# NTSB investigations: Stinson 108-3: In flight encounter with weather

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 NYC88LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA010.md): Stinson 108-3 · Henryville, PA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 18, 1987 · N990C · Destroyed
  > On takeoff from a private airport, the flight encountered downdrafts and the left wing dropped. As the pilot attempted to level the wings, he realized that the aircraft was no longer climbing but descending at a rapid rate. The aircraft crashed on rising…
- [NTSB NYC86LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA079.md): Stinson 108 · Lyndonville, VT · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 27, 1986 · N108DT · Substantial damage
  > After the pilot performed a run up and all appeared normal a ground run was commenced. About 700' down the runway trim was set to climb out at about 76IAS. However, the pilot stated that a bad downdraft was encountered. A check of the airspeed was ok. At 200…
- [NTSB SEA84FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84FA111.md): Stinson 108-3 · Portland, OR · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 20, 1984 · N20Q · Destroyed
  > The plt was briefed on the weather along his intended route of flt & VFR flt was not recommended. The acft departed vancouver, WA, and flew to tigard, OR. It was observed to depart tigard at about 1810 PDT. Numerous witnesses reported that at about 1815, they…

## 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 ('9230408')
    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" = 240))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=9230408&occurrence=240

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