# NTSB investigations: Cessna 340A, 2006

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 ATL07FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07FA029.md): Cessna 340A · Charleston, SC · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 22, 2006 · N808RA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a turn from base to final, resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin. Contributing to the accident was the impairment of the pilot due to the combination of drugs found in his toxicological report.
- [NTSB SEA07LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA002.md): Cessna 340A · Kalispell, MT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 2, 2006 · N1920E · Substantial damage
  > The fracture of the adjusting bellcrank in overstress due to binding in a linkage forward of the bell crank.
- [NTSB DFW06CA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA175.md): Cessna C340A · San Antonio, TX · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 5, 2006 · N2745F · Substantial damage
  > The collapse of the left main landing gear as result of the failure of the gear pivot bolt for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB MIA06FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06FA069.md): Cessna 340A · Melbourne, FL · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 23, 2006 · N37JB · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed to avoid a stall during the final approach to land. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's impairment due to the use of a sedating antihistamine.

## 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") = 2006
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2076405', '2073325'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2076405&year=2006

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