# NTSB investigations: Aero Commander 100: In flight encounter with weather

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 ANC07CA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07CA019.md): Aero Commander 100 · Manokotak, AK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 8, 2007 · N3889X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's continued VFR cruise flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in an in-flight collision with terrain. Factors associated with the accident were fog, low ceilings, snow showers, and snow-covered terrain.
- [NTSB MIA92FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA92FA004.md): Aero Commander 100 · Carrabelle, FL · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 5, 1991 · N3673X · Destroyed
  > The non instrument-rated pilot-in-command's decision to continue flight into known instrument meteorological conditions (thunderstorm) and failure to maintain airspeed (vso) while maneuvering. Contributing to the accident was the pilot-in-command's failure to…
- [NTSB SEA86LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA230.md): Aero Commander 100 · Priest River, ID · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 31, 1986 · N4156X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot was attempting to land while a thunderstorm was within two miles of the airport. Strong turbulence was present during the approach but the pilot elected to continue the approach. A strong downdraft occurred when the aircraft was about 50 feet AGL.…
- [NTSB LAX83LA452](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA452.md): Aero Commander 100 · Palm Springs, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 20, 1983 · N3636X · Substantial damage
  > While en route, the plt encountered deteriorating wx. He was an instrument plt, but had chosen not to file & fly under IFR due to terrain, wx, low performance of the acft & lack of pitot heat. The plt noted a ceiling at 5500 ft MSL when he crossed banning…

## 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."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('0140202')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 240))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=0140202&occurrence=240

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