# NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series, 1985, AR

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 MKC85LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA151.md): Aero Commander S2R · Paragould, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 3, 1985 · N5543X · Substantial damage
  > The acft was being used in aerial application of ordram when engine failed. A hard landing resulted during the forced landing in an open fld. Investigation revealed the float needle seat ass'y backed out of the threads in the main body of the carburetor FAR…
- [NTSB MKC85LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA123.md): Grumman G-164A · Paragould, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 11, 1985 · N48523 · Destroyed
  > Pilot was seeding rice when the engine failed. Pilot attempted forced landing on gravel road and impacted a utility pole before touchdown. Acft destroyed by impact and post impact fire. The reason for the engine failure could not be determined.
- [NTSB MKC85LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA125.md): Snow AT301 · Marianna, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 8, 1985 · N5078S · Substantial damage
  > After departing the ag strip the plt rptd a vibrating engine which shook violently until finally quitting. The plt responded with an emergency landing attempt to a plowed bean field. The acft impacted the soft terrain at a high rate of speed where the acft…
- [NTSB MKC85LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA107.md): Ayres S2R-600 · Harrisburg, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 20, 1985 · N4017W · Destroyed
  > Plt reports that the lt wing of N4017N hit a dike in a ricefield while he was making a trim swath. There were no indications of equipment malfunction.
- [NTSB MKC85LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA068.md): Aero Commander S2R · Bradley, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 6, 1985 · N8909Q · Substantial damage
  > The plt said that after liftoff the acft encountered a gust of wind and the acft swerved off the airstrip into rough terrain.

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1985
  AND c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'AR' 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 ('52016'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=52016&state=AR&year=1985

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