# NTSB investigations, LA: Nose over

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 FTW04LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA086.md): Lake LA4-270T · Crowley, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 28, 2004 · N193TM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadvertant water landing with the landing gear extended. Contributing factors were the sunglare and the pilot's failure to verify the position of the flaps and landing gear.
- [NTSB FTW98LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA002.md): Bell 206B · New Iberia, LA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 2, 1997 · N2163Y · Substantial damage
  > improper touchdown by the flight instructor. A related factor was: soft sod in the touchdown/landing area.
- [NTSB FTW92LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92LA090.md): Grumman G-164B · Roanoke, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 16, 1992 · N8363K · Substantial damage
  > The locking of the main landing gear brakes.
- [NTSB FTW85LA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA136.md): Cessna 180 · Houma, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 3, 1985 · N2878K · Substantial damage
  > The plt was attempting to takeoff from a short muddy strip near Houma, LA. He elected to abort the takeoff & applied brakes. The acft then rolled over a dry area on the strip, where braking action became effective & the aircraft nosed over. No mechanical…
- [NTSB FTW84LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA169.md): Cessna 172D · Belle Chasse, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 14, 1984 · N2882U · Substantial damage
  > The acfts nose gear dug into mud during landing rollout. The acft then nosed over.
- [NTSB FTW83LA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA248.md): Piper PA-22-108 · Breaux Bridge, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 25, 1983 · N5208Z · Substantial damage
  > The acft nosed over during landing on a wet soft private grass strip. During landing the nose gear dug in and the acft nosed over. The plt stated that he needed more experience in judging grass strip conditions.
- [NTSB FTW83LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA167.md): Cessna 185F · Int.Coastal Cty, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 27, 1983 · N61826 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that the landing gear was not retracted after takeoff from the airport. When the pilot attempted to land on water the aircraft flipped over and sank. The landing gear are built into the floats and during the retraction cycle the landing gear…
- [NTSB FTW83LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA056.md): Luscombe 8A · New Orleans, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 12, 1982 · N1026K · Substantial damage
  > Pilot used brakes to attempt to straighten aircraft veering in crosswind and aircraft nosed over.
- [NTSB FTW82DA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA176.md): Cessna A185F · Houma, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 13, 1982 · N71DS · Substantial damage
  > The pilot was distracted during his approach for landing and did not utilize the checklist. He landed wheels down in water and the aircraft nosed down.
- [NTSB FTW82DA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA233.md): Cessna 172P · Chandeleur Isla, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 12, 1982 · N52049 · Substantial damage
  > While on a local photo and sight-seeing flight, the pilot elected to land on Chandeleur island. After landing, he prepared to depart, using the recommended soft field technique. During the takeoff, there was a strong crosswind which caused the aircraft to…

## 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" = 'LA' 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" = 300)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=300&state=LA

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