# NTSB investigations, Outside the U.S.: Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical

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 ERA13IA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13IA006.md): Lockheed WP-3D · A1 · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Nov 9, 2007 · N42RF · No damage
  > Extensive salt buildup in the inlets of all four engines, which resulted in compressor stalls and tailpipe fires in three of the four engines.
- [NTSB LAX06FA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA258.md): Piper PA-32-300 · Saipan, Sark · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 11, 2006 · N4509T · Destroyed
  > A loss of engine power during the initial climb due to fuel starvation resulting from the pilot's improper fuel selector valve position selection and his failure to select a tank containing an adequate fuel supply. Contributing to the accident was the high…
- [NTSB ATL99LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA026.md): Beech 65-A90 · La Tortue, Haiti · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 29, 1998 · N171TE · Destroyed
  > Inadequate preflight planning/preparation by the pilot, which resulted in fuel exhaustion due to an inadequate supply of fuel. A factor was the terrain ( water).
- [NTSB LAX97LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA193.md): Cessna 177 · Rota, Sark · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 25, 1997 · N53079 · Destroyed
  > the unauthorized use of automobile gasoline which led to the loss of engine power due to fuel vapor generation.
- [NTSB LAX97FA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97FA086.md): Enstrom F28A · Saipan Island, Sark · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 12, 1997 · N9087 · Destroyed
  > loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, resulting from improper planning/decision; and the pilot's abrupt handling of the flight controls, while maneuvering to avoid swimmers, which resulted in main rotor blade contact with the tail boom. A related…
- [NTSB LAX92LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA051.md): Cessna 172M · Saipan, Sark · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 26, 1991 · N733PB · Destroyed
  > A loss of engine power due to carburetor icing and the failure of the pilot to correctly use carburetor heat.
- [NTSB LAX89LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA129.md): Hughes 269C · Saipan, Sark · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 20, 1989 · N7470F · Substantial damage
  > Failure of maintenance personnel to assure the helicopter was serviced with the proper grade of fuel. A factor realated to the accident was: the lack of a suitable landing area, which resulted in having to ditch the helicopter in the water.
- [NTSB LAX87LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA110.md): Cessna 150L · Ayase, Japan · Accident · 2 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 7, 1987 · N6797G · Substantial damage
  > During an instructional flight, just after take-off the instructor was heard to transmit over the radio 'request emergency landing.' At an altitude of approximately 15O feet AGL the aircraft was observed to pitch up then nosed down in a shallow left turn. The…
- [NTSB DCA86AA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA86AA017.md): Cessna P210N · Keflavik, Iceland · Accident · 2 fatal · Final report · Jan 29, 1986 · N4906K · Destroyed
  > At 1146 gmt, N4906K deptd on a 5 hr flt to narssarssuaq, greenland with an estd 7 hrs of fuel. When the plt rprtd 60 mi sw of greenland, the destn vis was below IFR min & the ceiling at the altn arpt was below the mda. The plt elected to cont to reykjavik,…
- [NTSB NYC85LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA013.md): De Havilland DHC-4 · Sable Island Ns, Canada · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 23, 1984 · N5488R · Destroyed
  > Plt ditched acft in atlantic ocean following a loss of power due to fuel exhaustion. Co-pilot stated they were aware of bad wx along the route but the plt was anxious to get to their destination. Headwinds encountered en route were stronger then expected.…

## 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."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" = 353)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=353&state=OF

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