# NTSB investigations: Beech E18S: In flight encounter with weather

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 BFO93FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93FA033.md): Beech E18S · Lemont, PA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 24, 1993 · N47E · Destroyed
  > Improper inflight planning decision by the pilot, and his failure to maintain proper altitude during the approach. Factors related to the accident were darkness, adverse weather conditions, and high terrain.
- [NTSB LAX92MA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92MA184.md): Beech E18S · Mount Haleakala, HI · Accident · 9 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Apr 23, 1992 · N342E · Destroyed
  > The captain's decision to continue visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions that obscured rising mountainous terrain and his failure to properly use available navigational information to remain clear of the island of maui. Contributing to the…
- [NTSB CHI90LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA072.md): Beech E18S · Oak Creek, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 25, 1990 · N48K · Substantial damage
  > Improper planning/decision by the pilot. Factors related to the accident were: the adverse weather conditions, accumulation of structural and/or induction ice, and dark night.
- [NTSB DEN85LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA221.md): Beech E18S · Billings, MT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 16, 1985 · N44N · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that he encountered a 'wind draft' and the acft was struck by lightning. The rt eng mount failed and the rt eng was deflected downward. Plt was unable to maintain alt and executed a forced landing in an open field. Post crash exam of the welded…
- [NTSB CHI83LA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA271.md): Beech E18S · Youngstown, OH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 19, 1983 · N995H · Substantial damage
  > The plt had not obtained a wx briefing, but had gotten info from another company plt who had flown into the destination arpt earlier. During arrival, he could see the rotating beacon & rwy lights thru some fog & elected to make a visual apch. At aprx 75 ft…

## 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 ('1151006', '1151007')
    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" = 240))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1151006&occurrence=240

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