# NTSB investigations, CO: On ground/water 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 DEN07IA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07IA144.md): Nunn KR2 · Pueblo, CO · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Aug 24, 2007 · N996P · Minor damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and his inadequate compensation for wind conditions. A contributing factor in this accident was the crosswind.
- [NTSB DEN07IA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07IA069.md): Airbus Industrie A319-111 · Denver, CO · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Feb 16, 2007 · N927FR · Minor damage
  > Fracturing of the aircraft windscreens due to impact with foreign object debris. Contributing to the event was the high, gusty surface winds.
- [NTSB DEN05MA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05MA029.md): Canadair CL-600-2A12 · Montrose, CO · Accident · 3 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Nov 28, 2004 · N873G · Destroyed
  > the flight crew's failure to ensure that the airplane’s wings were free of ice or snow contamination that accumulated while the airplane was on the ground, which resulted in an attempted takeoff with upper wing contamination that induced the subsequent stall…
- [NTSB DEN04LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA135.md): Cessna 180 · Buena Vista, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 6, 2004 · N727DG · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Contributing to the accident was the gusty winds and the dirt devil encountered by the aircraft.
- [NTSB DEN99LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA172.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Telluride, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 30, 1999 · N3799Z · Substantial damage
  > An encounter with a sudden tailwind gust windshift during landing roll, resulting in an inadvertent ground loop.
- [NTSB DEN99LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA135.md): Cessna 172N · Englewood, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 4, 1999 · N733CK · Substantial damage
  > The unforecasted sudden wind change, and the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. A factor was the down sloping terrain next to the runway.
- [NTSB DEN99LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA069.md): Piper J3C-65 · Fort Collins, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 4, 1999 · N6563H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. A factor was the gusty wind conditions.
- [NTSB FTW98LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA003.md): Cessna 172A · Grand Junction, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 3, 1997 · N7692T · Substantial damage
  > Encounter with high gusting winds while standing with the engine running
- [NTSB FTW95LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95LA221.md): Piper PA-18A-180 · Westcliffe, CO · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 27, 1995 · N7808Z · Substantial damage
  > The loss of control due to the encounter with the dust devil.
- [NTSB DEN90LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA049.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Broomfield, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 30, 1990 · N9172Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's encounter with severe turbulence during landing, and his failure to divert to an alternate airport after becoming aware of the wind conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's low level of experience.
- [NTSB DEN88LA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA211.md): Cessna 172Q · Broomfield, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 19, 1988 · N66076 · Destroyed
- [NTSB DEN86LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA133.md): Eagle DW-1 · Walsh, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 10, 1986 · N8812T · Substantial damage
  > The plt reports that he was landing to the south on the turf rwy with calm winds when the accident occurred. He said the landing was normal until the acft slowed to 40 to 50 mph at which time a whirlwind was encountered which lifted the right wing. The left…
- [NTSB DEN86LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA114.md): Aerotek PITTS-S-1S · Loveland, CO · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 11, 1986 · N14RN · Substantial damage
  > According to the plt, the acft encountered a tailwind during the landing roll. The plt said the acft nosed over onto its back when he applied brakes. The plt had indicated his total flt experience in this tail wheel acft to be aprx 4 hrs.
- [NTSB DEN85LA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA243.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Holyoke, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 17, 1985 · N3562G · Substantial damage
  > The plt landed her a/c in a right xwind and was unable to prevent the a/c from veering off the r/w. the a/c struck a wind t and came to rest in a corn field. The plt was not injured.
- [NTSB DEN82DA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA043.md): Cessna 172 · Broomfield, CO · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Mar 12, 1982 · N733DU · Substantial damage
  > After landing the aircraft was taxiing to the ramp when a gust of wind lifted the left wing up and tipped the Cessna over on its back. Wind was gusting over 40 KTS.

## 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" = 'CO' 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" = 330)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=330&state=CO

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