# NTSB investigations: Smith Miniplane DSA-1: In flight collision with terrain/water

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 LAX91LA348](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA348.md): Experimental DSA-1 · Kingman, AZ · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 4, 1991 · N4077K · Substantial damage
  > The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain the proper altitude to ensure terrain clearance while conducting low level aerobatic maneuvers, resulting in an in flight collision with terrain.
- [NTSB LAX82FVG20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FVG20.md): Smith Miniplane DSA-1 · Chicago Park, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Apr 18, 1982 · N103L · Destroyed
  > The aircraft crashed while the pilot was performing aerobatic maneuvers at low altitude. The impact occurred just below the top of a ridge at the edge of a valley as the pilot was completing a loop. He was performing the loop perpendicular to the ridge, and…

## 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" = 230))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=83501K9&occurrence=230

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