# NTSB investigations: North American AT-6D: 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 LAX99LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA158.md): North American AT-6D · Hollister, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 18, 1999 · N6979C · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind condition, and his failure to maintain directional control during landing.
- [NTSB FTW93LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93LA075.md): North American AT-6D · Fort Worth, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 23, 1993 · N101NZ · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to compensate for the crosswind. A factor was the crosswind.
- [NTSB ATL90LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90LA003.md): North American AT-6D · Albemarle, NC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 2, 1989 · N350HT · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane.
- [NTSB CHI88LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA106.md): North American AT-6D · Eden Prairie, MN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 3, 1988 · N29935 · Substantial damage
  > While on an aircraft familiarization for purpose of check out, the pilot encountered a gusty crosswind on landing and failed to maintain aircraft control. The instructor pilot took over the controls, but was unable to regain directional control, and the…
- [NTSB FTW82DA384](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA384.md): North American AT-6D · Houston, TX · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Sep 19, 1982 · N29944 · Destroyed
  > The aircraft began to drift left during takeoff. The pilot decided to lift off and correct the drift in the air. He corrected with right bank and the wing dragged on the ground the aircraft cartwheeled in the grass adjacent to the runway and came to rest…

## 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 ('6400416')
    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=6400416&occurrence=260

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