# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-18A-135: 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 SEA03LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA068.md): Piper PA-18-135 · Marion, MT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 23, 2003 · N60733 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll resulting in the aircraft leaving the runway, crossing a ditch and collapsing the landing gear. A contributing factor was the ditch.
- [NTSB ANC88LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA108.md): Piper PA-18 · Chandalar River, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 9, 1988 · N8066C · Substantial damage
  > After touchdown on the gravel bar along the side of the River, the pilot lost control and the airplane nosed over on its back.
- [NTSB ANC87LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87LA050.md): Piper PA-18 · Kotzebue, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 12, 1987 · N135RB · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot elected to make an off airport landing in his ski-equipped Piper PA18 airplane. He landed the acft successfully, but the right ski attachment and left gear leg collapsed on take off from the uneven terrain. The acft was substantially…

## 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 ('7101822')
    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=7101822&occurrence=260

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