NTSB investigations, 1985, CO
180,611 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,590 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.
Cases per year
| 1963 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 1964 | 117 |
| 1965 | 112 |
| 1966 | 149 |
| 1967 | 145 |
| 1968 | 130 |
| 1969 | 123 |
| 1970 | 100 |
| 1971 | 118 |
| 1972 | 91 |
| 1973 | 107 |
| 1974 | 130 |
| 1975 | 104 |
| 1976 | 100 |
| 1977 | 121 |
| 1978 | 118 |
| 1979 | 120 |
| 1980 | 98 |
| 1981 | 94 |
| 1982 | 105 |
| 1983 | 106 |
| 1984 | 94 |
| 1985 | 88 |
| 1986 | 71 |
| 1987 | 95 |
| 1988 | 86 |
| 1989 | 80 |
| 1990 | 78 |
| 1991 | 89 |
| 1992 | 90 |
| 1993 | 71 |
| 1994 | 63 |
| 1995 | 74 |
| 1996 | 85 |
| 1997 | 69 |
| 1998 | 66 |
| 1999 | 86 |
| 2000 | 74 |
| 2001 | 70 |
| 2002 | 73 |
| 2003 | 65 |
| 2004 | 73 |
| 2005 | 75 |
| 2006 | 54 |
| 2007 | 63 |
| 2008 | 60 |
| 2009 | 51 |
| 2010 | 47 |
| 2011 | 54 |
| 2012 | 57 |
| 2013 | 48 |
| 2014 | 49 |
| 2015 | 39 |
| 2016 | 31 |
| 2017 | 34 |
| 2018 | 33 |
| 2019 | 35 |
| 2020 | 44 |
| 2021 | 47 |
| 2022 | 34 |
| 2023 | 38 |
| 2024 | 31 |
| 2025 | 43 |
| 2026 | 43 |
Where
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Query with SQL
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\") = 1985
AND c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'CO' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA'
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") = 1985 AND c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'CO' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA' ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
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NTSB DEN86LA057Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172P · Broomfield, COThe acft drifted off the runway during the flare/touchdown phase of ldg due to plt failure to correct for a 20 kt xwind condition. The plt attempted to make a go-around at a low a/s and with ldg flaps (25 degrees) extended, resulting in loss of control and…NTSB DEN86LA051Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172N · Longmont, COAccording to the student plt he made a normal apch to landing. The runway had not been cleared of snow to its full width. The acft's left wheel touched the snow pulling the acft off the rwy and the acft flipped over.NTSB DEN86LA048Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna TU-206G · Denver, COWhile gnd taxiing to a general aviation terminal after ldg, the pilot taxied behind and turned downwind into jet thrust from a B737 acft as it was being taxied from a passenger terminal enroute to rwy for takeoff. The acft was blown onto its nose and right…NTSB DEN86LA045Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Aurora, COAccording to the CFI, during a touch & go landing, the student allowed the acft to drift to the left side of the rwy where it contacted a snow bank. The CFI stated she failed to correct for the drift soon enough to prevent the accident. The landing was being…NTSB DEN86LA047Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28R-201T · Aurora, COAccording to the plt, the right wing struck a fence while diverting off the taxiway centerline to make room for another oncoming acft. Contact with the fence resulted in a bent spar in the right wing.NTSB DEN86FA034Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-31-350 · Englewood, COThe plt had been flying aprx 7 hrs and was completing the flt at night when the accident occurred. He was using visual cues (the arpt enviroment) to position the acft at a proper alt for a visual apch and landing. The terrain south of the arpt rises several…NTSB DEN86FA033Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportCessna 421B · Franktown, COThe acft departed nashville, TN, for a flt to aspen, CO. The plts made one refueling stop at chanute, KS. The plts were unable to land at aspen or a nearby alternate arpt (eagle, CO) and elected to return back to the denver area. The plts indicated to an…NTSB DEN86LA037Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrumman AA-5A · Fort Collins, COThe plt stated that during takeoff roll the acft used over twice the normal distance to rwy to become airborne. After becoming airborne, the stall warning sounded, and continued to sound until the forced landing when the plt said he couldnot maintain alt. The…NTSB DEN86LA036Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 II · Greeley, COAccording to the plt, during the landing roll the acft veered to the left of the rwy and struck a snow berm. The plt stated that the accident could have been prevented if he had held the 'nose wheel off the ground' longer and not relaxed his attention.NTSB DEN86LA029Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna C-152 · Franktown, COAccording to the plt, upon initiating a pwr recovery after a simulated forced landing, the acft in which he and his pax were in, encountered turbulence. The plt stated that the acft contacted the ground shortly thereafter. The plt said he allowed the acft to…NTSB DEN86IA026Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportNorth American NA-265-40 · Denver, COAfter to from a snow covered rw, the lg dwn and locked lights in the cockpit remained illuminated on lg retract the crew did not recognize this as a log gear ino sys malfunction nor were they familiar with the correct proc to lower lg when this malfunction…NTSB DEN86FA028Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28RT-201T · Cheyenne Wells, COThe plt obtained a wx briefing prior to departing apa. There was a cold frontal system moving down from the north but wx was forecast to be VFR for the remainder of the day. The plt and a plt-pax flew to jln where the plt-pax disembarked. The plt did not…NTSB DEN86LA025Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBalloon Works Firefly 6B · Englewood, COThe plt stated that while on a Balloon flt, the blast valve, which operates the burner flame, stuck open during one of the burns. The plt attempted unsuccessfully to disengage the blast valve. When the plt could not stop the flame with the blast valve, he…NTSB DEN86LA024Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportChampion 7KCAB · Berthoud, COThe plt stated that he made 7-9 high speed taxies to pack the snow on the grass strip, aborting mid-strip when flying speed was not attained. On the final run, the plt said the acft again failed to reach flying speed and decided to abort mid-strip. The plt…NTSB DEN86LA027Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-38-112 · Ft. Collins, COThe acft collided with large chunks of snow on the rwy during takeoff roll. The plt stated that during the roll about mid-way down the rwy he spotted the snow and decided to abort but was unable to avoid the snow. The left gear contacted the snow and the acft…NTSB DEN86FA022Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-25-235B · Holly, COAccording to the plt's brother, he was on a flt to calibrate the acft's spraying equipment & to make a few practice crop spraying runs. While flying at aprx 30 ft AGL, the acft struck power lines, then crashed to the ground & burned. No preimpact part failure…NTSB DEN86FA020Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-230-250 · Englewood, COThe plt had new avionics and autopilot system installed in the acft prior to the accident. Ntap data indicated that the acft did not attain the assigned alt of 8200 ft prior to reaching the outer marker. The acft did not get established on the localizer…NTSB DEN86FTE02Accident · 1 fatalFinal reportBeech 58 · Elbert, COThe acft crashed in a open field & was not found for 4 days. The home built acft, maintained largely by the plt, had the engine destroyed so completely that no determination could be made as to power being developed at impact. The plt reportedly had been…NTSB DEN86LA015Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna T210NII · Sterling, COThe plt indicated he had the arpt in site when the eng failed due to fuel exhaustion. The investigation revea led the eng tach showed a total lapsed time of 4.9 hrs flown on this one fuel load. The perfomance charts for this particular flt indicates a max flt…NTSB DEN86LA013Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 170B · Coloradosprings, COThe pilot took off on runway 17. The wind was reported to be from 130 degrees at 10 knots. After liftoff the left wing rose abruptly and the aircraft veered to the right. The pilot stated that because of his low altitude he could not regain control of the…NTSB DEN86FA009Accident · 4 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 180 · Eagle, COThe plt departed Eagle arpt with 3 pax to fly them to the white owl lake area for the reported purpose of looking for a possible camping site for hunting activities. The plt encountered IMC and lost control of the acft. He was not instrument rated. All…NTSB DEN86LA007Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBell BH 206BII · Kremmling, COWhile maneuvering to observe wildlife, the pilot attempted to hover out of gnd effect in steep mtns terrain at 9800 ft MSL at 2550 lbs gw with a 7-10KT tailwind. According to acft hoge charts in the POH, the acft was not capable of hoge in the conditions of…NTSB DEN86LA004Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 177RG · Aspen, COAfter departure from glenwood springs county arpt the plt initiated a cruise climb to fly over a 12,093 ft high mountain pass. He entered the narrow pass at an alt lower than the summit, encountered downdraft wind currents and was unable to climb fast enough…NTSB DEN86FTE01Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportSkurich FOCKE-WULF 190 · Falcon, COThe acft groundlooped to the rt during an attempted go-around after landing. The plt was landing at a arpt with watch he was unfamilar. He thought he saw wires at the approach end of the rwy so he landed long and then attempted a go-around. The acft…NTSB DEN86LA001Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportChampion 7GCAA · Cortez, COAfter 3.9 hrs flt time on a x-country flt from cheyenne, WY, to Cortez, CO, the plt experienced an eng failure due to fuel exahustion. He executed a forced landing in a mountain meadow that was not adequate in length for the landing. The acft impacted trees…NTSB DEN85IA250Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 727-100 · Denver, CODuring gear extn for lndg, the flt crew noted a 'loud & very noticeable jolting of the acft.' Shortly thereafter, they also noticed that a portion of the right main gear had punctured the upper surface of the rgt wing. The crew then declared an emergency &…NTSB DEN85LA245Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-235 · Sugar City, COPlts were participating in mile-high air derby between denver, Colorado and taos, new Mexico. Acft was flying 50 ft AGL and at full throttle. When plt depressed microphone button to give position report, a muffled explosion was heard. Cabin immediately filled…NTSB DEN85LA244Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 425 · Boulder, COThe plt said he made a normal ldg. During ldg roll the left brake would not respond to pedal application. The plt errored by incorrectly feathering both props. The a/c went off the eng of r/w and struck a fence. Examination of the brake system revealed a…NTSB DEN85LA243Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-181 · Holyoke, COThe plt landed her a/c in a right xwind and was unable to prevent the a/c from veering off the r/w. the a/c struck a wind t and came to rest in a corn field. The plt was not injured.NTSB DEN85LA242Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172 M · Wray, COThe student pilot was on her first solo flight. She stated that she was attempted her first landing and while on approach to the runway shw decided that it 'wasn't quite right.' She executed a go-around but the aircraft struck the ground and cartwheeled.NTSB DEN85FA241Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportAerospatiale SA315B · Craig, COThe helicopter was long-lining a 1280-pound air compressor to an 8500-foot MSL mountain drilling site. Witnesses heard a squealing sound and bang. They observed gray-white smoke and orange-blue flame emitting from the exhaust. The plt released the load and…NTSB DEN85FA240Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportAero Commander 680FL · Fort Collins, COThe plt was operating his acft under the rules of 14 CFR 135, I.e., a scheduled domestic cargo flt. He made a normal departure and climb en route to salt lake city, Utah. Normal communications and radar flt following was established with denver ARTCC.…NTSB DEN85FTE08Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportCessna 182N · Alamosa, COThe acft contacted trees, a fence and a ditch during a precautionary landing on a dirt road. The plt stated that when approaching his destination, the eng began running rough and he was unable to correct the problem. He then decided to land on the road and…NTSB DEN85FTE09Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportConover'S Steen Skybolt · Strasburg, COThe acft was observed during landing by a witness who said that the acft bounced once before nosing over to an inverted position on the rt side of the rwy. Investigation revealed that the rt landing gear was wrapped tight with weeds that bordered the side.…NTSB DEN85LA234Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBalloon Works Firefly 7 · Littleton, COThe plt attempted to land his Balloon in high winds resulting a hard ldg which threw him out of the basket the Balloon then began an immediate asent until a pax pulled the vent line and the Balloon settled rapidly until it hit the grd. Injuries to passengers…NTSB DEN85LA232Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna P210N · Hayden, COPlt said eng began surging during descent from curise alt. After adjusting boost pump, throttle, and mixture, surging ceased. Plt said he dropped flaps and lowered landing gear at 2000 ft AGL and 5 mi from arpt. Eng began to surge again. Adjustment of…NTSB DEN85LA231Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-181 · Englewood, COThe pilot stated after the accident that he had approximately 1/2 full tanks of fuel when he departed the airport on a local night flight. He stated that he flew burning fuel from the left fuel tank. The pilot was returning to the airport after a flight of…NTSB DEN85FA229Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Peyton, COThe two experienced pilots took off from high alt airstrip under high density alt conditions. Witnesses said acft entered a 60-degree left banking turn. When acft had completed 120-degrees of turn, the nose dropped. Witnesses said the acft side-slipped to the…NTSB DEN85LA224Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172 M · Aurora, COThe student pilot stated that he was attempting to land on runway 14. He executed a go-around because the aircraft was not aligned with the runway. The pilot applied full power and raised the flaps. Because of the flap switch design, when the pilot put the…NTSB DEN85LA223Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 120 · Erie, COThe plt stated after the accident that she had landed and the acft rolled aprx 600 ft when she attempted to turn off onto the taxiway while the acft was traveling at a moderate speed. A witness stated that he saw the trees 'lock up' as the acft approached the…NTSB DEN85FA214Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-60-600 · Denver, COPilot in command stated that he waited aprx 90 seconds after a B-727 departed on rwy 8R due to possible wake turbulence. Plt continued to state that he used a short field takeoff procedure to climb above the flt path of the B-727. He stated that during…NTSB DEN85LA216Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSchempp-Hirth Ventus B · Colorado Sprgs, CODuring takeoff the glider left wing touched the ground. The glider then cartwheeled sustaining substantial damage.NTSB DEN85LA207Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 205 · Pueblo, COThe plt/owner departed Pueblo, CO, on a VFR pleasure flt to California. During the flt the plt encountered IMC and elected to return to Pueblo. Witnesses observed the plt making low passes over his parent's home in west Pueblo just prior to impacting rolling…NTSB DEN85LA206Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-22 · Boulder, COAccording to the plt, he was approaching the Boulder municipal arpt, Boulder, Colorado, for a VFR landing when his engine failed to develop sufficient power to sustain flight. A forced landing was made to a farmer's field. The acft sustained substantial…NTSB DEN85FA203Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna C-182 · La Salle, COThe plt and his girlfriend t/o from a pvt airfield north of denver co in a C182 in heavy fog conditions. The pilot was not inst rated. Shortly after t/o the aircraft hit the ground and was destroyed. Both occupants rec'd fatal injuries.NTSB DEN85LTE05Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportGordon Thorpe T-18 · Alamosa, COThe plt of the amateur built acft was on a flt to ashkosh, WI with an en route stop at pueblo, CO. Due to wx in the pueblo area, he diverted to Alamosa, CO. On his 1st apch to land on rwy 20, he made a go-around. On his 2nd apch, the acft landed long & at…NTSB DEN85LA201Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna U206 · Greystone, COThe plt lost control of the acft during an attempted takeoff from a 7000 ft gravel road. The takeoff was being made to the north-northeast and the plt reported winds were from 180 degs at 10 KTS gusting to 15 KTS. The acft veered left, contacted a tree and…NTSB DEN85LA199Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech 58P · Buena Vista, COThe left engine failed during takeoff at an altitude of about 40 ft AGL. During the forced landing, the plt used incorrect emergency procedures and failed to maintain lateral and directional control of the acft. Inspection of the acft revealed a disintegrated…NTSB DEN85FA196Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportBalloon Works Firefly 7 · Brighton, COA hot air Balloon owned and flown by the plt collided with electrical power lines during an attempted landing. The basket of the Balloon caught fire upon contact with the wires. The occupants leaped from the burning basket sustaining serious injuries. The…NTSB DEN85LA198Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMooney M20K · Durango, COThe plt reported that prior to landing, the UNICOM operator reported that the wind was from the northwest at 10 to 20 KTS & was gusty. Also, he said that while on base leg, he encountered a severe downdraft. He stated that he applied pwr & retracted the flaps…