# NTSB investigations: Eclipse EA500

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 CEN21LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA086.md): Eclipse EA 500 · Leadville, CO · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 14, 2020 · N686TM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain proper control of the airplane, which led to an unstabilized approach and a long landing on a runway contaminated with ice and patchy packed snow resulting in a runway excursion.
- [NTSB ERA15LA322](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA322.md): Eclipse EA500 · Danbury, CT · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 21, 2015 · N120EA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point and exceedance of the target touchdown speed, which resulted in a runway overrun.
- [NTSB WPR15LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA184.md): Eclipse EA500 · Sacramento, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 12, 2015 · N508JA · Substantial damage
  > A manufacturing defect that resulted in fatigue failure of the left main landing gear trunnion.
- [NTSB CEN12WA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12WA163.md): Eclipse EA500 · Eelde, Netherlands · Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Jan 27, 2012 · N607LM · No damage
  > On January 27, 2012, at 1325 hours universal coordinated time, an Eclipse Aviation EA-500, N607LM, experienced a loss of altitude during an instrument landing system (ILS) approach to the Groningen Airport (EHGG), Eelde, Netherlands. The flight crew executed…
- [NTSB ANC11LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11LA041.md): Eclipse EA500 · Nome, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 2, 2011 · N168TT · Substantial damage
  > The pilot landed without lowering the landing gear. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to fly the airplane with an inoperative wing flap system.
- [NTSB CEN11RA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11RA295.md): Eclipse EA500 · Saanen, Switzerland · Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Mar 14, 2011 · N177EA · Substantial damage
  > On March 14, 2011, at 1205 UTC, an Eclipse Aircraft Corporation, EA500, U.S. Registration N177EA, collided with a parked vehicle during landing at Saanen Aerodrome, Bern, Switzerland. The pilot and four passengers were not injured. The airplane was…
- [NTSB NYC08FA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA261.md): Eclipse EA500 · West Chester, PA · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 30, 2008 · N333MY · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point, and his excessive airspeed on approach.
- [NTSB CHI08IA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08IA109.md): Eclipse EA500 · Pontiac, MI · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Apr 17, 2008 · N539RM · No damage
  > The inadvertent stalling of the rudder trim actuator motor during flight due to the pilot's unintentional exceedence of the motor's design limit for stalling while accelerating after completing a simulated engine-out maneuver.

## 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 ('3350000'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3350000

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