# NTSB investigations: Cessna 180J: Loss of control - in flight

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 ANC07FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07FA102.md): Cessna 180 · Whittier, AK · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 22, 2007 · N46209 · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the pilot's seat to engage, or remain engaged, and the pilot's inadvertent stall/mush during takeoff-initial climb. Contributing to the accident was the failure of maintenance personnel to comply with an FAA AD regarding the pilot's seat rails.
- [NTSB NYC94LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA138.md): Cessna 180 · Waynesburg, OH · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 24, 1994 · N601RF · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in a stall/mush. A factor was a tailwind.
- [NTSB ANC87LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87LA026.md): Cessna 180J · Anchorage, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 24, 1987 · N46362 · Substantial damage
  > After takeoff and during the initial climbout, the pilot lost directional control of the aircraft causing the aircraft to stall. The aircraft struck a row of trees at the departure end of the runway. The plts flt time was not reported or available.
- [NTSB FTW84FA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84FA354.md): Cessna 180J · Lafitte, LA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 20, 1984 · N9786G · Destroyed
  > Witnesses observed the acft approach an oil production platform located in a marshy area near the destination airstrip. They reported that the acft made an abrupt, steep left turn at 200 to 300 ft AGL, followed by what they described as an accelerated stall.…

## 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" = 250))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2072622&occurrence=250

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