# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-23, 1996

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 NYC96FA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96FA126.md): Piper PA-23-150 · Cortland, NY · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 14, 1996 · N2189P · Destroyed
  > the pilot failure to maintain directional control of the airplane which resulted in the airplane striking trees. Contributing factors were the pilot's spatial disorientation, dark night conditions, fog, and the pilot's self induced pressure to reach the…
- [NTSB SEA96LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96LA059.md): Piper PA-23-150 · Spanaway, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 19, 1996 · N2237P · Substantial damage
  > failure of the pilot to use all available runway, including the overrun area, to stop the airplane. Factors relating to the accident were: the wet runway, and the pilot's inability to see the overrun from the runway due to the sloping terrain.
- [NTSB NYC96LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA048.md): Piper PA-23-150 · Silver Spring, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 1, 1996 · N1082P · Substantial damage
  > A loss of engine power as a result of fuel exhaustion.

## 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") = 1996
  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=1996

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