# NTSB investigations, 1986: Missing aircraft

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 NYC87FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87FAMS1.md): Cessna 310 · Hamburg, NY · Accident · 1 fatal · Missing aircraft · Final report · Dec 31, 1986 · N5462J · Destroyed
  > The Cessna 310R departed the airport on a svfr departure. The pilot cancelled his clearance a few minutes later and reported in VFR conditions. The aircraft failed to arrive at its destination. Radar tracking showed the aircraft heading toward lake erie. The…
- [NTSB DEN86FAMS3](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86FAMS3.md): Mooney M20F · Cuba, NM · Accident · 2 fatal · Missing aircraft · Final report · Sep 9, 1986 · N2688W · Destroyed
  > The acft departed a private airstrip in Cuba, NM, for the purpose of viewing real estate property before continuing to taos. State authorities were notified the following day when the plt failed to arrive at work. A search for the acft was conducted until…
- [NTSB ANC86LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LA062.md): Lake LA-4-200 · Lake Clark, AK · Accident · 3 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · May 24, 1986 · N6190V · Destroyed
  > The aircraft crashed in Lake Clark, Alaska, and sank into 170 feet of water. There were no witnesses to the accident; the aircraft was not recovered.
- [NTSB MIA86LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA109.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean) · Accident · 6 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 26, 1986 · N3527E · Destroyed
  > The acft failed to arrive at it's destination on a VFR flight from miami FL, to west end, Bahamas. The acft's last reported position was 10 miles west of west end. There was no further contact with the acft. U.S. Coast guard initiated search on March 26, 1986…
- [NTSB LAX86LAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LAMS1.md): Cessna U206C · Maunaloa, HI · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Mar 21, 1986 · N144FP · Destroyed
  > While on an inter-island cargo flight conducted under 14 CFR 135, the pilot reported to the honolulu ARTCC that the airplane was experiencing a loss of propeller RPM; he did not report that the engine was losing power. The airplane crashed into the pacific…
- [NTSB ANC86FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86FA032.md): Cessna 206 · Anchorage, AK · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 24, 1986 · N8022Z · Destroyed
  > The pilot was using the aircraft to commute on a weekly basis between his residence in Anchorage and to the king salmon area. The pilot received several preflight and inflight weather briefings. During the briefings the flight service station stated that VFR…

## 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") = 1986
  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" = 420)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=420&year=1986

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