# NTSB investigations: Continental IO-550 series: In flight encounter with weather 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 LAX07FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07FA021.md): Cirrus SR22 · Meadview, AZ · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 25, 2006 · N121LD · Destroyed > The pilot's inadequate weather evaluation and continued flight into forecasted icing conditions. Contributing to the severity of the accident was the pilot's failure to follow proper operating procedures and deploy the CAPS when the airplane entered a spin.… - [NTSB ANC06LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06LA119.md): Cessna U206G · Whittier, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 19, 2006 · N4975U · Substantial damage > The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a collision with terrain while maneuvering to reverse direction in a pass. A factor contributing to the accident was clouds in the pass. - [NTSB ATL06LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06LA035.md): Cirrus SR22 · Childersburg, AL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 13, 2006 · N87HK · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadequate preflight planning, failure to obtain a current weather briefing, and his decision to operate the airplane into a known area of icing outside the airplanes certification standards resulting in the aircraft accumulating ice, a loss of… - [NTSB ATL06FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06FA029.md): Cirrus Design SR22 · Sylva, NC · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 29, 2005 · N799TM · Destroyed > The pilot's continued VFR flight into IMC conditions resulting in a collision with mountainous terrain. - [NTSB CHI06FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06FA043.md): Cirrus Design SR22 · Arco, MN · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 11, 2005 · N621PH · Destroyed > The pilot's inadvertent cruise flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and his failure to maintain control of the aircraft after experiencing spatial disorientation. Factors associated with the accident are the pilot's improper planning/decision… - [NTSB LAX05FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05FA088.md): Cirrus Design SR22 G2 · Norden, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 7, 2005 · N286CD · Destroyed > the pilot's in-flight loss of control following an inadvertent encounter with unforecast severe icing conditions. A factor in the accident was the inaccurate icing forecast developed by the NWS Aviation Weather Center. - [NTSB CHI05FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05FA020.md): Beech A36 · Downing, MO · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 30, 2004 · N55448 · Destroyed > The pilot not maintaing airplane control during cruise flight. Factors present were night and thunderstorm conditions. - [NTSB FTW04CA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04CA177.md): Mooney M20R · Kerrville, TX · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 24, 2004 · N9147H · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to compensate for existing wind conditions. Contributing factors were the gusty high winds. - [NTSB CHI04LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA129.md): Hall Lancair IV-P · Vermontville, MI · Accident · 3 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · May 31, 2004 · N707SH · Destroyed > The failure of Air Route Traffic Control Center controllers to provide adverse weather avoidance assistance as required by FAA directives, which led to the airplane's encounter with a thunderstorm and subsequent loss of control. Contributing to the accident… - [NTSB ATL04LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA097.md): Durr Lancair Legacy · Oakland, TN · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 23, 2004 · N511WD · Destroyed > The pilot loss control of the airplane when he continued flight into known thunderstorm and convective activity. A factor is insufficient information provided by ATC personnel. - [NTSB ATL03LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA094.md): Kerner Lancair IV · Allendale, SC · Accident · 4 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · May 16, 2003 · N29ME · Destroyed > The pilot's inadvertent flight into adverse weather,thunderstorms, that resulted in the design limits of the airplane being exceeded. - [NTSB LAX02FA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02FA278.md): Beech A36 · Grand Canyon, AZ · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 8, 2002 · N8261J · Destroyed > the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an encounter with adverse weather conditions and the loss of control due to a stall. Contributing factors were thunderstorm related turbulence,… - [NTSB DEN01FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA070.md): Beech A36 · Jackson Hole, WY · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 12, 2001 · N1080A · Destroyed > the pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions which resulted in an inflight collision with terrain during cruise flight. Factors were the pilot's inadequate preflight planning in that he failed to familiarize himself with the… ## 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 x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('17042') AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 240)) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=17042&occurrence=240 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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