# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-14: 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 SEA05FA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05FA181.md): Piper PA-14 · Challis, ID · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 27, 2005 · N5104H · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control and the subsequent inadvertent stall/spin to the ground. A contributing factor was the pilot's diverted attention while spotting/locating Rocky Mountain Bighorn sheep.
- [NTSB ANC92LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92LA158.md): Piper PA-14 · Skwentna, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 5, 1992 · N5106H · Substantial damage
  > Pilot misjudged performance capability for tailwind condition considering aircraft load and terrain. Factors related to the accident were: terrain, takeoff airspeed not attained, aircraft performance, pilot overconfidence in aircraft and personal ability.
- [NTSB ANC92LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92LA015.md): Piper PA-14 · Anchorage, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 8, 1991 · N4285H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's loss of control during final approach when his attention was diverted to trying to operate the vernier throttle. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of familiarity with the aircraft and his failure to maintain directional control of…
- [NTSB ANC90LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA130.md): Piper PA-14 · Merrill Pass, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 3, 1990 · N5110H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain flying speed.
- [NTSB ANC87LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87LA124.md): Piper PA-14 · King Salmon, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 16, 1987 · N5118H · Substantial damage
  > After climbing 150 feet, the airplane passed a hill and at that point the airspeed deteriorated and the pilot stalled and lost directional control of the airplane.
- [NTSB SEA85FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85FA100.md): Piper PA-14 · Bliss, ID · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 28, 1985 · N5122H · Destroyed
  > The acft was observed by witnesses to climb out at a steep angle & slow airspeed after the 3rd touch & go before performing a wingover like maneuver & crashing in the x-wind turn. The pax reported the plt executing a steep left turn before the acft began a…

## 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 ('7101402')
    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=7101402&occurrence=250

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