# NTSB investigations: Aerostar International S-60A: In flight collision with object

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 IAD02LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02LA005.md): Aerostar SA-60A · Luxor, PA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 20, 2001 · N63069 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate fuel consumption calculations, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, and his subsequent inability to avoid power lines.
- [NTSB FTW98LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA143.md): Aerostar S-60A · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 6, 1997 · N63459 · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain control of the balloon.
- [NTSB FTW96LA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA242.md): Aerostar S-60A · San Angelo, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 9, 1996 · N63286 · Minor damage
  > failure of the pilot to maintain altitude or clearance from a tree, during an approach to land in a field.
- [NTSB MIA88LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA154.md): Aerostar S-60A · Orlando, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 18, 1988 · N6583C · Minor damage
  > The plt stated that the winds started to pick up & he decided to land. During the apch just before touchdown, the gondola struck a tree, causing the occupants to fall against each other, breaking one of the passengers legs.

## 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 ('7486060')
    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" = 220))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7486060&occurrence=220

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