# NTSB investigations: Douglas C-118A

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 ANC19LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19LA045.md): Douglas C 118A · Buckland, AK · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 1, 2019 · N451CE · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate glidepath during the approach, which resulted in the airplane impacting rocks and dirt at the runway threshold, a separation of the right main landing gear, and a loss of directional control.
- [NTSB ENG14IA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG14IA016.md): Douglas C 118A · Emmonak, AK · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Feb 25, 2014 · N351CE · Minor damage
  > The fatigue failure of the lower wing skin due to aging mechanisms. Contributing to the failure were lower wing skin inspection procedures insufficient to identify the crack.
- [NTSB ANC14CA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA012.md): Douglas DC-6 · Nuiqsut, AK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Nov 25, 2013 · N100CE · Substantial damage
  > A load shift during takeoff, which resulted in substantial damage to the aft bulkhead and associated structures.
- [NTSB MIA87LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA156.md): Douglas DC-6A · Ft.Lauderdale, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 3, 1987 · N43867 · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that they had made a normal landing and on rollout experienced severe vibration from a nose wheel shimmy. The vibration resulted in substantial damage to the horizontal stabilizer spar attach points.
- [NTSB ANC84LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA086.md): Douglas C-118A · Deadhorse, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 9, 1984 · N4206L · Substantial damage
  > The acft struck a non-directional radio beacon tower while on an ILS DME rwy 05 instrument approach to the kuparak oil field airport. Investigation revealed that wx issued to the acft included an indefinate 200 ft sky obscured condition & visibility of 1 1/4…

## 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 ('3021710'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3021710

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