# NTSB investigations, 1983, ND: In flight encounter with weather

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 DEN84LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA020.md): Cessna 150M · Hillsboro, ND · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 2, 1983 · N6141K · Destroyed
  > The student plt encountered fog immediately after takeoff at about 150 AGL. The plt looked back & could still see the rwy lights, he then began a descending rt turn to the rwy to land. During this descending turn, the rt wing hit the ground followed by the…
- [NTSB DEN83LA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA213.md): Piper PA-28B-150 · Watford City, ND · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 12, 1983 · N5821W · Substantial damage
  > The acft nose gear collapsed during a precautionary landing due to weather. The plt had been briefed on the weather the evening before the accident. The pilot stated that when the flight was 20 minutes from home he 'thought we could make it.' However, he…
- [NTSB DEN83LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA067.md): Cessna 150M · Emerado, ND · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 27, 1983 · N704HP · Substantial damage
  > The acft made a forced landing due to weather which included icing and low ceilings. According to the plt. The acft would no longer hold level flt due to icing and after the acft broke out at 300-350 ft AGL he landed and the gear collapsed. The plt had…
- [NTSB DEN83LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA054.md): Cessna 207 · Jamestown, ND · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 28, 1983 · N1597U · Substantial damage
  > While en route, the plt encountered freezing rain and climbed to aprx 3500 ft to be on top of all weather. When he throttled back, the engine began surging and would not produce enough power for level flight. The pilot knew that the ground level in that area…

## 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") = 1983
  AND c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'ND' 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" = 240)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=240&state=ND&year=1983

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