OpenAirDocs.org

NTSB investigations, 1983, NV

180,630 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,609 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

19632026

Where

Open the map

Latest cases

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\") = 1983
    AND c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'NV' 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.

NTSB LAX84LA121Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 182F · Las Vegas, NVThe acft stalled into the side of a mountain about 75 ft below its crest. The plt reported that as it became apparent that the acft had insufficient altitude to clear the mountain the throttle was opened but the rpm's were not increased. The tachometer…Dec 30, 1983 · N3222U · Substantial damageNTSB LAX84LA117Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBell 206B III · Mountain City, NVThe helicopter collided with the snow covered ground after the eng quit during a power-line patrol at about 30 ft AGL. The plt reported that the visibility was 1/2 mile with light snow falling. He also said he could see 4 to 7 of the supporting structures.…Dec 27, 1983 · N206JH · Substantial damageNTSB LAX84FA114Accident · 3 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 182E · Humbolt, NVWhile on a x-country flt in a mountainous area, the acft crashed into the side of a snow covered mountain. Impact occurred at the 8200 ft level in prince royal canyon. The canyon sloped upward to the south & terminated at an elevation of about 8900 ft. the…Dec 22, 1983 · CGCGA · DestroyedNTSB LAX84FA095Accident · 3 fatalField investigationFinal reportAerospatiale AS 355F · Black Mountain, NVThe helicopter tookoff on an air ambulance flt at about 1219 PST. According to tower personnel, the departure appeared normal. Radar service was terminated at 1227 & there was no further radio contact with the helicopter. Later, the helicopter was found where…Dec 7, 1983 · N57901 · DestroyedNTSB LAX84LA079Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180 · Las Vegas, NVWhile on a x-country flt, the acft collided with the crest of a 10,000 ft mountain. Witnesses stated that the plt had circled in the area prior to the accident. The accident reportedly occurred at dusk, but witnesses said the area to the north of the site was…Nov 28, 1983 · N91478 · DestroyedNTSB LAX84FU018Accident · 2 fatalFinal reportMitchell T10 · Sparks, NVGround witnesses observed the ultralight vehicle in straight & level flt. According to them, the vehicle began a pitch oscillation, then went into a steep, right descending spiral until it struck the ground. Another plt, who was flying in the vicinity…Nov 4, 1983 · UNREG · DestroyedNTSB LAX84FA047Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 172N · Elko, NVThe acft crashed in mountainous terrain while on a deer spotting flt. There were no witnesses to the accident. About 8 hours after departure the acft was declared missing. The acft was found the following day at about 0730 hours by air search acft. Ground…Nov 4, 1983 · N739YL · DestroyedNTSB LAX84LA044Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportCessna TU206G · Reno, NVThe pilot's body was found under the front of the acft by the propeller. All cockpit controls were in the start positionand the acft was not chocked or tied down. The payroll checks the pilot was to deliver were found in the acft.Nov 3, 1983 · N756DG · No damageNTSB LAX84LA039Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 182 · Winnemucca, NVThe plt reported that during a landing, he rounded out hi & allowed the acft to make a bounced landing. During the landing, the prop struck the rwy & the firewall & fuselage skin were damaged. After the hard landing, the plt taxied clear of the rwy & acft.Oct 30, 1983 · N3451F · Substantial damageNTSB LAX84FA029Accident · No injuriesField investigationFinal reportMooney M20F · Indian Springs, NVAt 5,500 ft altitude the eng began slowly losing power. Unable to maintain altitude, the plt made a gear up landing in rough terrain. Examination of the eng revealed no discrepaniies.Oct 23, 1983 · N6912 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX84FA012Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 210-5 (205) · Schurz, NVThe acft was on a crosscountry flight in VFR conditions. The non-instrument rated pilot encountered instrument conditions at night and lost control of the acft in flight. The post crash investigation revealed evidence of an inflight structural failure due to…Oct 14, 1983 · N8370Z · DestroyedNTSB LAX84LA004Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172P · Virginia City, NVThe acft collided with rising terrain while on a photographic flt for nat'l geographic of mountainous terrain around Virginia City. A witness said the acft flew too low and slow and hit the up-slope terrain with the left landing gear while circling. The acft…Oct 6, 1983 · N65966 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX84FA002Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 182M · Snow Water Lake, NVThe acft collided with the terrain in a high speed wings level descent at night after encountering weather and icing at flt level of 13000 ft. the plt was in contact with salt lake center until 5 minutes before radar contact was lost and gave no indication of…Oct 2, 1983 · N92019 · DestroyedNTSB LAX83LA465Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 182P · Empire, NVThe plt said that a gust of wind blew the acft half way down the rwy. The touchdown was long and the acft ran off the end of the rwy into a dirt bank and nosed over. Winds were gusting to 20 KTS.Sep 17, 1983 · N9881E · Substantial damageNTSB LAX83FA446Accident · Minor injuriesField investigationFinal reportMortensen Lombard DILLEY-68 · Sun Valley, NVThe plt was one of several competing in a pylon air race during the reno national air races. The acft were approaching the first pylon in a steep left bank. According to the plt, another acft pulled in front of him, & while attempting to avoid a collision at…Sep 17, 1983 · N301LS · DestroyedNTSB LAX83LA460Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150 · Sparks, NVThe stu plt stated he encountered wind shear on short final and applied full pwr but the nose wheel struck a dirt bank at the rwy threshold. The acft bounced back into the air and came down on the rwy at which time the nose gear departed the acft as it slid…Sep 11, 1983 · N11491 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX83LA415Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-22 · Arden, NVBetween 50-100 ft AGL after takeoff the eng quit. Examination revealed that the fuel supply line between the left wing fuel tank & the fuselage had failed.Aug 26, 1983 · N628A · Substantial damageNTSB LAX83FA400Accident · Minor injuriesField investigationFinal reportBell 206-B · Battle Mountain, NVThe helicopter lost power during takeoff,touched down on the left skid,bounced and rolled over. The flt had originated at 1315 at a local field and proceeded to pick up a passenger at another location. The acft had just landed, picked up the passenger and was…Aug 22, 1983 · N17355 · DestroyedNTSB LAX83LA404Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna P21O · Goldfield, NVThe acft collided with a cattle guard during an attempted takeoff from a road. The plt elected the road rather than the airstrip which was made of gravel and was wet and muddy. He stated that there was about 4000 ft of flat straight road available and he set…Aug 19, 1983 · N4818K · Substantial damageNTSB SEA83FYA02Accident · 1 fatalFinal reportPiper PA-22-108 · Nr Jackpot, NVPrior to the accident, the acft was observed maneuvering in the vicinity. Subsequently, the acft collided with the ground while it was being flown under a 40 ft power line. Both of the occupants had student plt certificates that had expired. One of the…Aug 14, 1983 · N5533Z · Substantial damageNTSB LAX83LA380Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172P · Jean, NVThe plt took off from the mccarran intl arpt, las vegas, NV & flew to another arpt in the local area at Jean, NV to practice soft field takeoff & landing techniques. During his 1st soft field takeoff, he over rotated the acft & the tail cone contacted the…Aug 10, 1983 · N52023 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX83LA367Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna T210M · Eureka, NVThe pilot had landed at this strip to attend a local rodeo. The airstrip was 2000 ft of loose gravel. The wind was calm,temperature 65 degrees, and the elevation was 5900 ft MSL, density alt was 7500 ft. the pilot used 10 degrees of flaps for takeoff. He said…Jul 31, 1983 · N761NF · Substantial damageNTSB LAX83LA364Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna TR182 · Ely, NVThe plt said that he apchd the 6000 ft rwy with 40 deg of flaps. The acft bounced twice during the landing, then the plt initiated a full power go-around. The plt reported that the acft did not climb, but was 'wallowing' in ground effect. To reduce the drag,…Jul 30, 1983 · N756XT · Substantial damageNTSB LAX83LA361Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180K · Las Vegas, NVThe plt reported that during touchdown, he heard a loud squeal from a tire & felt the aircraft pull to the left. He stated that he applied right aileron & rudder to keep the acft going straight. However, as the acft slowed, it began to veer left again. He…Jul 28, 1983 · N2572K · Substantial damageNTSB LAX83LA329Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna TU206G · Lovelock, NVDuring a cross country a change of course around some adverse weather put the acft in the vicinity of Lovelock, NV. Since fuel was marginal for completion of the flt the pilot decided to land at Lovelock for fuel. As the flt neared Lovelock the pilot could…Jul 9, 1983 · N4590U · Substantial damageNTSB LAX83LA328Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrumman American AA-1B · Boulder City, NVThe acft collided with rising terrain during a go-around. The pilot attempted a landing at Boulder City in a 20-30 kt. Wind. When the acft bounced the pilot decided to go-around. Instead of climbing into the wind he turned downwind at low altitude where he…Jul 9, 1983 · N1507R · DestroyedNTSB LAX83LA325Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Carson City, NVThe student pilot said crosswind gusts blew the acft to the right of the rwy just prior to touchdown. Electing a go-around, the pilot said he was into initial climb when the acft lost airspeed, bounded off the ground into a stall, landed on the nose gear and…Jul 7, 1983 · N5262M · Substantial damageNTSB LAX83LA323Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180A · Hawthorne, NVThe pilot stated that upon arrival in the Hawthorne area, the winds reported by UNICOM were extremely variable at 27 KTS gusting to 35 KTS. The UNICOM operator recommended rwy 28, then rwy 15 and finally settled on rwy 23 as the best for the wind condition.…Jul 6, 1983 · N5328D · Substantial damageNTSB LAX83LA313Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSmith, Ted Aerostar Aerostar 601B · Elko, NVEnroute at 14,000 ft MSL the plt observed the right eng oil press gage decrease to zero. The plt shut down the right eng& received radar vectors to Elko muni arpt. At 6,000 ft the plt attempted to level-off the acft but the acft would not maintain altitude.…Jul 1, 1983 · N601MM · Substantial damageNTSB LAX83IA302Incident · Minor injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportMcdonnell Douglas DC9-32 · Las Vegas, NVDuring the ground run for takeoff a fatigue precipitated failure of the third stage turbine blade occurred with secondary damage to several guide vanes and the fourth stage turbine wheel. Imbalance of the turbine wheel caused the failure of the number six…Jun 24, 1983 · N942N · Minor damageNTSB LAX83LA282Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172 · Yerrington, NVThe acft nosed over during a landing in a field near Yerrington, NV. After police found empty beer cans & some unidentified drugs in the aircraft, the plt resisted arrest & assaulted the officers. When interviewed at a hospital, he stated 'it was his time to…Jun 12, 1983 · N739BD · Substantial damageNTSB LAX83LA273Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportI.C.A. Brasov IS-29D2 · Reno, NVAccording to the plt, he received an aerial tow to 2500 ft AGL, and after releasing, the glider encountered sinking wx conditions. He proceeded back to the arpt. After entering a downwind for landing, the glider reportedly encountered an area of extreme sink.…Jun 7, 1983 · N46045 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX83LA261Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 401A · North Las Vegas, NVThe acfts main landing gear collapsed during landing touchdown. After the right main gear collapsed the acft veered to the right and came to rest about 600 ft beyond the threshold and 90 ft northwest of the rwy edge. An FAA inspector said 'it appears that an…Jun 1, 1983 · N6293Q · Substantial damageNTSB LAX83LA229Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 182R · Duckwater, NVThe acft collided with the terrain after descending to 600 ft AGL and encountering a weather phenomenon which prompted an airspeed decay and uncommanded loss of altitude. Two other acft in the flt of 3 experienced the same phenomenon to a lesser degree…May 14, 1983 · N9951H · Substantial damageNTSB LAX83LA215Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportNorth American Rockwell S2R800 · Fallon, NVThe acft overran the departure end of the rwy during takeoff. The acft had a full load of fuel and about 250 lbs. Of insecticide. The acft had attained a speed of 65 mph as the end of the rwy was approached. The pilot stated that he thought he could make the…May 4, 1983 · N4985X · DestroyedNTSB LAX83IA140Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportMcdonnell Douglas DC 8-61 · Mina, NVWhile established in a normal climb to curising altitude the#1 engine failed due to a failure of the first stage compressor wheel. The acft then diverted to reno NV and landed without further incident.Mar 11, 1983 · N8076 · Minor damageNTSB LAX83FA091Accident · 3 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 177RG · Las Vegas, NVThe acft collided with a mountain during a night cross-country. The weather was VMC at takeoff but became IMC later nearthe mountains. A VFR flight plan was filed but never opened. The pilot continued flight into an area of known IMC conditions. He had…Feb 6, 1983 · N1547H · DestroyedNTSB LAX83LXQ03Accident · No injuriesFinal reportCessna 152 · 2 Mi East Mina, NVThe aircraft made a forced landing on a dirt road, collided with some rocks and nosed over. The engine had failed because of fuel exhaustion. The pilot said he refueled the previous day but did not physically check the fuel the day of the accident. The…Jan 7, 1983 · N25334 · Substantial damage