NTSB investigations, VA

7 cases where the first occurrence was “Nose over”.

Cases per year

19832026
NTSB investigations, VA per year, 1983–2026: 7 cases
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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\" = 'VA' 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\" = 300)
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB IAD01LA014Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGick Aerocomp CA6WB · White Post, VAThe pilot's inadequate preflight. Also causal in the accident was the under-inflated tire that flattened and locked during landing, and collapsed the nose landing gear.Nov 18, 2000 · N8181L · Substantial damageNTSB NYC01LA011Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing B75-N1 · Warrenton, VAThe pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.Oct 7, 2000 · N1066M · Substantial damageNTSB NYC98LA054Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMayers SEA REY · Gloucester, VAThe pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing, which resulted in a nose over.Dec 26, 1997 · N100RZ · Substantial damageNTSB BFO87FA003Accident · Minor injuriesField investigationFinal reportBellanca 8GCBC · Keysville, VAThe pilot made a tailwheel high touchdown on the 1850 foot grass strip. Shortly after touchdown, the nose dropped and, although the pilot said he moved the control stick fully aft, the propeller struck the ground, and the aircraft flipped inverted.Oct 8, 1986 · N7100C · Substantial damageNTSB ATL84LA269Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBellanca 7GCBC · Virginia Beach, VAOn landing roll plt diverted aircraft to right to avoid a truck which had pulled onto the runway. This placed the aircraft in line with banner towing equipment. The plt applied the brakes while the tail wheel was still off the ground in attempts to stop prior…Aug 25, 1984 · N53957 · Substantial damageNTSB ATL84LA210Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportJohnson Skyote · Portsmouth, VAThe acft was a recently manufactured, home built plane that was equipped with brakes that were designed for a much larger (Piper PA-23) acft. The plt stated that the brakes were too sensitive for his acft, a skyote. Also, he equipped it with a high quality…Jun 8, 1984 · N64SK · Substantial damageNTSB ATL83LA124Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Front Royal, VAThe acft nosed over during landing. There were no mechanical malfunctions. The pilot said that as he landed, the acft skipped. He said the acft was relanded but the tail came up. The tail was lowered, came up again and with back pressure on the control stick…Feb 19, 1983 · N40552 · Substantial damage