# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-23, 1983

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 FTW84FA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84FA074.md): Piper PA-23 · Comfort, TX · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 25, 1983 · N215EC · Destroyed
  > Witnesses stated that the acft barely cleared trees at the end of the arpt & that smoke was seen trailing from the righteng. The acft entered a right turn, stalled & impacted a ridge in a steep, near vertically banked dive. Teardowns of both engs & both props…
- [NTSB LAX83LA432](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA432.md): Piper PA23-150 · San Diego, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 10, 1983 · N2180P · Substantial damage
  > The student & instructor (CFI) were practicing touch & go landings. During takeoff from the 4th touch & go, the left eng lost power while climbing thru about 200 ft AGL. The CFI took control of the acft. At about the same time, the student saw oil coming from…
- [NTSB FTW83LA385](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA385.md): Piper PA-23 · Catarina, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 13, 1983 · N3003P · Substantial damage
  > The acft was damaged when the landing gear was retracted during landing rollout at Catarina, TX. The plt identifed himself as larry day from chattanooga, TN. He claimed to have had engine trouble and was unable to extend the gear for landing. Post accident…
- [NTSB DEN83LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA139.md): Piper PA-23 · Jamestown, ND · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 15, 1983 · N2054P · Destroyed
  > The acft landed wheels-up with one engine feathered and nosed over during the slide-out. The pilot had intentionally feathered the left engine to 'try out' the acft. The left engine has the only engine driven hydraulic pump. This pump isnecessary to lower…

## 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") = 1983
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7102302'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102302&year=1983

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