# NTSB investigations: Aeronca 15AC, 1987

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 CHI87LA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA189.md): Aeronca 15AC · St Bonifacius, MN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 6, 1987 · N1135H · Substantial damage
  > The plt had just purchased the acft & had obtained a ferry permit to fly it to another arpt. He reached the vicinity of the destn & called the tower, but did not see the arpt. Aprx 15 min later, when he was sure he had passed the arpt, he made a 180 deg turn…
- [NTSB ANC87LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87LA104.md): Aeronca 15AC · Charley River, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 22, 1987 · N1023H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that during the takeoff roll he struck a hidden tree stump; he lost directional control of the aircraft causing the plane to nose over.
- [NTSB CHI87LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA105.md): Aeronca 15AC · Hibbing, MN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 28, 1987 · N1156H · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that while taxiing on the north taxiway, for takeoff on runway 31, a 'gust of wind caught the tail abruptly and caused plane to veer to the left and strike corner of hangar.' The acft collided with the hangar nose first.

## 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") = 1987
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('0191202'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=0191202&year=1987

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