# NTSB investigations, 2003: 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 NYC04LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA046.md): Cessna 172E · Islip, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 13, 2003 · N5329T · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control, which resulted in a nose over. A factor in this accident was the gusty wind conditions.
- [NTSB ANC03CA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03CA110.md): Piper PA-18-180 · Eagle, AK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 7, 2003 · N8597D · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area, and his excessive use of the airplane's brakes during the landing roll, resulting in a nose over. A factor associated with the accident was rough and uneven terrain.
- [NTSB CHI03LA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA275.md): Cessna 170 · Neche, ND · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 21, 2003 · CFGRD · Substantial damage
  > The unsuitable terrain encountered during the precautionary landing. Contributing factors to the accident include the pilot becoming lost/disoriented, his decision to perform a precautionary landing, and the soft terrain encountered during landing.
- [NTSB SEA03LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA171.md): Cessna 185 · Emmett, ID · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 17, 2003 · N185LC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for a quartering tailwind during the initial part of the landing roll, and his failure to adequately decrease his brake applications to compensate for the tailwind conditions. Factors include, variable, gusting…
- [NTSB ANC03CA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03CA077.md): Piper PA-18 · Talkeetna, AK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 12, 2003 · N83272 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area, which resulted in an on ground encounter with soft terrain and subsequent nose over of the airplane. A factor associated with the accident was soft terrain.
- [NTSB CHI03LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA162.md): New Standard D-25 · West Bend, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 13, 2003 · N930V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's excessive braking during landing roll. Contributing factors to this accident were the pilot's lack of experience in the accident airplane.
- [NTSB ANC03LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA058.md): Cessna 140A · Anchorage, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 11, 2003 · N9667A · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's excessive application of the brakes during the landing roll of a short field landing, which resulted in the airplane nosing over.
- [NTSB MIA03CA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03CA113.md): Cessna 120 · Plant City, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 27, 2003 · N76494 · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane resulting in it nosing over during the landing roll.
- [NTSB LAX03LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA146.md): Cessna 170A · Twentynine Palm, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 1, 2003 · N1607D · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate compensation and his failure to maintain aircraft control. The gusty wind condition was a contributing factor.
- [NTSB ANC03LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA046.md): Aviat A1 · Anchorage, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 20, 2003 · N36LE · Substantial damage
  > The flight instructor's excessive application of the brakes during the landing roll, which resulted in the airplane nosing over.
- [NTSB SEA03LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA044.md): Cessna 180 A · Malin, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 2, 2003 · UNREG · Substantial damage
  > Aircraft control not maintained during landing. Soft terrain was a factor.
- [NTSB SEA03LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA039.md): Kesterson Nieuport 11 · Independence, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 13, 2003 · N110DK · Substantial damage
  > Aircraft control not maintained during takeoff. Factors include soft/muddy terrain.
- [NTSB CHI03LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA068.md): Cessna 182F · Estherville, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 11, 2003 · N3455U · Substantial damage
  > The pilot failed to maintain adequate control of the airplane while taxiing in high wind conditions. A factor was the high winds.

## 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") = 2003
  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&year=2003

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