# Fatal NTSB investigations: North American SNJ-2

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 ERA21FA334](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21FA334.md): North American SNJ-2 · Wilkes-Barre, PA · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Aug 20, 2021 · N52900 · Destroyed
  > A partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Also causal was the pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack while maneuvering for a forced landing following the loss of engine power, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and…
- [NTSB WPR18FA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA155.md): North American SNJ 2 · Melville, NY · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 30, 2018 · N62382 · Destroyed
  > The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall, spin, and subsequent impact with terrain.
- [NTSB NYC07LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07LA219.md): North American SNJ-2 · Virginia Beach, VA · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 7, 2007 · N52033 · Destroyed
  > The pilot's inability to maintain control of the airplane due to physiological incapacitation. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the Federal Aviation Administration to deny or restrict the pilot's medical certification, and the pilot's improper…
- [NTSB NYC94LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA009.md): North American SNJ-2 · Skaneateles, NY · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 15, 1993 · N61563 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight preparation which failed to adequately secure cargo, resulting control interference. A factor was the overgross weight condition of the 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."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 ('6400404'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?fatal=1&model=6400404

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