# NTSB investigations: Cessna A185E, CO

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 DEN04LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA071.md): Cessna A185E · Englewood, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 8, 2004 · N185K · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's inadequate preflight planning which failed to verify an adequate fuel supply and his inadequate in-flight planning/decision which resulted in fuel exhaustion. The inadequate indication of his fuel quantity system is a contributing factor.
- [NTSB DEN02LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA041.md): Cessna A185E · Greeley, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 28, 2002 · N4730Q · Substantial damage
  > the inadvertent ground loop during landing roll. A contributing factor was the partial brake system failure.
- [NTSB DEN87LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA150.md): Cessna A185E · Norwood, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 13, 1987 · N5836J · Substantial damage
  > The plt was circling gnd psnl at 300 to 500 ft AGL, banking up to 60 deg, when the eng quit. An eng restart was successful; however, the acft was too low to recover & it collided with a fence. After hitting the fence, the acft crashed to the gnd & was…
- [NTSB DEN84LA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA263.md): Cessna 185 · Akron, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 22, 1984 · N1980U · Substantial damage
  > The aircraft was aprx 200 lbs under max gross weight for the takeoff. According to the pilot all of his previous takeoffs had been at near sea level. He stated that he was not used to high density takeoffs such as this one (7011 feet density altitude). The…
- [NTSB DEN77DTE41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77DTE41.md): Cessna 185E · Keota, CO · Accident · No injuries · Closed · May 8, 1977 · N4596F · Substantial damage

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'CO' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072818'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2072818&state=CO

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