# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-18A 150, 1992

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 ANC93LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93LA021.md): Piper PA-18 · Anchorage, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 13, 1992 · N1954P · Substantial damage
  > The total loss of engine power due to a short in the voltage regulator, and the lack of suitable terrain for the pilot to make the forced landing on.
- [NTSB ANC93GA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93GA020.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Beaver, AK · Accident · 2 fatal · Final report · Nov 12, 1992 · N9124D · Destroyed
  > The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall at an altitude inadequate to affect a recovery. Factors which contributed to the accident were: the overweight airplane, and the snow covered mountainous terrain.
- [NTSB ANC92LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92LA131.md): Piper PA-18A · Eisenmenger Crk, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 13, 1992 · N3889P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper preflight planning/preparation, and his failure to attain clearance of the high vegetation during takeoff. A contributing factor to the accident was the high vegetation.
- [NTSB NYC92LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92LA162.md): Piper PA-18A-150 · Ocean City, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 12, 1992 · N9374D · Substantial damage
  > The airplane nosing over on landing roll due to inadequate airplane handling characteristics while landing with the banner attached. Factors related to the accident were the use of rope instead of steel cable, the main landing gear mounted tow hitch, and the…
- [NTSB ANC92LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92LA046.md): Piper PA-18A-150 · Golovin, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 10, 1992 · N7685D · Substantial damage
  > Proper altitude was not maintained. Factors to the accident were: inadvertent VFR flight into IMC, fog, snow, and night.
- [NTSB ANC92LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92LA035.md): Piper PA-18A-150 · Anchorage, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 13, 1992 · N3877P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's misjudgment of the fuel consumption of the airplane; thereby exhausting the fuel supply prematurely. Factor relating to the accident was the lack of a suitable forced landing area.

## 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") = 1992
  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=1992

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