# Fatal NTSB investigations: Culver LFA

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 ERA14FA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA337.md): Culver LFA · Limington, ME · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 12, 2014 · N41716 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed during initial climb, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and experiencing an aerodynamic stall.
- [NTSB MKC89DPG01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89DPG01.md): Culver LFA · Dumas, AR · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Oct 13, 1988 · N34872 · Destroyed
  > A witness stated that the airplane backfired while in a turn at low altitude. He heard it backfire twice more and noticed engine running at idle just before it crashed. When runup, the engine would attain 1900 RPM, then backfire and the RPM would drop to 600…
- [NTSB LAX87DVD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87DVD02.md): Culver Cadet LFA · Antioch, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Mar 24, 1987 · N37838 · Destroyed
  > During a local pleasure flt, witnesses observed the acft take-off into a headwind. At aprx 1000 ft AGL, the nose of the acft came up then down. The acft entered a spin and collided with the terrain. They also stated that the propeller appeared to be slowing…
- [NTSB MKC84FA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA202.md): Culver LFA · Plattsburg, MO · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 8, 1984 · N41638 · Substantial damage
  > Witnesses viewed the acft in a nose high attitude at a low alt near the south end of rwy 18. The acft climbed a short distance, rolled to the left and descended nearly vertically to the ground.

## 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 ('8730204'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?fatal=1&model=8730204

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