# NTSB investigations, 2007: 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 DFW08CA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA051.md): Cessna 172 · Houston, TX · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 28, 2007 · N1458U · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. A contributing factor was prevailing crosswind.
- [NTSB DCA08IA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA08IA019.md): Embraer 145 · Jamaica, NY · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Dec 17, 2007 · N272SK · Minor damage
  > the failure of the elevator control rods due to exposure to high winds while the aircraft was parked overnight. Contributing to this incident was the failure of the existing airworthiness directive to adequately detect this discrepancy given the known…
- [NTSB DEN08CA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08CA035.md): Bell 222 UT · Casper, WY · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Nov 28, 2007 · N222LF · Substantial damage
  > High winds forcing the helicopter's main rotor blade to strike the helicopter vertical stabilizer and tail boom during engine start, causing substantial damage.
- [NTSB DEN08LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA011.md): North American NA-265-65 · New Century, KS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 15, 2007 · N65BT · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Contributing factors in this accident were the sudden wind shift, from calm to a gusty crosswind, the runway light, and the concrete pad.
- [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 DEN07LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07LA135.md): Cessna T188C · Colby, KS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 20, 2007 · N2870J · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the take-off roll resulting in a ground loop.
- [NTSB MIA07CA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07CA093.md): Piper J5A · Richmond, VA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 6, 2007 · N33180 · Substantial damage
  > The improper positioning of the elevator flight control surface by the pilot-in-command while taxiing with a tailwind, resulting in the airplane nosing over.
- [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.

## 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") = 2007
  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=2007

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