# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-34-200T: Loss of control on ground

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CEN24LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA074.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Ponca City, OK · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 26, 2023 · N510P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s loss of directional control during landing in gusty crosswind conditions.
- [NTSB WPR21LA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA296.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Chelan, WA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 22, 2021 · N315JT · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s unstable approach to land in turbulent conditions, which resulted in a hard landing short of the runway and subsequent loss of directional control and collision with terrain.
- [NTSB WPR18LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA044.md): Piper PA 34-200T · Glendale, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Dec 5, 2017 · N47536 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the fatigue of the left main landing gear assembly.
- [NTSB ERA18LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA044.md): Piper PA34 · Thomasville, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 3, 2017 · N8328V · Substantial damage
  > A stone becoming lodged in a left main landing gear (MLG) drag link, which resulted in the failure of the left MLG to extend and lock.
- [NTSB ERA09CA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA104.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Tallahasee, FL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 24, 2008 · N34LM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control after touchdown. Contributing to the accident were the gusting winds.
- [NTSB LAX08CA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA157.md): Piper PA-34 · Blythe, CA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 10, 2008 · N103JH · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
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 c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7103406')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND s.aircrafts_position = x.position AND s."tier2Number" = '230' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent")))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence?model=7103406

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