NTSB investigations: Wright R-1820 series

5 cases on aircraft whose registry engine model is Wright R-1820 series, where the first occurrence was “Loss of control - in flight”. 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: Wright R-1820 series per year, 1983–2026: 5 cases
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19841
19911
20021
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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.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('67020')
      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\" = 250))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB LAX04LA259Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportNorth American T28B · Apple Valley, CAThe pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed during the conclusion of a low pass, which led to a stall/mush.Jul 11, 2004 · N5832X · Substantial damageNTSB FTW02FA112Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportNorth American T-28B · Uvalde, TXThe pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft for undetermined reasons.Apr 4, 2002 · N13RW · DestroyedNTSB LAX91LA140Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSikorsky S-58J · Chowchilla, CA1) The pilot not following the performance data for the aircraft, and 2) the pilot's inflight decision to turn the aircraft, which was at or near maximum gross weight, in such a direction that required more power than was available for the given flight…Mar 22, 1991 · N27AR · Substantial damageNTSB LAX84FA220Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportNorth American T-28B · Rialto, CAPlt was authorized by acft owner to test fly the acft around the traffic pattern with a local FBO owner on board. Plt made 3 flts, last of which culminated in the accident. On the first and third flts, unauthorized passengers were on board. FBO owner stated…Mar 16, 1984 · N14110 · DestroyedNTSB DEN83FA058Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportNorth American T-28A · N. Winter Park, COAccording to the surviving passenger (the plt's 15 yr old son), they saw some skiers after crossing over a mountain pass. He stated that as they turned, his father said, 'let's buzz them.' He reported that they turned sharply, 'sort of dove down to buzz…Feb 12, 1983 · N28TW · Destroyed