# Fatal NTSB investigations: Cessna 185A

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 SEA98LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA007.md): Cessna 185A · Damascus, OR · Accident · 2 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 23, 1997 · N714 · Destroyed
  > failure of the pilot to maintain sufficient altitude/clearance from terrain. Factors relating to the accident included: darkness, and hilly/mountainous terrain.
- [NTSB SEA93FA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93FA205.md): Cessna 185A · De Borgia, MT · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 22, 1993 · N4176Y · Destroyed
  > The pilot's poor in-flight planning/decision and his failure to maintain airspeed above a stall.
- [NTSB ANC88FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88FA021.md): Cessna 185 · Fairbanks, AK · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 27, 1987 · N4056Y · Destroyed
  > The pilot and his two passengers were returning from a hunting trip when the airplane crashed 7 miles from the Fairbanks international airport. The airplane struck the ground in a vertical attitude at a high rate of speed. Evidence at the scene suggests that…
- [NTSB SEA87FA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87FA162.md): Hughes 369D · Ketchikan, AK · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 12, 1987 · N58318 · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > N58318 (Hughes 369, under contract with us geological survey) was inbnd fm se to lnd at Ketchikan-temsco heliport (6Z4) as N73WS (Cessna 185 amphibian) was depg se fm Ketchikan intl arpt (ktn). Ktn & 6Z4 were located in tongass narrows withmtns NE & sw. Rprtd…
- [NTSB ANC80FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA023.md): Cessna 185 · Shungnak, AK · Accident · 7 fatal · Closed · Jan 14, 1980 · N1690Z · Destroyed
- [NTSB ANC69A0035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC69A0035.md): Cessna 185 · Missing Aircraft · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · Jan 9, 1969 · N1656Z · Destroyed
- [NTSB MIA66A0118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA66A0118.md): Cessna 185A · Lafollette, TN · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · Apr 8, 1966 · N4184Y · Destroyed
- [NTSB UNK65X0298](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0298.md): Cessna 185A · Fish Lake, ID · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · Oct 16, 1964 · N1687Z · 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 ('2072804'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?fatal=1&model=2072804

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