NTSB investigations: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K

65 cases on aircraft whose registry engine model is Continental GTSI0-520-F-K. 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.

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NTSB investigations: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K per year, 1972–2026: 65 cases
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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.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('17031'))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB CEN24FA228Accident · 2 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportCessna 421 · Steamboat Springs, COThe pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient airspeed following a loss of engine power, which resulted in an inadvertent aerodynamic stall/spin at low altitude.Jun 17, 2024 · N245T · DestroyedNTSB GAA24WA039Accident · 1 fatalClass 5 · ForeignCessna 402B · Panama City, PanamaNov 24, 2023 · N76MD · DestroyedNTSB CEN22LA202Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 421C · Monroe, LAThe failure of the maintenance personnel to properly reinstall the elevator trim tab hardware, which resulted in an in-flight separation of the elevator.May 15, 2022 · N619AC · Substantial damageNTSB ERA21LA134Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 421 · St. Marys, PAThe pilot’s decision to continue the approach to a snow-covered runway in low-visibility conditions with limited ability to visually differentiate the left runway edge from the snow berm that ran along that side of the runway.Feb 22, 2021 · N84HA · Substantial damageNTSB ERA21LA098Accident · Serious injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 421B · Old Bethpage, NYThe pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and a forced landing.Jan 10, 2021 · N421DP · Substantial damageNTSB ERA20LA011Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA46 · Harrisburg, PAA total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined following a successful engine run.Oct 4, 2019 · N4385K · Substantial damageNTSB GAA19CA143Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 421 · Woodruff, WIThe pilot's failure to maintain to directional control during takeoff from a snow-covered runway with a right, quartering tailwind, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with a snowbank.Feb 10, 2019 · N581CJ · Substantial damageNTSB CEN18LA146Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna T303 · Pine Ridge, SDThe airplane’s inadvertent encounter with severe icing conditions during descent, which resulted in structural icing, the pilot’s inability to maintain altitude, and an emergency landing. Contributing to the accident was an incomplete preflight weather…Apr 24, 2018 · N9746C · Substantial damageNTSB ERA18LA033Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 421 · Presque Isle, METhe in-flight leakage of fuel from the fuel injection system's mixture shaft onto the hot turbocharger, which resulted in an in-flight fire, and the pilot's inability to see the runway due to reduced visibility conditions and conduct a successful landing.Nov 22, 2017 · N421RX · Substantial damageNTSB CEN16LA201Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 402B · Sioux Falls, SDThe failure of the No. 4 cylinder head, which resulted in an engine fire and subsequent damage to the wing structure.May 27, 2016 · N76MD · Substantial damageNTSB ERA16LA171Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 421 · Foley, ALThe pilot's failure to obtain proper takeoff speed before breaking ground, which resulted in the airplane’s failure to gain altitude and a collision with trees and terrain.Apr 26, 2016 · N3372Q · DestroyedNTSB CEN16FA013Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 421B · Hammond, LAThe loss of right engine power on takeoff due to maintenance personnel's failure to properly tighten the crankcase through-studs during cylinder replacement, which resulted in crankshaft fracture. Also causal were the pilot's failure to feather the propeller…Oct 14, 2015 · N33FA · DestroyedNTSB CEN15LA199Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 421B · Diboll, TXThe total loss of engine power due to the use of an improper fuel type. Contributing to the accident were the servicing of the airplane with the improper fuel, noncompliance with an airworthiness directive, and the fuel nozzle installed on the fueling truck.Apr 17, 2015 · N421PK · Substantial damageNTSB CEN13WA566Accident · 4 fatalForeign investigationCessna 421 - C · Colombier-Saugnieu, FranceSep 24, 2013 · N556MB · DestroyedNTSB WPR13FA234Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 421C · Floriston, CAThe pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during descent while operating in instrument meteorological conditions.May 16, 2013 · N421W · DestroyedNTSB ERA12LA489Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech A36TC · Fayetteville, NCThe pilot’s improper fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.Jul 28, 2012 · N6672X · Substantial damageNTSB ERA11FA391Accident · 7 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 421C · Demopolis, ALThe pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during a single-engine approach and his failure to fly an appropriate traffic pattern for a single-engine landing. Contributing to the accident was a total loss of engine power on the right engine due to a…Jul 9, 2011 · N692TT · Substantial damageNTSB CEN11FA201Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 421C · Connersville, INThe pilot did not maintain control of the airplane while making a low-altitude turn during dark night conditions.Feb 24, 2011 · N3875C · Substantial damageNTSB CEN09CA343Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 404 · Englewood, COThe failure of the landing gear to extend due to the failure of a hydraulic line.Jun 6, 2009 · N37127 · Substantial damageNTSB SEA06FA147Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 421C · Carson, WAThe pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering. Icing conditions, clouds and the pilot's continued flight into known adverse weather were factors.Jan 25, 2006 · N69KM · DestroyedNTSB CHI05FA212Accident · Minor injuriesField investigationFinal reportCessna 421C · Wheeling, ILThe pilot's improper in-flight decision to execute a go-around without raising the landing gear and raising the flaps to the full UP position, resulting in low airspeed and the airplane stalling. Contributing factors to the accident included the pilot's…Aug 5, 2005 · N421KC · DestroyedNTSB ANC05LA026Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 411A · Hollywood, FLThe failure of the right main landing gear locking mechanism during the landing roll, which resulted in the collapse of the right main landing gear.Feb 8, 2005 · N258JM · Substantial damageNTSB CHI05CA057Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 421C · Muncie, INThe inadequate flare and the directional control not maintained/obtained by the pilot. Contributing factors were the instrument meteorological conditions, the icing conditions, the limited visibility afforded by the windshield antiice/deice system, and the…Jan 19, 2005 · N421HG · Substantial damageNTSB DFW05LA045Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 421C · Henderson, TXThe failure of the nose landing gear trunnion lug. A contributing factor was the non-compliance of the service bulletin by maintenance personnel.Dec 21, 2004 · N369RK · Substantial damageNTSB ANC03FA066Accident · 5 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 421C · Sitka, AKThe pilot's failure to follow IFR procedures by not following the published approach procedures, which resulted in an in-flight collision with terrain. Factors contributing to the accident were a low ceiling, and the pressure induced by conditions/events (the…Jul 4, 2003 · N777DX · DestroyedNTSB FTW03FA055Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 421C · Tajique, NMThe pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance. Factors contributing to the accident were the high mountains, mountain obscuration, the dark night condition, and the pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision making.Dec 4, 2002 · N3855C · DestroyedNTSB MIA02LA089Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 421C · Tampa, FLthe fracture of the landing gear upper barrel due to fatigue cracking, caused by improper machining after the barrel was assembled during the manufacturing process, resulting in damage to the airplane.Apr 25, 2002 · N237SM · Substantial damageNTSB SEA02LA046Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 421C · Hailey, IDWater contamination within the aircraft's landing gear hydraulic line(s) which froze and blocked the line(s) preventing extension of the right main gear. A factor was the below freezing environmental conditions which the aircraft was operating in prior to and…Mar 2, 2002 · N421DG · Substantial damageNTSB DEN00LA026Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 421C · Gillette, WYThe collision with a deer on the runway during a night landing. A factor was the dark night.Dec 11, 1999 · N3912C · Substantial damageNTSB CHI98LA283Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAero Commander 685 · Middleton, WIThe fuel starvation of the aircraft in addition to the improper aircraft preflight and premature gear extension by the pilot-in-command. The blocked fuel vent system is a contributing factor.Jul 29, 1998 · N414C · Substantial damageNTSB SEA97LA058Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 421C · Cedar City, UTwater contamination in the hydraulic system, which froze in the (right) main gear hydraulic actuator, and restricted movement of the (right) main gear retraction and extension system.Feb 6, 1997 · N45MV · Substantial damageNTSB CHI96LA266Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 404 · Benton Harbor, MIthe pilot's delay in initiating a go-around after not attaining the proper touchdown point during the landing, and his failure to remain clear of obstructions (trees) during the go-around. Factors relating to the accident were the adverse weather condition…Aug 3, 1996 · N8919G · DestroyedNTSB SEA96LA127Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-34-200T · Aurora, ORinadvertent retraction of the landing gear by the pilot during landing.Jun 14, 1996 · N67SA · Substantial damageNTSB MIA95LA002Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 421B · Stuart, FLThe improper rigging of the landing gear safety squat switch by other maintenance personnel. Contributing to the accident was the contamination of the gear squat switch with corrosion and water.Oct 3, 1994 · N701AM · Substantial damageNTSB CHI94LA250Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 421C · Oshkosh, WIthe pilot-in-command's misjudging the flare and his failure to maintain airspeed.Jul 29, 1994 · N819RA · Substantial damageNTSB MIA94FA057Accident · 3 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 421C · Titusville, FLFailure of the pilot-in-command to maintain VMC resulting in the inflight loss of control. Contributing to the accident was the fatigue failure of a section of pipe adjacent to a flange which connects to the turbocharger oil outlet of the left engine assembly.Jan 21, 1994 · N777BE · DestroyedNTSB CHI94LA052Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 404 · Big Rapids, MIThe pilot's descent below the minimum descent altitude.Dec 17, 1993 · N8919G · Substantial damageNTSB BFO93LA121Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 404 · Cincinnati, OHThe failure of a number three engine cylinder hold down bolt due to fatigue.Jul 12, 1993 · N37167 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI93FA149Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 421B · Valley Park, MOImproper planning/decision by the pilot, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, due to an inadequate supply of fuel, and the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during approach to an emergency landing. A related factor was: failure of the pilot to…Apr 29, 1993 · N4939M · DestroyedNTSB ATL92FA039Accident · 5 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 421C · Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)The pilot's inadequate weather evaluation, and his continued flight into known adverse weather conditions. Factors were: the improper weather briefing by a flight service station specialist, and level iii thunderstorms.Jan 13, 1992 · N40JK · DestroyedNTSB CHI92LA046Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 421 · Wheeling, ILThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing. A factor contributing to the accident was the icy runway.Dec 5, 1991 · N777RA · Substantial damageNTSB LAX92LA055Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 421B · San Andreas, CAThe pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and his failure to follow the airplane's checklist. A contributing factor was the dark night condition.Nov 29, 1991 · N421DP · Substantial damageNTSB MIA90LA056Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 404 · Boca Raton, FLLoss of power in the right engine due to a disconnected duct between the turbocharger and the plenum chamber. The reason for the loss of power in the left engine was not determined.Jan 17, 1990 · N335GP · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88FA191Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 421B · Knoxville, TNJun 9, 1988 · N700SC · DestroyedNTSB CHI86FA036Accident · No injuriesField investigationFinal reportCessna 404 II · Chicago, ILThe tug driver with baggage cart failed to yield to a taxiing acft when crossing an active taxiway. It was dark nite. Acft had position/taxi lites on. Vehicle stop sign to taxi centerline is 70 ft. driver said he stopped at sign. Tug struck rt wg tip, wg…Nov 29, 1985 · N167SA · Substantial damageNTSB ATL85LA262Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 404 · Huntington, WVSeveral men who were in a building at the airport reported that they could hear the aircraft on the approach and then a loud noise. They could not see the runway or the aircraft due to the fog. They got in the fire and rescue vehicles and had a hard time…Aug 28, 1985 · N255CS · Substantial damageNTSB ATL85FA221Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 421C · Kennesaw, GAThe acft lost power on # 2 eng shortly after take-off. The acft crashed and burned in a wooded area several miles sw of the arpt. The # 2 eng was severly damaged in the fire. No pre-impact malfunction could be documented. Examination of the prop did not…Jul 19, 1985 · N5473G · DestroyedNTSB FTW85LQG01Accident · No injuriesFinal reportCessna 421B · Amarillo, TXThe acft ground looped following a collapse of the left main gear after a landing roll of aprx 600 to 700 ft. post accident inspection of the gear revealed a bolt had backed out of the gear down lock arm where it locks overcenter.Apr 19, 1985 · N3380Q · Substantial damageNTSB NYC85FA097Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 421B · Johnson City, NYAfter a heavy snow shower passed over the airport, the accident acft attempted a departure. Immediately after takeoff the plt transmitted that he was coming back to land. The acft crashed shortly thereafter, 1 mile southwest of the airport. Ground witnesses…Apr 2, 1985 · N5407J · DestroyedNTSB CHI84LA064Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 421 · Harbor Springs, MIThe plt stated that an overboost occurred on the right eng during the takeoff roll. He pulled off power on both engs but the acft slid off the rwy into a snowbank.Dec 17, 1983 · N7557Q · Substantial damage