# NTSB investigations: Cessna 401, 1986

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 SEA87MA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87MA018.md): Cessna 401 · Henderson, NV · Accident · 2 fatal · Major investigation · Final report · Nov 6, 1986 · N3219Q · Destroyed
  > Approximately 5 1/2 minutes after departure and while the aircraft was climbing enroute, an unknown ignition source triggered an explosion of fuel/air vapor which existed within the interior of the left wing. Wing skin from the upper/lower wing surface was…
- [NTSB DEN86FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86FA099.md): Cessna 401 · Silver City, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 14, 1986 · N9867F · Substantial damage
  > The 2 com rated plts were returning from a part 135 flt at night. The fuel tanks were inadvertently not switched from mains to aux. Fuel starvation occurred when acft was at low altitude. Insufficient altitude remained to restart the engines. Acft impacted…
- [NTSB CHI86LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA085.md): Cessna 401B · Milwaukee, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 9, 1986 · N777CS · Substantial damage
  > While taxiing to park, the left main landing gear collapsed. Investigation revealed that the left hand gear support had torn from the wing rib to which it was bolted. On the FAA malfunction or defect report submitted by the operator, company officials stated…
- [NTSB MIA86FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86FA071.md): Cessna 401 · Parkland, FL · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 4, 1986 · N900PC · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that due to a miscalculation of his fuel supply, his loss of power was a result of fuel exhaustion.
- [NTSB SEA86FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86FA046.md): Cessna 401 · S. Lake Tahoe, CA · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 27, 1986 · N988JM · Destroyed
  > Acft took off in clear wx but below-freezing temps with heavy frost on acft surfaces. No preflight, run-up or warm-up performed. On initial climb, left eng power loss occurred for undet reason, but probably associated with temp/cold eng operation. Plt turned…

## 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") = 1986
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('207590C'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=207590C&year=1986

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