NTSB investigations: Continental IO-520 series, 1985

4 cases on aircraft whose registry engine model is Continental IO-520 series, where the first occurrence was “In flight encounter with weather”. 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

19822026
NTSB investigations: Continental IO-520 series, 1985 per year, 1982–2026: 123 cases
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19839
19848
19854
19867
19872
19885
19898
19901
19911
19922
19933
19943
19954
19962
19976
19987
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20001
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20029
20034
20048
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20067
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Latest cases

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 year(c.\"eventDate\") = 1985
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('17032')
      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\" = 240))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB DEN86LA050Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech V-35B · Wibaux, MTThe plt stated that light snow was falling at the arpt at the time of departure. The pax stated after the accident that the plt encountered clouds at their cruise alt of about 6000 ft. he continued to state that the acft made a shallow descent at first…Dec 18, 1985 · N24198 · DestroyedNTSB SEA85LA229Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 185 · San Juan Island, WAThe pilot was attempting to depart his private airstrip to the north with trees bordering the north end of the airstrip. The wind was from 360 at 20 knots gusting to 30 knots. The pilot was unable to arrest his rate of sink and made a right turn to avoid…Sep 27, 1985 · N9644H · DestroyedNTSB ATL85LA228Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna A188B · Clanton, ALThe acft collided with a fence & a ditch during a precautionary off-arpt landing in a pasture. The plt reported that following the completion of aerial application operations, thunderstorms were blocking his return to the arpt. He had elected to land to await…Jul 31, 1985 · N9381G · Substantial damageNTSB NYC85FHD02Accident · Serious injuriesFinal reportCessna 210F · Princeton, NJThe acft collided with trees & crashed after overflying mercer cty arpt on a special VFR clearance. The acft had descended to 900 ft to overfly mercer and was attempting to proceed VFR to Princeton arpt to land when it contacted trees and crashed. The wx was…May 29, 1985 · N5807F · Destroyed