# NTSB investigations: Cessna 404, 1985

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 CHI86FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FA036.md): Cessna 404 II · Chicago, IL · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 29, 1985 · N167SA · Substantial damage
  > The tug driver with baggage cart failed to yield to a taxiing acft when crossing an active taxiway. It was dark nite. Acft had position/taxi lites on. Vehicle stop sign to taxi centerline is 70 ft. driver said he stopped at sign. Tug struck rt wg tip, wg…
- [NTSB ATL85LA273](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA273.md): Cessna 404 · Hayesville, NC · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 11, 1985 · N128SP · Destroyed
  > Fisherman heard an aircraft overhead but did not see any sign of it in the night sky. Shortly thereafter they saw a flash and fire on the side of a mountain, then they heard the explosion. The sheriff was called and an investigation revealed a crashed…
- [NTSB ATL85LA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA262.md): Cessna 404 · Huntington, WV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 28, 1985 · N255CS · Substantial damage
  > Several men who were in a building at the airport reported that they could hear the aircraft on the approach and then a loud noise. They could not see the runway or the aircraft due to the fog. They got in the fire and rescue vehicles and had a hard time…
- [NTSB CHI85FA351](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FA351.md): Cessna 404 · South Lyon, MI · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 16, 1985 · N404EX · Destroyed
  > The acft took off and climbed to 5000 ft uneventfully. It then dropped off radar and subsequently impacted the ground in a flat upright attitude. A post-crash fire consumed the majority of the airframe. Eng and prop teardowns indicated no abnormalities and…

## 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") = 1985
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2075901'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2075901&year=1985

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