# NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A, 2020

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 ERA21LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA065.md): Piper PA46 · Leesburg, VA · Incident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Dec 6, 2020 · N282ST · Minor damage
  > The pilot’s loss of directional control during landing in crosswind conditions. Contributing to the loss of control was the significantly underinflated nose landing gear tire.
- [NTSB ERA20LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA237.md): Piper PA46 · Titusville, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jul 3, 2020 · N89MA · Substantial damage
  > The loss of directional control during landing due to the fracture of the steering horn bolts, which rendered the nosewheel steering ineffective and resulted from the airplane being towed over the left turn limits at an undetermined time before the accident.
- [NTSB ERA20LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA230.md): Piper PA46 · Williston, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jun 15, 2020 · N117PR · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing with a crosswind, which resulted in a runway excursion and nose landing gear collapse.
- [NTSB WPR20CA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA089.md): Cessna 208 · Eureka, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 6, 2020 · N24MG · Destroyed
  > The pilot's delayed response to initiate a go-around during a night visual approach over water after the airplane entered instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of forward visibility and subsequent impact with the water.

## 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") = 2020
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('52268'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=52268&year=2020

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