# NTSB investigations, 1996: 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 LAX96LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA234.md): Burkhart Grob G102 · Mesquite, NV · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 16, 1996 · N154SS · Destroyed
  > improper in-flight planning/decision by the pilot, which resulted in his being forced to land in an area with unsuitable terrain. Factors relating to the accident were: the lack of available (thermal) lift, downdraft(s), and the resultant lack of suitable…
- [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 LAX96LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA135.md): Burkhart Grob G102 · Minden, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 14, 1996 · N851BG · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's misjudgment of distance and altitude from the airport, which resulted in an off-airport forced landing.

## 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") = 1996
  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&year=1996

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