# NTSB investigations, 1987, WV 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 BFO87FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87FA062.md): Cessna 172P · Cabin, WV · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 5, 1987 · N65721 · Destroyed > The plt was on a VFR flight at 4500 ft MSL over a mountainous area when he encountered lowering clouds. The plt descended to stay below the clouds; however, he inadvertently entered the clouds. Afterwards he tried to turn around and as he did so, according to… - [NTSB BFO87FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87FA056.md): Cessna 190 · Hedgesville, WV · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 17, 1987 · N9827A · Destroyed > There were no eyewitnesses to the acdnt, but 3 persons heard the eng rev up to a high power setting before the plane crashed. Subsequently, it crashed in a wooded area north of the plt's 2600' pvt strip. There was a wooded hill north of the strip. The plt's… - [NTSB BFO87LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87LA059.md): Lake LA-4-200 · Grafton, WV · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 16, 1987 · N59FC · Destroyed > According to the plt during the water landing the acft encountered the wake of a boat that had crossed the path of the acft. As a result the acft bounced about 20 ft high. The plt applied full power to recover; however, the acft impacted the water. He started… - [NTSB BFO87LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87LA060.md): Fleet 16B · Spencer, WV · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 17, 1987 · N47058 · Substantial damage > Shortly after takeoff on runway 16, the engine began misfiring. The pilot turned back toward the airport to make a landing. He circled the airport and then attemped to land on runway 34. The pilot stated he was over the approach end ofrunway 34, turning left… - [NTSB BFO87DIG07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87DIG07.md): Cessna 150/Horton Stol · Maysville, WV · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Jun 24, 1987 · N150VA · Substantial damage > The plt/owner was flying a Cessna 150 which was equipped with a horton stol kit. Drg an apch to rwy 3, he used an airspeed of 40 KTS. While apchg the rwy, the acft settled & the nose gear struck a bump on the apch edge of the rwy. The plt rprtd that the… - [NTSB BFO87LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87LA035.md): Beech A23 · Ravenswood, WV · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 9, 1987 · N3543R · Destroyed > The pilot was providing free promotional rides for a flight school. He was on the fourth flight of the day, on final approach, in a nose high attitude when the aircraft's left wing struck small trees. The aircraft impacted the ground 250FEET short of the… - [NTSB BFO87FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87FA026.md): Cessna 210M · Charleston, WV · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 5, 1987 · N1230M · Destroyed > The aircraft bounced after landing touchdown. Witnesses observed the aircraft assume a nose high attitude and heard some power applied to the engine as the aircraft veered to the right. It was not determined whether the pilot was attempting to abort the… - [NTSB BFO87FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87FA024.md): Cessna R-182 · Martinsburg, WV · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 21, 1987 · N756KZ · Substantial damage > The plt stated that he forgot to make a final before lndg check because he was concentrating on traffic and the short lndg he had been requested to make. Twr personnel violated USAF procedures when they requested that the acft hold short of the east-west rwy… - [NTSB BFO87LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87LA021.md): Cessna 310Q · Moundsville, WV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 11, 1987 · N918MC · Substantial damage > On touchdown the pilot realized that he was long but decided it was too late to go-around. He intentionally ground looped the aircraft to the right. Both ends of the runway drop off into a valley. ## 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") = 1987 AND c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'WV' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA' ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?state=WV&year=1987 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.