# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-36-285: Loss of control in flight

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 CEN20LA381](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA381.md): Piper PA36 · Ord, NE · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 18, 2020 · N57607 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed while in a turn during initial climb and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at a low altitude.
- [NTSB GAA17CA453](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA453.md): Piper PA36 · McCook, NE · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 29, 2017 · N132VA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack while maneuvering downwind during an agricultural application flight, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at low altitude.
- [NTSB CEN12CA542](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA542.md): Piper PA-36-285 · Harvey, ND · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 8, 2012 · N204AB · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s decision to take off with the airplane over its maximum gross weight on a turf runway and with a tailwind, and his subsequent failure to maintain airplane control.
- [NTSB DFW08LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA196.md): Piper PA-36-285 · Petersburg, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 21, 2008 · N57601 · Substantial damage
  > A partial loss of engine power due to the substandard and incomplete maintenance of the engine.

## 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 ('7103610', '7103611')
    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" = '240' 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/240/sequence?model=7103610

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