NTSB investigations, CO

6 cases where the first occurrence was “Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid”.

Cases per year

19832026
NTSB investigations, CO per year, 1983–2026: 6 cases
19831
19861
19891
19981
20032

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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\" = 'CO' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA'
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT o.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.\"occurrenceNumber\" = 1 AND o.\"occurrenceCode\" = 160)
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB DEN03LA097Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBell 206B III · Broomfield, COthe student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control and the instructor's inadequate supervision.May 31, 2003 · N382SP · Substantial damageNTSB DEN03FA090Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportHughes 269C · Watkins, COfailure of both pilots to initiate a timely recovery from a practice autorotation. A contributing factor was the instructor's inadequate supervision of the pilot receiving instruction.May 28, 2003 · N9643F · DestroyedNTSB FTW98LA168Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing A75N (PT-17) · Grand Junction, COFailure by the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft during landing roll. Factors were variable winds and the pilot's lack of recent experience in make and model.Mar 24, 1998 · N59448 · Substantial damageNTSB DEN89LA140Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSchweizer 1-26E · Elbert, COThe pilot's improper inflight planning which placed the aircraft too FAR from the runway to complete a normal landing.Jun 18, 1989 · N65910 · Substantial damageNTSB DEN86LA158Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeaver Evans VP-1 · Glade Park, COThe plt said that during the take-off roll, high grass restricted the acft from attaining sufficient airspeed to achieve flt. According to the plt the acft struck a barbed wire fence, substantially damaging the acft.Jun 8, 1986 · N23RB · Substantial damageNTSB DEN83FTE10Accident · No injuriesFinal reportDouglas DC-3C · Englewood, COThe acft dragged a wing during landing touchdown in IMC weather conditions. The pilot had broken out misaligned with therwy. As the airspeed decayed during the transition from IFR to VFR the co-pilot took control because he thought he couldsee the rwy better.…May 30, 1983 · N29958 · Substantial damage