# NTSB investigations: AMS Flight D O O CARAT A

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 ERA25LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA064.md): AMS Flight D O O Carat A · Centralhatchee, GA · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Nov 20, 2024 · N17GF · Substantial damage
  > Maintenance personnel’s failure to comply with the engine manufacturer’s guidance, which resulted in improper valvetrain clearances, unseating of the intake valve keepers, and a total loss of engine power.
- [NTSB WPR16FA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16FA160.md): AMS Flight Carat A · Minden, NV · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 7, 2016 · N11DY · Substantial damage
  > Impact with terrain for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.
- [NTSB DFW08LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA187.md): AMS Flight Carat A · Edgewood, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 16, 2008 · N234CT · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while maneuvering at low altitude resulting in an inadvertent aerodynamic stall and impact with terrain.
- [NTSB LAX05LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA014.md): AMS Flight Carat A · Minden, NV · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 23, 2004 · N418AP · Destroyed
  > the pilot's likely inadvertent entry into instrument meteorological conditions created by the rapidly changing cloud conditions that resulted in his spatial disorientation and exceeding the glider's ultimate design loads while in a spiral dive, which resulted…

## 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 ('05615YH'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=05615YH

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