# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-24: In flight collision 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 CHI03LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA160.md): Piper PA-24 · Harvey, ND · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 13, 2003 · N21533 · Substantial damage
  > The aborted takeoff not performed by the pilot. The inadequate short field takeoff procedure by the pilot and the short grass runway were contributing factors.
- [NTSB CHI03LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA064.md): Piper PA-24-180 · Halstead, KS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 5, 2003 · N5681P · Substantial damage
  > Failure by the flight crew to execute an aborted takeoff when acceleration degraded and the improper soft field takeoff procedure as flown by the private pilot. Contributing factors were inadequate supervision by the flight instructor and the tailwind…
- [NTSB LAX00FA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00FA302.md): Piper PA-24 · Independence, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 16, 2000 · N300P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance. Factors included night conditions, cockpit lighting, which compromised the pilot's night vision, and drug impairment.
- [NTSB LAX99FA316](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA316.md): Piper PA-24-180 · June Lake, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 18, 1999 · N5673P · Destroyed
  > The pilot's continued VFR flight into known instrument meteorological conditions, including icing, which resulted in an in-flight collision with mountainous terrain.
- [NTSB FTW95FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95FA075.md): Piper PA-24-250 · Van Horn, TX · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 27, 1994 · N8112P · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain proper altitude. Factors were reduced light conditions, clouds, and the pilot's premature descent.
- [NTSB LAX93FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93FA024.md): Piper PA-24-180 · Kelso, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 31, 1992 · N7902P · Destroyed
  > The pilot's poor preflight planning; his inadequate weather evaluation; and his intentional VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing to the accident was the turbulence, rain and low clouds.
- [NTSB ATL92LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92LA083.md): Piper PA-24-180 · Moontown, AL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 19, 1992 · N5112P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's excessive reference airspeed on landing, improper use of the wheel brakes, and his delay in executing an aborted landing. A factor was the wet runway surface.
- [NTSB DEN89FA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89FA208.md): Piper PA-24-180 · Grantsville, UT · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 7, 1989 · N7835P · Destroyed
  > Improper in-flight planning/decision by the pilot, by entering a box canyon with insufficient altitude to assure a safe exit. Contributing factors were: box canyon, rising terrain, and high density altitude.
- [NTSB MIA84LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA152.md): Piper PA-24-180 · Valdosta, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 26, 1984 · N7059P · Substantial damage
  > The instructor plt (CFI) stated that he was giving a private plt a biennial flt review & that the private plt was the plt-in-command (PIC). While in the traffic pattern for their 2nd landing, they heard another acft entering the pattern, but they were not…

## 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 ('7102402')
    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" = 230))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102402&occurrence=230

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