# NTSB investigations, TX: 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 DFW07IA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07IA212.md): Schweizer 269D · Houston, TX · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Sep 30, 2007 · N8374F · Minor damage
  > The fatigue failure during hover of the drive adapter between the engine and lower pulley drive shaft.
- [NTSB DFW06CA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA168.md): Cessna TU206G · Eldorado, TX · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 27, 2006 · N5424X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during an emergency simulation resulting in a hard landing. A contributing factor was the flight instructor's delayed remedial action.
- [NTSB FTW96LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA201.md): Schweizer SGS-233A · Odessa, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 3, 1996 · N7773S · No damage
  > the pilot's failure to obtain the required airspeed resulting in a hard landing. A factor was the lack of thermal lift.
- [NTSB FTW87DRG06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87DRG06.md): William M. Burge Tern · Refugio, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Aug 8, 1987 · N38826 · Substantial damage
  > On August 8, 1987, a burge tern, N38826 impacted a transmission wire and subsequently, the terrain while attempting a forced landing to a field approximately 7 miles west of Refugio, Texas. The homebuilt glider had flown approximately 18 miles northwest of…
- [NTSB FTW87LA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA186.md): Let L-13 · Hempstead, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 2, 1987 · N78AS · Substantial damage
  > Acft landed short of threshold following a low release shortly after t/o. release was low due to tow plane's being unable to climb above 200' AGL due to the glider's spoilers being deployed inadvertently during the t/o. the plt stated that he executed a 270…
- [NTSB FTW87FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87FA090.md): Piper PA-38-112 · Uvalde, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 2, 1987 · N4450E · Substantial damage
  > On 04-02-87, a Piper PA-38-112, N5540E, owned and operated by southwest Texas junior college, impacted the terrain near Uvalde, TX. The flight was conducted for training purposes. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The…
- [NTSB FTW85FA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FA254.md): Robinson R-22 · Dallas, TX · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 13, 1985 · N9075Y · Destroyed
  > The student plt allowed the main rotor blades to drop to a slow speed well below the green arc. The student plt and the instructor plt attempted to do a power recovery from the aborted autorotation maneuver but the eng could not accelerate the main rotor…
- [NTSB FTW83LA340](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA340.md): Cessna 152 · Belton, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 3, 1983 · N48891 · Substantial damage
  > The acft collided with powerlines during a simulated forced landing. The CFI stated that the student was high on approach so he took over to demonstrate a slip. The CFI and student had observed 3 sets of powerlines but failed to see a 4th set of lines.
- [NTSB FTW82FRA24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRA24.md): Blanik L-13 · Katy, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Jul 3, 1982 · N273AS · Substantial damage
  > The pilot rented the glider after a flight check-out was completed and was given an aerial tow to an altitude of approximately 2000 feet. According to the passenger, the pilot became disoriented and lost sight of the airport. Unable to find any lifting…

## 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" = 'TX' 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=TX

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