# NTSB investigations: Zivko Aeronautics EDGE 540

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 CEN16WA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16WA226.md): Zivko Aeronautics Edge 540 · Kyviškes, Lithuania · Accident · 1 fatal · Foreign investigation · Jun 16, 2016 · N13VU · Destroyed
- [NTSB CEN10RA579](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10RA579.md): Zivko Aeronautics Edge 540 · Toledo, Spain · Accident · 1 fatal · Foreign investigation · Aug 17, 2010 · N540WC · Destroyed
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- [NTSB CEN09LA427](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA427.md): Zivko Aeronautics Edge 540 · Tarkio, MO · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 10, 2009 · N26HB · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the aerobatic flight.
- [NTSB LAX02FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02FA003.md): Edge 540 · San Juan Capist, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 11, 2001 · N541TW · Destroyed
  > the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate terrain/object altitude clearance while intentionally performing low level aerobatics, which resulted in a loss of aircraft control.
- [NTSB LAX99LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA103.md): Zivko Aeronautics Edge 540 · Livermore, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 19, 1999 · N9ND · Substantial damage
  > The manufacturer's inadequate quality control procedures, which allowed an improperly manufactured crankshaft to be shipped, resulting in the separation of one counterweight from the crankshaft lug and the subsequent catastrophic internal failure of the…

## 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 ('056037G'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=056037G

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