# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-16, 2002

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 NYC02LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA128.md): Piper PA-16 · Moneta, VA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 1, 2002 · N5921H · Substantial damage
  > The loss of a clip and subsequent loss of the spring on the right side of the tail wheel assembly, for undetermined reasons, which led to a loss of directional control. A factor was the berm.
- [NTSB SEA02LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA102.md): Piper PA-16 · Umpqua, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 15, 2002 · N5942H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for unfavorable wind conditions and maintain clearance from the terrain during an attempted VFR go-around. Factors include an encounter with unfavorable wind conditions during the landing flare and the attempted…
- [NTSB ATL02FA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02FA074.md): Piper PA-16 · Lakeland, FL · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 5, 2002 · N5293H · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the PA-16 pilot to maintain a visual lookout and to yield the right-of-way to a lower aircraft while on final approach resulting in a midair collision. Contributing to the accident was the failure of both pilot's to adhere to an ATC clearance…

## 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") = 2002
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7101602'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7101602&year=2002

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