# NTSB investigations: Lycoming IO-540 series 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. Page 14 of 22 · 1,056 cases ## Cases, newest first - [NTSB LAX01LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA045.md): Collette Glassair III · Guistine, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 19, 2000 · N540AK · Substantial damage > Maintenance personnel misrouted the crankcase breather hose so that it was pinched when the cowling was installed. This pressurized the crankcase displacing the oil seal and forcing oil out of the engine. A factor was the unsuitable terrain encountered during… - [NTSB LAX01LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA030.md): Piper PA-32R-301 · Dayton Valley, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 1, 2000 · N8139A · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to attain a proper glide path during the final approach resulting in an undershoot of the runway. Factors were the lack of runway lights and night lighting condition. - [NTSB FTW01LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA016.md): Steven R. Jackson Harmon Rocket 2 · Houston, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 20, 2000 · N47SR · Destroyed > The collapsing of the inner liner of the induction air hose, resulting in a restriction of airflow to the engine and subsequent loss of engine power. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing. - [NTSB LAX01FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA003.md): Cessna 182S · Santa Rosa, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 4, 2000 · N2373D · Destroyed > the pilot's loss of airplane control due to spatial disorientation. A related factor was the low ceiling. - [NTSB ATL01LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA004.md): Joseph A. Grimaud Seawind 3000 · Chapin, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 3, 2000 · N98GG · Substantial damage > A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was the trees. - [NTSB DEN01LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA001.md): Maule M-7-235B · Ogden, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 1, 2000 · N31078 · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain a proper descent rate during landing flare/touchdown. A factor was the tail wheel failure due to overload. - [NTSB NYC00LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA252.md): Piper PA-60-601P · Northampton, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 7, 2000 · N601WK · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper preflight planning which resulted in an attempted takeoff from a taxiway. A factor in the accident was the fog. - [NTSB CHI00FA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA284.md): Beech K35 · Manitowish Watr, WI · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 2, 2000 · N3076C · Destroyed > the pilot not maintaining altitude/clearance from the trees during an approach on a dark, low overcast night, the pilot's improper use of an IFR procedure without clearance, and the pilot's improper in-flight decision to attempt an IFR approach without… - [NTSB DEN00LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA158.md): Maule MX-7-235 · Broomfield, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 29, 2000 · N111KD · Substantial damage > the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll. A contributing factor was the crosswind. - [NTSB NYC00FA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00FA239.md): Cessna 206H · Mayville, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 25, 2000 · N7269S · Destroyed > An engine compartment explosion due to a fuel/fuel vapor leak of undetermined origin. A secondary explosion resulted from a lack of lubrication to the number 6 connecting rod bearing. Contributing to the pilot's injuries was his reduced visibility during the… - [NTSB IAD00LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA072.md): Aero Commander 114-B · Somerset, PA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 10, 2000 · N6101T · Substantial damage > Pilot's improper pre-flight planning, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. - [NTSB LAX00LA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA282.md): Daniel J. Lee Express 90 · Cottonwood, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 30, 2000 · N540EX · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll, which resulted in the on ground collision with trees. - [NTSB CHI00LA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA217.md): Cessna 182S · Millard, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 22, 2000 · N7278S · Substantial damage > the improper recovery from the bounced landing and the porpoise encountered by the pilot. Factors were the misjudged flare by the pilot and the runway light. - [NTSB MIA00LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA219.md): Piper PA-32-300 · Washington, NC · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 16, 2000 · N2947A · Substantial damage > The inadvertent stall by the pilot-in-command while returning for a precautionary landing. Contributing to the accident was the loose engine cowling. - [NTSB NYC00LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA188.md): Cessna 182S · White Plains, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 8, 2000 · N729AD · Substantial damage > The student pilot's failure to recover from a bounced landing and her failure to perform a go-around. - [NTSB IAD00LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA060.md): Piper PA-32-300 · Fitchburg, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 8, 2000 · N21072 · Substantial damage > pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind. A factor was the crosswind. - [NTSB CHI00LA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA189.md): Staudacher S-300D2 · Kenosha, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 7, 2000 · N112KG · Substantial damage > The fatigue failure of the rod end bearing and the separation of the aileron. A factor was the inadequate design change by the aircraft designer. - [NTSB DEN00LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA101.md): Schumacher Swearingen SX-300 · Richfield, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 4, 2000 · N2H · Substantial damage > Fuel starvation due to the unavailability of fuel to the engine for undetermined reasons and the pilot's misjudgment of distance/altitude on final approach. Contributing factors were the pilot's premature gear extension and the berm. - [NTSB CHI00LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA149.md): Piper PA-36-200 · Oakley, KS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 1, 2000 · N2329Y · Substantial damage > the directional control not maintained by the pilot. The thunderstorm, quartering tailwind/crosswind and the weather evaluation by the pilot were contributing factors. - [NTSB NYC00LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA111.md): Piper PA-32R-301 · East Haddam, CT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 30, 2000 · N8041B · Substantial damage > The private pilots failure to obtain the proper touchdown point and the CFI's delay in remedial action. - [NTSB CHI00LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA078.md): Piper PA-32-300 · Saginaw, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 21, 2000 · N2899D · Substantial damage > the pilots failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft. Factors were the icy runway and the snowbank. - [NTSB ATL00LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA028.md): Piper PA-32-300 · Nashville, TN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 20, 2000 · N2233L · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. - [NTSB CHI00LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA073.md): Piper PA-23-250 · Amery, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 15, 2000 · N106RS · Substantial damage > the pilots failure to maintain directional control. Factors to the accident were the icing conditions, the snow and ice covered runway and the snowbank. - [NTSB IAD00LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA021.md): Wood Seawind 3000 · Cumberland Gap, VA · Accident · 2 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 11, 2000 · N94WB · Substantial damage > The pilot's continued flight from visual flight rules into instrument meteorological conditions. - [NTSB ANC00LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA022.md): Piper PA-32-301 · Ekuk, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 26, 2000 · N8004N · Substantial damage > The pilot's selection of an unsuitable runway for landing. Factors associated with the accident were the inadequate runway maintenance by the runway maintenance personnel, snow berms, and insufficient runway condition information disseminated by the company… - [NTSB SEA00LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA034.md): Cessna 182S · Kennewick, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 30, 1999 · N374TC · Substantial damage > The pilot's decision to continue flight into known icing conditions, and his subsequent failure to maintain adequate airspeed on final approach, resulting in a hard landing. Factors included: icing conditions; the pilot's improper decision to continue to his… - [NTSB MIA00LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA025.md): Frederick Rocket II · Coral Springs, FL · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 15, 1999 · N561L · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering (VSO) resulting in an inadvertent stall and subsequent in-flight collision with water. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper fuel management resulting in a total loss of engine power… - [NTSB ANC00LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA013.md): Maule M7-235C · Palmer, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 15, 1999 · N5657A · Substantial damage > The pilot's intentional takeoff into known adverse weather. Factors associated with this accident are crosswinds, gusts, and downdrafts. - [NTSB ANC00LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA009.md): Piper PA-32-300 · Russian Mission, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 28, 1999 · N31606 · Substantial damage > The pilot's continued flight into adverse weather, and an inadvertent stall. Factors in the accident were adverse weather consisting of icing conditions, and airframe icing. - [NTSB IAD00LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA001.md): Cessna 182S · Staatsburg, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 16, 1999 · N783WW · Substantial damage > was the pilot's encounter with an unseen embankment while maneuvering to avoid a deer on the runway. - [NTSB SEA99LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA167.md): Cessna 182S · Kamiah, ID · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 18, 1999 · N182MA · Substantial damage > The pilot's excessive airspeed on final approach, his inadequate remedial action, and his failure to attain the proper touchdown point during landing. Factors included a short, confined landing area and a tailwind. - [NTSB MIA99LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA253.md): Piper PA-32-300 · Homestead, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 13, 1999 · N2145N · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touch down point on landing and excessive airspeed resulting in an overrun, and subsequent collision with a fence post and clippings. - [NTSB ANC99LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA127.md): Maule M-7 · Kotzebue, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 28, 1999 · N770AS · Substantial damage > An in-flight collision with a bird. - [NTSB ANC99LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA109.md): Cessna A188-B · Bettles, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 8, 1999 · N731UW · Substantial damage > The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing. A factor was soft terrain. - [NTSB NYC99MA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99MA178.md): Piper PA-32R-301 · Vineyard Haven, MA · Accident · 3 fatal · Major investigation · Final report · Jul 17, 1999 · N9253N · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a descent over water at night, which was a result of spatial disorientation. Factors in the accident were haze, and the dark night. - [NTSB SEA99LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA131.md): Piper PA-23-250 · Snohomish, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 12, 1999 · N65PR · Substantial damage > Brake system failure due to the presence of air bubbles in the hydraulic fluid. - [NTSB CHI99LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA219.md): Piper PA-32R · Fargo, ND · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 8, 1999 · N8451E · Substantial damage > fuel starvation due to the pilot's fuel mismanagement and the pilot's misjudgment of the landing flare. - [NTSB MIA99LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA184.md): Donald White Velocity XL/RG · Fort Pierce, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 15, 1999 · N19DW · Substantial damage > The owner/pilot mechanic's failure to adjust the newly installed wing fuel caps resulting in the loss of engine power while in cruise flight due to fuel starvation and the subsequent collision with transmission wires while attempting a forced landing to a… - [NTSB DEN99LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA100.md): Butler SX-300 · Hill Afb, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 12, 1999 · N120J · Substantial damage > A failure of the left main landing gear attachment for undetermined reasons. - [NTSB NYC99LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA135.md): Maule M7-235C · Bennington, VT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 29, 1999 · N126MC · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadequate pre-flight briefing which resulted in control interference by the right front seat passenger. - [NTSB LAX99LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA201.md): Piper PA-32R-300 · Valley Springs, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 28, 1999 · N38908 · Substantial damage > The fatigue failure and separation of the No. 6 connecting rod end cap, which led to a catastrophic failure of the engine. The fatigue crack initiation was due to galling on the rod end cap, which was most likely caused by an undetermined factory… - [NTSB ATL99LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA095.md): Aircraft Parts & Dev. A-9B · Hartsell, AL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 21, 1999 · N9082A · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain flying speed that resulted in the inflight collision with the ground. A factor was the pilot's lack of total experience in the aircraft. - [NTSB DEN99FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99FA066.md): Smith, Ted Aerostar 601P · Ruidoso, NM · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 23, 1999 · N48MD · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control for undetermined reason. A factor was the low ceiling IMC weather condition. - [NTSB MIA99LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA118.md): Steve Hill Staudacher S600 · Bunnell, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 7, 1999 · N600SH · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper fuel consumption calculations which resulted in fuel exhaustion. - [NTSB FTW99FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99FA104.md): Piper PA-46-350P · Waldron, AR · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 4, 1999 · N497CA · Destroyed > The pilot's encounter with adverse weather and loss of aircraft control, which resulted in exceeding the aircraft's design stress limits. Factors were the pilot's lack of total experience in the make and model of airplane, and the icing and thunderstorm… - [NTSB CHI99LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA117.md): Piper PA-32-300 · Marquette, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 27, 1999 · N66BH · Substantial damage > the pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions which resulted in his failure to maintain directional control. Factors associated with the accident were the gusty crosswind conditions and the taxiway sign which the airplane contacted. - [NTSB ANC99LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA039.md): Piper PA-32-301 · Chefornak, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 27, 1999 · N81844 · Substantial damage > The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing site. A factor associated with the accident was rough and uneven terrain. - [NTSB MIA99LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA098.md): Piper PA-60-601P · Statesville, NC · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 3, 1999 · N727MB · Substantial damage > the pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point on the runway. Factors in this accident were excessive approach speed, rain, and a wet runway. - [NTSB MIA99LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA096.md): Piper PA-23-250 · Stuart, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 28, 1999 · N2313Z · Substantial damage > The inadequate touchdown resulting in a hard landing on the nose landing gear and subsequent structural damage. - [NTSB NYC99LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA063.md): Piper PA 32R-301 · Dulles, VA · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 21, 1999 · N3559U · No damage > The FBO employee's diverted attention, resulting in an inadvertent encounter with a rotating propeller. Next page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb.md?engine=41530&page=15 ## 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 ('41530', '41585')) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=41530&page=14 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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