# NTSB investigations: Rotorway RW-145 series: Loss of control - in flight

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 FTW89DPJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89DPJ04.md): Fields Rotorway Exec · Oklahoma City, OK · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · May 14, 1989 · N28276 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain proper altitude during the hover taxi.
- [NTSB MKC82DA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA166.md): Scorpion 133 · Mondamin, IA · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Sep 5, 1982 · N13420 · Substantial damage
  > After a ground adjustment to the collective pitch on his homebuilt helicopter, the pilot tookoff to practice hovering takeoff and landing. In an attempt to hover close to ground, he raised the collective and the aircraft shot up about 30 feet. It then fell…

## 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 ('55005')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 250))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=55005&occurrence=250

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