# NTSB investigations, 2005: 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 CHI05CA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA244.md): Cessna 414 · Drummond Island, MI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 25, 2005 · N77DN · Substantial damage
  > The right main gear collapsed due to undetermined reasons. A factor associated with the accident was the fence that the airplane contacted.
- [NTSB CHI05LA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA136.md): Cessna 182TR · Wheeling, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 7, 2005 · N4978T · Substantial damage
  > The pilot failed to verify that the landing gear were fully extended and failed to perform the emergency landing gear extention procedures. Factors to the accident included the low hydraulic fluid level, and the weak battery that resulted in a partial…
- [NTSB MIA05LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA108.md): Beech 58 · Gulfport, MS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 24, 2005 · N6654Y · Substantial damage
  > The inadequate maintenance inspection by maintenance personnel which resulted in damaged landing gear pulleys, resulting in the failure of the landing gear downlock to engage, and collapse of the main landing gear during landing.
- [NTSB MIA05LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA062.md): Howard DGA-15 · Daytona Beach, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 22, 2005 · N68431 · Substantial damage
  > Maintenance personnel failure to detect corrosion in the landing gear strut, resulting in the gear collapsing during landing and damage to the airplane.

## 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") = 2005
  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&year=2005

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