NTSB investigations: Continental E225 series, CA

5 cases on aircraft whose registry engine model is Continental E225 series, where the first occurrence was “Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical”. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

19832026
NTSB investigations: Continental E225 series, CA per year, 1983–2026: 5 cases
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19841
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Query with SQL
duckdb -csv -c "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\" = 'CA' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA'
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('17015')
      AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o.\"occurrenceNumber\" = 1 AND o.\"occurrenceCode\" = 353))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB LAX98LA120Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech C35 · Rio Linda, CAthe pilot's inadequate fuel management which led to fuel exhaustion.Mar 23, 1998 · N8948A · Substantial damageNTSB LAX97LA115Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRyan Navion · Marina, CAFuel exhaustion due to the pilot's improper preflight inspection and his inaccurate fuel consumption calculations.Mar 9, 1997 · N4969K · Substantial damageNTSB LAX93FA315Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportBeech E35 · Big Bear, CAA loss of engine power due to unporting of the selected main fuel tank at a critical time, which was caused by the pilot's failure to follow the directives in the flight manual regarding prolonged turns or slips with less than 10 gallons in the selected tank.Aug 7, 1993 · N3233C · DestroyedNTSB LAX85FA067Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportBeech G35 · Lakeport, CAAt aprx 150 ft AGL the acft's lost pwr & plt made a tail first hard landing off side of rwy. Acft skidded 60 ft before stopping when it hit a fence. Fuel selector was found in 'aux' position. Plt said he took off on left tank and was moving selector to rt…Dec 12, 1984 · N430WM · Substantial damageNTSB LAX83FA205Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportBeech A36 · Hawthorne, CAAs the acft was climbing thru about 400 to 500 ft AGL, after takeoff, the eng began losing power. The plt turned on the fuel boost pump & started a turn back toward the arpt. When he realized that he could not reach the rwy, he elected to land on a street.…Apr 30, 1983 · N7036G · Substantial damage