# NTSB investigations: Lancair LC-40-550FG

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 GAA15CA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA033.md): Lancair LC 40 550FG · Middleton, WI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 1, 2015 · N777XX · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind during landing.
- [NTSB CEN14FA437](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA437.md): Lancair LC 40 550FG · Ranger, TX · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 17, 2014 · N6500Z · Destroyed
  > The pilot's loss of airplane control shortly after takeoff as a result of spatial disorientation due to dark night conditions, the pilot's low overall night and instrument flight time, and his lack of recent night flights.
- [NTSB DEN06FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06FA010.md): Lancair LC-40-550FG · Steamboat Spgns, CO · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 23, 2005 · N101HK · Destroyed
  > the pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance from terrain. Contributing factors include the pilot's lack of recent experience, the pilot's improper in-flight planning and decision making, the dark night and the mountainous terrain.
- [NTSB LAX04LA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA266.md): Lancair LC-40-550FG · Show Low, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 25, 2004 · N6505L · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing after encountering a dust devil.

## 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 ('5150000'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=5150000

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