NTSB investigations, 1997
212 cases where the first occurrence was “Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical”.
Cases per year
| 1982 | 344 |
|---|---|
| 1983 | 386 |
| 1984 | 389 |
| 1985 | 341 |
| 1986 | 311 |
| 1987 | 276 |
| 1988 | 311 |
| 1989 | 296 |
| 1990 | 322 |
| 1991 | 250 |
| 1992 | 229 |
| 1993 | 254 |
| 1994 | 219 |
| 1995 | 220 |
| 1996 | 217 |
| 1997 | 212 |
| 1998 | 166 |
| 1999 | 160 |
| 2000 | 159 |
| 2001 | 116 |
| 2002 | 124 |
| 2003 | 140 |
| 2004 | 121 |
| 2005 | 115 |
| 2006 | 102 |
| 2007 | 111 |
Where
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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 year(c.\"eventDate\") = 1997
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\" = 353)
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 year(c."eventDate") = 1997 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" = 353) 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 CHI98LA076Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech 35-33 · Chesterfield, MOthe pilot's failure to position the fuel selector to the proper fuel tank which led to fuel starvation.NTSB FTW98LA081Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 310R · Grants, NMThe pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in a stall. A factor related to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which failed to secure the right engine oil cap, resulting in oil exhaustion and the loss of engine…NTSB MIA98LA046Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-151 · Columbia, SCThe pilot's inadequate preflight planning, and his poor in-flight decision making.NTSB MIA98LA044Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-180 · Everglades City, FLthe pilot's improper fuel management and improper in-flight planning/decision, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, loss of engine power, and a forced landing. Related factors were: the light conditions at dusk, and the lack of suitable terrain for a forced…NTSB ATL98LA029Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportLutz EAA Biplane P-2 · Wellington, FLfailure of the pilot to ensure the fuel selector was properly positioned to a tank with adequate fuel before takeoff, which resulted in fuel starvation and loss of engine power; failure of the pilot to accomplish the emergency procedure (restart the engine…NTSB NYC98FA047Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCady LONG-EZ · West Milford, NJFailure of the pilot to use carburetor heat, which resulted in carburetor ice. Carburetor icing conditions and terrain conditions were contributing factors.NTSB CHI98LA064Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-24-250 · Wichita, KSthe pilot-in-command misjudged the fuel supply and selected an empty fuel tank which resulted in fuel exhaustion. A factor associated with the accident was the rough terrain encountered when the airplane touched down short of the runway.NTSB CHI98LA057Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 402A · Milwaukee, WIInadequate preflight planning/preparation, which resulted in fuel exhaustion.NTSB CHI98LA054Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-34-200T · Lee'S Summit, MOthe pilot's inadequate remedial action concerning the loss of engine power, after inadvertently switching off the magnetos. Factors relating to the accident were: the broken springs for magneto cover guard; excessive drag from the extended landing gear and…NTSB NYC98LA037Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna A152 · Moriches, NYA loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.NTSB MIA98LA036Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172G · Hazel Green, ALthe pilot's miscalculating the aircraft's fuel consumption for the flight, resulting in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.NTSB LAX98LA047Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 182F · Palmdale, CALoss of engine power due to icing conditions which plugged the fuel system vent.NTSB CHI98FA048Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 172E · Topeka, KSthe pilot's improper use of carburetor heat. Contributing factors were carburetor icing conditions, dark night conditions, and the transmission wire.NTSB FTW98FA056Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportBeech 95-B55 · Royse City, TXThe pilot's impairment due to drugs, and his ensuing failure to maintain minimum required airspeed for flight, which resulted in a stall/spin. A factors was the loss of power to both engines due to fuel starvation as a result of the pilot's improper use of…NTSB LAX98LA041Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRans S91 · Phoenix, AZThe pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed margin during the forced landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/mush.NTSB FTW98LA054Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150M · Tajique, NMThe loss of engine power due to carburetor ice. Factors included unsuitable terrain, and dark night conditions.NTSB LAX98LA040Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAero Commander 200D · San Carlos, CAThe pilot's failure to verify that there was an adequate supply of fuel in the selected fuel tank prior to takeoff.NTSB SEA98LA014Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Battle Ground, WAThe owner/pilot's failure to properly install the fuel selector valve after removal, subsequently leading to a false indication on the valve selector handle. This led to the pilot unintentionally closing the valve and starving the engine of fuel during the…NTSB LAX98LA035Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech C23 · Corona, CAThe loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was the rough terrain that resulted in a nose over during the landing roll.NTSB MIA98LA024Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportDouglas DC-3C · Memphis, TNThe pilot-in-command's improper management of fuel resulting in a total loss of engine power on both engines during an instrument approach due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB FTW98LA045Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech J35 · Provo, UTthe pilot's failure to properly position the fuel tank selector to a tank with adequate fuel, which resulted in fuel starvation, and a subsequent forced landing due to lack of engine power. His failure (or inability) to extent the gear for landing was a…NTSB FTW98LA042Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMooney M20C · Ozona, TXthe pilot's improper planning/decision, which led to fuel exhaustion, loss of engine power, and a forced landing. A related factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.NTSB MIA98LA019Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 402B · Fort Lauderdale, FLThe pilot's improper management of fuel resulting in a total loss of engine power on both engines due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB IAD98LA009Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna P210N · Smoketown, PAThe pilot in command's (CFI) improper management of the fuel supply, which resulted in fuel exhaustion of the selected tank and the subsequent loss of engine power.NTSB ANC98LA005Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-20 · Naknek, AKThe loss of engine power due to the pilot's failure to refuel the airplane prior to fuel exhaustion. A factor associated with the accident was the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.NTSB NYC98FA016Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 182P · Morgantown, WVThe loss of engine power due to carburetor ice and the pilot's failure to follow ATC instructions during the emergency descent.NTSB LAX98LA015Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech D17S · Chino, CAfuel starvation resulting from the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning and improper fuel management. Contributing factors were the nighttime conditions and the rough/uneven terrain.NTSB FTW98FA024Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 150M · Deming, NMThe loss of engine power due to fuel contamination. Contributing was unsuitable terrain consisting of high vegetation and sand.NTSB SEA98LA004Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech V-35 · Medford, ORthe pilot's failure to refuel the airplane.NTSB MIA98LA013Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172G · Panacea, FLThe pilot's improper use of carburetor heat resulting in loss of engine power due to carburetor icing and an in flight collision with trees during a forced landing.NTSB CHI98LA079Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Quincy, ILimproper in-flight planning/decision by the flight instructor (CFI), by switching 'OFF' the fuel selector valve of the single-engine airplane (starving the engine of fuel) to 'simulate' an emergency. Factors relating to the accident were: the soft and uneven…NTSB LAX98LA016Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150 · Temple Bar, AZthe pilot's improper planning/decision, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and loss of engine power. A factor relating to the accident was: the terrain condition (ditch) in the emergency landing area.NTSB LAX98FA008Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportAdrian Davis LONG-EZ · Pacific Grove, CAthe pilot's diversion of attention from the operation of the airplane and his inadvertent application of right rudder that resulted in the loss of airplane control while attempting to manipulate the fuel selector handle. Also, the Board determined that the…NTSB LAX98LA025Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCiernia GLASAIR-III · Desert Center, CAA loss of engine power due to the eventual loss of electrical power which resulted from the pilot's failure to ensure the alternator switch was on as specified in the before starting checklist. The inoperative alternator out warning light was a factor in this…NTSB CHI98LA011Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-23-250 · Charlotte, MIimproper positioning of the fuel selector by the second pilot, which resulted in fuel starvation; inadequate supervision by the pilot-in-command; and failure of the flight crew to follow the published emergency procedures for loss of engine power.NTSB CHI98LA006Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech V35A · West Lafayette, INthe pilot's improper decision not to land before his airplane ran out of fuel, fuel exhaustion and the inadvertent stall.NTSB MIA98LA005Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna P172D · Umatilla, FLThe improper fuel tank selector position by the pilot-in-command resulting in the total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.NTSB CHI98LA004Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28R-200 · Nebraska City, NEthe pilot's improper positioning of the fuel slector to a tank which contained only unusable fuel.NTSB FTW97LA371Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSiai-Marchetti F.260 · Santa Rosa, NMimproper planning/decision by the pilot, which led to fuel exhaustion, loss of engine power, and a forced landing. A related factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.NTSB ATL97LA142Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech 33 · Winston-Salem, NCthe pilot's improper planning/decision, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, loss of engine power, and a forced landing.NTSB ATL97LA141Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportTomlinson Pober Super ACE · Lebanon, TNThe pilot's failure to follow normal checklist procedures that resulted in fuel starvation.NTSB SEA97LA216Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna P210N · Creswell, ORThe pilot's improper fuel management in which the fuel selector was positioned on tank with inadequate fuel resulting in fuel starvation. Also causal was the pilot's failure to perform the pilot operating handbook 'engine failure in flight' procedure. A…NTSB LAX97FA330Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportRyan Navion B · Pacoima, CAthe dual student's improper positioning of the fuel selector and the CFI's inadequate supervision, which led to a takeoff with the auxiliary fuel tank selected and resulted in fuel starvation. A contributing factor was the position of the nomenclature on the…NTSB NYC97LA192Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150G · Forest, VAthe pilot's movement of the mixture control to the idle cut-off position, during an approach to land, which resulted in a loss of engine power and a forced landing before reaching the runway.NTSB FTW97LA355Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAmerican General AG5B · Texarkana, ARthe pilot's improper planning/decision, by failing to ensure timely refueling of the airplane, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, loss of engine power, and a forced landing.NTSB ATL97FA135Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 182G · Lexington, TNImproper planning/decision by the pilot, which led to the fuel exhaustion, loss of engine power, and a forced landing. Trees in the emergency landing area were a related factor.NTSB IAD97LA121Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPohlman/Pohlman Rotorway Exec 90 · Westminster, MDThe loss of power due to carburetor icing. A factor to this accident was the carburetor heat was not accessible from within the cockpit.NTSB ANC97LA153Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 185E · Wasilla, AKThe loss of engine power due to water contaminated fuel, and the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection of the airplane. A factor associated with the accident was the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.NTSB ATL97LA139Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBell 47G-2 · Mcgee, MSfuel starvation, while in maneuvering flight, due to the pilot's improper planning/decision.NTSB CHI97LA297Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28 · Indianapolis, INthe pilot's improper planning/decision and failure to refuel the airplane in a timely manner, which resulted in fuel exhaustion. A related factor was: trees in the emergency landing area.