# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-18A, 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 SEA84LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA029.md): Piper PA18-A · Rome, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 29, 1983 · N1829A · Substantial damage
  > The acft nosed over in the snow during an enroute landing while on a cross country. The plt had landed at this arpt a week before. In the meanwhile there had accumulated 14 inches of snow on the rwy. During the rollout in this snow the acft suddenly stopped…
- [NTSB ANC83LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA176.md): Piper PA-18A · Big Lake, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 17, 1983 · N7286D · Substantial damage
  > The acft collided with bushes at the departure end of the rwy. The pilot told the investigator that he attempted to takeoff from the grass strip but aborted at the last moment. He said he was unable to stop the acft before striking bushes at the departure end.
- [NTSB SEA83LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA145.md): Piper PA-18-125 · Fort Hall, ID · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 25, 1983 · N1144A · Substantial damage
  > The acft nosed over during a forced landing after a power loss. The pilot stated that during a descent to an arpt the engine suddenly lost power. Emergency start procedures failed and a forced landing was made in a grain field. During roll out the acft nosed…
- [NTSB SEA83LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA108.md): Piper PA18-150 · Touchet, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 24, 1983 · N8576C · Substantial damage
  > The acft nosed over during landing and came to rest inverted in an off airport landing. The pilot was surveying some land to be sprayed to estimate the cost. He landed on the field which was very soft and the acft nosed over. The pilot was not injured.

## 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 ('7101804', '7102831'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7101804&year=1983

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