# NTSB investigations: Aero Commander 500-B, KS

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 CHI97LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA110.md): Gulfstream 500B · Mission, KS · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 22, 1997 · N4918 · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's inadequate preflight planning which resulted in fuel exhaustion.
- [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 CHI91FA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91FA235.md): Aero Commander 500B · Silica, KS · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 31, 1991 · N904DF · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > The failure of both pilots to maintain adequate separation during formation flight. Related factors are overconfidence in personal ability and poor planning/decision.
- [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 MKC88FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88FA042.md): Gulfstream 500B · Pierceville, KS · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 20, 1988 · N611CA · Destroyed
  > The acft dptd garden city under extremely poor wx cond's. more than half way to dodge city, the PIC rptd eng pblms to Kansas city (ARTCC). Vectors were provided to the dodge city arpt, but the PIC did not maintain assigned hdgs. The acft headed back towards…
- [NTSB MKC86LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA167.md): Aero Commander 500-B · Emporia, KS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 7, 1986 · N184KC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that he was cruising at 6,000 feet in IMC with light to moderate rain and turbulence when he heard a bang followed by the left engine losing power. The engine was shut down, the propeller feathered and ATC was notified. ATC cleared, and the…
- [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…
- [NTSB MKC78FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA025.md): Aero Comdr 500B · Hutchinson, KS · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Mar 7, 1978 · N888CA · Substantial damage

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'KS' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('0141106'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

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

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