# NTSB investigations: Taylorcraft DC-65, 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 LAX96LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA142.md): Taylorcraft DC-65 · Fremont, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 23, 1996 · N36354 · Substantial damage
  > the in-flight separation of a portion of one wooden propeller blade due to undetected dry rot in the wood fibers.
- [NTSB LAX90LA285](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90LA285.md): Taylorcraft DC-65 · Morgan Hill, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 12, 1990 · N67755 · Substantial damage
  > Fuel exhaustion, due the certified flight instructors improper preflight inspection.
- [NTSB OAK79FVM19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FVM19.md): Taylorcraft DC-65 · San Jose, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Apr 24, 1979 · N67755 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB OAK72DVG66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK72DVG66.md): Taylorcraft L-2 · Dunsmuir, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jun 2, 1972 · N67654 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB OAK70D0141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK70D0141.md): Taylorcraft DC-65 · San Jose, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Oct 13, 1969 · N67755 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB OAK68D0139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK68D0139.md): Taylorcraft L-2 · Castroville, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 10, 1967 · N66713 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB OAK65F0008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK65F0008.md): Cessna 140 · San Jose, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Feb 5, 1965 · N2095N · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
- [NTSB UNK64X2498](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2498.md): Taylorcraft L2 · Redlands, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Jun 26, 1964 · N63389 · Destroyed

## 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 ('8850402'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8850402&state=CA

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