# NTSB investigations: Continental IO-550 series, MI

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 CEN24LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA181.md): Cirrus Design SR22 · Chesaning, MI · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · May 11, 2024 · N815CD · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain control while landing on a wet turf runway, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with trees. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to ensure the passenger’s proper use of seatbelts before the landing.
- [NTSB CEN24LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA014.md): Cirrus SR22 · Saginaw, MI · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Oct 6, 2023 · N969JB · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the right brake assembly due to excessive brake lining wear, which resulted in a thermally damaged piston O-ring, hydraulic fluid leak, and subsequent fire.
- [NTSB CEN14LA463](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA463.md): Beech A36 · Grand Rapids, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 20, 2014 · N3084Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
- [NTSB CEN14FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA102.md): Mooney M20R · Boyne City, MI · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 6, 2014 · N1046L · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane as he attempted to return to the airport after encountering dark night conditions and heavy snow showers.
- [NTSB CEN11CA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA135.md): Allen Raymond H Lancair Legacy · Troy, MI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 25, 2010 · N385AS · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the landing which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Contributing to the accident was the structural icing on the airframe.
- [NTSB CEN10FA394](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA394.md): Beech 58 · St. Ignace, MI · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 13, 2010 · N3081N · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during takeoff for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB CHI06LA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA243.md): Frick Questair Q20 · Big Rapids, MI · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 23, 2006 · N2QV · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to ensure an adequate fuel supply, which resulted in the exhaustion of the fuel supply and the subsequent loss of engine power. The trees that the airplane struck during the forced landing were a factor.
- [NTSB CHI05CA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA007.md): Cirrus Design SR22 · Port Austin, MI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 16, 2004 · N555MN · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's excessive airspeed during landing resulting in the airplane exiting the end of the wet turf runway. Factors were the wind gusts, the wet grass, the reported airplane braking not being possible on the wet grass, and the impacted fence.
- [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 CHI03LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA063.md): Beech A36 · Grand Rapids, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 1, 2003 · N5677X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control which resulted in the overload of the aircraft. Spatial disorientation, an inoperative turn coordinator, and the pilot's misinterpretation of the flight instruments were contributing factors.
- [NTSB CHI01LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA140.md): Beech 58 · Gaylord, MI · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 22, 2001 · N23AM · Destroyed
  > the pilot not maintaining directional control during the reported loss of number one engine power during initial climb and the pilot not following the airplane emergency procedure's corrective action for engine failure after lift-off, and the inadvertent…
- [NTSB CHI01LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA061.md): Mooney M20S · Port Huron, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 1, 2001 · N2184N · Substantial damage
  > The pilot failed to maintain directional control of the airplane and the runway selected resulted in a tailwind condition. Factors associated with the accident were the gusty crosswind and the snow bank.

## 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" = 'MI' 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 ('17042'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=17042&state=MI

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