# NTSB investigations: Aero Commander S2R, 1983

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 FTW83LA446](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA446.md): Aero Commander S2R · Napoleonville, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 29, 1983 · N8890Q · Substantial damage
  > The acft dragged a wing in the sugarcane crop during a start of a swath run. According to the operator the plt was looking at a map as he approached the run. After the wing dragged the acft yawed 90 degrees and settled into the crop. The engine and right main…
- [NTSB FTW83LA404](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA404.md): Aero Commander S2R · Katy, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 30, 1983 · N3696X · Substantial damage
  > The acft was damaged in a forced landing following engine failure after takeoff. The plt stated that a supercharger bearing failure caused the engine to fail. During the landing in a flooded rice field the landing gear collapsed.
- [NTSB LAX83LA378](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA378.md): Rockwell S2R · Cantua Creek, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 4, 1983 · N8874Q · Substantial damage
  > The plt report that while he was applying sulfur to a tomatoe field, sulfur dust, which had accumulated in the cockpit, ignited. He elected to make an emergency landing in an adjacent cotton field which was muddy from irrigation. After touchdown, the main…
- [NTSB FTW83LA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA209.md): Aero Commander S-2R · Cheneyville, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 19, 1983 · N3644X · Substantial damage
  > According to the operator, the brakes failed during landing causing the acft to ground loop off of the rwy. He also stated that postcrash investigation revealed a broken brake line on the right brake which he suspects was an act of sabotage by an unknown…
- [NTSB LAX83LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA148.md): Aero Commander S-2R · Dos Palos, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 17, 1983 · N8822Q · Substantial damage
  > According to the operator, the plt landed with a quartering tailwind & directional control was lost. The acft veered offthe rwy into soft mud & flipped over.

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1983
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('0143022'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=0143022&year=1983

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