# NTSB investigations, NE

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.

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## Cases, newest first

- [NTSB MKC84LA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA236.md): Piper PA-25-235 · Arapahoe, NE · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 28, 1984 · N8640L · Substantial damage
  > While on a swath run to apply insecticide, the acft collided with electrical transmission lines that were crossing the field. After the initial impact, the acft angled to the left & hit another transmission line, then impacted the ground.
- [NTSB MKC84FA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA229.md): Piper PA 36-375 · Bertrand, NE · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 23, 1984 · N3930E · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > N3930E and N3968E had departed as a flight of two for aerial application. There was no record of preflight briefing or coordination planning. At completion of operations on the object field, N3930E advised N3968E by radio that he was making a final cleanup…
- [NTSB MKC84LA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA224.md): Cessna 150 · Kearney, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 21, 1984 · N3635J · Substantial damage
  > Acft nosed over in a corn fld during a forced landing following a loss of pwr. No fuel was found on board the acft. Plt made one stop en route for fuel but was unable to obtain any services as the arpt was unattended.
- [NTSB MKC84LU006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LU006.md): Rotec Rally 3 · Grand Island, NE · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Jul 17, 1984 · UNREG · Destroyed
  > Before the flt, the instructor saw a thunderstorm approximatetly 20 mi north of the field, moving slowly to the south-southeast. He & the student elected to make a short flt. After taking off, they made a practice forced landing in an open field about 1 mi…
- [NTSB MKC84LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA219.md): Piper PA-25-235 · Chadron, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 16, 1984 · N6765Z · Substantial damage
  > Plt stated that while manuvering to avoid transmission wires on a small incline, his rolling pull-up was excessive, causing airspeed decay and a stall/mush. The empennage failed to clear the power lines during the mush. Acft then collided with terrain.
- [NTSB MKC84FA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA218.md): Eagle DW1 · Kimball, NE · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 16, 1984 · N8815S · Destroyed
  > The acft collided with a microwave tower 158 ft AGL while the plt was making a smoke trail to test the wind. As the plt was seen to look back along his smoke path, the acft collided with the tower. The cables supporting the twr & the twr destroyed the acft…
- [NTSB MKC84LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA214.md): Grumman G-164B · Brule, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 13, 1984 · N6825K · Substantial damage
  > According to the pilot, during the swath run the left wing dropped and the acft flew into the corn field. Density altitude was aprx 5,200 ft.
- [NTSB MKC84LA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA232.md): Piper PA-25-260 · Farnam, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 11, 1984 · N9816P · Substantial damage
  > While the plt was returning to the arpt from an aerial application mission, the eng lost power & he elected to land on a road. During the landing, the acft struck a bridge & was substantially damaged. Investigation did not reveal cause of power loss.
- [NTSB MKC84FU004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FU004.md): Amer. Aerolight Eagle 2 PLC · Millard, NE · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Jul 5, 1984 · UNREG · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that after exchanging the canard elevator & readjusting the spoiler control teleflex cable rod end at the spoiler bellcrank, he took off on a test flt. After about 5 min of flt, the right spoiler failed to retract after it was used during a…
- [NTSB MKC84LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA191.md): Cessna 182N · Beaver City, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 30, 1984 · N92522 · Destroyed
  > The acft was landed on an uncontrolled arpt toward the nnw, & after touchdown, it did not slow down adequetely. According to the plt, he elected to ground loop the acft rather than to continue off the end of the rwy. During the attempted ground loop, the acft…
- [NTSB MKC84IA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84IA184.md): Swearingen SA227-AC · Grand Island, NE · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jun 29, 1984 · N1014P · Minor damage
  > The capt started the rt eng at the gate & the lt eng while taxiing for takeoff. At this time the f/o was briefing the passengers on takeoff & en route procedures. The f/o then initiated the takeoff roll & the acft proceeded to the lt, striking a rwy light.…
- [NTSB MKC84LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA183.md): Cessna 150H · Nebraska City, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 24, 1984 · N22732 · Substantial damage
  > Unable to start the engine with the electrical starter the pilot elected to pull the propeller through by hand. With the magneto switch 'off' and a 2X6 inch board in front of one main landing gear tire the engine started when the propeller was rotated. The…
- [NTSB MKC84FA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA174.md): Beech C35 · Broken Bow, NE · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 17, 1984 · N335W · Destroyed
  > While on an IFR flt at 6000 ft, the plt requested, and was granted a deviation around wx. Later, N335W informed denver ARTCC that they were going to get into some moderate turbulence for a little bit but that it looked like the light at the end of the tunnel.…
- [NTSB MKC84LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA167.md): Cessna 172P · Fremont, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 8, 1984 · N97163 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot selected a downwind rwy for landing. Touchdown was nose gear first, followed by a porpoise and a go-around. On the second approach to the same runway, touchdown was again nose first and the aircraft porpoised twice before landing was completed. The…
- [NTSB MKC84FA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA157.md): Piper J3C-65 · Norfolk, NE · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 3, 1984 · N42497 · Substantial damage
  > Three witnesses stated the acft entered a steep climb after lift-off and continued climbing to an alt of aprx 250 to 350 ft AGL, stalled and spun to the rwy. The acft impacted the rwy 1100 ft from the apch end in a nose low and left wing low attitude.
- [NTSB MKC84LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA159.md): Cessna A188B · Campbell, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 2, 1984 · N70042 · Substantial damage
  > During a forced landing in a milo field, the spray bar caught in the crop, causing the acft to pitch nose down before coming to a stop, damaging the wings and propeller.
- [NTSB MKC84FA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA147.md): Hughes 369D · Kearney, NE · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 27, 1984 · N5102Z · Substantial damage
  > During return to arpt from a local flight, the plt diverted to observe property of a personal friend, located along a river bank. The plt was making a right turn about 200 ft AGL at 40 to 50 KTS airspeed when vibration was felt in the anti-torque pedals & the…
- [NTSB MKC84LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA144.md): Enstrom F-28C · Louisville, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 23, 1984 · N51792 · Substantial damage
  > According to the plt, the helicopter was involved in a ground search with a non-trained pax in the right seat. With the pax flying the acft in a hover the right skid contacted the muddy terrain causing the acft to roll over.
- [NTSB MKC84LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA143.md): Grumman G-164B · Silver Creek, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 23, 1984 · N6677Q · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated he was making an end pass while spraying a pasture & collided with a hilltop on the opposite side of a draw. This occurred while the sun was obstructing his vision.
- [NTSB MKC84LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA142.md): Piper PA-28R-201T · North Platte, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 21, 1984 · N8250H · Substantial damage
  > While in cruise flt the plt noticed a loss of electrical power. A diversion was made to North Platte, NE, where the plt hoped to have the electrical problem fixed. Numerous attempts were made to lower the landing gear but to no avail and a gear up landing…
- [NTSB MKC84LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA132.md): Cessna 175 · Imperial, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 5, 1984 · N7261M · Destroyed
  > While en route, the plt tried to circumnavigate an area of bad wx. He was in & out of rain & finally decided to reverse course. He said he inadvertently flew into a thunderstorm & lost control of the acft due to turbulence. The acft entered a steep dive, &…
- [NTSB MKC84FU003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FU003.md): American Aerolights Eagle XL · Millard, NE · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · May 5, 1984 · UNREG · Substantial damage
  > The plt of the ultralight vehicle was flying as #2 in a flt of 2. The plt of the lead acft stated that they observed rain showers south of Millard & elected to return to the arpt ahead of the precipitation. After arriving, they landed on a 40 ft wide taxiway…
- [NTSB MKC84LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA126.md): Piper PA28-180 · Holdrege, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 18, 1984 · N1961T · Substantial damage
  > The student plt was on a solo x-country flt. His 1st en route stop was at Holdrege, NE. He aborted his 1st attempt to land & made a 2nd apch. In the meantime, the plt of another acft landed & experenced turbulent winds. When the student landed (after the 2nd…
- [NTSB MKC84LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA120.md): Cessna 182 · Panama, NE · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 7, 1984 · N893IT · Substantial damage
  > Shortly after takeoff, the eng lost power & decelerated to idle RPM. The plt attempted to restore power while making a 180 deg turn back to the arpt. During the landing, the acft struck the ground, nose 1st, collapsing the gear. The acft came to rest after…
- [NTSB MKC84LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA104.md): Cessna 182 · Lincoln, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 19, 1984 · N9996H · Substantial damage
  > During landing roll on the runway with crosswind conditions and restricted visibility due to ice on the windshield the acft slid left on the ice and collided with a snow bank, damaging the propeller and the right wing tip.
- [NTSB MKC84LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA105.md): Beech A36TC · North Platte, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 17, 1984 · N222HC · Substantial damage
  > The acft had just departed North Platte airport and retracted the landing gear. The acft door then opened, the pilot elected to land back on the runway and failed to remember to lower the landing gear.
- [NTSB MKC84LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA099.md): Cessna 182J · Minden, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 14, 1984 · N2832F · Substantial damage
  > The plt had returned from dropping skydivers & was landing on rwy 29 at sunset. He reported that during the flare to land, he was temporarily blinded by the sun. The acft landed hard & bounced back into the air. It then settled, veered off the rwy, hit piles…
- [NTSB MKC84FA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA097.md): Teratorn Acft Tierra II · Lexington, NE · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 9, 1984 · UNK · Substantial damage
  > The plt had flown from callaway to Lexington, NE, earlier in the day. After a short visit, he departed on a return flt. A search was initiated when the acft did not return. About 5 hrs after the estimated time of the accident, the acft was found where it had…
- [NTSB MKC84LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA096.md): Cessna 172P · Broken Bow, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 7, 1984 · N52252 · Substantial damage
  > A gust of wind overturned the acft during taxi from landing. The wind was from 330 degrees at 24 KTS gusting to 34 KTS.
- [NTSB MKC84FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA092.md): Piper PA-28-236 · Oconto, NE · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 3, 1984 · N8054E · Destroyed
  > After attending a business conference at muncie, IN, the plt received a wx briefing & took off at 2026 CST on a flt to des moines, IA, where he refueled. In a phone call to his wife at their home in north platte, NE, he indicated the wx was such that he would…
- [NTSB MKC84LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA078.md): Gulfstream American AA5B · Papillion, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 20, 1984 · N28673 · Substantial damage
  > The plt overran during an attempted takeoff on the water covered rwy. The acft failed to attain the proper airspeed for lift off. During the overrun the nose gear sheared off. The plt said the standing water on the turf rwy prevented proper acceleration.
- [NTSB MKC84LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA061.md): Piper J-3 · Battle Creek, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 9, 1984 · N6839H · Substantial damage
  > The acft as taxiing on a hard packed snow covered field when the right main landing gear collapsed. Visual inspection did not show any signs of fatigue. Slight bending and overload separtion of the shock strut tubing was evident.
- [NTSB MKC84IA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84IA053.md): Piper PA-28RT-201T · Trenton, NE · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Dec 31, 1983 · N2082Y · Minor damage
  > During a precautionary landing due to a partial power loss the acft nose gear failed after colliding with a snow bank. The no. 6 cylinder wall was found broken.
- [NTSB MKC84LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA042.md): Piper PA-32-260 · Schuyler, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 20, 1983 · N43302 · Substantial damage
  > While descending toward the planned destination, the eng began running rough & the plt attempted to improve the eng's performance by using carburetor heat. He made a localizer-only apch, but was unable to see the rwy at the min descent alt. A missed apch was…
- [NTSB MKC84LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA032.md): Cessna 152 · David City, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 3, 1983 · N89812 · Substantial damage
  > The instructor plt (CFI) & his student departed on a round robin x-country flt & had planned to make a soft field landing at David City, NE. During arrival at David City, they made a visual check of the rwy because they were unable to contact the arpt UNICOM.…
- [NTSB MKC84LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA028.md): Piper PA-32-301 · Kearney, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 18, 1983 · N8169C · Substantial damage
  > During the landing roll, the plt held the nosewheel off while slowing down, and used right rudder to compensate for a reported x-wind condition. As soon as the nosewheel touched down, the acft veered to the right. It went off the right side of the rwy, the…
- [NTSB MKC84LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA024.md): Aero Commander 100 · Sargent, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 16, 1983 · N3630X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot became dioriented on a flight from hastings, NE enroute to Sargent, NE. He decided to land on a county road west of Sargent. During the landing the acft right wing tip struck a pole and the acft tipped up on its nose.
- [NTSB MKC84LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA022.md): Piper PA-32RT-3 · Millard, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 16, 1983 · N8229A · Substantial damage
  > During arrival from vfr-on-top, the plt was given radar vectors for the NDB apch. The plt stated that he was in the clouds during the apch for only about 5 to 8 min. He reported that aprx 1/2 mi out on final apch, the nose became progressively heavy and the…
- [NTSB MKC84FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA019.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Albion, NE · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 11, 1983 · N2220Y · Destroyed
  > The acft collided with a tv transmitter tower guy wire. Witnesses stated that clouds were obscuring the top of the 1,134 ft tall tower. The acft was about 750 ft AGL when the collision occurred. The tower was not equipped with high intensity obstruction…
- [NTSB MKC84LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA015.md): Cessna T337E · Kimball, NE · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 7, 1983 · N1272M · Substantial damage
  > The acft collided with the ground in a pancake stall mush during a forced landing half a mile from the arpt. The rear engine had stopped in flt and the plt decided on a precautionary landing after restarting the engine. During the final approach to land the…
- [NTSB MKC84FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA016.md): Stinson 108 · Angora, NE · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 6, 1983 · N39468 · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that the eng began running rough, then quit while he was flying over an area of rough terrain. He reported that as he was making a forced landing, the acft came in contact with a washed out ditch, cartwheeled & hit a fence. An exam of the eng…
- [NTSB MKC83LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA202.md): Cessna 188A · Wayne, NE · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 27, 1983 · N4777R · Substantial damage
  > The acft collided with the ground during an aerial application maneuver. The pilots attention was diverted when he was looking for 3 wheel vehicles so he 'wouldn't spray them'. He did not realize that a hill was in his path and could not pull-up soon enough.
- [NTSB MKC83FA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83FA196.md): Bell 47G-3B · Paxton, NE · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 18, 1983 · N73248 · Destroyed
  > The plt stated that after landing on a truck platform, he did not decrease rotor RPM & did not lower collective to flat pitch as he was attempting to recover a piece of paper that had fallen to the floor on the right side of the cockpit. As he released the…
- [NTSB MKC83LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA195.md): Cessna 150L · S. Sioux City, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 17, 1983 · N1911F · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that during a touch-and-go landing on rwy 14 with a southerly wind at 8 KTS, he touched down about 1/4 of the way down the rwy with 20 deg of flaps. The temp was 93 deg & the density altitude was aprx 3800 ft. the plt did not raise the flaps…
- [NTSB MKC83FA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83FA184.md): Cessna 172M · Minden, NE · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 9, 1983 · N30545 · Substantial damage
  > A student plt in left seat made the takeoff using 10 deg flaps. At about 50 ft AGL passing over the departure end of therwy, the PIC noticed the acft was sinking & took the controls. The acft impacted trees as the PIC was avoiding power lines. The flaps were…
- [NTSB MKC83LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA176.md): Piper PA-24-235 · Alliance, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 5, 1983 · N777EE · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that he departed oshrosh for scottsbluff with an estimated 80 gallons of fuel on board the air craft his ete was 4 hours 30 minutes and fuel consumption at 15 gph. Aprx 37 NM short of scotts bluff he noticed the right fuel gauge indicating…
- [NTSB MKC83LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA174.md): Cessna 152 · Sidney, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 1, 1983 · N67585 · Substantial damage
  > The student plt was on a solo x-country flt. As he approached Sidney, NE, he was unable to contact anyone on the radio & continued to the arpt at cruise alt. He descended while circling the arpt. Before reaching traffic pattern alt, he applied power, but the…
- [NTSB MKC83LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA168.md): Beech A100 · Valley, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 1, 1983 · N17CP · Substantial damage
  > While landing at night, the acft touched down hard, then swerved off the left side of the rwy. An exam of the acft revealed that the left landing gear down plate, pn 99810022, had failed. An exam of the plate revealed that it had failed from overload.
- [NTSB MKC83LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA170.md): Monke Rotec Rally 3 · Nickerson, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 31, 1983 · N3231B · Destroyed
  > The acft was a registered, home built, 2 place, ultralight vehicle. The passenger was the plt's friend who was building his own ultralight & wanted to ride along to get a general feeling of how to land this type of acft. The plt reported that the temp was 86…
- [NTSB MKC83LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA169.md): Piper PA-38 · North Platte, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 28, 1983 · N25087 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot had been flying for about 1 hour in the local area and was returning from the practice area at 1100 feet AGL. In preparation for landing he advanced the mixture to full rich and the engine lost power. He tried emerg procedures but the engine did not…

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## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'NE' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

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