# Major NTSB investigations: Loss of control - on ground/water

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 DCA99MA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA99MA060.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-82 · Little Rock, AR · Accident · 11 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Jun 2, 1999 · N215AA · Destroyed
  > The flight crew's failure to discontinue the approach when severe thunderstorms and their associated hazards to flight operations had moved into the airport area and the crew's failure to ensure that the spoilers had extended after touchdown. Contributing to…
- [NTSB DCA97MA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA97MA053.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-11 · Honolulu, HI · Accident · No injuries · Major investigation · Final report · Jun 21, 1997 · EICDK · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to apply adequate manual control inputs following his decision to disconnect the autopilot during the autoland operation, resulting in a subsequent loss of directional control. Also causal and contributing to the tail strike was the…
- [NTSB CHI97MA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97MA017.md): Gulfstream G-IV · Wheeling, IL · Accident · 4 fatal · Major investigation · Final report · Oct 30, 1996 · N23AC · Destroyed
  > failure of the pilot-in-command (PIC) to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff roll in a gusty crosswind, his failure to abort the takeoff, and failure of the copilot to adequately monitor and/or take sufficient remedial action to…
- [NTSB DCA96MA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA96MA029.md): Boeing 747-136 · Jamaica, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Dec 20, 1995 · N605FF · Substantial damage
  > the captain's failure to reject the takeoff in a timely manner when excessive nosewheel steering tiller inputs resulted in a loss of directional control on a slippery runway. Inadequate Boeing 747 slippery runway operating procedures developed by Tower Air,…
- [NTSB DCA95MA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA95MA020.md): Douglas DC-8-63 · Kansas City, MO · Accident · 3 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Feb 17, 1995 · N782AL · Destroyed
  > (1) The loss of directional control by the pilot in command during the takeoff roll, and his decision to continue the takeoff and initiate a rotation below the computed rotation airspeed, resulting in a premature liftoff, further loss of control and collision…
- [NTSB DCA93MA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA93MA040.md): Douglas DC-10-30 · Dallas/Ft Worth, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Apr 14, 1993 · N139AA · Substantial damage
  > The national transportation safety board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the failure of the captain to use proper directional control techniques to maintain the airplane on the runway.
- [NTSB ATL93MA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93MA055.md): Lockheed L382E-44K-20 · Marietta, GA · Accident · 7 fatal · Major investigation · Final report · Feb 3, 1993 · N130X · Destroyed
  > Disengagement of the rudder fly-by-wire flight control system resulting in a total loss of rudder control capability while conducting ground minimum control speed tests. The disengagement was a result of the inadequate design of the rudder's integrated…
- [NTSB DCA89MA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA89MA074.md): Boeing 737-400 · Flushing, NY · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Sep 21, 1989 · N416US · Destroyed
  > The captain's failure to exercise his command authority in a timely manner to reject the takeoff or take sufficient control to continue the takeoff, which was initiated with a mistrimmed rudder. Also causal was the captain's failure to detect the mistrimmed…
- [NTSB ANC84MA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84MA037.md): Embraer EM-110P1 · Cordova, AK · Accident · No injuries · Major investigation · Final report · Feb 22, 1984 · N103VA · Substantial damage
  > During a landing at night, the acft touched down slightly left of the rwy centerline, which was not visible, & began veering to the left. The plt reported that the acft did not respond to rudder inputs, rudder tiller inputs or differential reverse thrust. It…

## 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.board_report_url IS NOT NULL OR c."investigationClass" = 'Class 1' OR c."caseType" = 'Major - Launch')
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT o.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 260)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?major=1&occurrence=260

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