# NTSB investigations: Smith AEROSTAR 601, CA

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 LAX05LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA089.md): Smith Aerostar 601 · Murrieta, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 5, 2005 · N23LL · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's misjudgment of distance/altitude on final approach, which resulted in an undershoot of the runway.
- [NTSB LAX85FA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FA169.md): Smith, Ted Aerostar 601 · Sepulveda, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 7, 1985 · N777PL · Destroyed
  > The acft crashed into a residence 2 miles short of the rwy after loss of pwr on the left eng. This eng was feathered, the gear was extended, but the flaps remained up as the acft continued the lndg approach. Post acc investigation revealed no irregularities…
- [NTSB OAK77FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77FA051.md): Aerostar 601 · Little Norway, CA · Accident · 4 fatal · Closed · Aug 26, 1977 · N7481S · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX76IL043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76IL043.md): Aero Star 601 · San Diego, CA · Incident · No injuries · Closed · Dec 27, 1975 · N97Q · Minor damage

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'CA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('8360606'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8360606&state=CA

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