# NTSB investigations, 2019, ME

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 ENG20IA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG20IA005.md): Agusta A109 · Penobscot, ME · Incident · No injuries · Class 3 · Incident · Final report · Nov 16, 2019 · N901EM · Minor damage
  > Fatigue fracture of the main rotor blade tip cap leading edge and subsequent partial separation of the tip cap, resulting in increased vibrations in the main rotor.
- [NTSB ERA19LA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA287.md): Robinson R44 · Sanford, ME · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Sep 28, 2019 · N21EH · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's failure to maintain helicopter control while hover-taxiing in gusting wind conditions.
- [NTSB GAA19CA513](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA513.md): Cessna A185 · Rangeley Lake, ME · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 22, 2019 · N1920Q · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection of the floats, which led to his subsequent attempt to depart from a lake with damaged floats and led to a loss of roll control and the right wing impacting the water.
- [NTSB GAA19CA425](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA425.md): Aeros Skyranger · Brownville, ME · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 16, 2019 · N75561 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing, and his subsequent loss of directional control while attempting a go-around, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with trees.
- [NTSB GAA19CA407](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA407.md): Cessna 172 · Montville, ME · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 3, 2019 · N1516E · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain the proper airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during a low-altitude climbing turn, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
- [NTSB CEN19LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA204.md): Waco YMF-5C · Bar Harbor, ME · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jun 22, 2019 · N63WC · Substantial damage
  > A total loss of engine power due to a cylinder failure for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB GAA19CA350](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA350.md): Piper PA28 · Nowdoinham, ME · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 7, 2019 · N7227F · Substantial damage
  > The flight instructor's delayed decision to abort the takeoff from a wet, grass runway with insufficient runway remaining, which resulted in a runway overrun and the airplane going down an embankment.
- [NTSB GAA19CA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA320.md): Cessna A185 · Ashland, ME · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 7, 2019 · N484RF · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with a tree.
- [NTSB GAA19CA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA214.md): Cessna 180 · Limington, ME · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 14, 2019 · N4796B · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during touchdown, which resulted in runway excursion onto snow.
- [NTSB GAA19CA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA213.md): Cessna 152 · Bangor, ME · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 14, 2019 · N4916B · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB DCA19FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19FA089.md): Embraer EMB145 · Presque Isle, ME · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Mar 4, 2019 · N14171 · Substantial damage
  > The flight crew’s decision, due to confirmation bias, to continue the descent below the decision altitude when the runway had not been positively identified. Contributing to the accident were (1) the first officer’s fatigue, which exacerbated his confirmation…

## 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") = 2019
  AND c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'ME' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?state=ME&year=2019

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