# NTSB investigations: Beech F35: 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 DEN05FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05FA012.md): Beech F35 · Chester, AR · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 21, 2004 · N3889B · Destroyed
  > the pilot's inadequate planning/decision which resulted in VFR flight into IMC, and his failure to maintain terrain clearance. Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to follow the briefing recommendation, fog, mist, and observation.
- [NTSB NYC03FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03FA148.md): Beech F-35 · Middlesboro, KY · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 5, 2003 · N205 · Destroyed
  > The pilot's improper decision to descend into clouds, and his exceeding the maximum speed and design stress limits of the airplane, which resulted in an in-flight breakup and subsequent collision with terrain.
- [NTSB LAX99FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA077.md): Beech F35 · Chino, CA · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 19, 1999 · N3364C · Destroyed
  > The pilot's intentional flight into known instrument meteorological conditions in hilly terrain and his failure to maintain aircraft control due to spatial disorientation. Factors were the pilot's inadequate evaluation of the weather conditions, dark night…
- [NTSB FTW97FA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97FA292.md): Beech F35 · Richards, MO · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 28, 1997 · N3835B · Destroyed
  > The pilot's continued flight into adverse weather and the loss of aircraft control which resulted in the aircraft exceeding its design stress limits. Factors were the pilot's failure to obtain a weather briefing and the adverse weather.

## 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 ('1151514')
    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=1151514&occurrence=240

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