# Final NTSB investigations: Schempp-Hirth DISCUS B

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 CHI06CA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA219.md): Shempp-Hirth Discuss B · Tipton, IN · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 5, 2006 · N888TK · Minor damage
  > The glider pilot's improper in-flight decision to continue searching for thermal lift, instead of landing when the glider was in range of a suitable landing area. Contributing factors to the accident was the lack of thermal lift which resulted in a hard…
- [NTSB LAX06LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA151.md): Schempp-Hirth Discus B · Minden, NV · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 29, 2006 · N13SG · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall. A factor was the loss of thermal lift.
- [NTSB ATL89LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89LA016.md): Schempp-Hirth DISCUS-B · Whitwell, TN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 22, 1988 · N321SB · Substantial damage
  > The plt rprtd that thermal lift deteriorated drg the return leg of a x-country flt & he elected to make an off aprt lndg in a hay field. As he was on final apch on a westerly hdg, he saw a previously undetected power line across the field, which reqd a rapid…
- [NTSB SEA88LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA128.md): Schempp-Hirth Discus B · Minden, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 12, 1988 · N554T · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > Acft were ascending in the same thermal during national soaring competition and collided in flight. N554T sustained loss of the horizontal tail in collision, followed by loss of control in flight. The pilot parachuted safely. N130JB sustained minor damage and…

## 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."completionStatus" = 'Completed'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('38019VN'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=38019VN&status=final

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