# NTSB investigations: Cessna 185A: Loss of control - on ground/water

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 LAX95LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA059.md): Cessna 185A · Long Beach, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 22, 1994 · N101LL · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft both during the landing and the attempted rejected landing maneuver.
- [NTSB ANC93LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93LA106.md): Cessna 185 · Victory, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 20, 1993 · N1679Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot selected unsuitable terrain for landing.
- [NTSB ANC91LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC91LA103.md): Cessna 185 · Jago River, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 19, 1991 · N1650Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's loss of directional control of the airplane during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the wet surface of the airstrip, the curve in the airstrip, and the vegetation which covered the entire airstrip.
- [NTSB DEN87LA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA200.md): Cessna 185A · Hillsboro, ND · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 28, 1987 · N1686Z · Substantial damage
  > The pvt plt was receiving dual instruction for the purpose of a checkout in the Cessna 185. The dual student landed the acft on runway 34 with a right crosswind. During the landing roll the acft began to 'weathervane' and the rt wing began to rise. Remedial…
- [NTSB ANC84LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA191.md): Cessna 185 · Mt Plummer, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 21, 1984 · N1688Z · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that while landing in a crosswind, he ground looped the airplane. The acft departed the airstrip surface and rolled off the mountainside backward.

## 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 ('2072804')
    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" = 260))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2072804&occurrence=260

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