# NTSB investigations: Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C, 1986

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 SEA86FA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86FA231.md): Ercoupe 415C · Prosser, WA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 30, 1986 · N3002H · Destroyed
  > The plt was practicing fly-bys for the next days airshow. The left wing sustained an inflight structural failure. Investigation revealed a progressive crack in the #7 rib emanating from previous damage to the leading edge of the left wing tip. This resulted…
- [NTSB MKC86LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA087.md): Ercoupe 415-C · St. Louis, MO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 12, 1986 · N2578H · Substantial damage
  > The plt reports that a wind squall passed over the arpt as he was landing. He said the acft encountered windshear at about 100 ft AGL on final apch and began to sink. The plt added pwr but could not stop the sink and the acft landed in a plowed field about 20…

## 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") = 1986
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('0420312'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=0420312&year=1986

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