# NTSB investigations: Britten-Norman BN2A-26 ISLANDER

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 ERA14LA465](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA465.md): Britten-Norman BN-2A · Ceiba, PR · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 28, 2014 · N906GD · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s loss of consciousness during taxi for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.
- [NTSB ANC07CA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07CA049.md): Britten-Norman BN2A26 · Egegik, AK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 18, 2007 · N27MR · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in structural damage during the landing roll when the airplane encountered soft sand.
- [NTSB ANC02LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA012.md): Britten-Norman BN2A-26 · Ouzinkie, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 1, 2002 · N27MR · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for takeoff. Factors associated with the accident are a slush covered runway, and rough/uneven terrain.
- [NTSB ATL97FA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97FA113.md): Pilatus BN-2 Islander · Fajardo, PR · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 7, 1997 · N26JA · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate visual lookout.
- [NTSB DCA97WA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA97WA032.md): Britten-Norman BN2A-26 · Paseo Las Palma, Costa Rica · Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation · Mar 7, 1997 · N851JA · Destroyed
- [NTSB SEA91FA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91FA216.md): Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander · Ketchikan, AK · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 20, 1991 · N68HA · Destroyed
  > The pilot's attempting to operate VFR in instrument meteorological conditions. Factors contributing to the accident were upsloping terrain in the aircraft's flight path as well as weather conditions resulting in an obscuration of the terrain.
- [NTSB NYC90FA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90FA110.md): Britten-Norman BN2A-2F · Blue Bell, PA · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · May 25, 1990 · N416WA · Substantial damage
  > The close proximity of the road to the threshold of the runway. Factors contributing to the accident were the obstruction to the driver's vision caused by trees and buildings.
- [NTSB LAX88FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA065.md): Britten-Norman BN2A-26 · Desert Center, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 31, 1987 · N25MR · Destroyed
  > The plt was hired to ferry an islander from el paso, TX to santa paula, CA. He represented himself to the ferry company as being an experienced islander plt. No previous islander flt time was found in the pilot's logbook. It was the plt's 40th birthday & he…

## 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 ('1520226'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1520226

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