# NTSB investigations: Cessna A188A: 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 LAX04CA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA222.md): Cessna A188A · Minden, NV · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 2, 2004 · N9961G · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing roll, which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop. A contributing factor was the pilot's lack of experience in the accident airplane.
- [NTSB FTW96LA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA321.md): Cessna 188A · Decatur, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 28, 1996 · N1556M · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain directional control. A factor was the prevailing crosswind.
- [NTSB MKC85LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA079.md): Cessna 188 · Osage City, KS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 29, 1985 · N9959G · Substantial damage
  > The plt was practicing landing at the airport when during the landing roll on the third attempt at landing the acft swerved off the rwy. The acft ground looped after departing the rwy and sustained substantial damage. The plt rptd the brakes grabbed…
- [NTSB LAX83LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA075.md): Cessna 188 · Five Points, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 18, 1983 · N5636J · Substantial damage
  > The pilot lost control of his aircraft during takeoff in a cross wind. The aircraft ground looped collapsed the right main landing gear and nosed over. The agricultural operations were canceled at this provisional strip because of wind and the aircraft was…

## 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 ('2073008')
    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=2073008&occurrence=260

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