# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-11: Loss of control - in flight 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 SEA03LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA111.md): Piper PA-11 · Alzada, MT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 21, 2003 · N4565M · Destroyed > The student pilot's failure to maintain adequate flying airspeed in a turn while maneuvering close to the ground resulting in a stall condition. A contributing factor was the turbulent wind conditions. - [NTSB DEN99FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99FA075.md): Piper PA-11 · Lander, WY · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 8, 1999 · N4582M · Destroyed > The pilot inadvertently stalling the airplane. Factors were his abrupt maneuvering of the airplane to avoid a powerline, and his attention being diverted. - [NTSB LAX98FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98FA064.md): Piper PA-11 · Willow Beach, AZ · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 30, 1997 · N5532H · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft for undetermined reasons. - [NTSB ANC90LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA055.md): Piper PA-11 · Knik Clacier, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 13, 1990 · N4904M · Substantial damage > A foreign object (tool) had jammed the aileron controls to the right as the pilot was maneuvering the aircraft for a low approach to a strip. - [NTSB ANC90LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA038.md): Piper PA-11 · King Salmon, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 9, 1990 · N42239 · Substantial damage > Pilot-in-command's failure to maintain airplane control. - [NTSB DEN89LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA049.md): Piper PA-11 · Winnett, MT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 23, 1988 · N5570H · Substantial damage > The pilot was taking off from a farm strip with a 10 kt head wind. The plt said the sun was shining at the time of the acdt but there had been snow showers in the area. He said the liftoff was normal but at about 15 to 18 ft AGL the acft stalled and crashed.… - [NTSB ANC89LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA002.md): Piper PA-11 · Levelock, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 2, 1988 · N4724M · Substantial damage > The airplane was at approximately 250 to 300 feet above sea level, and was executing a 360 degree turn to the left when the airplane stalled and crashed in the river. The pilot reported that he has never held a FAA pilot or medical certificate. - [NTSB SEA87LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA144.md): Piper PA-11 · The Dalles, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 22, 1987 · N5030H · Substantial damage > The pilot was at 50 feet AGL on final approach to land at his private airstrip when he lost control. Reportedly, a gust of wind turned the aircraft 180 degrees. The aircraft descended and struck trees and the ground. Winds were reported variable at 40 to 45… - [NTSB ATL87LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA134.md): Piper PA-11 · Butler, AL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 8, 1987 · N8024L · Substantial damage > The student plt reported that a gust of wind 'caught' the airplane's left wing shortly after takeoff at about 100 ft AGL; he subsequently 'lost control' and the airplane 'went down'. - [NTSB MIA87FA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87FA150.md): Piper PA-11 · Hollandale, MS · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 28, 1987 · N5093H · Destroyed > Witnesses stated that the acft circled a pond & dived once, then on a 2nd circling attempt, it made a short steep turn & went into a twisting dive into the pond. The passenger stated that they were flying at appx 100 to 150 ft above some fish ponds when the… - [NTSB NYC85FNC06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FNC06.md): Piper PA-11 · Moultonboro, NH · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Jul 21, 1985 · N4810M · Destroyed > The 65 HP acft took off from a cove and during a turn at about 150 ft AGL the acft nosed dwn after rolling rt. The acft struck the water in a steep nose down attitude. According to witnesses, the bng was running normally during the climb and descent. No… - [NTSB ANC85LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LA045.md): Piper PA-11 · Soldotna, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 8, 1985 · N4523M · Substantial damage > The plt stated a gust of wind forced the left wing up as the acft touched down. Fuul pwr was added to go around. The acft continued to veer to the right until it stalled and impacted the ground in a nose low attitude aprx 100 yards south of the rwy. Winds… - [NTSB ANC84LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA178.md): Piper PA-11 · Tasnuna Valley, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 13, 1984 · N4801M · Substantial damage > The plt stated that they had just taken off from a gravel bar when they spotted a moose. He circled the moose in a left orbit at about 65 miles per hour. During one of the orbits the 'right wing fell in a downward direction and the nose of the acft pitched… - [NTSB DEN82DA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA050.md): Piper PA-11 · Devils Lake, ND · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Mar 28, 1982 · N4709H · Substantial damage > The pilot and passenger/pilot were making low, slow passes over fisherman on the ice. The pilot reversed directions and the aircraft stalled. The pilot stated he was looking at the ground and became distracted. ## 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 ('7101102', '7101106') AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 250)) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7101102&occurrence=250 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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