# NTSB investigations: Howard DGA-15P: Loss of control - on ground/water

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 MIA06CA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA099.md): Howard DGA-15P · Merritt Island, FL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 28, 2006 · N95462 · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the pilot to comply with the before landing checklist for his failure to lock the tailwheel.
- [NTSB CHI93LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93LA007.md): Howard DGA-15P · Wichita, KS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 8, 1992 · N67433 · Substantial damage
  > Inadequate preflight planning/preparation by the pilot, the pilot's over confidence in his personal ability, and airplane performance data not followed by the pilot.
- [NTSB LAX84LA398](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA398.md): Howard DGA-15P · Tracy, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 16, 1984 · N5553N · Destroyed
  > During the landing roll, the acft ran off the side of the rwy. The plt stated that he landed with a slight tailwind.
- [NTSB LAX82DA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA116.md): Howard DGA-15P · Livermore, CA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Mar 22, 1982 · N5553N · Substantial damage
  > During landing roll the aircraft swerved to the right. The pilot countered with left aileron, rudder, and brake but the right wing came up, the turn tightened, and the left main gear collapsed.
- [NTSB LAX82DA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA096.md): Howard DGA-15P · Mesa, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Mar 7, 1982 · N67771 · Substantial damage
  > While approaching the destination airport, the owner/pilot asked the instructor pilot to land the aircraft. The instructor reported that he maintained a slightly higher than normal airspeed on final approach to compensate for variable wind conditions. He…

## 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 ('4690506')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 260))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=4690506&occurrence=260

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