# NTSB investigations, NV: Altitude deviation,uncontrolled

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 LAX96LA318](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA318.md): Cessna 150H · Minden, NV · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 28, 1996 · N788JG · Destroyed
  > the pilot's delayed remedial action when encountering downdrafts while approaching high terrain in high density altitude conditions. The pilot's inadequate supervision of the second pilot was a factor in the accident.
- [NTSB SEA85IA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85IA080.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-14 · Reno, NV · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 27, 1985 · N85AS · No damage
  > After a ground time of 36 minutes during rain/wet snow the aircraft departed Reno. During the climb in below freezing conditions the crew experienced elevator pitch control difficulties which persisted until the descent into seattle. Examination of the…
- [NTSB SEA85LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA059.md): Schweizer SGS-126E · Reno, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 17, 1985 · N33883 · Destroyed
  > Student glider pilot was ridge flying in thermals then lift dropped off. The acft turned downwind, away from rising terrain and the plt made an emergency off arpt landing.
- [NTSB SEA84LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA127.md): Breezy RLU-1A · Jean, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 10, 1984 · N3184 · Substantial damage
  > The acft departed on rwy 20 and turned crosswind at an alt of 200 ft AGL. The plt stated that after turning downwind for a non-standard traffic pattern at an airspeed of 60 to 65 mph the acft began to lose altitude. The acft continued the descent even though…

## 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" = 'NV' 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" = 110)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=110&state=NV

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