# NTSB investigations: North American SNJ-5: Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf

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 DEN05LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA143.md): North American SNJ-5 · Torrington, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 19, 2005 · N212TC · Substantial damage
  > failure of the #7 connecting rod, causing engine seizure. A contributing factor was the berm.
- [NTSB LAX94LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA063.md): North American SNJ-5 · Santa Paula, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 3, 1993 · N89014 · Substantial damage
  > was the failure of the needle valve pin assembly in the airplane's carburetor. A factor which contributed to the accident was the lack of suitable terrain for the emergency landing.
- [NTSB CHI89DEX04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89DEX04.md): North American SNJ-5 · Sellersburg, IN · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Jun 2, 1989 · N3665F · Substantial damage
  > The ingestion of a foreign object and subsequent supercharger impeller failure.
- [NTSB NYC82DA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA095.md): North American SNJ-5 · Toughkenamon, PA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 16, 1982 · N3673F · Substantial damage
  > According to the pilot, takeoff and departure were normal, however, shortly after the first power reduction the engine lost power and windmilled to touchdown. The pilot in the rear seat took control of the aircraft and landed in a plowed field. The loss of…

## 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 ('6400418', '6400429')
    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" = 351))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=6400418&occurrence=351

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