# NTSB investigations: Cessna 180J: In flight collision with object

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 LAX99FA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA199.md): Cessna 180J · Wickenburg, AZ · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 27, 1999 · N2660M · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance from ground obstacles. A factor was the pilot's diverted attention in this accident.
- [NTSB CHI98FA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98FA123.md): Cessna 180J · Ashland, WI · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 15, 1998 · N828CE · Destroyed
  > the pilot failing to maintain separation from the trees. Factors contributing to this accident were the trees and the pilot being too low in altitude.
- [NTSB SEA96LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96LA014.md): Cessna 180J · Stanley, ID · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 6, 1995 · N52095 · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain clearance with obstacles at the end of the takeoff area. His failure to attain sufficient altitude to clear the obstacles was a factor.
- [NTSB CHI95LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA090.md): Cessna 180J · Cotton, MN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 18, 1995 · N52172 · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to gain sufficient clearance over the trees during the aborted landing.
- [NTSB ANC89LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA016.md): Cessna 180 · Meshik Lake, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 11, 1988 · N420SB · Substantial damage
  > The pilot was attempting to takeoff from an unimproved landing area with two hunter-friends. He stated that the aircraft bounced three times, reached an altitude of about four feet, then hit the ten-foot high trees at the departure end of the area and nosed…
- [NTSB ANC89LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA001.md): Cessna 180 · Wasilla, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 2, 1988 · N420SB · Substantial damage
  > Drg arrival to land on a lake at night, the plt began a 180 deg turn from a NE heading at aprx 500' AGL to a final apch on a sw heading. As the acft was in the turn, it began losing altitude rapidly. The plt applied power to stop the descent, but the acft…

## 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" = 220))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2072622&occurrence=220

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