# Fatal NTSB investigations

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.

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## Cases, newest first

- [NTSB CHI00FA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA227.md): Cessna 182A · Sauk City, WI · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 28, 2000 · N4742D · Destroyed
  > VFR flight into IMC encountered by the pilot and exceeding the design limits of the aircraf. A factor was flight to a destination alternate not performed by the pilot.
- [NTSB DEN00FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00FA141.md): Mooney M20K · Cheyenne, WY · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 27, 2000 · N252KD · Destroyed
  > the airplane's in-flight collision with hilly terrain for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB CHI00LA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA226.md): Halsmer Crazy 8 · Lafayette, IN · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 27, 2000 · N9034L · Destroyed
  > Aircraft control not being maintained by the pilot during the forced landing. Factors to the accident were the engine failure due to an overtemperature, the pilot's lack of familiarity with the aircraft, and the trees.
- [NTSB NYC00FA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00FA210.md): Mooney M20E · Lunenburg, MA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 26, 2000 · N5727Q · Destroyed
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight planning which resulted in exhaustion of the fuel supply.
- [NTSB NYC00FA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00FA209.md): Cessna 210D · Ashland, VA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 26, 2000 · N3894Y · Destroyed
  > The failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane due to spatial disorientation. Factors were the dark night, low ceiling and fog.
- [NTSB SEA00FA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00FA142.md): Cessna TU-206G · Pistol Creek, ID · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 25, 2000 · N206RA · Destroyed
  > A loss of engine power due to the fracture of the #2 cylinder intake valve stem and the puncturing of the #2 piston dome by the intake valve head. Factors include no suitable landing site within the maneuvering abilities of the aircraft, and coniferous trees…
- [NTSB DCA00RA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA00RA078.md): Aerospatiale Concorde Version 101 · Paris-Gonesse, France · Accident · 113 fatal · Foreign investigation · Jul 25, 2000 · FBTSC
- [NTSB ATL00FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00FA069.md): Eurocopter AS350B · Sumner, GA · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 24, 2000 · N911AM · Destroyed
  > The pilot experienced spatial disorientation, which resulted in a loss of control of the helicopter. Contributing factors was the dark night.
- [NTSB MIA00LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA228.md): Quicksilver MXL II Sport · Clyo, GA · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 23, 2000 · UNREG · Destroyed
  > The failure of the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft due to impairment by use of drugs, and the resultant uncontrolled descent and in-flight collision with the terrain.
- [NTSB CHI00FA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA214.md): Piper PA-23 · Dodge Center, MN · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 22, 2000 · N1069P · Destroyed
  > The pilot not maintaining airplane control in his turn back in the direction of the airport and the pilot not performing an emergency landing straight ahead. Factors were the water and debris contamination found in the fuel screens and carburetor bowl and the…
- [NTSB LAX00MA273](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00MA273.md): Aerospatiale AS 355F1 · Kahului, Maui, HI · Accident · 7 fatal · Major investigation · Final report · Jul 21, 2000 · N510TG · Destroyed
  > The pilot's inadequate decision by which he continued visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Also causal was his failure to maintain terrain clearance resulting in a collision with mountainous terrain. A contributing factor was…
- [NTSB ANC00FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00FA093.md): Cessna 180 · Thorne Bay, AK · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 21, 2000 · N2997A · Destroyed
  > The pilot-in-command's inadvertent stalling of the airplane.
- [NTSB MIA00RA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00RA224.md): Douglas DC-3 · Nassau, Bahamas · Accident · 2 fatal · Foreign investigation · Jul 20, 2000 · N54AA
- [NTSB NYC00MA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00MA201.md): Grumman G-159 · Linneus, ME · Accident · 2 fatal · Major investigation · Final report · Jul 19, 2000 · CGNAK · Destroyed
  > The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain minimum control airspeed, which resulted in a loss of control. Factors in this accident were clouds, and a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, while in cruise flight above the airplane's single engine…
- [NTSB FTW00LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA214.md): Burton/Boyton Celerity · Horseshoe Bend, AR · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 19, 2000 · N5104X · Destroyed
  > The loss of control while maneuvering for an undetermined reason.
- [NTSB SEA00LA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA136.md): Ercoupe 415-D · Hamilton, MT · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 18, 2000 · N93835 · Destroyed
  > The excessive rate at which the student pilot allowed the aircraft to descend into the runway surface while attempting to land. Factors include the pilot's lack of experience in airplanes.
- [NTSB IAD00RA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00RA064.md): Hughes 369D · Nuuk, Greenland · Accident · 1 fatal · Foreign investigation · Jul 18, 2000 · OYHGF
- [NTSB FTW00LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA212.md): Air Tractor AT-401 · Panhandle, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 18, 2000 · N6055W · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in a stall.
- [NTSB DEN00FA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00FA136.md): Grumman American AA-5 · Moab, UT · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 18, 2000 · N7161L · Destroyed
  > The pilot in command exercising poor judgment and exceeding the aircraft's turning capability. Contributing factors were the pilots' attention being diverted, flying into a known blind canyon, high temperature, and high density altitude.
- [NTSB CHI00LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA212.md): Hess RH-1 Falcon · New Castle, IN · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 18, 2000 · N7242H · Destroyed
  > aircraft control not attained by the pilot.
- [NTSB MIA00FA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA221.md): Beech 58 · Hernando, MS · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 17, 2000 · N158MT · Destroyed
  > The arcing of an electrical wire behind the instrument panel and the associated cracking of fuel and oil lines. Also causal was the pilot's inappropriate remedial action not in accordance with the emergency checklist.
- [NTSB DCA00WA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA00WA076.md): Boeing 737-200 · Patna, India · Accident · 60 fatal · Foreign investigation · Jul 17, 2000 · VT-EGD · Destroyed
- [NTSB CHI00LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA206.md): Mead Kolb Firestar II · Gwinn, MI · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 17, 2000 · UNREG · Destroyed
  > the pilot not obtaining/maintaining altitude/clearance. Factors were the tree and the high density altitude.
- [NTSB FTW00LA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA210.md): Grumman-Schweizer G-164B · Ville Platte, LA · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 15, 2000 · N428KG · Destroyed
  > The loss of control for an undetermined reason.
- [NTSB CHI00FA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA200.md): Beech 35 · Columbus, NE · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 15, 2000 · N947V · Destroyed
  > the failure of the pilot to maintain clearance from the power line. Factors were the sunglare and the wire.
- [NTSB MIA00FA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA217.md): Cessna 150M · Holly Springs, MS · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 14, 2000 · N9249U · Destroyed
  > The failure of the pilot to maintain control while maneuvering the aircraft due to impairment as a result of use of illegal drugs, and the subsequent collision with the terrain during an uncontrolled descent.
- [NTSB FTW00FA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00FA208.md): Bellanca 17-30A · Houston, TX · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 14, 2000 · N8263R · Destroyed
  > the loss of engine power for an undetermined reason during maneuvering. Contributing factors were the dark night light conditions and the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
- [NTSB SEA00FA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00FA133.md): Cessna 150E · Ashton, ID · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 13, 2000 · N6196T · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a tree while making a low pass over an outdoor gathering of individuals. Factors include the intentional low pass, a tree located in a shadow generated by the sun's low position at dusk, hilly terrain, and the…
- [NTSB FTW00FA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00FA201.md): Cessna T210J · Athens, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 11, 2000 · N2244R · Destroyed
  > the pilot's inadvertent stall during initial takeoff climb.
- [NTSB SEA00WA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00WA130.md): Piper PA-24-260 · Chilko Lake, Canada · Accident · 4 fatal · Foreign investigation · Jul 10, 2000 · N8804P · Destroyed
- [NTSB FTW00RA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00RA196.md): British Aerospace Jetstream 3201 · Chulum Juarez, Mexico · Accident · 19 fatal · Foreign investigation · Jul 9, 2000 · N912FJ
- [NTSB DCA00WA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA00WA067.md): Curtis-Wright C-46 · Villavicencio, Colombia · Accident · 13 fatal · Foreign investigation · Jul 9, 2000 · HK851 · Destroyed
- [NTSB SEA00FA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00FA132.md): Cessna 180F · Gold Bar, WA · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 8, 2000 · N37GC · Destroyed
  > The non-instrument rated pilot's attempted VFR flight in instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing factors were mountainous terrain and cloud, low ceiling and obscuration conditions.
- [NTSB SEA00FA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00FA127.md): Cessna 175 · Molalla, OR · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 8, 2000 · N7625M · Destroyed
  > Failure to maintain clearance from mountainous/hilly terrain.
- [NTSB MIA00FA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA208.md): Cessna 402C · Vieques, PR · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 8, 2000 · N405MN · Destroyed
  > The airplanes entry into an uncontrolled descent for undetermined reasons from which it crashed into the ocean.
- [NTSB DEN00FA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00FA127.md): Cessna 195 · Aspen, CO · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 8, 2000 · N4377V · Destroyed
  > the pilot's poor in-flight decision to fly up a valley with rapidly rising terrain, which resulted in the airplane colliding with the terrain due to its climb performance being exceeded. A contributing factors was the high, rapidly rising, mountainous terrain.
- [NTSB CHI00FA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA186.md): Bellanca 8KCAB · Capron, IL · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 8, 2000 · N8739V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot attempting an aerobatic maneuver at a low altitude and the pilot not maintaining clearance from the terrain. A factor to the accident was the pilot disregarding the federal aviation regulations concerning the minimum altitudes required for aerobatic…
- [NTSB CHI00FA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA185.md): Piper PA-30 · Duluth, MN · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 8, 2000 · N7213Y · Destroyed
  > loss of control in flight for undetermined reason(s).
- [NTSB MIA00WA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00WA211.md): Cessna 310N · Rio Lujan, Argentina · Accident · 5 fatal · Foreign investigation · Jul 7, 2000 · LVJLB · Destroyed
- [NTSB CHI00FA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA184.md): Piper PA-22-150 · Quincy, IL · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 6, 2000 · N1783P · Destroyed
  > The pilots failure to maintain control of the aircraft and his continued flight into adverse weather. Factors were the fog, and the crops.
- [NTSB MIA00LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA202.md): Cessna A188B · Inverness, MS · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 4, 2000 · N731SP · Destroyed
  > The failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed while reversing course during an aerial application flight resulting in the aircraft stalling, descending, impacting a tree, and crashing to the ground.
- [NTSB MIA00FA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA201.md): Cessna 152 · Murfreesboro, TN · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 4, 2000 · N89043 · Destroyed
  > the flight instructor's failure to maintain an airspeed above the aircraft's stall speed, which resulted in a stall/mush, and an inflight loss of control while maneuvering to return to a landing area during an emergency, resulting in an uncontrolled descent…
- [NTSB ANC00FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00FA082.md): Cessna 172S · Whittier, AK · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 4, 2000 · N862SP · Destroyed
  > Suicide.
- [NTSB NYC00FA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00FA183.md): Champion 7GCAA · Lakewood, NJ · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 3, 2000 · N8384V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, resulting in an inadvertent stall. Factors were the entanglement of the tow rope with the rudder horn, restricted rudder movement, the pilot's lack of total experience in the type of operation, and no stall warning…
- [NTSB DEN00LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA122.md): Rowley P-40F · Peyton, CO · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 3, 2000 · N42915 · Destroyed
  > the pilot's inadequate decision to turn back (low altitude) towards the runway for a forced landing. A contributing factor was the total loss of engine power due to a reduction gear failure.
- [NTSB NYC00LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA184.md): Hartzell Rans S-12 · Strattanville, PA · Accident · 2 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 2, 2000 · UNREG · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during low level maneuvering, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin.
- [NTSB CHI00FA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA180.md): Cessna 152 · Brownton, MN · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 2, 2000 · N757SL · Destroyed
  > In flight collision with the terrain for undetermined reason.
- [NTSB CHI00LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA179.md): Norton Volksplane VP-1 · Waconia, MN · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 1, 2000 · N256DN · Destroyed
  > the inadvertent stall by the pilot. The low attitude at the time of the stall was a contributing factor.
- [NTSB ANC00FA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00FA081.md): Cessna 337C · Marshall, AK · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 1, 2000 · N63MR · Destroyed
  > The pilot's attempted takeoff with known deficiencies in equipment (an inoperable rear engine) and an inadvertent stall. Factors associated with the accident were the pilot's improper retraction of the landing gear, his over confidence in the airplane's…
- [NTSB CHI00LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA178.md): Weatherly 201C · Tolna, ND · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 30, 2000 · N9228W · Destroyed
  > the wing spar fatigue and wing separation while maneuvering. A factor was that the fatigue was not detected by the mechanic during the last annual inspection.

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

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?fatal=1&page=192

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