# NTSB investigations: Schempp-Hirth K. G NIMBUS II

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 DEN93LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93LA064.md): Schempp-Hirth Nimbus II · Buena Vista, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 30, 1993 · N173 · Substantial damage
  > Failure to follow procedures and directives when operating the flaps.
- [NTSB ATL88LA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA243.md): Schempp-Hirth 2 · Whitwell, TN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 25, 1988 · N795 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot was completing a 130 mile cross country flight. Just prior to touchdown, the left wing collided with a water sprinkler pipe along the edge of the runway. The pilot lost directional control. The grass was taller along the runway edge. The pilot did…
- [NTSB DEN87LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA175.md): Schempp-Hirth Nimbus II · Hobbs, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 8, 1987 · N71JD · Substantial damage
  > The pvt plt was flying in a national soaring contest. The glider was towed to 2000 feet AGL and released. The plt reported making a climbing right turn after release, however he noticed that the control stick was more aft than normal. As the flight…

## 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 ('3801925'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3801925

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