# NTSB investigations: Dehavilland TIGER MOTH DH 82A, 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 CHI85FEV02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FEV02.md): de Havilland DH-82A · Elmore, IL · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Aug 17, 1985 · N510AB · Substantial damage
  > While on a x-country flt, the eng lost power & the prop continued to windmill. Subsequently, the acft crashed during an emerg landing. During the crash landing, the plt's shoulder harness failed at the upper attachment point & he received head & back…
- [NTSB MKC85LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA165.md): de Havilland DH 82A · Ames, IA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 14, 1985 · N657DH · Substantial damage
  > The owner had given the plt permission to fly the acft & the plt elected to take a passenger in the front seat. After the accident, the plt stated that he was making a hi speed taxi run on the grass on the right side of the rwy. He reported that the lower…
- [NTSB SEA85LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA128.md): de Havilland DH 82A Tiger Moth · Orland, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 5, 1985 · N99108 · Destroyed
  > The plt reported that during a loop, the eng lost power, then the acft entered an inverted spin. He said that he had gotten out of the inverted spin & was recovering from a regular spin when the acft struck the ground. According to a witness, the plt entered…

## 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 ('2801002'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2801002&year=1985

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