# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-18A 150: Loss of engine power

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 FTW03LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA143.md): Piper PA-18A-150 · Roanoke, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 3, 2003 · N9789D · Substantial damage
  > The flight instructor's inadequate in-flight planning/decision resulting in fuel starvation and the loss of engine power. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
- [NTSB SEA02LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA013.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Brewster, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 13, 2001 · N5762A · Substantial damage
  > The magneto was inadvertently switched off by the pilot during the climb. A tree was a factor.
- [NTSB ATL01LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA020.md): Piper PA-18-A-150 · Sun City, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 15, 2001 · N6971D · Substantial damage
  > The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, a factor was weather conditions favorable for carburetor icing
- [NTSB ANC99LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA138.md): Piper PA-18 · Iliamna, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 13, 1999 · N1886P · Substantial damage
  > A loss of engine power for an undetermined reason. A factor in the accident was unsuitable terrain for a forced landing.
- [NTSB SEA99LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA130.md): Piper PA-18A-150 · Jordan Valley, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 25, 1999 · N3992P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadvertent stall/mush of the aircraft while attempting a forced landing due to partial power loss of the engine. Factors include carburetor icing conditions and the pilot's improper use of carburetor heat.
- [NTSB MIA98LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA008.md): Piper PA-18A-150 · Gulf Of Mexico · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 9, 1997 · N7198D · Substantial damage
  > loss of engine power for undetermined reason(s), which resulted in a forced landing (ditching) at sea.
- [NTSB MIA93LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA171.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Cape Canaveral, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 5, 1993 · N7540 · Substantial damage
  > Loss of engine power for an undetermined reason.

## 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 ('7101837')
    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" = 350))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7101837&occurrence=350

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