# NTSB investigations, 1999: 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 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 ANC99LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA156.md): Stinson 108 · Sparrevohn, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 20, 1999 · N97713 · Destroyed > The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. Factors in the accident were a gusting crosswind, and high vegetation. - [NTSB ANC99LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA131.md): Piper PA-12 · Skwentna, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 31, 1999 · N3824M · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. Factors in the accident were a crosswind, and wind gusts. - [NTSB ANC99LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA113.md): Piper PA-18 · Anchorage, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 14, 1999 · N1386A · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions during takeoff. A factor was a crosswind, and 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 ANC99LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA098.md): Cessna 172 · Sheldon Point, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 29, 1999 · N79169 · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadequate compensation for the gusty crosswind conditions during takeoff. Factors associated with the accident were a crosswind, and wind gusts. - [NTSB SEA99LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA091.md): Cessna 180G · Kalispell, MT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 19, 1999 · N4707U · Substantial damage > An encounter with a crosswind gust, which was not possible to compensate for. - [NTSB ANC99LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA158.md): Piper PA-18 · Ekwok, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 5, 1999 · N1195A · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions. Factors in the accident were a crosswind, and an inadvertent ground loop. - [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 ANC99LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA049.md): Cessna 185E · Haines, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 23, 1999 · N3539F · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadequate compensation for the gusty crosswind conditions. - [NTSB ANC99LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA038.md): Cessna 170B · Mccarthy, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 28, 1999 · N3200A · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to abort the takeoff in a timely manner. Factors associated with the accident were a tailwind, the pilot's inadequate weather evaluation, and the pilot's premature liftoff. - [NTSB ATL99LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA052.md): Piper PA-46-350P · Laurens, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 14, 1999 · N345RP · Substantial damage > The pilot's disregard for current wind conditions and his failure to maintain directional control during landing. Factors were the tailwind and wet runway surface. - [NTSB DEN99LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA050.md): Stinson 108-1 · Santa Rosa, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 8, 1999 · N8470K · Substantial damage > The unfavorable wind gust which inverted the airplane while taxiing. - [NTSB LAX99LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA079.md): Cessna 152 · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 21, 1999 · N96640 · Substantial damage > The CFI's loss of airplane control upon encountering a dust devil due to his improper in-flight decision to land in proximity to the observed adverse weather conditions. - [NTSB IAD99LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99LA027.md): Cessna 421B · Youngstown, OH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 15, 1999 · N882BB · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. A factor was the icy 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") = 1999 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=1999 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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