# NTSB investigations: Smith Miniplane DSA-1: Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction

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 SEA97LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA147.md): Wolf Smith M/P DSA-1 · Bend, OR · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 20, 1997 · N168RW · Destroyed
  > An inflight propeller blade separation, and a subsequent evasive turn to avoid traffic by the pilot at an inadequate airspeed resulting in an accelerated stall. Factors were excessive power output of the installed engine, an aircraft taking off in the…
- [NTSB MKC83LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA007.md): Smith Miniplane Mini · Lexington, MO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 12, 1982 · N28M · Destroyed
  > During taxi for takeoff the pilot smelled fuel fumes in the cockpit and noticed fuel leakage under the fuel tank, located above the pilots leg. The pilot then parked the aircraft and shutdown the engine. A fire started after he deplaned and consumed the…

## 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 ('83501K9', '835010A', '835010D', '835010U', '835010Z', '83501L5', '83501LD', '83501LV', '83501N7', '83501S1', '83501SV', '83501V4', '83501VD', '83501VG', '83501VP', '83501XJ', '83501YM', '83501Z3', '835010P', '835010R', '83501LK', '83501LW', '83501M1', '83501MF', '83501MR', '83501NX', '83501P3', '83501Q4', '83501Q9', '83501QD', '83501QJ', '83501QP', '83501RP', '83501RV', '83501RX', '83501RY', '83501S3', '83501SF', '83501SR', '83501ST', '83501T7', '83501TB', '83501U8', '83501UH', '83501UT', '83501UZ', '83501V9', '83501VJ', '83501VZ', '83501W5', '83501WK', '83501WV', '83501X1', '83501X4', '83501XM', '83501YB', '83501YS', '83501ZA', '83501ZH', '83501ZT')
    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" = 130))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=83501K9&occurrence=130

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