# NTSB investigations, AZ: Nose 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 LAX06CA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA020.md): Piper PA-44-180 · Prescott, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 27, 2005 · N8154H · Substantial damage
  > The nose landing gear collapsing during the landing roll for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB LAX98LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA088.md): Cessna 182P · Payson, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 10, 1998 · N52748 · Substantial damage
  > The collapse of the nose landing gear for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB LAX96LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA055.md): Schafer Lancair 360 · Mesa, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 26, 1995 · N56DS · Substantial damage
  > failure of the nose gear strut, during landing.
- [NTSB LAX86LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA166.md): Piper PA-23-250 · Mesa, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 8, 1986 · N3872E · Substantial damage
  > The pilot lost control of the aircraft which traveled off the runway following a nose gear collapse during landing. Examination of the aircraft revealed evidence of side loading.
- [NTSB LAX84LA490](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA490.md): Cessna 411 · Dolan Springs, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 22, 1984 · N323BE · Substantial damage
  > After lndg, the plt was taxiing back up the rwy to a parking area when the nose wheel 'fell into' a sand filled depression in the surface, collapsing the nose gear. County maintenance personnel had graded the rwy surface after heavy rains but no compaction…
- [NTSB LAX84LA408](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA408.md): Nesmith Cougar 1 · Williams, AZ · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 22, 1984 · N3456 · Substantial damage
  > While en route, the plt elected to land at the Williams muni arpt for a rest stop. He noted that rwy 2/20 was closed; however, he observed what appeared to be a new gravel strip, oriented north/south & an airplane on the arpt. The plt assumed the arpt was…

## 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" = 192)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=192&state=AZ

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