# NTSB investigations: Cessna 180J, 1997

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 FTW98LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA077.md): Cessna 180J · Fort Worth, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 28, 1997 · N121KS · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's improper planning/decision, by allowing the airplane to get in a situation, where he could not compensate for wind conditions. A related factor was the gusty crosswind.
- [NTSB FTW98LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA020.md): Cessna 180J · Chama, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 16, 1997 · N7527K · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during its landing roll. Encounter with an embankment (dirt bank) was a related factor.
- [NTSB IAD97LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA075.md): Cessna 180J · Lebanon, NH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 14, 1997 · N4992V · Substantial damage
  > The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB SEA97LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA050.md): Cessna 180J · Lopez, WA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 20, 1997 · N42376 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper decision to initiate flight into marginal VFR conditions at night which led to inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and his failure to maintain adequate clearance from terrain. Factors contributing to the accident…

## 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") = 1997
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072622'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2072622&year=1997

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