# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-31-350: Birdstrike

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 GAA17CA570](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA570.md): Piper PA 31 · Saipan · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 30, 2017 · N4078J · Substantial damage
  > Impact with multiple birds while retracting the landing gear, which resulted in the subsequent failure of the right inboard main landing gear door actuator hose and prevented the pilot from being able to extend the landing gear.
- [NTSB GAA16CA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA126.md): Piper PA31 · Newport, RI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 5, 2016 · N102WM · Substantial damage
  > An inadvertent collision with birds during final approach at night.
- [NTSB ERA12CA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA218.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Atlanta, GA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 7, 2012 · N4083Y · Substantial damage
  > An in-flight collision with birds during cruise flight.
- [NTSB WPR11CA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA299.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Casper, WY · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 30, 2011 · N59798 · Substantial damage
  > An in-flight collision with a bird at low altitude.
- [NTSB ANC10CA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10CA031.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Eek, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 8, 2010 · N77HV · Substantial damage
  > An in-flight collisions with two Cackling Geese (Branta Hutchinsii).

## 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 ('7103110', '7103125')
    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" = '901' 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/901/sequence?model=7103110

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