# NTSB investigations, MN: Main gear collapsed

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 CHI99LA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA265.md): Cessna 310N · Eden Prairie, MN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 31, 1999 · N310DE · Substantial damage
  > maintenance personnel installed washers which were not large enough in diameter to prevent the retraction/extension scissors links from separating from each other.
- [NTSB CHI97LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA219.md): Weatherly 201C · Stephen, MN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 18, 1997 · N9054W · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's exceeding the design stress limits of the aircraft. A factor was the crosswind.
- [NTSB CHI96LA305](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA305.md): Taylorcraft 19 · Shakopee, MN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 18, 1996 · N6630N · Substantial damage
  > failure of the right main landing gear shock strut due to internal corrosion. The restriction to inspection of the strut was a related factor.
- [NTSB CHI88LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA032.md): Cessna 180 · Carlton, MN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 5, 1987 · N2957C · Substantial damage
  > The plt rprtd that the left main gear collapsed as he started to taxi from the ramp area on a smooth grass surface. When the gear collapsed, the left wing dropped to the ground & was substantially dmgd. The plt rprtd the left gear leg had broken off 2 inches…

## 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" = 'MN' 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" = 191)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=191&state=MN

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