# NTSB investigations: Cessna 172B: 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 NYC05CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA072.md): Cessna 172B · Collegeville, PA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 16, 2005 · N7653X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadvertent encounter with a downdraft, which resulted in a collision with trees. A factor related to the accident was the downdraft wind conditions.
- [NTSB ANC01LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA061.md): Cessna 172 · Wasilla, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 31, 2001 · N8054X · Destroyed
  > An undershoot due to the pilot's failure to maintain a proper glide path during a VFR final approach to landing. A factor in the accident was a downdraft.
- [NTSB IAD00LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA080.md): Cessna 172B · Halfmoon, NY · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 2, 2000 · N8019X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight planning, and his continued flight into, and attempted landing during a thunderstorm. A factor was the thunderstorm.
- [NTSB ANC99LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA001.md): Cessna 172 · Russian Mission, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 4, 1998 · N6867X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. Factors associated with the accident are rising terrain, and a downdraft.

## 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 ('2072406')
    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=2072406&occurrence=240

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