# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-22-108: In flight collision with object

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 NYC02FA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02FA173.md): Piper PA-22-108 · Mayville, NY · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 21, 2002 · N5221Z · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude during the landing approach and the private pilot's inadequate supervision, which resulted in a collision with a marked utility pole. A factor in this accident was the student pilot's lack of…
- [NTSB CHI00FA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA288.md): Piper PA-22-108 · Custer, SD · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 8, 2000 · N4730Z · Destroyed
  > The pilot not maintaining clearance from the tree. Factors relating to this accident were the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and preparation, the high density altitude, the inadequate rate of climb, the pilot's improper in-flight decision to fly into…
- [NTSB NYC95LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA007.md): Piper PA-22-108 · Beans Cove, PA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 13, 1994 · N4878Z · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate obstacle clearance which resulted in an inflight collision with a tree.
- [NTSB CHI95LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA027.md): Piper PA-22-108 · Mt. Vernon, MO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 11, 1994 · N5433Z · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's inadequate visual lookout. A factor associated with the accident is the fence post.
- [NTSB SEA88LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA025.md): Piper PA-22-108 · Cornelius, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 27, 1987 · N4523Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot was attempting to land in a field near a farmhouse. On final approach the pilot cleared large power lines, but had not seen small power lines ahead and below the aircraft. The aircraft struck the power lines in flight with the nose gear. The…
- [NTSB MKC84FA285](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA285.md): Piper PA-22-108 · Wilmot, AR · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 28, 1984 · N4722Z · Destroyed
  > Witnesses stated, acft was seen circling over farmland and during the third circle it descended toward a brick house. The acft was seen to pull-up at which time it contacted the top of a sycamore tree in a left bank. The acft continued an additional 230 ft…
- [NTSB LAX83LA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA352.md): Piper PA-22-108 · Mammoth Lakes, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 22, 1983 · N5737Z · Destroyed
  > The acft collided with trees while trying to maneuver through a mountain pass at 13000 ft MSL with the temperature at 82DEGREES. The plt stated that the acft started a high sink rate. He checked the throttle, mags and mixture but was forcedto settle into the…

## 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 ('7102204')
    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" = 220))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102204&occurrence=220

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