# NTSB investigations, 1998: 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 ANC99LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA006.md): Britten-Norman BN-2A · English Bay, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 16, 1998 · N6522T · Substantial damage
  > The pilot-in-command's inadequate compensation for the crosswind conditions, and failure to maintain adequate clearance from the parked airplane. Factors associated with this accident were the gusty crosswinds, and the congested takeoff area due to no parking…
- [NTSB ANC99LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA004.md): Cessna 180 · Anchorage, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 15, 1998 · N4955A · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions. Factors associated with the accident were a crosswind, and loose gavel.
- [NTSB ANC98LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA076.md): Piper PA-18 · Talkeetna, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 16, 1998 · N4320Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilots misjudgement of the tailwind, and excessive application of brakes during the off airport landing.
- [NTSB FTW98LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA214.md): Stinson 108-1 · Salt Lake City, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 10, 1998 · N8178K · Destroyed
  > The pilot's inadequate compensation for winds while taxing. A factor was gusty, high wind conditions.
- [NTSB FTW98LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA133.md): Cessna 172D · El Paso, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 25, 1998 · N2526U · Substantial damage
  > The pilots improper compensation for the wind conditions and his failure to maintain control of the aircraft. A factor was the high wind condition.
- [NTSB MIA98LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA080.md): Cessna 172H · St. Petersburg, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 19, 1998 · N1430F · Substantial damage
  > a sudden encounter with wind gusts associated with a quickly passing rain shower which resulted in a nose-over, and subsequent collision with the runway.

## 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") = 1998
  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&year=1998

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