# NTSB investigations: Fairchild 6-440 series, TX

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 FTW04FA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04FA232.md): Fairchild M-62A-3 · Corsicana, TX · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 4, 2004 · N79307 · Substantial damage
  > The loss of engine power due to a faulty carburetor and the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed sufficient for flight resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin during the forced landing after takeoff.
- [NTSB FTW01FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01FA100.md): Fairchild PT-19A · Midland, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 14, 2001 · N58123 · Destroyed
  > the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertant stall during initial takeoff climb. A contributing factor was wind gusts.
- [NTSB FTW98LA402](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA402.md): Fairchild M-62A-3 · Amarillo, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 20, 1998 · N1132N · Substantial damage
  > The inadvertent stall due to the pilot's failure to maintain proper airspeed during the takeoff.
- [NTSB FTW93LA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93LA264.md): Fairchild M-62A · San Antonio, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 23, 1993 · N261A · Substantial damage
  > Fuel starvation induced power loss due to the pilot's improper fuel tank selection and his failure to switch tanks after the power loss. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain onto which a forced landing could be executed.
- [NTSB FTW86LRG12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LRG12.md): Fairchild 24R-46A · Lakeway, TX · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jan 27, 1986 · N81348 · Substantial damage
  > The dual instructional flight terminated in a crosswind landing with the rated pilot receiving dual instruction manipulating the controls. During the landing rollout directional control was lost and the aircraft veered to the left. According to the instructor…
- [NTSB FTW85LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA082.md): Fairchild M-62A · San Antonio, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 21, 1984 · N48252 · Substantial damage
  > A total pwr loss was experienced while manuevering over an airport at about 250 ft AGL. The acft collided with rough terrain during the forced landing. Visual inspection of the acft fuel system indicated that the pwr loss was due to fuel exhaustion.
- [NTSB FTW82FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FA011.md): Fairchild M-62A · Celina, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · Oct 18, 1981 · N57128 · Destroyed
- [NTSB FTW78FPA31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPA31.md): Fairchild M-62A · Sherman, TX · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Aug 3, 1978 · N58202 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW77FRA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FRA10.md): Fairchild M-62-C · Houston, TX · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Feb 13, 1977 · N54375 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW75DPD46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75DPD46.md): Fairchild PT-26 · Justin, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Jun 15, 1975 · N53366 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW72FRA07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW72FRA07.md): Fairchild 24R-26 · Houston, TX · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 6, 1971 · N77686 · Substantial damage

## 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" = 'TX' 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 ('26003'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=26003&state=TX

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