# NTSB investigations: Beech S35: In flight collision with terrain/water

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 DEN05LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA088.md): Beech S35 · Colorado Spring, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 11, 2005 · N2FY · Substantial damage
  > the flight instructor and pilot's improper decision to continue the attempted high altitude takeoff when Vy airspeed was not obtained, and failure to abort the takeoff which resulted in an off-field landing and subsequent impact with terrain. A contributing…
- [NTSB LAX02FA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02FA212.md): Beech S35 · Ojai, CA · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 30, 2002 · N576Q · Destroyed
  > the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning and failure to maintain an adequate terrain clearance altitude within the canyon.
- [NTSB LAX92FA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92FA220.md): Beech S-35 · Avalon, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 27, 1992 · N5874S · Destroyed
  > 1) Improper preflight planning, 2) the pilots selection of the wrong runway for departure which put the aircraft immediately in an area of restricted visibility and fog after liftoff, 3) the pilots intentional flight into instrument conditions, and 4) his…
- [NTSB SEA92LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92LA102.md): Beech S35 · Davenport, WA · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · May 17, 1992 · N9015S · Destroyed
  > Poor in flight planning/decision. Factors to the accident were: mountainous/hilly terrain and terrain clearance was not maintained.
- [NTSB LAX91FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91FA040.md): Beech S-35 · Kingman, AZ · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 20, 1990 · N5748K · Destroyed
  > Proper altitude not maintained. Contributing to the accident was: the lack of supplemental oxygen on board the aircraft, pilot fatigue, improper use of the auto pilot, and pilot complacency.

## 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 ('1151532')
    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" = 230))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1151532&occurrence=230

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