NTSB investigations: Lycoming IO-540 series, AL
13 cases on aircraft whose registry engine model is Lycoming IO-540 series. 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
| 1980 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 1983 | 1 |
| 1984 | 1 |
| 1986 | 1 |
| 1994 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 |
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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.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'AL' 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 ('41530', '41585'))
ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
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" = 'AL' 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 ('41530', '41585'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESCRun it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.
NTSB ERA21LA186Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-32R-301 · Troy, ALAn unanticipated encounter with a deer shortly after touchdown, resulting in a collision and substantial damage to the airframe.NTSB ERA14LA369Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-32-300 · Helena, ALA total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined due to postcrash fire damage.NTSB ERA10CA093Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportRockwell International 114 · Birmingham, ALA total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning.NTSB NYC07FA226Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-32R-301 · Whitfield, ALThe pilot’s intentional flight into known thunderstorms.NTSB ATL06FA038Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-32R-300 · Camden, ALThe pilots failure to maintain altitude and clearance during a visual descent which resulting in an in-flight collision with trees and the ground for undetermined reasons.NTSB ATL01FA019Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 206H · Vandiver, ALThe pilot's inflight decision to continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions resulted in the inflight collision with trees. Low ceilings and trees were factorsNTSB ATL99LA095Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAircraft Parts & Dev. A-9B · Hartsell, ALThe pilot's failure to maintain flying speed that resulted in the inflight collision with the ground. A factor was the pilot's lack of total experience in the aircraft.NTSB MIA97LA003Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSocata TB-20 · Mobile, ALthe pilot's improper management of fuel, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and loss of engine power during a go-around, and subsequent collision with trees and terrain during a forced landing.NTSB MIA95FA037Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-32RT-300 · Sylvan Springs, ALPoor in-flight planning/decision by the pilot-in-command for failure to deviate to an alternate airport after encountering icing conditions in an airplane not certificated for flight in icing conditions. Also, failure of the pilot to maintain altitude…NTSB ATL86LA260Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-23-250 · Montgomery, ALDuring initial climb phase of an experimental flt from mgm, AL, the plt rpted that the left engine had failed and an attempt was made to feather the prop. The plt radioed dannelly tower that the acft was returning to the arpt. Then the plt rpted that the…NTSB ATL84FA083Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-32RT-300 · Attalla, ALDuring a VOR approach to land in IMC wx, the acft collided with a tree. The non-instrument rated plt had filed an IFR flt plan on this and other occasions even though he was not qualified. During this approach, the descent was continued past the mda of 960…NTSB ATL84LA004Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMaule M-6-235 · Elberta, ALThe plt took off with a passenger, who was also a plt, but was not performing as such on this flt. After returning to the arpt, the plt landed on the north-south rwy. He stated that during the landing roll, he encountered a x-wind that caused the acft to…NTSB MIA80DKJ23Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Hokes Bluff, AL