# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-11: Loss of control - on ground/water

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 SEA06CA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA144.md): Piper PA-11 · Turner, MT · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 15, 2006 · N4706H · Substantial damage
  > The passenger's inadvertent activation of the airplane's brakes during the landing roll, resulting in the pilot's loss of control and subsequent nose over. A factor was the pilot's inadequate preflight planning/preparation by not briefing the passenger about…
- [NTSB LAX04LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA071.md): Piper PA-11 · Gilbert, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 17, 2003 · N5516H · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing touchdown in soft terrain. A contributing factor was the pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing.
- [NTSB NYC99LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA117.md): Piper PA-11 · Leesburg, VA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 21, 1999 · N78659 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot-in-command's (CFI) failure to maintain control of the airplane.
- [NTSB MKC90LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC90LA096.md): Piper PA-11 · Thedford, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 24, 1990 · N78812 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot in command's failure to compensate for wind while landing resulting in loss of directional control and collision with terrain.
- [NTSB DEN87LA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA223.md): Piper PA-11 · Longmont, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 20, 1987 · N4700M · Substantial damage
  > The plt was attempting to land his rented acft on runway 29 at Longmont municipal airport when the acft touched down, bounced, veered off of the runway, struck a VASI light, and nosed over.
- [NTSB NYC87LA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA207.md): Piper PA-11 · Andover, NJ · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 16, 1987 · N6346 · Destroyed
  > The pilot lost directional control during landing roll. As the aircraft drifted left of the runway, power was added for a go-around but the aircraft was left of the rwy. The left wing strut hit the wing of a Cessna 150 in an attempt to avoid colliding with…

## 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" = 260))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7101102&occurrence=260

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