# NTSB investigations: Continental GTSIO-520-C, 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 ATL88FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88FA059.md): Cessna 421A · Hilton Head Isl, SC · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 11, 1987 · N777RC · Destroyed
  > Acft depted coastal arpt at night with 400 ft partial obscuration in patchy fog. Ground witnesses who heard acft depicted a circling flt path to the right after takeoff. Eng, prop & turbo teardowns demonstrated both engs were operating at high power & no…
- [NTSB ATL88LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA031.md): Cessna 401A · Mobile, AL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 6, 1987 · N6250Q · Substantial damage
  > The plt related that he was climbing through 4,300 ft when he lost the left turbocharger. He then noted sparks and then fire from the engine. He shut off the fuel, waited for the fire to go out and feathered the propeller. The flt was continued to montgomery,…
- [NTSB MIA88LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA015.md): Cessna 310P · Bay St. Louis, MS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 13, 1987 · N5770M · Substantial damage
  > According to the plt, the acft was being taxied to takeoff when it struck a drainage ditch at approximately 65 mph, collapsing the landing gear, damaging both wings, both engines, props & the fuselage structure. After this accident the acft was seized by U.S.…
- [NTSB MIA88FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88FA005.md): Cessna 421B · Deland, FL · Accident · 5 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 7, 1987 · N8043Q · Destroyed
  > The acft was observed to be flying slowly, then roll steeply to the left and dive into an unoccupied house from about 300 ft shortly after takeoff. The plt had considerable flt time but he had not flown this model, except for a 35 min checkout that morning.…
- [NTSB MIA87FA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87FA239.md): Cessna 421 · Coral Springs, FL · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 2, 1987 · N421DT · Destroyed
  > The acft had been abandoned in the Bahamas for aprx 7 months. A plt, with no known flt time in a Cessna 421, flew it to ft lauderdale. Except to avoid clds, he made the flt at a low alt & airspeed. When asked why, he said he was trying to save the engs. The…
- [NTSB SEA87LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA147.md): Cessna T210K · Bellevue, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 24, 1987 · N5768J · Substantial damage
  > After tkof, the plt leveled at about 1500' & adjusted the pwr to a low cruise setting. A short time later, the eng bgn missing & subsequently lost all pwr. The plt followed the emerg procedures, but was unable to restart the eng. He manuevered the acft to…
- [NTSB LAX87FA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87FA151.md): Cessna T210K · Prescott, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 20, 1987 · N8105G · Destroyed
  > After overloading the aircraft with 5 pax and baggage, the pilot departed on a personal cross country flight to phoenix, AZ. He climbed the acft to and maintained an altitude of 14,500 feet MSL until reaching salt lake city, UT. The aircraft was then…
- [NTSB SEA87FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87FA064.md): Cessna 402A · Walla Walla, WA · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 17, 1987 · N4549Q · Substantial damage
  > During lndg roll the rt main lndg gear of the Cessna 402A collapsed. Visual inspection of the bell crank assembly revealed fracture surfaces similar to those of instantaneous overload.
- [NTSB MIA87FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87FA069.md): Cessna T210F · Tallahassee, FL · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 7, 1987 · N6184R · Destroyed
  > Plt/owner was informed by mechanics that the acft fuel tanks had water contamination on two occurrences prior to test flights. The plt reported he ahd had water contamination and believed the fuel caps were leaking. New caps were ordered to be installed at…

## 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 ('17035'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=17035&year=1987

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