# Fatal NTSB investigations: Piper PA-17

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 MKC89DCJ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89DCJ01.md): Piper PA-17 · Omaha, NE · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Nov 28, 1988 · N4691H · Substantial damage
  > Witnesses observed the airplane takeoff and climb steeply to about 100 feet above ground. The airplane then turned sharply to the right and crashed into the ground in a nose low attitude. Investigation revealed no problems with either engine or airframe.
- [NTSB ATL86FA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FA235.md): Piper PA-18 · Wilton, ME · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 30, 1986 · N4641H · Destroyed
  > Witnesses saw the acft go into a nose down attitude prior to crashing into a wooded area near the arpt. Rprtdly, the prop was turning, but no sound was heard from the eng. Subsequently, the acft impacted the gnd in a nose low, inverted attitude. No preimpact…
- [NTSB CHI85FA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FA176.md): Cessna R182 · Prairie Dusac, WI · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 26, 1985 · N4707T · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > This midair collision occurred approx 2 mi NE of sauk-Prairie apt. The pilots of the Cessna were in a climbing right departure turn at approx 1600 ft MSL heading approx 120 deg when a collsion occurred with a Piper heading approx 270 deg and descending. One…
- [NTSB FTW76AF037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF037.md): Piper PA-17 · Fabens, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · Oct 25, 1975 · N4861H · Destroyed
- [NTSB MIA68A0095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68A0095.md): Piper PA-17 · West Columbia, SC · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · May 17, 1968 · N4869H · Destroyed

## 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."highestInjuryLevel" = 'Fatal'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7101702'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?fatal=1&model=7101702

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