# Fatal NTSB investigations: Taylorcraft BL-65

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 WPR22FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA148.md): Taylorcraft BL-65 · Counselor, NM · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Apr 9, 2022 · N24345 · Substantial damage
  > A loss of control while maneuvering at a high-density altitude in gusty wind conditions.
- [NTSB ERA11FA426](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA426.md): Taylorcraft BL-65 · Winterville, NC · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 28, 2011 · N24369 · Substantial damage
  > A loss of airplane control for undetermined reasons as the autopsy was unable to reveal any definitive conditions that would have led to the loss of control.
- [NTSB LAX88FA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA204.md): Taylorcraft BL65 · Eloy, AZ · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 30, 1988 · N27463 · Destroyed
  > Failure of the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft during takeoff climb resulting in an inadvertent spiral. Contributing to this accident was the pilot's lack of total experience in the aircraft make and model.
- [NTSB DEN85FA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85FA084.md): Taylorcraft BC-65 · Chinook, MT · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 22, 1985 · N26580 · Destroyed
  > The airplane was observed to enter a shallow right climbing turn at about 200 feet AGL after making a low pass over friends. Witnesses said the airplane then stalled and dove to the ground. There was no evidence of airframe, eng, prop, flt control, or syst…
- [NTSB CHI82FA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA312.md): Taylorcraft BL-65 · Rock Falls, IL · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 18, 1982 · N29660 · Destroyed
  > Aircraft caught fire while performing aerobatics and crashed out of control. Gas tank cap had come off and during inverted flight fuel spilled out and ignited.
- [NTSB DEN81FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA047.md): Taylorcraft BL-65 · Rosette, UT · Accident · 2 fatal · Closed · Jul 3, 1981 · N24462 · 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 ('8850350'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?fatal=1&model=8850350

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