NTSB investigations: Beech C-45H, HI

8 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Beech C-45H. 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.

Defining event

Finding

Phase of flight

Aircraft model

Cases per year

19652026

NTSB investigations: Beech C-45H, HI per year, 1965–2026: 8 cases
1965	2
1966	2
1967	1
1979	2
1981	1

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Query with SQL

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" = 'HI' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA' AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1151018', '1151019')) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC

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\" = 'HI' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA'
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1151018', '1151019'))
  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" = 'HI' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1151018', '1151019'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC

Run 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 LAX82FA024Accident · 11 fatalClosedBeech C-45H · Honolulu, HIDec 5, 1981 · N8185H · Destroyed NTSB LAX79FJA15Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech C-45H · Kailua-Kona, HISep 20, 1979 · N8067H · Substantial damage NTSB OAK79FJA10Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech D-18 · Molokai, HIApr 16, 1979 · N4213 · Substantial damage NTSB OAK68D0192Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBeech C-45H · Lanai, HINov 6, 1967 · N9504Z · Substantial damage NTSB OAK67F0134Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBeech C-45H · Honolulu, HIOct 21, 1966 · N139V · Substantial damage NTSB OAK66F0263Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech C-45H · Honolulu, HIApr 23, 1966 · N74034 · Substantial damage NTSB OAK66F0171Accident · 2 fatalClosedBeechcraft C45H · Maui, HINov 12, 1965 · N9915Z · Destroyed NTSB OAK66F0134Accident · No injuriesClosedBeechcraft C45H · Kauai, HIOct 11, 1965 · N9909Z · Substantial damage