Fatal NTSB investigations: Taylorcraft BL-65

6 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Taylorcraft BL-65. 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

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Fatal NTSB investigations: Taylorcraft BL-65 per year, 1981–2026: 6 cases
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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.\"highestInjuryLevel\" = 'Fatal'
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('8850350'))
  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.

NTSB WPR22FA148Accident · 1 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportTaylorcraft BL-65 · Counselor, NMA loss of control while maneuvering at a high-density altitude in gusty wind conditions.Apr 9, 2022 · N24345 · Substantial damageNTSB ERA11FA426Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportTaylorcraft BL-65 · Winterville, NCA loss of airplane control for undetermined reasons as the autopsy was unable to reveal any definitive conditions that would have led to the loss of control.Jul 28, 2011 · N24369 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX88FA204Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportTaylorcraft BL65 · Eloy, AZFailure of the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft during takeoff climb resulting in an inadvertent spiral. Contributing to this accident was the pilot's lack of total experience in the aircraft make and model.May 30, 1988 · N27463 · DestroyedNTSB DEN85FA084Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportTaylorcraft BC-65 · Chinook, MTThe airplane was observed to enter a shallow right climbing turn at about 200 feet AGL after making a low pass over friends. Witnesses said the airplane then stalled and dove to the ground. There was no evidence of airframe, eng, prop, flt control, or syst…Feb 22, 1985 · N26580 · DestroyedNTSB CHI82FA312Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportTaylorcraft BL-65 · Rock Falls, ILAircraft caught fire while performing aerobatics and crashed out of control. Gas tank cap had come off and during inverted flight fuel spilled out and ignited.Aug 18, 1982 · N29660 · DestroyedNTSB DEN81FA047Accident · 2 fatalClosedTaylorcraft BL-65 · Rosette, UTJul 3, 1981 · N24462 · Destroyed