# NTSB investigations: National Ballooning 858

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 CEN12CA393](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA393.md): National Ballooning 858 · Pierce, NE · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 17, 2012 · N9005E · No damage
  > The balloon pilot’s encounter with increased wind during landing, which resulted in a hard landing and a passenger’s injury.
- [NTSB CEN09CA328](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA328.md): National Ballooning 858 · Fremont, NE · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 31, 2009 · N31802 · No damage
  > The passenger’s inability to position herself properly for the normal balloon landing.
- [NTSB DEN03LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA126.md): National Ballooning 858 · Louisville, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 11, 2003 · N9011J · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inability to control the balloon. Contributing factors include the high winds, the attempted remedial action by the pilot, the building, fence, and transmission wires.
- [NTSB DEN87LA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA232.md): National Balloon 858 · Colorado Spring, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 5, 1987 · N32201 · Substantial damage
  > The commercial balloon plt was competing in a balloon race. While landing, with the basket on the ground, the balloon drifted into power lines. A large hole was burned in the envelope, and the basket was damaged. The plt and two passengers jumped from the…

## 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 ('6113320'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=6113320

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