# NTSB investigations: Cessna 180J: Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction

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 SEA89LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA89LA024.md): Cessna 180J · Ketchikan, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 6, 1988 · N46602 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot had planned to taxi the floatplane from one ramp to another for the purpose of obtaining an annual inpn & to dock the plane at better facilities. She found the float rudder pulley to be inoperative. A decision was then made to fly the plane from its…
- [NTSB SEA84LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA004.md): Cessna 180 · Silverdale, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 1, 1983 · N180TC · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated he was demonstrating how not to ground loop an airplane. When speed was built up on the taxiway, he applied brakes & the left brake failed. The left main gear & left wing folded.
- [NTSB LAX82DA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA280.md): Cessna 180J · Ramona, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Jul 28, 1982 · N42916 · Substantial damage
  > The plt was practicing landings on a 15 ft wide remote dirt strip. The right brake failed & the acft veered off the rwy.

## 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 ('2072622')
    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" = 130))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2072622&occurrence=130

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