# NTSB investigations: Continental GTSIO-520 series: Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf

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 DEN03FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03FA025.md): Cessna 421 · Akron, CO · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 25, 2002 · N421D · Destroyed
  > The fractured connecting rods and the pilot not maintaining aircraft control following the engine failure. Factors contributing to the accident were the low altitude, the pilot not maintaining minimum controllable airspeed following the engine failure, the…
- [NTSB FTW85FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FA019.md): Cessna 421C · Addison, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 18, 1984 · N121BT · Destroyed
  > Aprx 7 min after takeoff (at 1441), the plt declared an emergency & said the l eng had lost power. He feathered the eng,diverted back twd the arpt & dscndd to VFR conds below the clds. At 1448, the plt said he had the arpt in sight & turnedonto a left…

## 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 ('17046', '17039')
    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" = 351))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=17046&occurrence=351

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