# NTSB investigations: Cessna 172R, 2002

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 CHI02LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA295.md): Cessna 172R · Greenwood, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 26, 2002 · N3510A · Substantial damage
  > The CFI's poor inflight planning/decision to allow the airplane to get to too low of an altitude to assure a safe recovery from the simulated forced landing. Factors associated with the accident were the student pilot's delay initiating the go around and the…
- [NTSB IAD02LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02LA050.md): Cessna 172 · Norwood, MA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 10, 2002 · N172EF · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during an aborted landing.
- [NTSB FTW02LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA122.md): Cessna 172R · McKinney, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 13, 2002 · N58AF · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while taxiing from landing.
- [NTSB LAX02LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA115.md): Cessna 172R · Camarillo, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 25, 2002 · N2630U · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control.
- [NTSB NYC02LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA053.md): Cessna 172R · Richmond, VA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 27, 2002 · N9525V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. A factor in the accident was the pilot improper flare.
- [NTSB ATL02FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02FA032.md): Cessna 172R · Tampa, FL · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 5, 2002 · N2371N · Destroyed
  > The pilot's unauthorized use of an aircraft for the purpose of commiting suicide.

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 2002
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072401'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2072401&year=2002

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