# NTSB investigations: Mcculloch J-2, 1985

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 NYC85LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA154.md): McCulloch J-2 · Cortland, NY · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 23, 1985 · N4328G · Substantial damage
  > According to the pilot, the rotor blade contacted the tail rudders because of insufficient rotor speed. The rotor bladeswere thrown out of track and the gyroplane lost control. The insufficient rotor RPM was due to a rotor or pulley belt stripping.
- [NTSB ATL85LA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA205.md): McCulloch J-2 · Union City, TN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 21, 1985 · N4374G · Substantial damage
  > Pilot with 7900 total hours and four hours in gyoplane was on solo cross country training flight. During takeoff at enroute stop rotor blades struck vertical stabilizer. Pilots instructor said witnesses reported that the gyroplane was rotated abruptly during…

## 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") = 1985
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('5500604'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=5500604&year=1985

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