# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-18A 150, 1985

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 LAX86LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA049.md): Piper PA-18A-150 · Likely, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 27, 1985 · N6878B · Substantial damage
  > While practicing power-off forced landings in an open, snow covered field, the pilot said he applied the throttle to abort the approach but the engine 'sputtered then quit.' The aircraft landed in the snow covered field and flipped over. The pilot said he…
- [NTSB ANC86LAG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LAG03.md): Piper PA-18A-150 · Homer, AK · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Oct 3, 1985 · N3992P · Substantial damage
  > The landing gear axle failure was due to the oversize tires that were installed on the aircraft.
- [NTSB ANC85LAA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LAA02.md): Piper PA-18 · Fairbanks, AK · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Sep 5, 1985 · N3839Z · Destroyed
  > The plt stated that while making a loss pass over a gravel area, he experienced violent sinking due to wind shear. The plt reported the winds were from 240 degs at 25 KTS gusting to 35 KTS.
- [NTSB SEA85LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA131.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Brentwood, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 6, 1985 · N6995B · Substantial damage
  > On the student plts seventh attempted landing, directional control was lost and a groundloop occurred. The student plt had less than two hours of total pilot in command time.
- [NTSB ANC85FA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85FA086.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Anchorage, AK · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · May 24, 1985 · N7786D · Substantial damage
  > Acft lost control during landing & groundlooped. The plt stated the heel of his shoe slipped off the brake pedal when an attempt to apply the brakes was made.

## 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") = 1985
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7101837'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7101837&year=1985

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