# NTSB investigations: Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9: Loss of control - in flight

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 NYC88DFJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88DFJ04.md): Callair A-9 · Churchville, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Sep 29, 1988 · N8402V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot was engaged in aerial application activities. When he started a turn at low altitude to align himself for another spray run the aircraft stalled and struck the terrain.
- [NTSB LAX85FA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FA232.md): Aero Commander Callair A-9A · Fremont, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 30, 1985 · N7713V · Destroyed
  > The purpose of the local flight was to tow a glider aloft to a launch point. The pilot said he had no memory of the accident flight. Witnesses saw the aircraft make a go around form short final as a pedestrian walked across the runway approach end, and then…
- [NTSB LAX84FA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FA227.md): Aero Commander A-98 · Woodbridge, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 23, 1984 · N7643V · Destroyed
  > The plt said the acft stalled as he was performing a left climbing turn during aerial application. The acft spun down hitting some oak tree limbs on its way to the ground. The plt had applied all but 200 lbs of his 1450 pounds of ammoniumsulfate.
- [NTSB FTW83FRG05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83FRG05.md): Aero Commander Callair A-9 · Lytton Springs, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Jun 29, 1983 · N7717V · No damage
  > The acft crashed during a turn-around maneuver while conducting an aerial application mission. The acft had completed about 3 spraying patterns after reloading and was turning steeply to line up for another pass when the nose dropped and the acft descended in…

## 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 ('0144202')
    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" = 250))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=0144202&occurrence=250

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