# NTSB investigations: Volkswagen CONVERSION, 1984

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 FTW85LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA046.md): Reed Bandit 1 · Amarillo, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 11, 1984 · N51957 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The homebuilt acft, N52957, was observed to land hard, collapse the landing gear & slide into N3376V holding short of the rwy at an intersecting taxiway.
- [NTSB CHI84LA389](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA389.md): Denil Sonera II · De Pere, WI · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 10, 1984 · N2265N · Substantial damage
  > Plt stated that on initial climb, he became distracted by an insect in the cockpit and the acft drifted off the right side of the rwy, colliding with telephone lines near the end of the rwy.
- [NTSB MKC84FA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA225.md): Bobby Wayne Watkins Mini Coupe · Nashville, AR · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 21, 1984 · N937BW · Destroyed
  > The builder/owner/plt had flown the home built acft for about 10 mins on its 1st test flt which was made a few days prior to the accident. On third flt, he took off on rwy 01, climbed straight-out for awhile, made a left turn to x-wind leg & started a…
- [NTSB FTW84FA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84FA290.md): Griffin FG-1A · Mt Pleasant, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 29, 1984 · N455FG · Destroyed
  > According to witnesses, the gyrocopter plt took off & turned onto a left downwind to stay in the traffic pattern for rwy 17. One witness stated that the gyrocopter turned onto final apch at about 300 to 400 ft AGL. Two other witnesses, who reside aprx 1/4 mi…
- [NTSB CHI84LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA233.md): Robert Judd Sonerai II · Troy, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 13, 1984 · N1394H · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that after a local flt he began a reduced power (1800 RPM) descent from 4500 ft MSL back to the arpt. At 3300 ft MSL the eng quit. The plt was unable to restart the eng as the prop was not windmilling & the acft was not equipped with an eng…
- [NTSB LAX84LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA140.md): Jodell D-9 · Livermore, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 15, 1984 · N3411G · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that after departing on rwy 07 for touch and go landings, the eng 'sagged 400-450 RPM.' With insufficientpower for continued flight, he landed in a plowed field. The plt reported carburetor ice.

## 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") = 1984
  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&year=1984

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