# NTSB investigations: Cessna 172G, 1998

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 SEA99LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA006.md): Cessna 172G · Vancouver, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 23, 1998 · N3765L · Substantial damage
  > Refueling was not preformed which subsequently led to fuel exhaustion. Factors include the student pilot's inadequate preflight planing/preparation.
- [NTSB NYC99FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99FA007.md): Cessna 172G · Bennington, VT · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 12, 1998 · N1330F · Destroyed
  > The pilot's VFR flight into IMC. Contributing factors were the pilot's lack of recent experience, mountainous/hilly terrain, and clouds.
- [NTSB MIA98LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA234.md): Cessna 172G · Leesburg, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 1, 1998 · N5797R · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's decision to leave the engine running with no one at the controls as he exited the aircraft to check for wheel chocks in place. This resulted in the aircraft moving uncontrolled and eventually colliding with a fence.
- [NTSB IAD98LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA096.md): Cessna 172G · Williamson, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 15, 1998 · N1308F · Substantial damage
  > Directional control not maintained by one of the pilot's on board the airplane.
- [NTSB IAD98LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA081.md): Cessna 172G · Dover, DE · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 18, 1998 · N5907R · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point.

## 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") = 1998
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072420'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2072420&year=1998

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