# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-14: 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 ANC06CA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA117.md): Piper PA-14 · Talkeetna, AK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 8, 2006 · N5114H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to compensate for wind conditions during the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent collision with a ditch. Factors contributing to the accident were a crosswind, and an inadvertent ground loop.
- [NTSB ANC01LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA025.md): Piper PA-14 · Anchorage, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 17, 2000 · N5178H · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The delayed remedial action by the pilot/instructor of another airplane during landing. Factors in the accident were the failure of the pilot of another airplane to maintain directional control, and the lack of available brakes to the pilot/instructor of…
- [NTSB ANC99LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA056.md): Piper PA-14 · Talkeetna, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 2, 1999 · N5402H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions, and an inadvertent ground loop. A factor in the accident was a quartering tailwind.
- [NTSB ANC93LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93LA180.md): Piper PA-14 · Yantarni Bay, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 19, 1993 · N4259H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot failed to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll. A factor was the crosswind.
- [NTSB ANC91LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC91LA007.md): Piper PA-14 · Port Heiden, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 16, 1990 · N4290H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff. Contributing to the accident were the crosswind, pilot's failure to compensate for the crosswind, the soft runway, and lack of total experience in type of aircraft.
- [NTSB ANC88LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA099.md): Piper PA-14 · Kustatan River, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 28, 1988 · N5135H · Substantial damage
  > The private pilot was attempting to land his Piper PA-14 airplane at a remote beach fishing site in gusty crosswind conditions. He reportedly encountered a wind gust upon touch down, lost directional control and struck an abandoned hunting shack and an…
- [NTSB ANC88LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA069.md): Piper PA-14 · Anchorage, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 21, 1988 · N4260H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that after touchdown on the runway a gust of wind hit the plane pushing the tail to the right and causing the aircraft to ground loop.
- [NTSB ANC87LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87LA038.md): Piper PA-14 · Anchorage, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 21, 1987 · N5135H · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot was practicing touch and go landings on a runway partially covered with snow and ice when he lost control of the aircraft and struck a runway perimeter snow berm. And nosed over.
- [NTSB ANC83LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA019.md): Piper PA-14 · Anchorage, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 25, 1982 · N4226H · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that during an earlier takeoff from a frozen lake that he struck an unknown object imbedded in deep snow. He noticed that his right gear & ski were damaged, & continued his flight to Anchorage. Approaching Anchorage he was advised by lake hood…

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

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7101402&occurrence=260

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