# NTSB investigations: Douglas DC-6A: Loss of control - on ground/water

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 ANC85FA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85FA118.md): Douglas DC-6A · Egegik, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 7, 1985 · N2878F · Destroyed
  > Airplane accelerated to v 1 and struck through on sandy beach. The nose pitched up and the pilot lost directional control. The airplane struck adjacent bank caught fire. It was totally destroyed.
- [NTSB ANC83LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA048.md): Douglas DC-6A · Nuiqsut, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 25, 1983 · N6587C · Substantial damage
  > The captain reported that the acft moved faster at idle pwr because the cargo had been offloaded. When he checked the brakes halfway down the taxiway he found that the brakes would not slow the acft on glare ice and snow. The flt engineer began reversing the…

## 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 ('3021706')
    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" = 260))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3021706&occurrence=260

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