# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-22-160, 1990

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 DEN90LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA187.md): Piper PA-22-160 · Springdale, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 15, 1990 · N86483 · Substantial damage
  > Pilot's loss of control of the aircraft, during landing, due to mechanical malfunction of the tailwheel assembly.
- [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 SEA90LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90LA114.md): Piper PA-22-160 · Sitka, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 28, 1990 · N9993D · Substantial damage
  > Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll. The crosswind condition was a factor related to the accident.
- [NTSB ATL90LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90LA116.md): Piper PA-22-160 · Greensboro, NC · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 23, 1990 · N9657D · Substantial damage
  > The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB BFO90LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO90LA034.md): Piper PA-22-150 · Lovingston, VA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 8, 1990 · N8874D · Substantial damage
  > Pilot failure to climb out of ground effect because of inadequate airspeed. Factor was unfavorable wind at takeoff.

## 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") = 1990
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7102214'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102214&year=1990

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