# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-32-300: Runway excursion

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 ERA26LA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA336.md): Piper PA-32-300 · West Kingston, RI · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 9, 2026 · N4056W · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to bring the airplane to a stop on the available runway, which resulted in a runway excursion.
- [NTSB WPR23LA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA363.md): Piper PA-32-300 · Needles, CA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 13, 2023 · N2957N · Substantial damage
  > An encounter with windshear during the initial climb after takeoff, resulting in a loss of control and a subsequent hard landing.
- [NTSB ERA22LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA202.md): Piper PA32 · Fountain Inn, SC · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 25, 2022 · N9583C · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to obtain the proper touchdown point during landing, which resulted in a runway overrun and collision with a fence.
- [NTSB ANC20CA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20CA040.md): Piper PA32 · Fairbanks, AK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 28, 2020 · N1409X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate compensation for gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in a loss of directional control, a runway excursion, and impact with a snowbank.
- [NTSB CEN20CA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA074.md): Piper PA32 · Kingfisher, OK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 3, 2020 · N711PF · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper continuation of a landing in which he landed too far down the runway at too high a speed, which resulted in a loss of directional control and a runway excursion.
- [NTSB WPR18LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA203.md): Piper PA32 · Avalon, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jul 25, 2018 · N4747H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's delayed decision to conduct a go-around following an unstable landing approach and long landing.
- [NTSB GAA18CA368](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA368.md): Piper PA 32-300 · Columbia, SC · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 18, 2018 · N41AL · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.
- [NTSB GAA17CA422](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA422.md): Piper PA32 · Marion, IA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 15, 2017 · N31841 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
- [NTSB ERA13CA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA079.md): Piper PA-32-300 · Easton, MD · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 4, 2012 · N2835W · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing.
- [NTSB CEN12LA441](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA441.md): Piper PA-32-300 · Elkader, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 14, 2012 · N1127X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point while landing on the wet grass runway.
- [NTSB CEN11LA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA275.md): Piper PA-32-300 · Oklahoma City, OK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 7, 2011 · N31407 · Substantial damage
  > The loss of aircraft control due to the failure of the stabilator control cable turnbuckle.

## 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 ('7103212')
    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" = '300' 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/300/sequence?model=7103212

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