# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-12, 1986

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 DEN87FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87FA035.md): Piper PA-12-150 · Gilcrest, CO · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 27, 1986 · N78475 · Destroyed
  > The plt made a low pass at aprx 200 ft AGL & waved at TW0 friends who were duck hunting. He then made a 2nd pass at aprx 150 ft & left the area. About 10 min later, the acft returned & was seen flying down a river at tree top level. The acft struck 3 of 4…
- [NTSB DEN87LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA030.md): Piper PA-12 · Opheim, MT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 15, 1986 · N78588 · Substantial damage
  > The plt elected to take off downhill because he said the hill was too steep to try a takeoff uphill even into the wind. He said that just prior to lift off, he hit a snowbank which slowed the acft down. Deeper snow was then contacted and the acft flipped over.
- [NTSB ANC86LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LA161.md): Piper PA-12 · Tutna Lake, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 21, 1986 · N5461Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that just after lift off, a left crosswind forced the left wing up, causing the right float to strike the water.
- [NTSB ANC86LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LA076.md): Piper PA-12 · Egegik, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 15, 1986 · N3598M · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that after touchdown he lost directional control of the aircraft causing the plane to nose over. At the time of the accident there was a direct crosswind.
- [NTSB MKC86LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA099.md): Piper PA-12 · Fulton, MO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 1, 1986 · N3XX · Substantial damage
  > The pilot and his passenger were on a short flight to check the operation of a VOR receiver. While they were on the landing roll, a gust of wind turned the nose of the airplane to the left and the airplane ran off the runway and the right gear hit a runway…
- [NTSB ANC86LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LA048.md): Piper PA-12 · Soldotna, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 24, 1986 · N78564 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that the aircraft is not equipped with a header tank on the fuel system. The engine was starved of fuel when in a shallow dive.
- [NTSB ANC86LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LA023.md): Piper PA-12 · Soldotna, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 25, 1986 · N3992M · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that during the landing roll he lost directional control of the aircraft. The aircraft struck a row of trees of the end of the landing area.

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1986
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7101202'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7101202&year=1986

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