# NTSB investigations: Desert ACF DA-150

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 DEN08IA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08IA160.md): Raytheon Cobra · Whetstone, AZ · Incident · Incident investigation · Final report · Sep 24, 2008 · N602RN · Destroyed
  > A total off of engine power resulting from an overheated piston, and the pilot's subsequent failure to send a proper command to the UAS. Contributing to the accident was the operation of the engine at high power for an extended period with a lean fuel setting.
- [NTSB DEN08IA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08IA130.md): Raytheon Cobra · Colorado Springs, CO · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 28, 2008 · N601RN · Substantial damage
  > The flight team's failure to program the UAS with flight-tested parameters that could tolerate the high density altitude and tailwind conditions encounted during the flight, which resulted in two undershoot approaches, and the existence of an undiscovered…
- [NTSB SEA07IA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07IA237.md): Raytheon Cobra · Whetstone, AZ · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Aug 24, 2007 · N605RN · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's failure to follow proper procedures, specifically not verifying that the mode switch was in the automatic position before changing the pilot address, which resulted in a loss of aircraft control. Contributing to the accident was the flight…

## 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 ('20500'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=20500

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