# Fatal NTSB investigations: Piper PA-36-375

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 CHI96LA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA224.md): Piper PA-36-375 · Windfall, IN · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 28, 1996 · N2459X · Destroyed
  > failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed, while maneuvering to avoid an obstruction (transmission line), which resulted in a stall and collision with the terrain. His lack of familiarity with the geographic area was a related factor.
- [NTSB DEN90DTK01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90DTK01.md): Piper PA-36-375 · Woonsocket, SD · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · May 8, 1990 · N3634E · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > Failure of the pilot of N3634E to follow the briefed plan of operation, and failure of both pilots to see-and-avoid each other (inadequate visual lookout).
- [NTSB MKC84FA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA229.md): Piper PA 36-375 · Bertrand, NE · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 23, 1984 · N3930E · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > N3930E and N3968E had departed as a flight of two for aerial application. There was no record of preflight briefing or coordination planning. At completion of operations on the object field, N3930E advised N3968E by radio that he was making a final cleanup…
- [NTSB MKC83FA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83FA209.md): Piper PA-36-375 · Unionville, MO · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 1, 1983 · N3819E · Destroyed
  > The acft was observed to turn 45 deg to the left after takeoff and when a short distance past the south end of the runway initiated a turn right as if to land on runway 35. As the acft became aligned with runway 35, the right wing dropped, the acft entered a…
- [NTSB FTW82FRJ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRJ12.md): Piper PA-36-375 · Wildsville, LA · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Jun 21, 1982 · N90297 · Destroyed
  > The pilot took off on a local flight to spray a bean field. About 1000 ft from the end of the field was a 300 ft radio tower. The aircraft was observed to circle the bean field and circle the radio tower twice. During a procedure turn, the aircraft struck the…
- [NTSB FTW82FQG15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FQG15.md): Piper PA-36 · Floydada, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Mar 4, 1982 · N2394Y · Destroyed
  > The aircraft crashed about 500 ft north of the field that was being sprayed. After impact, it traveled about 90 ft on a heading of 060 degrees. Green glass fragments were found at the initial impact point as well as propeller slash marks that were nearby. No…
- [NTSB FTW82FPD09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FPD09.md): Piper PA-36-375 · Saint Jo, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Feb 20, 1982 · N3802E · Destroyed
  > After taking off to the south, the plane was observed to climb to about 300 ft AGL, then turn to the southwest. P0WER was reduced, and within three to five miles, the aircraft was turned back toward the airstrip. While approaching the airstrip at about 500 ft…

## 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 ('7103620'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?fatal=1&model=7103620

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