# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-30: Off-field or emergency landing

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 ERA26LA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA190.md): Piper PA-30 · Enterprise, AL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 26, 2026 · N8432Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s inadequate preflight and inflight fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation and subsequent forced landing into trees.
- [NTSB ERA23LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA005.md): Piper PA-30 · Milan, GA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Oct 4, 2022 · N7494Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in a total loss of engine power during cruise flight due to fuel contamination.
- [NTSB WPR22LA313](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA313.md): Piper PA-30 · St Ignatius, MT · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 23, 2022 · N4009Y · Substantial damage
  > A partial loss of power during takeoff for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB ERA20LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA272.md): Piper PA 30 · Alabaster, AL · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 2, 2020 · N7750Y · Substantial damage
  > A loss of control and lack of climb performance shortly after takeoff for reasons that could not be determined based on available evidence, resulting in a collision with terrain.
- [NTSB WPR14LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA169.md): Piper PA30 - NO Series · Bullhead City, AZ · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 21, 2014 · N7880Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's mismanagement of the throttle and propeller controls during the attempted go-around after encountering turbulence, which resulted in his failure to maintain adequate airspeed and climb rate and a subsequent forced landing and impact with terrain.…
- [NTSB WPR12LA366](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA366.md): Piper PA-30 B · Scappoose, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 23, 2012 · N222BP · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the landing gear to fully extend as a result of a failure of the landing gear transmission assembly for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.
- [NTSB CEN12LA512](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA512.md): Piper PA-30 · Bragg City, MO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 29, 2012 · N8121Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to properly tighten the b-nut from the engine-driven fuel pump to the fuel-metering unit during maintenance, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
- [NTSB LAX08LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA107.md): Piper PA-30 · Holbrook, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 15, 2008 · N8442Y · Substantial damage
  > A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of the pilot's fuel system mismanagement and incorrect positioning of the fuel selector valves.

## 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 ('7103002')
    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" = '440' 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/440/sequence?model=7103002

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