uncontrolled 50-60 degree nose low left bank. The acft then veered from the apch path off the arpt property where it then collided with a vehicle & tree before coming to rest.…
- [NTSB ANC87LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87LA046.md): Cessna 170B · Fairbanks, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 8, 1987 · N4570C · Substantial damage
  > The plt lost control of the acft after the tail was raised during takeoff. The acft groundlooped and collided with a snow bank which damaged the rt wing, landing gear and elevator.
- [NTSB ATL87LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA066.md): Cessna 337D · Savannah, GA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 26, 1987 · N10MM · Destroyed
  > The pilot was flying a donated aircraft in support of a program to document the activities of wright whales off the coast of the carolina's and Georgia. The plt had been with the owner on a previous flt, when problems developed while switching to/and/or from…

## 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") = 1987
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('17025', '17045'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=17025&year=1987

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