# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-18 105: Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf

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 LAX05LA273](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA273.md): Piper PA-18-105 · Palos Verdes, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 20, 2005 · N294T · Destroyed
  > a loss of engine power due to the cyclic fatigue failure and separation of the number 4 piston.
- [NTSB MIA82DA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA127.md): Piper PA-18 · Hollywood, FL · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Apr 3, 1982 · N294T · Destroyed
  > The pilot was towing a banner along a beach when the engine failed. He landed in the water just offshore and escaped without injury. The aircraft was subsequently destroyed by the surf. An examination of the engine revealed that the no. 3 cylinder had…

## 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 ('7101809')
    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" = 351))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7101809&occurrence=351

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