# NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65AG, 2024

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 ERA24LA375](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA375.md): Air Tractor AT-802 · Hickory Valley, TN · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Sep 10, 2024 · N802JF · Substantial damage
  > A partial loss of engine power due to a leak in the fuel control unit bellows, which resulted in the fuel valve moving to minimum fuel flow.
- [NTSB CEN24FA338](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA338.md): Air Tractor AT-602 · Camden, CO · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Sep 5, 2024 · N602BA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate clearance from a power transformer that was mounted to a power pole during an aerial application flight.
- [NTSB CEN24FA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA278.md): Air Tractor AT-602 · Oxford, IN · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Jul 22, 2024 · N602WR · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack and failure to maintain adequate airspeed while maneuvering during an agricultural flight, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and a loss of control at too low of an altitude to recover.…
- [NTSB CEN24LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA272.md): Air Tractor AT-602 · Oakland, NE · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jul 17, 2024 · N622AW · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain coordinated flight during aerial-application operations, which resulted in fuel migration between the interconnected wing fuel tanks, and his failure to adequately monitor fuel levels during the flight which resulted in a loss…
- [NTSB ERA24FA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA304.md): Air Tractor AT802 · Cuba, KY · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Jul 13, 2024 · N2003Y · Substantial damage
  > Impact with terrain for reasons that could not be determined.
- [NTSB CEN24LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA261.md): Air Tractor AT602 · Decatur, IL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 12, 2024 · N528JC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s inability to maintain directional control during the landing roll due to the malfunction of the tail wheel locking mechanism.
- [NTSB CEN24FA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA260.md): Air Tractor AT-502B · Bonita, LA · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Jul 11, 2024 · N6177J · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > The failure of both pilots to see and avoid the other airplane while at low altitude enroute to their aerial application flights.
- [NTSB CEN24FA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA220.md): Air Tractor AT-602 · Broseley, MO · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Jun 14, 2024 · N115AA · Destroyed
  > The pilot’s inflight loss of airplane control for reasons that could not be determined.

## 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") = 2024
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('52109'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=52109&year=2024

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