# NTSB investigations: Aero Commander 500-B: 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 MKC88FA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88FA173.md): Aero Commander 500B · Hays, KS · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 16, 1988 · N1189Z · Substantial damage
  > Operation attempted with known deficiencies in equipment, and failure of the pilot to maintain directional control. A contributing factor was: the pilot's use of an improper starting procedure & the fence.
- [NTSB MKC83LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA086.md): Rockwell 500B · Hutchinson, KS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 5, 1983 · N630KC · Substantial damage
  > The acft touched down in 2 inches of snow & slush. Braking action was non-existent. The rwy lights were covered with piles of snow & were not visible. The acft veered right into a snowbank collapsing the nose gear. The NWS contract weather observer is not…

## 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" = 260))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=0141106&occurrence=260

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