# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-18, 1983

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 NYC84LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA040.md): Piper PA-18 · Great Pond, ME · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 24, 1983 · N1473C · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that he was going hunting in a bog with a stream running thru the area. Reportedly, he was making a low pass to check for rocks in the stream before landing when a deer jumped up beside the float plane. He stated that he was watching to see…
- [NTSB ANC83LA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA186.md): Piper PA-18 · Aniak, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 16, 1983 · N1363A · Substantial damage
  > The acft crashed from about 5 ft AGL after the control stick came out of its mounting during takeoff. The owner of the acft stated that the retaining pin at the base of the control stick came out, which resulted in the stick dislodging from its mount. The pin…
- [NTSB SEA83LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA100.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Grass Valley, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 16, 1983 · N7173K · Substantial damage
  > The aircraft stalled while the pilot was attempting to land downwind on an uphill Grass strip. The wind was estimated at 15 gusting to 20 KTS. The pilot stated that on his approach, he was to the left of the center of the landing strip. He attempted to…
- [NTSB ANC83FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83FA070.md): Piper PA-18 · Chugiak, AK · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 17, 1983 · N1827A · Substantial damage
  > The acft collided with a tree during a forced landing and nosed over. The pilot reported that he made the takeoff with the fuel selector in the left tank position. Visual inspection of the left tank revealed no fuel in the tank except for residual fuel. Test…

## 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") = 1983
  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&year=1983

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