# NTSB investigations: Beech B23: Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf

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 FTW00FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00FA080.md): Beech B23 · New Braunfels, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 8, 2000 · N4014T · Substantial damage
  > the seizure of the engine while maneuvering due to the oil pressure relief valve plug ball seat becoming contaminated with metal. Contributing factors were the inadequate engine maintenance, and the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
- [NTSB NYC82DA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA223.md): Beech B23 · West Yarmouth, MA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Sep 11, 1982 · N7674R · Substantial damage
  > About 30 min after takeoff, the engine lost power at about 1000 ft AGL when the pilot added power to climb. He was unable to restart the engine and elected to land along the shoreline. During the approach, the aircraft collided with power lines. Reportedly,…
- [NTSB NYC82DA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA142.md): Beech B23 · North Castle, NY · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Jul 5, 1982 · N9133T · Substantial damage
  > Aircraft was ditched and sank in a reservoir in 20 feet of water after the engine failed in flight. The crankshaft was found to be fractured when aircraft was raised. Oil had sprayed on the windshield. Avco-lycoming part number that failed was 74968 serial…

## 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 ('1151240')
    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" = 351))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1151240&occurrence=351

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