# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-22-108, 1998

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 CHI98LA350](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA350.md): Piper PA-22-108 · Janesville, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 17, 1998 · N4749Z · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to land the airplane at a proper touchdown point on the runway. A factor was the excessive rate of descent which developed on final approach.
- [NTSB CHI98LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA235.md): Piper PA-22-108 · Spearfish, SD · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 1, 1998 · N5181Z · Substantial damage
  > the pilots improper preflight planning, which failed to detect the fuel selector positioned on the left fuel tank, which had insufficient fuel, resulting in fuel starvation, and the loss of engine power.
- [NTSB FTW98LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA124.md): Piper PA-22-108 · Frederick, OK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 3, 1998 · N4654Z · Substantial damage
  > The loss of wheel brakes due to the failure of the brake actuating cable. A factor was the tailwind.

## 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") = 1998
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7102204'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102204&year=1998

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