# Fatal NTSB investigations: Continental IO-360-ES 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 CEN26FA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26FA222.md): Cirrus Design SR20 · Wheelers Mill, OH · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Preliminary report · Jun 11, 2026 · N858SD · Destroyed > On June 11, 2026, about 1030 eastern daylight time, a Cirrus SR20 airplane, N858SD, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Wheelers Mill, Ohio. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations… - [NTSB CEN23LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA093.md): Cirrus Design SR20 · Indianapolis, IN · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jan 24, 2023 · N99EC · Destroyed > The pilot’s intentional flight into terrain as an act of suicide. - [NTSB CEN21FA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21FA277.md): Cirrus Design SR20 · Conway, AR · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Jun 18, 2021 · N62WR · Substantial damage > The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and spin. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the pilot to perform an adequate preflight inspection, to include removal of the pitot tube cover. - [NTSB WPR21FA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21FA228.md): Cirrus Design SR20 · Truckee, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Jun 15, 2021 · N89423 · Substantial damage > The student pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during a turn and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action, resulting in an aerodynamic stall and a subsequent impact with terrain. - [NTSB CEN16FA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16FA211.md): Cirrus Design SR20 · Houston, TX · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 9, 2016 · N4252G · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper go-around procedure that did not ensure that the airplane was at a safe airspeed before raising the flaps, which resulted in exceedance of the critical angle of attack and resulted in an accelerated aerodynamic stall and spin into… - [NTSB ERA15FA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA277.md): Cirrus Design SR20 · Lake Wales, FL · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 22, 2015 · N610DA · Destroyed > A partial loss of engine power due to oil starvation. Contributing was the flight instructor's failure to maintain control of the airplane during an aborted emergency landing, and his delayed decision to deploy the airplane's parachute system. - [NTSB ERA12FA438](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA438.md): Cirrus Design SR20 · Moscow, TN · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 11, 2012 · N764RV · Substantial damage > The non-instrument rated pilot’s decision to continue visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in his spatial disorientation, a loss of airplane control, and subsequent impact with trees and terrain. - [NTSB WPR12FA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12FA235.md): Cirrus SR20 · Duck Creek Village, UT · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 29, 2012 · N187PG · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed and airplane control while maneuvering a heavily loaded airplane over high mountainous terrain in a high density altitude environment. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s lack of experience… - [NTSB CEN11WA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11WA151.md): Cirrus Design SR20 · Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala · Accident · 1 fatal · Foreign investigation · Jan 10, 2011 · N431SR · Destroyed - [NTSB CEN10FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA115.md): Piper PA-25-235 · Boulder, CO · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 6, 2010 · N8718L · 3 aircraft · Substantial damage > The failure of both pilots to see and avoid the other resulting in a midair collision. Contributing to the accident was the lack of perceived visual relative motion of the Piper and the Cirrus to the pilot of each airplane, the terrain background, and the… - [NTSB ERA09FA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA169.md): Cirrus Design SR20 · Deltona, FL · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 17, 2009 · N493DA · Substantial damage > The pilot receiving instruction's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while maneuvering, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent loss of control. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's inadequate supervision and both pilots'… - [NTSB CEN09FA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA146.md): Cirrus Design SR20 · Menomonie, WI · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 31, 2009 · N495LV · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane while flying at night in instrument meteorological conditions. - [NTSB DCA07WA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA07WA024.md): Cirrus Design SR20 · Greenland, Greenland · Accident · 1 fatal · Foreign investigation · Feb 2, 2007 · N901SR · Destroyed ## 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."highestInjuryLevel" = 'Fatal' AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('17160')) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=17160&fatal=1 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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