# NTSB investigations, 1994, 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 CHI95LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA046.md): Piper PA-44-180 · Dickinson, ND · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 26, 1994 · N2127D · Substantial damage
  > The flight instructor (CFI) misjudged the flare, which resulted in a hard landing. Factors related to the accident were: the adverse weather (icing) condition, structural ice, windshield ice, darkness, and the lack of visual cues for the pilot to land.
- [NTSB CHI94GA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94GA093.md): Cessna 401A · Minot, ND · Accident · 4 fatal · Final report · Feb 24, 1994 · N4071Q · Destroyed
  > Failure of the pilot to maintain proper altitude during a missed approach. Factors related to the accident were: the unfavorable weather and snow covered terrain.

## 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") = 1994
  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=1994

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