# NTSB investigations: Cessna 182Q, 1996

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 FTW97FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97FA039.md): Cessna 182Q · Colorado City, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 12, 1996 · N5116N · Destroyed
  > the pilot's encounter with instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his subsequent loss of aircraft control, due to spatial disorientation. Factors relating to the accident were: the clouds, low ceilings, and the pilot's lack of recent instrument…
- [NTSB SEA97LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA017.md): Cessna 182Q · Pocatello, ID · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 18, 1996 · N5117N · Substantial damage
  > inadequate preflight by the pilot, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, due to an inadequate supply of fuel. Soft terrain at the emergency landing site was a related factor.
- [NTSB SEA97LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA007.md): Cessna 182Q · Manzanita, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 8, 1996 · N759RE · Substantial damage
  > failure of pilot to adequately compensate for wind conditions on final approach and attain a proper touchdown point for landing. A factor relating to the accident was: the unfavorable wind condition.
- [NTSB FTW96LA387](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA387.md): Cessna 182Q · Fayetteville, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 12, 1996 · N97685 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point on the runway. Factors were gust and the slick, mowed grass runway.
- [NTSB CHI96LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA221.md): Cessna 182Q · Bad Axe, MI · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 28, 1996 · N4855N · Destroyed
  > a deer that ran onto the runway. The light condition at dusk was a related factor.
- [NTSB FTW96LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA168.md): Cessna 182Q · Silver City, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 10, 1996 · N7559S · Substantial damage
  > the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control. A Factor was the crosswind.
- [NTSB LAX96LA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA136.md): Cessna 182Q · Avalon, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 9, 1996 · N7583S · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing. Factors relating to the accident were: a visual illusion due to rising terrain at the approach end of the runway, and the pilot's misjudgment of distance and speed during the approach to…

## 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") = 1996
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072732'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2072732&year=1996

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