# Fatal NTSB investigations: Britten-Norman BN-2A

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 CEN22FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA031.md): Britten-Norman BN-2A · Beaver Island, MI · Accident · 4 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Nov 13, 2021 · N866JA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during final approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and loss of control at an altitude too low to recover.
- [NTSB DCA90MA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA90MA010.md): Britten-Norman BN-2 · Block Island, RI · Accident · 8 fatal · Major investigation · Final report · Nov 28, 1989 · N127JL · Destroyed
  > The aircraft crashed for an undetermined reason, during an overwater flight on a dark (moonless) night under a cloud layer. A SIGMET was in effect warning of moderate to occasionally severe turbulence below 6000 feet and the potential of low level wind shear.
- [NTSB SEA88FA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88FA167.md): Britten-Norman BN-2A · Sitka, AK · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 5, 1988 · N111VA · Destroyed
  > The pilot encountered low ceilings, rain and fog while attempting to fly through a narrow mountain pass and successfully reversed course. He then flew into a small canyon off the main pass that terminated in a small glacier-covered bowl surrounded by steep…
- [NTSB ANC78FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA012.md): Brittnorman BN-2A · Toksook Bay, AK · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · Jan 20, 1978 · N869JA · Destroyed
- [NTSB MIA78FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FA016.md): Brittnorman BN-2A · Vieques, PR · Accident · 5 fatal · Closed · Dec 19, 1977 · N862JA · Destroyed
- [NTSB ANC77FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77FA062.md): Brittnorman BN-2H · Ruby, AK · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · Jul 21, 1977 · N22JA · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MIA71AM024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA71AM024.md): Brittnorman BN-2A · Orocovis, PR · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · Sep 9, 1970 · N855JA · Destroyed
- [NTSB MIA70A0031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA70A0031.md): Brittnorman BN-2A · Missing Aircraft · Accident · 2 fatal · Closed · Oct 11, 1969 · N852JA · Destroyed

## 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."highestInjuryLevel" = 'Fatal'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1520204'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?fatal=1&model=1520204

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