NTSB investigations, 2000
180,616 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,594 accidents, the rest incidents and other occurrences. Each has NTSB’s narrative and, once the investigation is done, its probable cause; since 2008, its findings and sequence of events.
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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\") = 2000 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 year(c."eventDate") = 2000 ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
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NTSB CHI00LA089Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech A36 · Pontiac, MIthe pilot's decision to fly into known adverse weather conditions which included icing and his inability to maintain aircraft control and a proper glidepath during the approach. Factors associated with the accident were the icing weather conditions and the…NTSB ANC00LA035Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 207 · Delta Junction, AKThe disintegration of the number two piston. A factor in this accident was the subsequent metal fouling of the spark plugs, which resulted in total loss of engine power.NTSB MIA00FA103Accident · 4 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 172K · Sarasota, FLThe failure of the supervisor/ground controller and the local controller to provide effective separation between the accident airplanes on the runway, resulting in a collision during takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the pilot and…NTSB LAX00LA118Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportArrow OH-58A · Calipatria, CAThe pilot's inadequate checklist procedure prior to departure, which did not verify the fuel selector was in the proper position for flight, and the pilot's failure to maintain adequate main rotor speed for an autorotative landing.NTSB IAD00WA029Accident · 2 fatalForeign investigationSikorsky S-76A · Kakap, Isle of ManNTSB CHI00WA088Accident · 2 fatalForeign investigationHughes 269C · Tysford, United KingdomNTSB NYC00LA091Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAeronca 7AC · Pawling, NYLoss of engine power for undetermined reasons.NTSB NYC00LA088Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-22 · Conesus, NYThe contamination of the aircraft's fuel. Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude and his diversion of attention during the base turn, dark night conditions, and the tree.NTSB LAX00LA120Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150E · Reedley, CAA loose seat latch which permitted the seat to move aft to a position where the pilot could no longer reach the controls.NTSB LAX00LA119Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportStearman A-75 · Imperial, CAThe failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain directional control of the aircraft during landing roll.NTSB LAX00LA116Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBell 47G-4A · Wasco, CAThe pilot's failure to use carburetor heat, which resulted in a loss of engine power. Factors included the ambient carburetor icing conditions and the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.NTSB LAX00LA115Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 185 · Incline Village, NVThe pilot's inadvertent landing on water with the wheels of the amphibious float plane extended.NTSB LAX00FA122Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-12 · Cima, CAIn-flight collision with terrain for undetermined reasons.NTSB FTW00LA090Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172M · Manilla, ARThe pilot's performance of low altitude flight and his failure to maintain clearance with the power lines.NTSB ATL00LA037Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportTitan Tornado · Springfield, TNThe loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, and the unqualified person attempted to fly the airplane.NTSB ATL00LA036Accident · 2 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportTrike Unknown · Dalton, GAThe pilot's failure to maintain appropriate clearance with objects during final approach to landing. A factor was the tree.NTSB ANC00IA034Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportMcDonnell Douglas MD-83 · Fairbanks, AKA delayed rotation during takeoff for an undetermined reason.NTSB SEA00LA048Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-180 · Richland, WAFailure of a connecting rod for undetermined reasons. Factors include unsuitable terrain for the forced landing attempt.NTSB DCA00MA030Accident · Serious injuriesClass 1 · MajorFinal reportBoeing 737-300 · Burbank, CAthe flight crew's excessive airspeed and flightpath angle during the approach and landing and its failure to abort the approach when stabilized approach criteria were not met. Contributing to the accident was the controller's positioning of the airplane in…NTSB ATL00LA034Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHughes 369D · Dallas, NCThe pilot's improper use of flight controls during an emergency landing. Factors were an encounter with a loss of tail rotor effectiveness (LTE) during an out-of-ground effect hover, the pilot's inadequate weather evaluation, and his failure to follow proper…NTSB NYC00LA089Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-161 · West Milford, NJThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. A factor in this accident was the gusty crosswind conditions.NTSB LAX00LA117Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-46-310 · Palo Alto, CAThe pilot's failure to obtain/maintain the proper visual glide path resulting in an undershoot and collision with the runway edge.NTSB CHI00LA086Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAlon Ercoupe · Osceola, IAfuel starvation due to an undetermined blockage in the fuel line from the header tank to the gascolator. Factors relating to this accident were the blocked fuel line and the rough terrain.NTSB ATL00LA033Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAero Comp COMP-AIR-6 · Indiantown, FLThe maintenance personnel inadequate inspection of the fuel system that resulted in loss of engine power due to fuel filter contamination.NTSB ATL00LA032Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBellanca 260 B · Cornelia, GAThe pilot's failure to use the checklist, resulting in a wheels-up landing and post-crash fire.NTSB ATL00IA035Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportCessna CE-560 · Key Largo, FLThe malfunction of the nose gear locking mechanism for undetermined reason.NTSB ANC00LA032Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportStinson 108-3 · Fairbanks, AKThe pilot's inadvertent ground loop.NTSB ANC00LA031Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 170B · Big Lake, AKThe pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for takeoff. Factors in the accident were soft, snow-covered terrain, and an inadvertent ground loop.NTSB SEA00LA047Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180H · Bozeman, MTAircraft control was not maintained. Inadequate remedial action was a factor.NTSB NYC00LA087Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportErcoupe 415-C · Rome, NYThe pilot inadvertently selecting the mixture control to off, resulting in a total loss of engine power.NTSB IAD00LA025Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportI.C.A. Brasov IS-28B2 · Blairstown, NJthe encountering of wind conditions in flight that inhibited the pilot from maintaining altitude.NTSB ANC00LA033Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 208B · Holy Cross, AKAn in-flight separation of a main landing gear tire mud flap, and subsequent impact with the horizontal stabilizer.NTSB MIA00FA102Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportMcDonnell Douglas HU-600N · Miami, FLThe pilot's ostentatious display and in-flight decision to perform an abrupt low altitude pitch up maneuver (aerobatic flight). This resulted in the main rotor blades colliding with and separating the tail boom assembly while maneuvering, and the helicopters…NTSB ATL00LA031Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportunknown unknown · Manatee, FLThe pilot's impairment due to the use of unapproved medication which led to loss of control in flight.NTSB NYC00WA090Accident · Serious injuriesForeign investigationCessna 414 · BotswanaNTSB LAX00LA112Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-32R-301T · Coalinga, CAThe failure of the landing gear for undetermined reasons to go into the locked position after the pilot conducted a manual and emergency gear extension. A factor in the accident was the undetermined failure of the electrical system.NTSB DEN00LA055Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna P210N · Gillette, WYThe pilot's failure to land sooner to refuel, resulting in a power loss due to fuel exhaustion. A factor was a lack of suitable terrain on which to make a forced landing.NTSB CHI00LA085Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 210 · Macomb, ILthe inadequate maintenance inspection prior to the ferry flight by the pilot/mechanic rated passenger who endorsed the airplane as airworthy, the shift in the number two main bearing left half, and the fractured crankshaft. A factor was the rough/uneven…NTSB NYC00LA101Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Hazelton, PAThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing with a crosswind.NTSB NYC00LA086Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMcDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F · Newark, NJThe tug operator's inadequate visual lookout.NTSB FTW00LA089Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Fort Worth, TXThe pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing. A factor was the crosswind condition.NTSB MIA00WA101Accident · Minor injuriesForeign investigationBell 214ST · Ras Tanura, Saudi ArabiaNTSB ATL00LA030Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBurak Stanley A XF4 · Brooksville, FLThe owner/builder's failure to build the airplane within the design stress limits of the drive shaft assembly, that resulted in the failure of the Flex Coupling Retention Bolts.NTSB NYC00LA085Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 747-236 · Providence, RIMaintenance personnel's failure to reconnect the pitot connections to the elevator feel computer which resulted in an elevator control surface deflection which was outside of the normal autopilot elevator authority. The uncommanded autopilot input to the…NTSB MIA00LA100Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150H · Dandridge, TNthe student pilot's improper preflight that resulted in his operating an aircraft with contaminated fuel that resulted in a loss of engine power and a forced landing in the trees and damage to the aircraft. Contributing to the accident were the student's…NTSB MIA00LA099Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Brooksville, FLTotal loss of engine power for undetermined reasons on appr oach for landing resulting in an in-flight collision with a dirt bank, separation of the main landing gear, and subsequent nose over. Contributing to the accident was carburetor icing conditions.NTSB MIA00LA097Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHughes TH-55 · Odessa, FLThe pilot's improper use of flight controls (cyclic and col lective) during a autorotation resulting in a hard landing and subsequent roll over.NTSB IAD00FA024Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 337 · Prnce Frederick, MDwas the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane after a loss of engine power on one engine. Factors in the accident were the pilot/owner's failure to follow the published emergency procedure, his inadequate fuel management, and his intentional…NTSB ATL00LA029Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-23-160 · Titusville, FLThe pilot's improper decision to attempt a flight on minimal fuel, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. A factor was the closed fuel pumps at the departure airport.NTSB LAX00LA111Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportErcoupe 415-C · San Bernardino, CAthe total failure of the engine number 1 cylinder exhaust valve.