# NTSB investigations, 2006: Propeller failure/malfunction

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 SEA07LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA039.md): Averyt Vans RV-4 · Grants Pass, OR · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 29, 2006 · N234RV · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during performance of a go-around, resulting in an inadvertent stall and subsequent in flight collision with the ground. A contributing factor was the in-flight loss of a portion of one propeller blade.
- [NTSB NYC06IA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06IA143.md): Cessna 172S · Lawrence, MA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jun 6, 2006 · N2138W · Minor damage
  > Foreign object damage to the leading edge of the propeller blade, which resulted in fatigue cracking and subsequent blade failure.
- [NTSB NYC06LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06LA097.md): Piper PA-28-140 · Avondale, PA · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 16, 2006 · N15507 · Destroyed
  > Separation of the propeller blade due to fatigue.

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 2006
  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" = 131)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=131&year=2006

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