# NTSB investigations: Lycoming 0-540F1 SERIE, LA

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 DFW06CA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA066.md): Robinson R44 · Rayville, LA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 4, 2006 · N744MD · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain rotor RPM, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB DFW05CA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA169.md): Robinson R44 · Rayville, LA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 19, 2005 · N744MD · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's loss of control following an encounter with loss of tail rotor effectiveness. A contributing factor was the high density altitude.

## 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" = 'LA' 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 ('41531'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=41531&state=LA

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