# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-22-160: On ground/water encounter with terrain/water

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 ANC04LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA072.md): Piper PA-22-160 · Beluga, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 29, 2004 · N9038D · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of an unsuitable area for landing, which resulted in an on ground encounter with rocks during the landing roll, and the collapse of the left main landing gear.
- [NTSB ANC00LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA012.md): Piper PA-22-160 · Glennallen, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 7, 1999 · N8145D · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. A factor associated with the accident was snow-covered terrain.
- [NTSB CHI96LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA161.md): Piper PA-22 · Maryville, MO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 19, 1996 · N8943D · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's selection of an unsuitable area to taxi off the narrow runway in order to turn around. The proximity of the ditch was a related factor.
- [NTSB SEA90FA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90FA149.md): Piper PA-22-150 · Leavenworth, WA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 30, 1990 · N9978D · Destroyed
  > The pilot's misjudgement in preflight planning when departing toward rising terrain. Contributing factors in this accident were his decision to attempt a climb-out with full flaps extended, and the minimal performance data available to him upon which he could…
- [NTSB ATL86LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA192.md): Piper PA-22-160 · Van Wert, OH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 4, 1986 · N9835D · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that his airspeed was too high on ldg and that the acft brakes failed to function when he tried to stop the acft. The plt turned the acft off the rwy into a soft grassy area as the acft neared the rwy end. Another plt who witnessed the…
- [NTSB CHI82DA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA119.md): Piper PA-22-160 · Nova, OH · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Apr 11, 1982 · N3402Z · Substantial damage
  > The aircraft encountered a four inch snowdrift during takeoff roll from a sod strip. It nosed over and came to rest inverted.

## 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 ('7102214')
    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" = 320))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102214&occurrence=320

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