# NTSB investigations: Cessna 172P, MA

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 MIA08CA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA045.md): Cessna 172P · Northampton, MA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 26, 2007 · N5425K · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff roll and inadequate supervision by the CFI.
- [NTSB NYC04CA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA102.md): Cessna 172P · Westfield, MA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 9, 2004 · N5425K · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's improper flare and his failure to maintain aircraft control while landing.
- [NTSB NYC00FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00FA058.md): Cessna 172P · Leominster, MA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 22, 1999 · N96273 · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > The student pilot's failure to see and avoid the private pilot's airplane. Factors included the student pilot's non-standard traffic pattern entry, the private pilot's failure to check for other traffic before turning onto final, and the position of the sun…
- [NTSB NYC99LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA086.md): Cessna 172P · Lawrence, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 2, 1999 · N66162 · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's improper flare, and his improper recover from a bounced landing.
- [NTSB NYC98LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA012.md): Cessna 172P · Pittsfield, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 14, 1997 · N62264 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's poor in-flight decision to continue VFR flight in IFR conditions. Factor's in this accident were the pilot's inadequate pre-flight planning, and fog.
- [NTSB BFO93LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA127.md): Cessna 172P · Edgartown, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 18, 1993 · N52858 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot failed to maintain directional control during takeoff. Other related factors were: the tailwind, and the gross weight of the airplane being exceeded.
- [NTSB NYC89LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA198.md): Cessna 172P · Gardner, MA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 18, 1989 · N65105 · Substantial damage
  > The worn throttle arm.
- [NTSB NYC88LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA030.md): Cessna 172 · Norfolk, MA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 4, 1987 · N53461 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot of the Cessna 172 was making her third takeoff, having made two prior takeoffs and landings to a full stop, when she experienced a loss of power. The aircraft ran off the departure end of the runway and was observed to porpoise several times prior…
- [NTSB NYC88LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA012.md): Cessna 172P · Bedford, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 17, 1987 · N97313 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > A Cessna 172, N97313, and a Beech C23, N6718Z, collided in flt as the plts of both acft were arriving to land on rwy 11 at hanscom field. The Cessna plt had planned to land at beverly, MA, but diverted to hansom field due to wx. The Cessna was in a left turn…
- [NTSB NYC87LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA261.md): Cessna 172P · Fitchburg, MA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 20, 1987 · N99151 · Destroyed
  > Drg arrival, the plt was clrd for an ndb-a apch to Fitchburg muni arpt. The NDB was located on the arpt & the arpt elev was 350'. The min dscnt alt (mda) was 1140' MSL. The apch procedure was to go outbnd fm the NDB on a 137 deg bearing, make a procedure…
- [NTSB ATL86MA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86MA114.md): Bell 206L-3 · Holliston, MA · Accident · 4 fatal · Major investigation · Final report · Apr 14, 1986 · N302MC · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > The Cessna 172 and a Bell 206L collided at 2,000 feet over Holliston, MA. Both aircraft were operating under visual flight rules with no flight plan or communications established with air traffic control. According to witnesses, the Bell was traveling in a…

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'MA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072436'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2072436&state=MA

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