# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-20: 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 SEA00LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA098.md): Piper PA-20 · Quinault, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 4, 2000 · N7737K · Substantial damage
  > Fuel starvation due to the pilot's failure to position the fuel selector valve to the proper/correct position while switching fuel tanks. Factors include unreliable fuel selector valve position detents, having no suitable terrain in which to execute a forced…
- [NTSB CHI98LA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA294.md): Piper 20 · Andover, KS · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 2, 1998 · N127X · Substantial damage
  > a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor associated with the accident were the trees which the airplane contacted and the low altitude at which the loss of power occurred.
- [NTSB SEA96LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96LA194.md): Piper PA-20 · Mulino, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 18, 1996 · N150KS · Substantial damage
  > loss of engine power for undetermined reason(s).
- [NTSB ANC82DAG53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DAG53.md): Piper PA-20 · Kenai, AK · Accident · 2 fatal · Final report · Sep 5, 1982 · N6957K · Destroyed
  > At 0837 the plt called Kenai tower & reported 8 mi west inbound for landing. At 0845 he reported that he would be landing on the beach. At 0847 he reported that he would not make the beach & would be going into the water. The acft & occupants were not…

## 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 ('7102002')
    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=7102002&occurrence=350

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