# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-18A: 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 ANC02LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA085.md): Piper PA-18 · Port Alsworth, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 29, 2002 · N8995D · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions during the landing roll, resulting in a nose over. A factor associated with the accident was a wind gust.
- [NTSB FTW00LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA073.md): Piper PA-18A · Sand Springs, OK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 22, 2000 · N1290C · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing roll.
- [NTSB ANC99LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA053.md): Piper PA-18 · Anchorage, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 15, 1999 · N7696D · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions. Factors associated with the accident were a crosswind, and an inadvertent ground loop.
- [NTSB LAX97LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA229.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Page, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 1, 1997 · N7764D · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate compensation for crosswind gusts and his failure to maintain directional control.
- [NTSB FTW97LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA241.md): Piper PA-18 · Clovis, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 27, 1997 · N1754A · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. A factor was an unexpected gust of wind during landing touch down.
- [NTSB ANC90FA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90FA187.md): Piper PA-18A · Birchwood, AK · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 27, 1990 · N9279D · Substantial damage
  > The pilot-in-command's failure to correctly analyze the wind and its effect on the airplane during the landing; thereby failing to maintain proper directional control.

## 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 ('7101804', '7102831')
    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=7101804&occurrence=260

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