# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-23-235: Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical

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 LAX91LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA148.md): Piper PA-23-250 · Jean, NV · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 30, 1991 · N99255 · Substantial damage
  > Fuel starvation due to the improper fuel management (positioning of the fuel selector) by the pilot, and his improper emergency procedures. The pilot's lack of experience in this make and model of aircraft was a related factor.
- [NTSB LAX90LA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90LA262.md): Piper PA-23 · Long Beach, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 20, 1990 · N4950P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper planning/decision, which resulted in 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 c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7102306')
    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" = 353))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102306&occurrence=353

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