# NTSB investigations, CA: Gear retraction on ground

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 LAX07LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07LA221.md): Beech 58 · Chino, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 14, 2007 · N141DH · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to ensure the landing gear selector handle was in the extended position prior to departure, which resulted in a premature retraction.
- [NTSB LAX06CA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA268.md): Cessna 414A · Ontario, CA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 29, 2006 · N805PR · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's inadvertent retraction of the landing gear during the landing roll.
- [NTSB LAX96LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA072.md): Cessna P210N · Grass Valley, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 14, 1995 · N4598K · Substantial damage
  > the failure of the pilot to follow the before starting engine checklist and ensure that the landing gear selector was in the down position, and the pilot's decision to takeoff with a known aircraft deficiency.

## 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" = 'CA' 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" = 198)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=198&state=CA

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