# NTSB investigations: Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9B: 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 FTW02LA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA236.md): Aero Commander Callair A-9B · El Paso, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 10, 2002 · N7718V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, and his failure to maintain directional control. Contributing factors were the cross wind, and the pilot's lack of experience in the make and model of the accident airplane.
- [NTSB CHI90DCJ02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90DCJ02.md): Aero Commander Calair A9B · Ord, NE · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Sep 8, 1990 · N7691V · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during low altitude maneuvering.
- [NTSB DEN90LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA102.md): Aero Commander Callair A-9B · Montrose, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 28, 1990 · N7620V · Substantial damage
  > Inadequate compensation for wind conditions by the pilot. The adverse wind conditions were related factors.
- [NTSB SEA88LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA081.md): Rockwell A-9B · Grace, ID · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 19, 1988 · N7657V · Destroyed
  > Plt/owner not certificated for aerial application. No record found of prior experience in aerial application. Replaced certificated plt for undet reason. Witnesses observed acft enter stall/spin during first aerial application turnaround maneuver in strong…
- [NTSB FTW84LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA192.md): Rockwell A-9B · Lamont, OK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 6, 1984 · N7776V · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that between swath runs, his attention was directed to swath marks on the ground, then he tried to determine how much chemical was remaining in the hopper. At about 100 ft AGL, while in a 50 deg left bank, he heard 'the eng slow down' & felt…
- [NTSB DEN83LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA153.md): Aero Commander Callair A-9B · Rolla, ND · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 25, 1983 · N7642V · Destroyed
  > During a procedure turn-around after the second pass, the acft entered a stall, the left wing dropped & the plane impacted, left wing first, while in a nose down attitude. No preimpact, mechanical malfunction or failure was reported.
- [NTSB DEN82DA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA108.md): Callair A-9B · Rolla, ND · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jun 20, 1982 · N7634V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot reported that after loading with chemical, water, and fuel, he went to a field and began spraying. He stated that after he had made his first swath run, he was turning for a second swath when the plane stalled and crashed. The landing gear,…

## 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 ('0144206')
    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=0144206&occurrence=250

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