# NTSB investigations: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, SD

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 CEN20LA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA215.md): Mitsubishi MU2B · Sioux Falls, SD · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jun 7, 2020 · N44MX · Destroyed
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during takeoff for reasons that could not be determined.
- [NTSB DEN90FA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90FA055.md): Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 · Rapid City, SD · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 9, 1990 · N64MD · Substantial damage
  > Failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed (VMC), which resulted in a loss of aircraft control. A factor related to the accident was: fatigue failure of a coupling shaft in the #1 engine, which resulted in loss of power in that engine.

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'SD' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('5780460'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=5780460&state=SD

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