# NTSB investigations, AZ: Abrupt maneuver

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 LAX98LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA132.md): Bellanca BL17-30A · Prescott, AZ · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 6, 1998 · N125SU · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to attain directional control after swerving off the runway and impacting a ditch.
- [NTSB LAX97LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA061.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-600N · Flagstaff, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 21, 1996 · N630N · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inattention to the altitude and inadvertent late entry into an autorotation maneuver below the established minimum test altitude with a helicopter operating at maximum gross weight in a high density altitude environment that led to a subsequent…
- [NTSB LAX87LA313](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA313.md): Piper PA-38-112 · Buckeye, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 22, 1987 · N2483L · Substantial damage
  > A Piper PA-38-112 landed hard on the runway while on a VFR training flight. The certificated flight instructor (CFI) indicated that the student pilot made an abrupt aft yoke (up elevator) application during the landing flare. The aircraft ballooned…
- [NTSB LAX85FA385](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FA385.md): Jonas Humming Bird · Tucson, AZ · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 8, 1985 · N14GJ · Substantial damage
  > The experimental homebuilt acft was designed by the plt and incorporated a lifting body symetrical airfoil shaped fuselage. Pitch control was to be accomplished with a narrow chord canard. Witnesses saw the acft lift off briefly to about 10 ft AGL during the…
- [NTSB LAX83LA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA262.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10 · Yuma, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 5, 1983 · N68043 · No damage
  > During cruise flight the acft experienced a pitch excursion up then down while in autopilot on operation. A cracked strain gage bridge wire was found in the electrical system.
- [NTSB LAX82DA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA193.md): Cessna A188 · Ehrenberg, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · May 25, 1982 · N70454 · Destroyed
  > The pilot stated that as he pulled up at the end of a trim run in order to miss some electric wires the aircraft began to shutter. It then rolled left, right, and back to the left going almost inverted before coming to rest in a cotton field.

## 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" = 'AZ' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT o.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 100)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=100&state=AZ

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