# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-18-125: Loss of control - in flight

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 ANC08CA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA009.md): Piper PA-18 · Pilot Point, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 24, 2007 · N1602A · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions during an attempted go-around, which resulted in a loss of control, and an in-flight collision with terrain. Factors associated with the accident were gusty, high winds.
- [NTSB ANC00LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA112.md): Piper PA-18 · Mcgrath, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 2, 2000 · N10572 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate removal of frost from the airplane, and the inadvertent stall during takeoff. A factor was wind gusts.
- [NTSB DEN00FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00FA021.md): Piper PA-18-125 · Afton, WY · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 28, 1999 · N1132A · Destroyed
  > Failure of the pilot to remove frost from the wings prior to takeoff, causing an inadvertent stall/spin on initial climbout. Factors included exceeding the aircraft's certificated gross weight, and fog conditions.
- [NTSB CHI92DCJ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92DCJ01.md): Piper PA-18-125 · Ashby, NE · Accident · 2 fatal · Final report · Jan 5, 1992 · N1217A · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering.
- [NTSB ANC92LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92LA011.md): Piper PA-18 · Talkeetna, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 26, 1991 · N1887A · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed.
- [NTSB ANC91LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC91LA124.md): Piper PA-18 · Eagle River, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 14, 1991 · N1017A · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during climbout and lack of aircraft control. Contributing to the accident was both the downdraft and gusting wind.
- [NTSB DEN88FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA062.md): Piper PA-18-125 · Brighton, CO · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 4, 1988 · N1153A · Destroyed
  > The student pilot was observed by witnesses to 'buzz' the city of Brighton, Colorado. Witnesses stated that N1153A flew over houses and buildings at a very low altitude. The acft was then observed to climb to a high altitude, do a 'wing over' or 'hammerhead'…
- [NTSB DEN88FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA001.md): Piper PA-18-125 · Miles City, MT · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 1, 1987 · N1377A · Substantial damage
  > A cattle rancher was flying his aircraft looking for stray cattle and checking the condition of the ranch. He was at approximately 300 feet AGL when he spotted cattle that had strayed off the ranch. The pilot turned to get a better view of the cattle and flew…
- [NTSB SEA85LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA148.md): Piper PA-18 · Bellevue, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 25, 1985 · N16688 · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that during the pre-flt check, she neglected to untie the rear seat belt from the aft control stick. Standard procedure for taxi & takeoff in this float plane was to keep the stick full aft. Since the acft was low on fuel & was taking off in…
- [NTSB ANC84LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA028.md): Piper PA-18 · Talkeetna, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 8, 1984 · N1317A · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that at the time of the accident, he encountered a white out condition. The acft stalled and crashed on ahillside.

## 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 ('7101812')
    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" = 250))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7101812&occurrence=250

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