# NTSB investigations, AK: Cargo shift

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 ANC06LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06LA137.md): Aerospatiale SA319B · Port Alsworth, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 24, 2006 · N119PH · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to adequately secure the external load rigging of an airplane that was suspended from the helicopter, which resulted in a load shift during cruise flight, producing an abrupt nose-down attitude, and the severing of the tailrotor drive…
- [NTSB ANC06LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06LA064.md): Robinson R44 · Skwentna, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 30, 2006 · N688JK · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper rigging of the external sling load, which allowed the suspended load/cargo cable to entangle and disable the tail rotor control, resulting in a loss of control during cruise and an in-flight collision with terrain.
- [NTSB ANC91LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC91LA060.md): Hughes 500-D · Togiak, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 22, 1991 · N5314D · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to secure the cargo prior to the flight. Contributing to the accident was the rough, uneven terrain.
- [NTSB ANC85LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LA018.md): Piper PA-22 · Minchumina, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 11, 1984 · N6821B · Substantial damage
  > The acft made a hard landing on a frozen lake during a precautionary landing. The plt said that cargo on board had shifted in flt and he also had a loss of 15 mph in airspeed. Thinking it might be an icing problem, the plt made the unscheduled landing. No ice…

## 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" = 'AK' 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" = 120)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=120&state=AK

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