# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-22-135: Loss of control - in flight

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 ATL04LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA072.md): Piper PA-22-135 · Indian Trail, NC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 30, 2004 · N1107C · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's attempted lift off without adequate airspeed resulting in a stall/mush and collision with trees while transitioning from an aborted landing to takeoff climb. A factor was the crosswind condition.
- [NTSB NYC99FA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99FA181.md): Piper PA 22-135 · Palatine, NY · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 24, 1999 · N8937C · Substantial damage
  > The pilot was impaired by an illegal drug, and entered an inadvertent stall/spin.
- [NTSB SEA91LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91LA111.md): Piper PA-22 · Laramie, WY · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 22, 1991 · N2234A · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain an airspeed above the stall speed for the aircraft. Contributing to the accident was the high density altitude.
- [NTSB ATL89FA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FA144.md): Piper PA-22-135 · Augusta, GA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 6, 1989 · N8693C · Substantial damage
  > Failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed, while making a steep turn after takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent collision with the terrain.
- [NTSB ANC89LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA005.md): Piper PA-22 · Healy Lake, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 3, 1988 · N3421A · Substantial damage
  > After waiting for more favorable wind conditions, the student pilot and his passenger attempted a departure from a dirt strip surrounded by trees. The non-rated passenger stated that 'after becoming airborne and climbing slightly above the treetops, it felt…
- [NTSB ANC87LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87LA143.md): Piper PA-22-135 · Iowa Ridge, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 7, 1987 · N8510C · Substantial damage
  > The pilot was awakened in the night at his hunting camp by strong winds estimated at 70 - 80 mph. His airplane came loose at its tie-down and he elected to try and fly it to a safer location. Shortly after take off he lost control of the airplane and crashed.…
- [NTSB ANC85LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LA143.md): Piper PA-22 · Mccarthy, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 4, 1985 · N2566A · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that while executing a 180 deg right turn the acft drifted 50 ft to the east of rwy 19 where it struck a row of trees. The acft continued in a steep descending turn. The acft stalled and crashed into a wooded 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 c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7102206')
    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" = 250))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102206&occurrence=250

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