# Fatal NTSB investigations: Swearingen SA227-AC

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 FTW92FA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92FA218.md): Fairchild SA 227-AC · Hot Springs, AR · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 25, 1992 · N342AE · Destroyed
  > Inadequate maintenance and inspection by the operator's maintenance personnel, and the failure of the pilot-in-command to assure proper travel direction of the airplane's primary flight controls after being made aware of the nature of the maintenance…
- [NTSB DCA88MA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA88MA017.md): Fairchild SA-227AC · Bayfield, CO · Accident · 9 fatal · Major investigation · Final report · Jan 20, 1988 · N68TC · Destroyed
  > The aircraft was operating as Continental express flight 2286. During the approach in IFR conditions, the aircraft went below the minimum descent altitude then struck the terrain at 7180 feet MSL. Exam of the aircraft did not disclose any pre-impact failures…
- [NTSB DEN83AA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83AA032.md): Swearingen SA-227AC · Pueblo, CO · Accident · 2 fatal · Final report · Dec 8, 1982 · N30093 · Destroyed
  > At 1906 the flt was cleared to descend & maintain 7,500 ft, turn right to a heading 040 for an asr apch to Pueblo memorial arpt, & that the mda is 5,200. The flt read back "left to one forty five two zero zero." Approach control advised the flt that the…

## 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 ('8780603'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?fatal=1&model=8780603

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