# NTSB investigations: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD: Loss of control - in flight

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 MIA07CA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07CA139.md): Trinidad TB-20 · White Plains, NY · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 2, 2007 · N84GT · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to obtain adequate airspeed for takeoff which resulted in a stall, runway overrun down an embankment, and collision with a fence. A factor in accident was the pilot not utilizing the full length of the runway for takeoff.
- [NTSB DFW07FA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07FA149.md): Socata TB-20 · Groesbeck, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 6, 2007 · N2801W · Destroyed
  > The pilot's loss of control due to spatial disorientation. Contributing factors were the pilot's perceived need to fly to home station and his lack of flight experience in actual instrument meteorological conditions.
- [NTSB MIA05FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05FA024.md): Socata TB 20 · Key West, FL · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 5, 2004 · N1905S · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control as a result of spatial disorientation. A related factor was the dark, night conditions.
- [NTSB FTW03FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03FA003.md): Socata TB-20 · Texarkana, AR · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 3, 2002 · N575RM · Destroyed
  > The inadvertamt stall by the student pilot, and the inadequate supervision by the flight instructor.
- [NTSB MIA96FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96FA035.md): Aerospatiale TB-20 · Meridian, MS · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 6, 1995 · N33AS · Destroyed
  > the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed (VSO) while maneuvering during an ILS approach in instrument flight conditions. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's failure to follow the published approach procedure, his failure to maintain a proper…
- [NTSB LAX89LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA039.md): Aerospatiale TB-20 · Yucca Valley, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 5, 1988 · N94TB · Substantial damage
  > The student plt and the CFI agreed that the acft developed a high sink rate as it passed over the departure end of the dirt rwy. The acft collided with the ground about 3/4 mile from the rwys end. The winds were variable but basically from the south at 15-20…

## 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 ('8680695')
    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" = 250))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8680695&occurrence=250

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