# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-20, 1983

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 ANC84LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA011.md): Piper PA-20 · Kenai, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 25, 1983 · N6946K · Substantial damage
  > The eng quit & the plt ditched in skilak lake. The plt later stated that during the repair work after the accident he found the mixture contol dislodged from the carburetor.
- [NTSB ANC84LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA010.md): Piper PA-20 · Anchorage, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 24, 1983 · N97MM · Substantial damage
  > The eng quit during takeoff. The plt stated the fuel selector was initially on the left tank which was found empty. The right tank was 1/8/ full.
- [NTSB ATL84LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA012.md): Piper PA-20 · Moncks Corner, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 6, 1983 · N1561A · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that he landed on rwy 5 with a wind from the north northwest at 8 to 15 KTS. During the landing, he encountered a gust of wind, the acft veered, and subsequently, the right main gear failed.
- [NTSB MKC84LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA001.md): Piper PA-20 · Cedar Rapids, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 1, 1983 · N7026K · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that when he landed on rwy 13, the wind was from 170 deg at 10 gusting to 20 KTS. He said that about 30 ft beyond the touchdown point, a gust of wind picked up the right wing & the acft swerved to the right. Subsequently, the left main gear…
- [NTSB SEA83LA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA190.md): Piper PA-20 · Burlington, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 27, 1983 · N7650K · Substantial damage
  > The acft groundlooped after the main landing gear collapsed during landing. Investigation revealed that the main landinggear tubing failed after being weakened by corrosion inside the tube.
- [NTSB CHI83LA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA320.md): Piper PA-20 · Mason, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 14, 1983 · N6996K · Substantial damage
  > The student & instructor plt (CFI) were practicing landings in the student's acft, which was equipped with brakes only on the left side. Reportedly, the student flared high during a landing & the CFI added power to recover. After touchdown, the roll-out was…
- [NTSB FTW83LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA146.md): Piper PA-20 · Martinsville, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 10, 1983 · N4944M · Substantial damage
  > Reportedly, the plt took off with 36 gallons of fuel on board, of which, 10 gals was automobile low lead fuel. The automobile fuel had been purchased from an off airport gasoline station, was transported to the acft in 5 gal cans, then added to the fuel tanks…

## 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") = 1983
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7102002'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102002&year=1983

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