# NTSB investigations: Cessna 172E: Nose over

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 NYC04LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA046.md): Cessna 172E · Islip, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 13, 2003 · N5329T · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control, which resulted in a nose over. A factor in this accident was the gusty wind conditions.
- [NTSB CHI96LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA106.md): Cessna 172E · Tofte, MN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 14, 1996 · N3898S · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to perform adequate preflight planning which resulted in landing at a closed airport. The snow covered runway was a factor.
- [NTSB ANC91LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC91LA053.md): Cessna 172 · Cantwell, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 13, 1991 · N3031U · Substantial damage
  > The pilot in command's poor preflight planning/preparation. A factor in the accident was the snow covered runway.
- [NTSB CHI82DA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA038.md): Cessna 172 · Greencastle, IN · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Feb 7, 1982 · N7804U · Substantial damage
  > The student arrived at the airport on a cross-country flight and requested landing advisories on the UNICOM frequency. The student stated that somebody replied that runway 18 was in use. Before landing, the pilot overflew the airport 4 times. Two of these…
- [NTSB MIA82DKJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DKJ03.md): Cessna 172 · Malone, FL · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jan 15, 1982 · N5559T · Substantial damage
  > The pilot elected to land on a runway with 800 feet of hard sod and 2700 feet of soft dirt. The aircraft nosed over when the nose wheel dug into the dirt.

## 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 ('2072412')
    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" = 300))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2072412&occurrence=300

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