NTSB investigations: American AA-1A
5 cases on aircraft the registry lists as American AA-1A, 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
| 1984 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 1989 | 2 |
| 1994 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 |
Where
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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.aircraft_model_code IN ('0630710')
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"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."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('0630710')
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" 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 FTW98FA299Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportGrumman American AA-1A · Larkspur, COThe pilot inadvertently stalling the airplane and entering an unrecoverable spin. A factor was clear air turbulence.NTSB NYC95LA047Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrumman American AA-1A · Lancaster, NYThe pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision, which resulted in fuel exhaustion due to an inadequate supply of fuel to return to the home airport after proceeding to an alternate airport and making a missed approach. Factors related to the accident were:…NTSB CHI89LA193Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAmerican AA-1A · Medina, OHThe pilot's improper flare and recovery from a bounced landing and his improper planning/decision which resulted in a situation from which an overrun occurred. Contributing factors were: the weather conditions, failure of the pilot to obtain a weather…NTSB SEA89FA186Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportAmerican AA-1A · Enumclaw, WAAttempted flight into known adverse weather conditions. Factors include clouds, downdrafts, high winds.NTSB FTW84LA161Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAmerican AA-1A · Smithville, TXThe pvt non-instrument plt received two wx briefings for his route of flt from madison, MS, to lufkin, TX, to college station, TX, to san antonio, TX. The last briefing from college station fss informed the plt that marginal VFR conditions exsisted along the…