# NTSB investigations: Cessna 150E: Loss of control - on ground/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 DFW07CA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA097.md): Cessna 150E · Levelland, TX · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 29, 2007 · N2524J · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to compensate for existing wind conditions while landing. A contributing factor was the prevailing crosswind.
- [NTSB LAX00LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA120.md): Cessna 150E · Reedley, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 7, 2000 · N6194T · Substantial damage
  > A loose seat latch which permitted the seat to move aft to a position where the pilot could no longer reach the controls.
- [NTSB CHI98LA333](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA333.md): Cessna 150E · Cadillac, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 5, 1998 · N3031J · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's inadequate evaluation of the wind condition which resulted in landing on the wrong runway. A factor associated with the accident was the tailwind.
- [NTSB SEA94LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA94LA219.md): Cessna 150E · Mcminnville, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 24, 1994 · N4016U · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control, and his inadequate remedial action. Factors include soft terrain in the vicinity of the runway.
- [NTSB SEA87LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA055.md): Cessna 150E · Joseph, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 8, 1987 · N3079J · Substantial damage
  > Plt was on first flight of season. After two hours flying, landing was attempted on dry hard-surface runway in slight tailwind. During roll-out, left drift developed. Use of right brake caused tail of acft to lift. Plt applied both brakes and acft nosed over…
- [NTSB DEN85LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA031.md): Cessna 150E · Wallsburg, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 23, 1984 · N2528J · Substantial damage
  > The acft swerved off the rwy and nosed over after colliding with a dirt bank and a ditch. The plt said that at touchdownon the gravel ranch strip he felt a bump and the acft veered to the edge of the rwy. He added that power was applied forthe go-around but…

## 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 ('2071812')
    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" = 260))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2071812&occurrence=260

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