# Final NTSB investigations: Volkswagen CONVERSION, ND

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 CEN22LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA007.md): Soneral L2 · Minot, ND · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Oct 3, 2021 · N9115Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain proper airspeed and exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack on final landing approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s inexperience with the…
- [NTSB CHI00LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA028.md): Shaffer Evans Volksplane · Stanley, ND · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 11, 1999 · N78VS · Substantial damage
  > refueling not performed by the non-rated pilot and the lack of total experience of the non-rated pilot. Factors to the accident were fuel exhaustion, the unsuitable terrain for landing encountered by the non-rated pilot, and the rough/uneven terrain condition.
- [NTSB CHI98LA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA271.md): Vollmers Sonerai II L · Lincoln, ND · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 11, 1998 · N317WM · Substantial damage
  > Loss of engine power due to a corroded ignition wire. Related factors were the tailwind, and ditch.

## 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" = 'ND' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."completionStatus" = 'Completed'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('63501'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=63501&state=ND&status=final

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