# NTSB investigations: Volkswagen CONVERSION, NY

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 NYC02LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA130.md): Wheeler Volksplane VP-2 · Collins, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 4, 2002 · N21267 · Substantial damage
  > The separation of an ignition lead to the distributor cap, which resulted in a total loss of engine power. Factors in the accident were trees and power lines.
- [NTSB NYC97LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA125.md): Shafer SONERAI-I · W.Hampton Beach, NY · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 22, 1997 · N20CS · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > failure of the number two pilot (N77TY) to follow race procedures, and failure of the number three pilot (N20CS) to turn and avoid the number two airplane, when it decelerated into the number three pilot's blind spot.
- [NTSB NYC94LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA131.md): Donovan DER Kricket 17K-1 · Brockport, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 19, 1994 · N41MD · Substantial damage
  > The loss of engine power as a result of a sticking valve in the carburetor due to dirt contamination.
- [NTSB NYC91DFJ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91DFJ01.md): Sterns Sterns Longster · Mayville, NY · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Jul 1, 1991 · N891DS · Destroyed
  > The failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed, which resulted in a stall and spin at a low altitude. Also causal to the accident was the lack of experience of the pilot in this make and model airplane.

## 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" = 'NY' 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 ('63501'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

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

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