# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-32RT-300T: Loss of engine power (total)

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 CEN25LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA192.md): Piper PA-32RT-300T · Tulsa, OK · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report · May 30, 2025 · N130XR · Substantial damage
  > On May 30, 2025, about 1627 central daylight time, a Piper PA-32RT-300T airplane, N130XR, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Tulsa, Oklahoma. The pilot sustained serious injuries, and the pilot-rated passenger sustained minor…
- [NTSB CEN22LA344](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA344.md): Piper PA-32RT-300T · Dallas, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jul 28, 2022 · N3027J · Substantial damage
  > Maintenance personnel’s inadequate maintenance of the magneto, which resulted in a loss of engine ignition, a loss of engine power, and a subsequent forced landing.
- [NTSB ERA21FA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21FA133.md): Piper PA32RT · Vinemont, AL · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Feb 20, 2021 · N10KV · Destroyed
  > A loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined.
- [NTSB ERA20LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA212.md): Piper PA32RT · Selma, AL · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jun 10, 2020 · N543GS · Destroyed
  > The mechanic’s failure to clean the oil suction screen during the most recent maintenance, which resulted in oil starvation and subsequent total loss of engine power.
- [NTSB ERA16LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA331.md): Piper PA32RT · Camden, SC · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 30, 2016 · N39686 · Substantial damage
  > A total loss of engine power due to the improper torqueing of the magneto, which led it to its malfunctioning in flight.
- [NTSB NYC08LA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA264.md): Piper PA-32RT-300T · Palakta, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 3, 2008 · N39758 · Substantial damage
  > The partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## 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 ('7103216')
    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" = '341' 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/341/sequence?model=7103216

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