# NTSB investigations, UT: Loss of control - on ground/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.

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## Latest cases

- [NTSB LAX07CA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA249.md): Aviat Husky A-1B · Moab, UT · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 15, 2007 · C-GTHY · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control that resulted in a ground loop.
- [NTSB SEA07CA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA222.md): Piper PA-18-150 · St. George, UT · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 30, 2007 · N416SM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and excessive braking during the landing roll.
- [NTSB LAX07CA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA185.md): Cessna 172S · Wendover, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 2, 2007 · N65755 · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
- [NTSB LAX07CA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA169.md): Cessna 172M · St. George, UT · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 12, 2007 · N5285H · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's inadequate compensation for a gusting crosswind and his failure to maintain directional control.
- [NTSB SEA07CA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA115.md): Cessna 180 · Brigham City, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 30, 2007 · N180GW · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Factors include variable winds, and crosswinds, and an abrupt drop-off at the runway shoulder.
- [NTSB SEA07LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA087.md): Burdette RV-3 · Bountiful, UT · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 31, 2007 · N455DB · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Factors include an earthen berm near the point where the aircraft departed the side of the runway.
- [NTSB SEA07IA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07IA058.md): Piper PA-46-500TP · Parowan, UT · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jan 16, 2007 · N747BL · Minor damage
  > The inadequate design of the engine mount, which caused an uncommanded left turn during the landing roll, loss of directional control, and impact with snow-covered terrain.
- [NTSB SEA07LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA023.md): Cessna 180K · Woods Cross, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 25, 2006 · N180BM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll. Factors include a ditch near the side of the runway.
- [NTSB SEA07LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA013.md): Cessna 172S · Richfield, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 31, 2006 · N2097G · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's inability to compensate for the gusty crosswinds during the initial part of the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of control and a noseover. Factors associated with the accident are gusty crosswinds, and a mound/berm of dirt alongside…
- [NTSB SEA06CA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA179.md): Piper PA-32-300 · Kanab, UT · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 11, 2006 · N4202R · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the takeoff roll. Contributing factors were the rough/uneven conditions of the dirt runway, the wind gusts, and the berms and ditches on both sides of the runway.
- [NTSB SEA06CA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA083.md): CubCrafters CC-18-180 · Logan, UT · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 19, 2006 · N4678 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot receiving instruction failed to maintain airplane directional control during the landing roll, and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision. An inadvertent ground loop was a factor.
- [NTSB SEA06TA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06TA028.md): Aerospatiale SA-319B · Escalante, UT · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Dec 14, 2005 · N3194K · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate remedial action when ground resonance was encountered during landing. Contributing factors were the rough/uneven terrain and company inadequate maintenance.
- [NTSB SEA06CA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA020.md): Cessna 195A · Heber City, UT · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Nov 25, 2005 · N1528D · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the right brake, which resulted in a loss of directional control during the landing roll and a nose down.
- [NTSB DEN05CA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA149.md): Cessna 206 · Brigham City, UT · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 28, 2005 · N206FB · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's improper in-flight planning and decision making and failure to maintain aircraft control during the ground roll.. Contributing to the accident was the soft dirt.
- [NTSB DEN04LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA114.md): Cessna 172N · Hurricane, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 31, 2004 · N5426J · Substantial damage
  > the student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing. Contributing factors include the crosswind, the wind gusts, and the exceeded maximum demonstrated crosswind component.
- [NTSB DEN04LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA084.md): Cessna 310J · Morgan, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 5, 2004 · N415SW · Substantial damage
  > the poor friction value on the runway rendering braking action inadequate. Contributing factors include the excessive approach speed, and the pilot's inability to maintain directional control of the aircraft.
- [NTSB DEN03LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA145.md): R. I. Woods Bushby Mustang II · Logan, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 7, 2003 · N74ST · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control, and his inadequate recovery from the bounced landing. A contributing factor was the wind gust.
- [NTSB DEN03LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA141.md): Richardson RV-6 · Provo, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 7, 2003 · N846E · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Contributing factors were the resulting ground loop and the collapsed right main landing gear.
- [NTSB DEN03LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA131.md): Stinson 108-3 · Vernal, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 6, 2003 · N121N · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, and his failure to maintain directional control during landing that resulted in an inadvertent ground loop/swerve.
- [NTSB DEN03LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA106.md): Cessna 180 · Ogden, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 16, 2003 · N9221C · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions and his failure to maintain directional control.
- [NTSB DEN03LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA093.md): Piper PA-28-150 · Price, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 31, 2003 · N5886W · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain directional control and his inadequate compensation for the wind condition. A related factor was the crosswind.
- [NTSB DEN03LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA046.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Richfield, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 7, 2003 · N8205W · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing roll resulting in a ground loop/swerve and subsequent nose over. A contributing factor was the gusty wind conditions.
- [NTSB DEN02LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA094.md): Collette RV6 · Nephi, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 11, 2002 · N835YC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing roll, resulting in his attempt to go-around and an inadvertent stall/mush. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.
- [NTSB DEN02LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA077.md): Cessna 150L · Hurricane, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 19, 2002 · N6383H · Substantial damage
  > pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll, resulting in an inadvertent ground loop.
- [NTSB DEN02LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA022.md): Cessna 175 · St. George, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 20, 2002 · N7693M · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft directional control during take off roll.
- [NTSB DEN02LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA021.md): Cessna 152 · Logan, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 17, 2002 · N68737 · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing roll. Contributing factors were the runway's patchy snow and ice conditions and a snow bank along the side of the runway.
- [NTSB DEN01LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA160.md): Cessna 177RG · St. George, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 8, 2001 · N52043 · Substantial damage
  > brake system failure for reasons undetermined, which resulted in a loss of control on landing.
- [NTSB DEN01LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA123.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Bryce Canyon, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 27, 2001 · N872CC · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. A contributing factor was the crosswind.
- [NTSB DEN01LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA068.md): Piper J3C-65 · Morgan, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 7, 2001 · N42523 · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll which resulted in a collision with a snow bank on the edge of the runway.
- [NTSB DEN01LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA061.md): Cessna 152 · Logan, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 3, 2001 · N152RC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.
- [NTSB DEN01LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA038.md): Aviat A-1A · Eden, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 4, 2001 · N26HV · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during a landing attempt. A contributing factor was his failure to check the snow conditions in the field before the flight.
- [NTSB DEN00LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA154.md): Waco AGC-8 · Ogden, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 16, 2000 · N66206 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft during landing roll. Factors were a tail wind, inadequate weather evaluation by the pilot, and lack of experience in make and model.
- [NTSB DEN00LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA128.md): Cessna 150J · Spanish Fork, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 10, 2000 · N50812 · Destroyed
  > The pilot in command's failure to maintain aircraft directional control.
- [NTSB DEN00LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA111.md): Piper PA-12 · Dutch John, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 14, 2000 · N3846M · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to compensate for wind conditions and control the aircraft while landing in gusting wind conditions.
- [NTSB DEN00LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA098.md): Rosenvall Avid MK IV · Salina, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 25, 2000 · N63827 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing roll. A factor was gusting winds from nearby thunderstorms.
- [NTSB DEN00FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00FA085.md): de Havilland DHC-6-300 · Monument Valley, UT · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · May 5, 2000 · N241SA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control. A factor was wind shear.
- [NTSB DEN00LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA077.md): Beech A36TC · Monument Valley, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 21, 2000 · N305MM · Substantial damage
  > Failure by the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft during landing roll. Factors were a dust devil/whirlwind and the pilot's lack of landing currency.
- [NTSB DEN00LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA014.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Bullfrog, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 2, 1999 · N4285Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft during landing roll. Factors were the pilot's lack of total experience in type of aircraft and the fence.
- [NTSB DEN99LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA153.md): Cessna 180 · Heber City, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 22, 1999 · N1630C · Substantial damage
  > The stripped threads and subsequent separation of the left hydraulic brake line leading to fluid loss and the pilot's inability to maintain directional control.
- [NTSB DEN99LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA039.md): Cessna 172N · West Jordan, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 16, 1999 · N734BE · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft. Factors were his lack of recent flight experience, and his lack of experience in the make and model of aircraft.
- [NTSB FTW98LA370](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA370.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Hurricane, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 22, 1998 · N4760L · Substantial damage
  > The pilot inadvertently inducing a porpoise oscillation, and his failure to maintain directional control. A factor was the excessive landing airspeed.
- [NTSB FTW98LA373](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA373.md): Cessna 182L · St. George, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 16, 1998 · N42631 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane. Factors were excessive airspeed and allowing the airplane to porpoise with subsequent loss of directional control.
- [NTSB FTW98LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA237.md): Cessna 170A · Provo, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 24, 1998 · N9732A · Substantial damage
  > failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane. A related factor was the right quartering tailwind gust.
- [NTSB FTW98LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA180.md): Cessna A152 · Brigham City, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 10, 1998 · N758YT · Substantial damage
  > failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during a touch and go landing. Related factors were: the pilot allowed his attention to be diverted into the cockpit for an excessive amount of time, and the encounter with a ditch.
- [NTSB FTW98LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA120.md): Cessna 210A · Morgan, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 4, 1998 · N9489X · Substantial damage
  > failure of the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve. A related factor was the lack of experience in the make and model of aircraft.
- [NTSB FTW98LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA041.md): Cessna 172P · Tooele, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 1, 1997 · N96575 · Substantial damage
  > failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane, while landing. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's improper flare for landing, his delay in attempting to go around (abort the landing), and the encounter with a runway marker…
- [NTSB SEA97LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA153.md): Cessna TU206G · Halls Crossing, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 27, 1997 · N206BC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for the wind conditions. Factors contributing to the accident were the gusting crosswinds.
- [NTSB SEA97LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA139.md): Cessna 172 · Wendover, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 14, 1997 · N8776B · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Factors include the pilot's improper decision to continue his flight into an area where he had observed thunderstorms, and a thunderstorm outflow which created strong wind gusts that the aircraft…
- [NTSB SEA97LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA127.md): Cessna 182 · Brigham City, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 4, 1997 · N6302A · Destroyed
  > failure of the pilot to maintain proper runway alignment during the landing. The gusty quartering crosswind was a related factor.
- [NTSB SEA97LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA122.md): Noe SA-300 · Bountiful, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 27, 1997 · N1923S · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. Related factors include: an area of standing water on a portion of the runway, and soft terrain just off the edge of the runway.

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## 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" = 'UT' 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" = 260)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=260&state=UT

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