# NTSB investigations: Gulfstream American AA-5B, 1988

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 NYC89LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA008.md): American AA-5B · Wrightstown, NJ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 9, 1988 · N666GA · No damage
  > The plt said that the battery ran low while he was attempting to start his acft. He said he hand-propped the eng for several minutes and when he became fatigued, the passenger, who is also a pilot, began to hand prop the eng. When the passenger turned the…
- [NTSB NYC88LA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA242.md): Gulfstream American AA-5B · Roscoe, NY · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 26, 1988 · N4518N · Destroyed
  > The plt said the eng lost power during takeoff past mid-field and he initiated an abort. The acft was unable to stop in the remaining rwy and collided with a dirt embankment past the end of the rwy. The owner of the acft is a student plt and was the passenger…
- [NTSB NYC88LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA135.md): Grumman AA5B · Morristown, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 30, 1988 · N4557Q · Substantial damage
  > A loss of control due to improper technique after a bounced landing. Contributing was the second pilot also attempting to correct the situation.

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1988
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('3970106'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3970106&year=1988

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