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NTSB investigations, 1988, SC

180,610 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,589 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\") = 1988
    AND c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'SC' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA'
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB ATL89LA044Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-24-250 · Ft Mill, SCTwo days before the acdnt, the plt had fueled the acft to capacity & flown it a short distance to his house at a pvt airstrip. After the flt, he noticed fuel on the tops of both wings, aft of the fuel filler caps. He was aware that fuel had leaked from the…Nov 23, 1988 · N6711P · Substantial damageNTSB ATL89IA026Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBeech 58 · Georgetown, SCThe plt reported that the nose gear collapsed after a 'normal' ldg. An FAA inspector who examined the rwy after the mishap reported that he found tire marks which indicated that the nose tire had contacted the rwy several times after the main tires touched…Nov 2, 1988 · N958MC · Minor damageNTSB ATL89LA021Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172M · Hilton Head Is., SCThe plt reported that the airplane lost power shortly after takeoff. A forced ldg was subsequently made in a swamp near the arpt. The airplane nosed over during rollout. Post-crash exam of the airplane revealed that the throttle cable outer casing had become…Oct 30, 1988 · N1275U · Substantial damageNTSB ATL89LA001Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrumman AA-5A · Ridgeland, SCThe plt reported that the left brake failed to function during taxi when he attempted to reduce speed and turn 180 deg into t/o position. The airplane began to track to the right. He released brake pressure on both pedals thinking that he might have been…Oct 1, 1988 · N26827 · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88LA257Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Conway, SCThe student pilot was conducting his first SOL0 flight, when he lost directional control and collided with three parked airplanes. The student said that his right foot slipped off the rudder pedal; attempts to recover failed. The pilot did not report any…Sep 30, 1988 · N95156 · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88LA249Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHughes 269A · Saluda, SCThe instructor pilot reported that they were conducting autorotation training. During an autorotation the crew delayed initiating the power recovery. The helicopters struck the ground causing substantial damage. The pilots did not report experiencing a system…Sep 5, 1988 · N8823F · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88FA239Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportBoeing 767 · Charleston, SCAug 27, 1988 · N120DL · No damageNTSB ATL88IA238Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBell 47G · N Myrtle Beach, SCAug 25, 1988 · N902Z · Minor damageNTSB ATL88LA236Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 182 · Bamberg, SCWhile at cruise, the pilot reported hearing a ticking sound coming from the engine. Shortly afterward the eng quit. During the emergency landing, the airplane nosed over. Engine examination disclosed that teeth from the crankshaft and camshaft gears were…Aug 23, 1988 · N5797B · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88LA235Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150G · Rock Hill, SCThe plt reported that the engine began to run rough & lose pwr while he was circling some property he owned. He subsequently attempted to land at a nearby ultralight airstrip. He stated that he didn't remember anything after that. The airstrip owner reported…Aug 23, 1988 · N3105J · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88LA234Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 177A · Ridgeland, SCThe pilot experienced a complete power loss about four hours after departing pompano beach. The pilot had varied his altitude throughout the flight. The flight manual indicates that the acft could fly about 3.8 hours, at 2500 feet altitude, on 48 gallons of…Aug 22, 1988 · N30335 · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88FA230Accident · 3 fatalField investigationFinal reportBeech 60 · Pageland, SCThe airplane was observed to approach the airport from the northwest. As it crossed the northeast end of the runway, it initiated a right turn to cross the runway about the midpoint to a position for a left downwind for landing on runway 5. Its altitude was…Aug 16, 1988 · N21TP · DestroyedNTSB ATL88LA225Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportChampion 7GCAA · N. Myrtle Beach, SCThe plt reported that he made a low pass over the banner staging area to drop a banner; the release mechanism in the cockpit failed to operate and the banner remained in tow. Xwind conditions blew the banner into another banner on the ground which was…Aug 3, 1988 · N9692S · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88LA223Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-34-200T · Laurens, SCThe plt rprtd that when he landed, everything seemed normal until he was lowering the nose to the rwy drg the landing roll. At that time, the left wing began to settle. At first, he thought the left tire was going flat, but the settling continued.…Aug 1, 1988 · N8191J · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88FA213Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportBell TH-1L · Walterboro, SCThe military surplus helicopter experienced a 42 degree gear box failure while lifting a load of logs. The helicopter subsequently landed hard as the plt was attempting to autorotate to a ldg. Metallurgical examination of the gearbox revealed that a gear…Jul 12, 1988 · N465JR · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88FA211Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportCessna 175 · Ninety Six, SCThe pilot was cruising the airplane at 2,000 feet AGL when he noted a loss of oil pressure and increase in oil temperature. He also noted a loss in engine power. He elected to make a landing off airport and set up a pattern for the selected field. The…Jul 7, 1988 · N6509E · DestroyedNTSB ATL88LA203Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172 · Greenville, SCThe student & instructor (CFI) were on a practice short field apch, simulating a 50' obstacle. The CFI rprtd that as the acft came over the threshold at about 40' AGL, the airspeed was 60 mph & the flaps were extended 40 deg. The studentreduced the power to…Jun 29, 1988 · N7392A · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88LA197Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAeronca 0-58B · Newberry, SCThe pilot related that he had been flying around the local area making landings at various airports for about 1 1/2 hours. He returned to the departure airport and made a full stop landing. His 12 year old son requested that he make another takeoff and…Jun 21, 1988 · N47190 · DestroyedNTSB ATL88LA192Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-38-112 · Mccormick, SCThe student pilot was on her second solo cross country flight. She had deptd donaldson center near greenville, SC and had flown to athens, ga where she had completed a touch and go landing. She then proceeded to Mccormick, SC and flew over the airport to…Jun 10, 1988 · N2609G · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88FA186Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 402B · West Columbia, SCThe airplane used about 1/2 of the 8,602 ft rwy for the t/o roll. After t/o it pitched nose-down briefly over the rwy during init climb. The plt radioed that he was having a problem with the elevator which required 'full back pressure' to keep the nose up,…May 26, 1988 · N8493A · DestroyedNTSB ATL88LA179Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Conway, SCThe pilot was conducting a maintenance test flight when he experienced a drop in engine RPM. After a series of bangs the engine quit. The pilot made a forced landing into a rough field. The engine examination disclosed that no. 1 piston had failed. The engine…May 20, 1988 · N94533 · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88LA178Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Myrtle Beach, SCThe plt was practicing touch and go ldgs on rwy 23 when he lost control of the airplane just after takeoff when it encountered a gust of wind. The rt wing contacted the terrain adjacent to the runway and the airplane flipped over.May 19, 1988 · N39932 · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88LA176Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Florence, SCThe accident occurred as the student pilot was attempting to depart rwy 27. He reported that the airplane began to turn to the left as he initiated rotation. He was unable to correct the turn, and he attempted to abort the takeoff. The airplane veered off of…May 18, 1988 · N757VH · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88LA161Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHughes 269C · Greenwood, SCThe plt reported that the engine RPM began to drop. Shortly after he took off from an open field. He opened the throttle further in an attempt to regain RPM but the engine did not respond. The helicopter subsequently crashed onto a bldg roof as the plt…May 2, 1988 · N58197 · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88LA160Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172N · Gilbert, SCThe airplane overran rwy 23 during ldg and nosed over. The plt reported that he attempted to abort the ldg after initially landing long on the rwy. As the airplane began to climb however, he realized that it would not clear obstacles located past the end of…May 1, 1988 · N5085K · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88LA151Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCirrus Design Standard · Chester, SCThe glider pilot failed to maintain sufficient altitude while on final approach for landing and struck trees.Apr 22, 1988 · N3LB · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88LA149Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRolladen-Schneider LS-4 · Chester, SCWhile thermaling during the sailplane competition, N45BD was slightly higher and to the left of N295SZ. N45BD made a right turn and struck the right inboard wing section of N294SZ with the outboard wing tip of N45BD. The outboard wing tip of N45BD separated…Apr 22, 1988 · N45BD · 2 aircraft · DestroyedNTSB ATL88FA150Accident · Minor injuriesField investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Moncks Corner, SCApr 22, 1988 · N94251 · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88LA145Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-38-112 · Barnwell, SCDuring initial climb after takeoff right side of the engine cowling unfastened and began fluttering violently. The instructor assumed control of acft & made a forced landing straight ahead into a cultivated field. The acft nosed up sustaining substantial…Apr 16, 1988 · N4233E · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88IA144Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · York, SCThe acft was to be ferried back to the home arpt after an eng overhaul. The plt rprtd it was located on rough/sod & required full power to taxi from the parking area. After the acft began moving, he attempted to make a rgt turn onto the taxiway. However, he…Apr 15, 1988 · N93802 · Minor damageNTSB ATL88LA126Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Charleston, SCThe student plt rptd that the airplane was low on final appch, and that he applied pwr to maintain altitude. After crossing the rwy threshold, he reduced the pwr to idle & lowered the nose to maintain airspeed. He initiated a flare prior to touchdown, but the…Apr 1, 1988 · N68726 · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88FA125Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-235 · Summerville, SCMar 27, 1988 · N410JQ · DestroyedNTSB ATL88LA121Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 140 · Easley, SCThe plt rptd that he attempted to land at the 2,000 ft strip in a 15 kt tailwind. The airplane touched down long, and he elected to abort the ldg and takeoff again. During initial climb, he felt the tailwheel hit trees located at the end of the rwy. He…Mar 20, 1988 · N2233N · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88FA118Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportChampion 7BCM · Bishopville, SCThe student pilot, carrying a passenger, attempted a low level maneuver, and stalled the aircraft. He was unable to recover in the altitude available and the aircraft struck the ground. Toxicological tests on the blood/urine were done on the PIC. The blood…Mar 17, 1988 · N82782 · DestroyedNTSB ATL88DMG04Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportMarrek Smyth Sidewinder · Honea Path, SCMar 17, 1988 · N25150 · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88LA116Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172F · Myrtle Beach, SCThe pilot reported that the airplane began to sink rapidly about 100 ft above the rwy threshold. He added pwr and initiated a flare. Upon touchdown, the airplane pitched down and rolled rt. The airplane subseqeuntly skidded off of the rt side of the rwy and…Mar 16, 1988 · N5244F · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88FA110Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-32R-300 · Rock Hill, SCThe plt and a certificated pilot/pax departed the Rock Hill apt for a local maint test flt following an engine overhaul and installation. About 10 minutes into the flt, the engine oil pressure dropped to zero and a complete loss of power followed. The plt…Mar 12, 1988 · N8727E · DestroyedNTSB ATL88LA114Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Orangeburg, SCThe engine lost pwr as the airplane was returning from a fire-patrol flt. The plt made a forced ldg in a field where the airplane ran into soft dirt and nosed over. Post-crash exam of the acft revealed no evidence of any fuel ramaining in the fuel system. The…Mar 7, 1988 · N8994Y · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88LA093Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportErcoupe 415C · Spartanburg, SCWhen the pilot was unable to find assistance to remove the nose wheel chock from the aircraft, he applied enough power to jump the chock. He was unable to retard the throttle before colliding with a parked aircraft and striking a concrete wall.Feb 17, 1988 · N3631H · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88LA086Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150K · Barnwell, SCThe CFI and her student became lost on the last leg of a dual x-c flt after encountering rainshowers and low ceilings. After unsuccessfully attempting to locate their destination arpt, the CFI located another arpt and elected to land there. The engine…Jan 31, 1988 · N6254G · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88LA080Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-44-180 · Florence, SCThe left main ldg gear collapsed during takeoff roll, following a touch & go ldg. The airplane subsequently veered into a snowbank. Post-crash examination of the airplane revealed that the left MLG truss bracket assy had pulled loose from the acft structure…Jan 16, 1988 · N268NA · Substantial damage