# NTSB investigations: Aero Commander 500-B: 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 LAX03LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA168.md): Aero Commander 500B · Grand Canyon, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 29, 2003 · N64TS · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's encounter with a wind shear just after liftoff.
- [NTSB CHI93LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93LA070.md): Aero Commander 500-B · Susank, KS · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 12, 1993 · N712AC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's continued flight into adverse weather and the owner's representation that the airplane met the requirements for flight into icing conditions. The weather and airframe ice were factors in the accident.
- [NTSB CHI93LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93LA041.md): Aero Commander 500-B · Mccook, NE · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 24, 1992 · N777CM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper decision to depart in known adverse weather conditions. The icing conditions and structural ice were factors.

## 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 ('0141106')
    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=0141106&occurrence=240

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