# NTSB investigations: Cessna 340: In flight encounter with weather

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 SEA08LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA021.md): Cessna 340 · Garberville, CA · Accident · 3 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 6, 2007 · N5049Q · Destroyed
  > The pilot's intentional visual flight rules (VFR) flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his failure to maintain clearance from the trees and terrain during climb. Contributing to the accident were the weather conditions of fog and a low…
- [NTSB SEA98FA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98FA105.md): Cessna 340 · Lincoln, MT · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 19, 1998 · N88JH · Destroyed
  > The pilot's improper or inadequate use of the aircraft's weather avoidance equipment, resulting in penetration of a Level 4 thunderstorm and subsequent loss of aircraft control from which the pilot did not recover. Factors included a thunderstorm and the…
- [NTSB FTW94FA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94FA165.md): Cessna 340 · Elko, NV · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 18, 1994 · N5158J · Destroyed
  > The pilot's continued flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his failure to maintain altitude (or clearance) from mountainous terrain. Factors related to the accident were: the adverse weather conditions, high (mountainous/hilly) terrain,…
- [NTSB NYC94FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94FA052.md): Cessna 340 · Westhampton, NY · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 4, 1994 · N512SK · Destroyed
  > The pilot's inadequate inflight decision which resulted in ice accretion on the aircraft, degradation of aircraft performance, an aerodynamic stall, loss of control and inflight collision with the ground. Factors were icing conditions.
- [NTSB CHI90FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90FA056.md): Cessna 340 · Merrill, WI · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 28, 1989 · N69556 · Substantial damage
  > Failure of the pilot to maintain proper alignment with the runway during his landing roll and an inflight encounter with icing conditions.
- [NTSB SEA86LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA060.md): Cessna 340 · Burns, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 19, 1986 · N7774Q · Substantial damage
  > The aircraft encountered airframe icing on a descent for a VOR approach. 1/8 to 1/4 inch of ice was present during landing. The pilot allowed a stall to occur prior to touch down with a hard landing resulting.
- [NTSB ATL85FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85FA079.md): Cessna 340 · Johnson City, TN · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 17, 1985 · N4124Q · Destroyed
  > The acft was IFR at 17000 ft flying thru wx SIGMET area for severe icing when the plt requested a descent due to airframe ice and turbulence. During the descent the plt reported shutting down the right eng. On final apch for an off-arpt landing attempt the…
- [NTSB SEA82DA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA038.md): Cessna 340 · Idaho Falls, ID · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Mar 17, 1982 · N340RA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot reported that during an ILS approach, he broke out at about 500 ft AGL. He stated that he did not properly arrest the sink rate and struck the runway. He also stated that there probably was some ice under the wings that had accumulated during…

## 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 ('2076404')
    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" = 240))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2076404&occurrence=240

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