NTSB investigations
6,629 cases where the first occurrence was “Loss of control - on ground/water”.
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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.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT o.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.\"occurrenceNumber\" = 1 AND o.\"occurrenceCode\" = 260) ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"
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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 o.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 260) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
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NTSB CHI00LA140Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Goshen, INthe failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control on the takeoff roll. Factors to the accident were the lack of experience of the student pilot and the improper use of the throttle.NTSB LAX00LA200Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportStinson 108-1 · Los Angeles, CAThe pilot's loss of directional control during landing rollout due to the pilot's foot becoming wedged under a rudder pedal, which restricted its movement.NTSB LAX00LA198Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 185 · Borrego Springs, CAThe pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind condition and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control during landing.NTSB MIA00LA155Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech 18 · Monroe, NCThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during an attempted go-around, resulting in a loss of directional control, and subsequent collapse of the left main landing gear after the airplane departed the runway.NTSB CHI00LA136Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech A23-19 · Holmen, WIthe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing. Factors associated with the accident were the crosswind, along with the runway light, windsock, garden, and swimming pool that the airplane contacted.NTSB NYC00LA133Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA18-150 · Forest Hill, MDThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing. Factors in this accident were the tailwind condition, and the pilot's lack of flight experience in tail-wheeled airplanes.NTSB DEN00LA087Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 170B · Bedford, WYThe pilot's inadvertent ground loop. A factor was the soft grass airstrip.NTSB MIA00LA151Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMooney M20C · Bryson City, NCThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing rollout with a known quartering crosswind, resulting in an on-ground collision with a known fixed object (wooden pallet.)NTSB ANC00LA057Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180K · Anchorage, AKThe pilot's inadvertent ground loop/swerve during landing.NTSB LAX00LA187Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFairchild KR-21 · Marana, AZFailure of the pilot to maintain directional control.NTSB LAX00LA183Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna T210L · Grand Canyon, AZThe pilot's inadequate compensation for a crosswind and his failure to maintain directional control during landing, resulting in the airplane veering off the runway and the subsequent collision with a culvert.NTSB NYC00LA128Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna P210N · Elizabethtown, KYThe pilot's loss of control due to his improper application of power and rudder, in order to arrest a swerve during the landing roll.NTSB FTW00LA139Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportStinson 108-3 · Socorro, NMThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the aborted takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent groundloop.NTSB DEN00FA085Accident · No injuriesField investigationFinal reportde Havilland DHC-6-300 · Monument Valley, UTThe pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control. A factor was wind shear.NTSB CHI00LA130Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrunska Kitfox IV · Neenah, WIthe pilot's failure to maintain driectional control of the airplane while landing. A factor associated with the accident was the tree that the airplane contacted.NTSB NYC00LA126Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 185F · Pottstown, PAThe second pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions and the inadequate supervision of the flight instructor. Factors related to the accident were the crosswind and gusting wind conditions.NTSB LAX00LA180Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportTracy Lancair 235 · Redding, CAThe pilot's loss of directional control during takeoff for undetermined reasons.NTSB LAX00LA179Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCone Questair Venture · Delano, CALoss of directional control during landing for undetermined reasons.NTSB LAX00LA177Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180 · N. Las Vegas, NVThe pilot's inadequate compensation for the existing crosswind condition, and his improper positioning of the flight controls.NTSB CHI00LA126Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech UC-45J · Urbana, ILthe pilot not maintaining directional control on the ground and the abrupt brake application during the landing roll.NTSB ANC00LA051Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Seldovia, AKThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. A factor in the accident was an inadvertent ground swerve.NTSB LAX00LA175Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAyres S2R-600 · Buckeye, AZThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft. A factor in the accident was the uneven runway surface.NTSB FTW00LA134Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 140 · Tulsa, OKThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff roll. A factor was the runway sign struck by the aircraft.NTSB CHI00LA122Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCunningham Pietenpol Aircamper · Boone, IAthe pilot not maintaining directional control. Factors were the gusts and the fence.NTSB DEN00LA077Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech A36TC · Monument Valley, UTFailure by the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft during landing roll. Factors were a dust devil/whirlwind and the pilot's lack of landing currency.NTSB LAX00LA161Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Eureka, CAThe pilot's failure to compensate for a crosswind and to maintain directional control during landing.NTSB CHI00LA115Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172R · Battle Creek, MIthe student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing. Factors associated with the accident were the misjudged landing flare, the student's lack of total experience, the runway lights, and the runway signs.NTSB MIA00LA143Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportNew Standard D-25 · Lakeland, FLthe pilot's improper inflight planning/decision to land long, with a tailwind, on a wet grass runway that resulted in the loss of control and the airplane exiting the runway, incurring substantial damage.NTSB FTW00LA125Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBellanca 7ECA · Arlington, TXThe failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during the landing roll. A factor was the pilot's total lack of experience in tailwheel airplanes.NTSB CHI00LA117Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172N · Chesterfield, MOthe pilot misjudged the landing flare which resulted in the airplane porpoising on the runway during the landing.NTSB LAX00LA150Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportTaylor Smith Witman W-10 · Riverside, CAfailure of the pilot to recover from a bounced landing resulting in a loss of directional control and collision with a fence.NTSB LAX00LA149Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-38-112 · Fresno, CAThe student pilot's loss of directional control on takeoff that resulted in a collision with a taxiway surface.NTSB LAX00LA142Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 305A · Jackson, CAfailure of the pilot to adequately compensate for a crosswind condition, resulting in a loss of directional control and collision with a rock.NTSB DEN00LA070Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172P · Fort Collins, COOn ground loss of control resulting in collision with airport markings due to inadequate compensation for wind conditions during landing roll. Factors were inaccurate in flight planning by landing with a tail wind component and lack of total pilot experience.NTSB LAX00LA147Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-24 · Herlong, CAThe failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing in gusting crosswind conditions.NTSB SEA00LA063Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 140 · Creswell, ORThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Factors include a drainage ditch and a crosswind.NTSB SEA00LA060Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180K · Silverdale, WAThe pilot's inadequate compensation for winds. Factors include gusty, shifting winds, crosswinds, and an earthen berm near the edge of the runway.NTSB NYC00LA107Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPagan RV-8A · East Liverpool, OHThe pilot's loss of control during the landing.NTSB IAD00LA030Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMaule M-4-220C · Lincoln Park, NJthe pilot's failure to maintain control during landing roll. A factor was the crosswind.NTSB SEA00LA058Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 170B · Lopez Island, WAThe pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing. Contributing factors were the crosswind condition, gusts, and the pilot's overall lack of total (flight and tail wheel) experience.NTSB CHI00LA096Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWsk Pzl Mielec PZL-M-18 · Bucklin, KSthe right main gear brake was binding for an undetermined reason which resulted in the pilot's inability to maintain directional control of the airplane.NTSB NYC00LA110Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper J3C-65 · Waynesburg, PAThe private pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions and the flight instructor's delay in remedial action. A factor in the accident was the gusting wind conditions.NTSB IAD00LA028Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBellanca B17-30A · Shenandoah, VAthe pilot's failure to maintain control during landing roll-out. A factor was the pilot's lack of total experience.NTSB DEN00LA068Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportStinson 108-2 · Las Cruces, NMThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control, resulting in an inadvertent ground loop/swerve. Factors were a burnt and unseated intake valve, and the tail wind.NTSB SEA00LA055Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180K · Roundup, MTThe pilot's failure to adequately compensate for wind conditions and subsequent loss of control.NTSB MIA00LA116Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportStearman A75N1 · Fort Lauderdale, FLThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control after touchdown and the subsequent wing tip strike, ground loop, and runway excursion.NTSB LAX00LA133Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172M · Sacramento, CAThe failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the takeoff roll. A rough, uneven runway surface was a factor in the accident.NTSB SEA00LA053Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Three Forks, MTThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the tailwheel equipped airplane.NTSB SEA00LA052Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna A185-F · Bend, ORThe pilot's failure to adequately compensate for wind conditions.NTSB FTW00LA110Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna A188B · Perryton, TXThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll. A factor was the crosswind.