# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-18, CO

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 CEN10LA472](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA472.md): Piper PA-18 · Aspen, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 11, 2010 · N350CC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff in gusting crosswind conditions.
- [NTSB CEN09CA544](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA544.md): Piper PA-18 · Aspen, CO · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 9, 2009 · N350CC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate separation behind a preceding large business jet, which resulted in an encounter with wake turbulence.
- [NTSB DEN05CA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA129.md): Piper PA-18A-135 · Cedaredge, CO · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 17, 2005 · N7172K · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control, and the pilot's improper in-flight planning. Contributing to the accident was the wind shift, resultant tailwind, and the inadvertent stall.
- [NTSB DEN99LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA097.md): Piper PA-18 · Glenwood Sprngs, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 6, 1999 · N897SP · Substantial damage
  > The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control. A related factor was the gusty quartering tailwind.
- [NTSB DEN80FTE65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTE65.md): Piper PA-18 · Aurora, CO · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jul 22, 1980 · N2515A · Substantial damage
- [NTSB DEN70D0091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN70D0091.md): Piper PA-18 · Aspen, CO · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 6, 1969 · N3572P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB DEN69D0204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN69D0204.md): Piper PA-18 · Fountain, CO · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Dec 12, 1968 · N1983C · Destroyed
- [NTSB DEN66D0203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN66D0203.md): Piper PA-18 · Littleton, CO · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jan 8, 1966 · N7168K · Substantial damage

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'CO' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7101802'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7101802&state=CO

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