# NTSB investigations: Cessna A185F, WI

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 CEN14LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA036.md): Cessna 182L · Superior, WI · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 2, 2013 · N70520 · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > The failure of the pilot who was flying the trail airplane to maintain separation from the lead airplane. Contributing to the accident was the inadequate pilot training for formation skydiving operations.
- [NTSB CEN09CA477](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA477.md): Cessna A185F · River Falls, WI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 30, 2009 · N989DM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot not checking the security of the fuel caps prior to flight leading to fuel exhaustion and the subsequent non-mechanical loss of engine power during descent.
- [NTSB CHI02TA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02TA149.md): Cessna A185F · Necedah, WI · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jun 1, 2002 · N185NR · Substantial damage
  > Directional control of the airplane not maintained by the pilot. The gusting winds was a contributing factor.
- [NTSB CHI02LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA124.md): Cessna 185F · Cumberland, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 29, 2002 · N8081E · Substantial damage
  > the failure of the pilot to maintain directional control after encountering high winds and gusty winds during taxi from landing.
- [NTSB CHI98FA344](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98FA344.md): Cessna A185F · Phillips, WI · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 4, 1998 · N888KS · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude/clearance with trees. Contributing factors were fog, rain showers, and the trees.
- [NTSB CHI84FA364](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84FA364.md): Cessna A185F · Lake Delton, WI · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 26, 1984 · N61584 · Destroyed
  > The float plane crashed shortly after taking off from Lake Delton while of a sight-seeing flt. The acft was used daily during the tourist season on flts of aprx 15 min long. This was the 8th or 9th flt of the day & was the 4th or 5th flt since refueling. A…
- [NTSB CHI82DA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA253.md): Cessna A185F · Lake Delton, WI · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jul 17, 1982 · N8375Q · Substantial damage
  > The float equipped aircraft was being operated on its first flight of the day. After takeoff, the pilot noted a deterioration of power as he was climbing through about 400 ft AGL. He was unable to restore the power and could not maintain level flight. During…
- [NTSB CHI78DEP33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DEP33.md): Cessna 185 · Clyman, WI · Accident · No injuries · Closed · May 10, 1978 · N7591H · 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" = 'WI' 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 ('2072821', '2070107'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2072821&state=WI

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