# NTSB investigations, LA: On ground/water encounter with terrain/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. ## Latest cases - [NTSB DFW08CA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA009.md): Air Tractor AT-602 · Columbia, LA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 11, 2007 · N8521L · Substantial damage > The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area. Contributing factors were the tall vegetation on the sides of the airstrip and the short and confined landing area. - [NTSB FTW93IA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93IA250.md): Cessna A185F · Pilottown, LA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Sep 2, 1993 · N6279E · No damage > The pilot in command becoming physically incapacitated (heart attack). - [NTSB FTW93LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93LA162.md): Cessna A185F · Timbalier Isle, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 22, 1993 · N3588 · Substantial damage > Pilot's inadequate preflight planning and preparation in the selection of his takeoff route. A factor was the sand bar - [NTSB FTW91LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA076.md): Grumman G-164 · Pioneer, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 3, 1991 · N7361 · Substantial damage > The pilot's use of a runway unsuitable due to recent rains. - [NTSB FTW87LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA084.md): Piper PA-32-300 · Many, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 28, 1987 · N2946Y · Substantial damage > Acft received substantial damage when it ran off the end of a 3,300' pvt airstrip into a lake during an attempted go around. The winds were calm. The plt reported that he landed long and fast over trees at the threshold and delayed initiating a go around… - [NTSB FTW84LA334](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA334.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Woodworth, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 2, 1984 · N8304D · Substantial damage > The plt approached an unfamiliar area at less than 500 ft AGL and landed on an abandoned drag race strip about 3 miles from the dest airp. Directional control was lost very shortly after touchdown when the acft collided with dirt piles on the surface of the… - [NTSB FTW83LA402](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA402.md): Grumman G-164B · North Lacassine, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 27, 1983 · N6714K · Substantial damage > The plt reported that during the landing, the left wing struck tall grass at the side of the strip & the acft swerved to the left. He tried to correct the situation by applying right braking action, but his braking was ineffective on wet grass. Subsequently,… - [NTSB FTW83LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA220.md): Grumman G-164A · Bastrop, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 11, 1983 · N6743Q · Substantial damage > After arriving, the plt made a pass over the turf strip to inspect it before landing. He elected to land; however, during the landing roll-out, he saw a ditch running laterally across the strip, but by then, he was unable to avoid it. Subequently, the acft… - [NTSB FTW83LA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA190.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Breaux Bridge, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 17, 1983 · N3572Z · Substantial damage > According to the pilot he was attempting to takeoff at night from an unlit turf strip. Just before the attempted takeoff, two sets of vehicle headlights were directed down both sides of the rnwy to help the pilot in the takeoff. On both sides of the rnwy,… - [NTSB FTW82DA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA354.md): Grumman G-164A · Columbia, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 25, 1982 · N8390 · Substantial damage > During takeoff, the left wing of the aircraft contacted the cotton that was growing on the left side of the runway. The pilot reported that he could not lift the wing out of the cotton. When he reduced the power, the aircraft turned left and slid sideways.… - [NTSB FTW82DA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA175.md): Piper PA-32RT-300 · Pineville, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 13, 1982 · N36546 · Substantial damage > During taxi to the runway for takeoff, the right main gear dropped into an unmarked hole on the right edge of the taxiway resulting in substantial damage to the aircraft. ## 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" = 320) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=320&state=LA --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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