# NTSB investigations, AZ: Forced landing

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 SEA08LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA038.md): Hiller UH-12E · Yuma, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 24, 2007 · N104EA · Substantial damage
  > Fatigue fracture of the control rotor blade spar and failure of maintenance personnel to follow maintenance directives.
- [NTSB LAX87LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA104.md): Schweizer SGS 2-33 · Marana, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 31, 1987 · N5727S · Substantial damage
  > During a winch tow, the cable prematurely released the glider at approximately 100 to 150 feet. The glider remained in a nose high attitude momentarily then began a shallow descending right turn. At approximately 75 feet the roll, pitch, and descent rate…
- [NTSB LAX86LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA197.md): Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus · Benson, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 28, 1986 · N5RM · Substantial damage
  > A Schempp-Hirth standard Cirrus glider collided with rocks on landing roll in an open field. The pilot stated he was competing in an air meet. While enroute he lost altitude and was unable to regain it. He selected an open field to land in, but did not see…
- [NTSB LAX86LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA026.md): Grumman American AA-5A · Flagstaff, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 25, 1985 · N26714 · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that while sight-seeing in the vicinity of the grand canyon, he became disoriented and lost. The fuel in the left tank was exhausted and the right fuel tank contained minimum fuel. The pilot negotiated a precautionary landing on the hard…
- [NTSB LAX83LA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA280.md): Let L-13 · Maricopa, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 11, 1983 · N160AS · Substantial damage
  > The sailplane collided with a small tree and groundlooped during a precautionary landing. The pilot stated the acft had encountered a high sink rate while gliding at 5000 ft. a ridge was between the pilot and the intended route. The pilot elected to land…
- [NTSB LAX83IA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83IA257.md): Douglas DC-9-31 · Luke Afb, AZ · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · May 28, 1983 · N943N · No damage
  > While descending through 31,600 ft the master caution & the right 'inlet fuel pressure low' lights illuminated. The fuelquantity transfer circuit breaker was found tripped, & when reset the fuel quantity gauges went to zero. An emergency was declared to…
- [NTSB LAX82DA324](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA324.md): Bell 206B · Colorado City, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 30, 1982 · N2296Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot was demonstrating an autorotation to a company offical. During the flare, when power was applied, the engine did not respond and a hard landing was made. The bendix fuel control was found to be out of limits at certain test points.

## 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" = 180)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=180&state=AZ

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