# NTSB investigations: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER, 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 NYC86FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA006.md): de Havilland DHC-6 · Homer City, PA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 12, 1985 · N3257 · Destroyed
  > The acft was observed flying at low altitude along about a 5 mile distance. Some witnesses described the acft altitude as just above treetops. Witness heard engine sounds and saw lights on the acft. The acft flight was on a southeast direction before it…
- [NTSB CHI85LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA151.md): de Havilland DHC-6-200 · Grand Rapids, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 3, 1985 · N3434 · Substantial damage
  > The 14 CFR 135 pilot with light load of cargo was taking offof 10000 x 150 ft runway pilot said rt engine lost power he reduced power to ld was 50 ft AGL and bounced on second touchdown acft dept runway at 45 angle nose gear broke off in sod wind was 30 off…
- [NTSB ANC85FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85FA054.md): de Havilland DHC-6-300 · Barter Island, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 12, 1985 · N540N · Substantial damage
  > Acft crashed during missed apch to temporary winter landing strip. Acft hit in steep nose down attitude. Marginal wx conditions prevailed, with icing reported.

## 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 ('2802606'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2802606&year=1985

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