# Fatal NTSB investigations: Cessna A150M

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 FTW96FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA089.md): Cessna A150M · Vinita, OK · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 13, 1996 · N8125V · Destroyed
  > Failure of the pilot to recover from a spin. Factors relating to the accident were: the pilot's ostentatious display and the lack of altitude (terrain clearance) for recovery from the aerobatic maneuver and subsequent spin.
- [NTSB MIA94FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94FA148.md): Cessna A150M · Indiantown, FL · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 23, 1994 · N9856J · Destroyed
  > The pilot's impairment of judgment and performance due to alcohol and drugs, which led to his improper planning/decision, and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed during a maneuver.
- [NTSB FTW85FA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FA306.md): Cessna A150M · Levelland, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 6, 1985 · N9807J · Substantial damage
  > The plt had been observed to make takeoffs using maximum up elevator for liftoff. The elevator was found in a nineteen degree up position and both the left horizontal stabilizer and elevator were bent upward at the tip. The down elevator clevis was observed…
- [NTSB MIA82DA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA062.md): Cessna 150 · Huma Cao, PR · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Mar 2, 1982 · N2741J · Destroyed
  > The aircraft was reported to have departed at or near sunset on a 30 minute aerobatic flight and did not return. During that period, an aircraft matching its description was observed to crash near by in the ocean while the pilot was performing aerobatics. A…
- [NTSB NYC80FA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FA055.md): Cessna A150M · Davis Park, NY · Accident · 2 fatal · Closed · Jul 13, 1980 · N8183V · 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 ('2071831'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?fatal=1&model=2071831

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