# NTSB investigations: Smith AEROSTAR 600, 1987

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 ATL88FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88FA052.md): Piper PA-60-600 · Mansfield, OH · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 4, 1987 · N500TS · Destroyed
  > The pilot departed louisville, KY reportedly with a known oil leak in the right engine and was on the second leg of an on-demand air taxi cargo flight. About 14 minutes after entering Mansfield approach control airspace, the pilot requested and received an…
- [NTSB FTW88LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88LA018.md): Piper PA-60 · Ardmore, OK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 26, 1987 · N742WP · Substantial damage
  > During landing, the aircraft touched down about 15 feet short of the runway causing the rt main gear to collapse. The acft slid approx 800 ft BEF0RE coming to rest on the rwy. Both gear penetrated the upper skin on the wings.
- [NTSB CHI88FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88FA010.md): Smith, Ted Aerostar Aerostar 600 · Oshtemo Townshp, MI · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 23, 1987 · N554AC · Destroyed
  > The aircraft was at cruise altitude (9,000 feet) for approximately 20 minutes when the pilot reported the loss of right engine power. Chicago ARTCC reported the closest airport was kalamazoo, 28 miles west. The aircraft began to descend and at 0330:53 chicago…
- [NTSB MIA87IA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87IA246.md): Piper PA-60 · W.Palm Beach, FL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Sep 16, 1987 · N9784Q · Minor damage
  > The plt stated that on landing after rolling about 1000 ft. the scissors on the right main landing gear strut disconnected causing the wheel assembly to rotate & skid. He then applied heavy left brake to keep the acft straight on the runway, but the main gear…
- [NTSB ATL87DEK01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87DEK01.md): Smith, Ted Aerostar Aerostar 600 · Columbus, OH · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jul 14, 1987 · N127GS · Substantial damage
  > The pilot taxied off an unlighted taxiway into a large drainage ditch while taxiing to a parking ramp. The pilot thought he was on the taxiway but the right landing gear was on a portion of the drainage ditch retaining wall. The rt landing gear collapsed. 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1987
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('8360602'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8360602&year=1987

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