# NTSB investigations: Pitts SPECIAL S1-S

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 CHI91DEE01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91DEE01.md): Pitts Special S1-S · Dekalb, IL · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Nov 3, 1990 · N983BW · Destroyed
  > The pilot's attempt to perform aerobatic maneuvers at low altitude.
- [NTSB DEN83FTC02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83FTC02.md): Pitts S-15 · Laramie, WY · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Apr 20, 1983 · N6CQ · Destroyed
  > The acft crashed during a ferry flt in VMC wx conditions. While in formation with two other acft N6CQ was observed to pull up to a near vertical climb, reverse course and disappear. Found near the maneuver location, the acft struck the ground in a nearly…

## 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 ('72202Q0', '72202MZ'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=72202Q0

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