# NTSB investigations: Cessna A185E, 1983

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 FTW84LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA052.md): Cessna A185E · El Paso, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 12, 1983 · N70083 · Substantial damage
  > The acft groundlooped during landing on an instructional flt. The landing was on rwy 22 and the wind was from 270 degrees at 9 KTS. After touchdown directional control was lost and the acft veered to the right collapsing the left mainlanding gear.
- [NTSB ANC84LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA005.md): Cessna C-185E · Bethel, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 10, 1983 · N64399 · Substantial damage
  > The passenger stated that the plt was attempting to wipe condensation from the windshield when the acft ran into dry land.
- [NTSB ANC83FA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83FA180.md): Cessna 185 · Valdez, AK · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 21, 1983 · N4559F · Substantial damage
  > The plt had tried to fly to silver lake, earlier that morning, but had to abort the mission due to low ceiling & visibility. When he had returned at 1110 adt, the ceiling had improved, but there was still layers of stratus & fog below the main cloud base.…
- [NTSB SEA83LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA177.md): Cessna 185E · Boise, ID · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 14, 1983 · N4772Q · Substantial damage
  > The acft landed in a near maximum velocity crosswind and while braking to control/correct a swerve, the right main landing gear separated from the acft. The landing was on rwy 28R and the wind was from 200 degrees at 10 to 14 KTS on final and 12 KTS when the…
- [NTSB ANC83LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA132.md): Cessna A185E · Tyonek, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 25, 1983 · N4535F · Substantial damage
  > According to the pilot, during takeoff at rotation the floats struck a sandbar. He lost control of the aircraft and it nosed over in the water.
- [NTSB ANC83LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA124.md): Cessna 185 · Sleetmute, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 12, 1983 · N70059 · Substantial damage
  > During an upstream takeoff toward a fish weir, the acft did not attain enough altitude to clear the fish weir and collided with the top of the weir. The acft contacted the water in a nose low attitude and the acft nosed over onto its back.

## 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") = 1983
  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&year=1983

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