# NTSB investigations, SC: In flight collision with terrain/water

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 ATL05FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FA066.md): Cessna T206H · Johns Island, SC · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 27, 2005 · N222YT · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to follow instrument flight procedures and descent below the published minimum descent altitude, which resulted in an in-flight collision with terrain during an instrument approach.
- [NTSB ATL04CA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04CA163.md): Cessna 172 · Inman, SC · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 29, 2004 · N3967F · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the ground while maneuvering for a visual approach to land.
- [NTSB ATL01LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA066.md): Piper PA-22-150 · Pomaria, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 6, 2001 · N6955D · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper operation of the flight controls while attempting a takeoff from an unimproved surface. A factor was rough and uneven terrain.
- [NTSB MIA00FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA056.md): Beech E-90 · Beaufort, SC · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 20, 1999 · N75CF · Destroyed
  > The pilot-in-commands failure to maintain the appropriate altitude (minimum descent altitude) during an area surveillance radar (ASR) approach, resulting in an in-flight collision with swampy terrain. Contributing to the accident was the co-pilot's failure to…
- [NTSB MIA99LA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA227.md): Let Blanik L-13 · Perry, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 17, 1999 · N7529 · Substantial damage
  > an in-flight collision with the ground due to inadequate liftoff airspeed, and the pilot's improper use of flaps, which resulted in too low of an altitude to sustain flight.
- [NTSB ATL98LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA090.md): Mbb Phoebus C · Perry, SC · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 3, 1998 · N2157 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's loss of control during takeoff, leading to an in-flight collision with the ground. A factor was the pilot's lack of recent experience in a high performance glider.
- [NTSB ATL97LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA140.md): Cessna 172N · Greenville, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 25, 1997 · N738SZ · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's improper use of the elevator control and delayed liftoff during takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent porpoise, collision with the runway, and collapse of the nose gear as he aborted the takeoff.
- [NTSB ATL97LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA137.md): John W. Culp KR-2 · Greenwood, SC · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 21, 1997 · N9097E · Destroyed
  > The collision with the ground for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB ATL95LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL95LA093.md): Let L-23 Super Blanik · Spartanburg, SC · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 29, 1995 · N152AT · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadvertent use speed brakes during takeoff.
- [NTSB ATL93LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93LA065.md): Hiller UH12E · Greeleyville, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 25, 1993 · N4029Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's misjudgment of the helicopter's altitude during the landing flare.
- [NTSB ATL93FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93FA028.md): Beech 58 · West Columbia, SC · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 25, 1992 · N9321Q · Destroyed
  > The pilot's continued operation with known deficient equipment, his improper descent, and his failure to perform a missed approach. A factor was the operator's inadequate surveillance of the pilot's procedures and the maintenance of the airplane.
- [NTSB ATL91LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91LA101.md): Schweizer SGS2-33A · Little River, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 28, 1991 · N1181S · Substantial damage
  > That the pilot dragged the right wing tip on final approach when he failed to control the aircraft. Factors to this accident were: a wind shift below the treetops.
- [NTSB ATL91FA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91FA015.md): Piper PA-24-250 · Rock Hill, SC · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 6, 1990 · N7840P · Destroyed
  > The pilot misjudged the aircraft's altitude/clearance above the runway during a low pass and allowed the propeller to contact the runway; he then failed to maintain airspeed after a pull-up and allowed the aircraft to stall.
- [NTSB ATL88LA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA249.md): Hughes 269A · Saluda, SC · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 5, 1988 · N8823F · Substantial damage
  > The instructor pilot reported that they were conducting autorotation training. During an autorotation the crew delayed initiating the power recovery. The helicopters struck the ground causing substantial damage. The pilots did not report experiencing a system…
- [NTSB ATL88FA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88FA230.md): Beech 60 · Pageland, SC · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 16, 1988 · N21TP · Destroyed
  > The airplane was observed to approach the airport from the northwest. As it crossed the northeast end of the runway, it initiated a right turn to cross the runway about the midpoint to a position for a left downwind for landing on runway 5. Its altitude was…
- [NTSB ATL88DMG01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88DMG01.md): Rogers-Gibson 1 · Bennettsville, SC · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Oct 11, 1987 · N111MJ · Destroyed
  > The homebuilt aerobatic airplane impacted flat terrain adjacent to the rwy shortly after takeoff. A pilot/witness who was in the arpt terminal lobby at the time rptd that he briefly observed the airplane pass by the terminal at a low level in a near…
- [NTSB ATL87LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA129.md): Beech 95-B55 · Greenville, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 29, 1987 · N3240Y · Substantial damage
  > The aircraft landed with the landing gear in the up position when the pilot inadvertently failed to extend the gear. He had disarmed the landing gear warning system by pulling the system circuit breaker because it was activating at normal power settings. He…
- [NTSB ATL87LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA131.md): Beech 95-B55 · Greenville, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 27, 1987 · N5824S · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported he forgot to put the ldg gear down. He stated that he was practiciing a short field ldg with the power set at about 15 in. Hg map. He noted that the gear warning system does not function unless the power is at 12 in. Hg map or below. The plt…
- [NTSB ATL87LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA070.md): Swearingen SA-226TC · Florence, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 6, 1987 · N1013G · Substantial damage
  > During the final leg of a domestic scheduled commuter airline flight the aircraft landed with the landing gear in the retracted position. The captain could not recall placing the gear selector handle in the down position and the co-pilot could not remember…
- [NTSB ATL85FA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85FA173.md): Cessna R182 · Seneca, SC · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 27, 1985 · N7161S · Destroyed
  > During flt, the plt was observed to make a low pass over lake keowee near a friend's houseboat. The owner of the houseboat stated that the acft was flying low off his right side when the acft struck the water. Another witness also saw the acft flying at…
- [NTSB ATL85LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA152.md): Cessna 305A · No.Myrtle Bch, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 1, 1985 · N5292G · Destroyed
  > After a banner pickup the plt was instructed by company group and crew to release the banner due to a fouled pickup. The banner was released during a steep climb out altitude. As the banner was released the plt lost directional control of the acft & crashed…
- [NTSB ATL85LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA033.md): Cessna 182RG · Charleston, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 12, 1984 · N4773S · Substantial damage
  > Pilot landed the aircraft with the landing gear in the up position. Examination of the landing gear after the accident revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunction or failure that would have prevented normal gear operation.
- [NTSB ATL84LA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA224.md): Beech 95-B55 · No.Myrtle Beach, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 19, 1984 · N4E · Substantial damage
  > When the plt extended the gear, the landing gear motor circuit breaker (c/b) popped. He reset the c/b & after a cool down period attempted to extend the gear again, but with the same results. The plt was not able to extend the gear fully down & locked with…
- [NTSB ATL84LA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA223.md): Beech 58 E · Sumter, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 19, 1984 · N2851W · Substantial damage
  > After a long work day the pilot forgot to extend his landing gear at his destination airport and landed gear up. The pilot reported he has not slept well on the night before the accident and that his attention was diverted by another acft landing ahead of him.
- [NTSB ATL84LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA120.md): Beech 99 · Myrtle Beach, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 14, 1984 · N7994R · Substantial damage
  > The acft was landed with the landing gear up. The plt said that the sun was shining on the instrument panel and he thought he saw 3 green lights. After the acft stopped on the rwy the red light in the gear handle was on and the warninghorn was sounding. He…
- [NTSB ATL84LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA094.md): Beech F33A · Marion, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 10, 1984 · N34CN · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated he was involved in a discussion with the company president, who was on board, during the landing apch and he failed to use the checklist. The acft was landed gear up. It was later determined the gear up warning horn was inop.
- [NTSB DCA83IA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA83IA016.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50 · Greer, SC · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Feb 7, 1983 · N421EA · Minor damage
  > Acft drifted to the right before a missed apch was initiated during which it made an inadvertent touchdown & struck a rwy light. The plt erroneously used RVR as his landing minimum. Actual RVR was below the published minimum. The sequenceflasher lights were…
- [NTSB ATL83FLG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FLG03.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Cleveland, SC · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Dec 24, 1982 · N9327N · Destroyed
  > The plt stated he was VFR on top of a broken cloud layer & decided to descend through an opening. After descending clear of the clouds he was in a pass with hills on each side & not enough room to turn around. He continued north along the highway hoping the…
- [NTSB ATL83FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FA040.md): Cessna 411 · Aiken, SC · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 20, 1982 · N544JW · Destroyed
  > The plt requested an instrument approach to the arpt & advised approach control (a/c) that he did not have an approach plate for the arpt. A/c cleared the acft for a NDB approach to rwy 24 & read the approach information to the plt. When the plt reported…
- [NTSB ATL83FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FA013.md): Beech B-23 · Lexington, SC · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 20, 1982 · N9143T · Substantial damage
  > The aircraft crashed in a corn field shortly after takeoff. The aircraft was owned by the pilot who was fatally injured in the accident. The weather was VMC and no system malfunction could be found. The aircraft was seen flying at low altitude prior to the…
- [NTSB ATL82DA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA249.md): Beech V35B · Clemson, SC · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 29, 1982 · N15225 · Substantial damage
  > During arrival, the wind was reported to be from 070 degrees at 15 gusting 20 KTS. On final approach with full flaps, the speed was bled off for an intended full-stall landing. The pilot reported that just prior to touchdown, the wind shifted about 90 degrees…

## 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" = 'SC' 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" = 230)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=230&state=SC

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