# NTSB investigations: Cessna 185: 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 ANC91LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC91LA145.md): Cessna 185 · Talkeetna, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 5, 1991 · N9974X · Substantial damage
  > Was the pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during the takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the downdraft and unfavorable wind.
- [NTSB ANC88LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA141.md): Cessna 185 · Mcclaren River, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 16, 1988 · N73DA · Substantial damage
  > According to the pilot, the landing gear struck either a depression or an object on the riverbed/runway during takeoff roll and veered left. He corrected the deviation and continued taking off. However, when the airplane reached the end of the airstrip, he…
- [NTSB ANC87LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87LA157.md): Cessna 185 · Little Delta Rv, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 17, 1987 · N9914X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that approximately 1000 feet after commencing the take off the airplane climbed to just above tree top level and then began to settle into the trees. The pilot also stated he believes the airplane stalled.

## 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 ('2072802')
    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=2072802&occurrence=250

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