# NTSB investigations: Aerostar International S81A

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 CEN12CA511](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA511.md): Aerostar International S81A · Colorado Springs, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 2, 2012 · N5316Q · No damage
  > The pilot's encounter with an unexpected shift of wind direction and velocity, which resulted in a hard landing and passenger injury.
- [NTSB DEN07CA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07CA163.md): Aerostar S81A · Hartsel, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 20, 2007 · N5294D · No damage
  > the pilot's inability to maintain the proper descent rate. A factor contributing to the accident was the unfavorable wind conditions.
- [NTSB CHI07LA317](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA317.md): Aerostar International S81A · Custer, SD · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 17, 2007 · N5069B · No damage
  > The high wind during landing. Contributing to the accident was the encounter with adverse weather during the flight.
- [NTSB CHI03LA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA224.md): Aerostar S81A · Highland, MI · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 23, 2003 · N11BQ · No damage
  > Failure of the pilot to maintain a proper descent rate. Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the trees, the reported high winds and gusts, the trees, the power lines and the house.
- [NTSB FTW02LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA013.md): Aerostar International S81A · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 10, 2001 · N52760 · Minor damage
  > the selection of an unsuitable landing area by the pilot. A contributing factor was the high wind during the landing.
- [NTSB CHI00LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA295.md): Aerostar S-81A · Custer, SD · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 12, 2000 · N9174Z · Minor damage
  > The ground crew's failure to maintain control of the balloon until all passengers were disembarked. A factor related to the accident was the gust of wind.
- [NTSB CHI95LA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA262.md): Aerostar S-81-A · Custer, SD · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 8, 1995 · N9174Z · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's inadequate evaluation of the weather conditions.

## 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 ('7487907'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7487907

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