# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-24, CA

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 ANC06LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06LA022.md): Piper PA-24 · El Cajon, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 5, 2006 · N6094P · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff, which resulted in an on ground collision with a sign, and the collapse of the main landing gear.
- [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 LAX00LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA147.md): Piper PA-24 · Herlong, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 7, 2000 · N180BC · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing in gusting crosswind conditions.
- [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 LAX93LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA054.md): Piper PA-24 · Rialto, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 27, 1992 · N6115P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's poor preflight inspection and his failure to maintain flying speed during the forced landing. Conributing to this accident was the inadvertent stall, the preceding sand/dust storm, the engine assembly low compression due to sand in the intake and…
- [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 LAX89LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA183.md): Piper PA-24 · Montague, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 6, 1989 · N550V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear because of inattention. Contributing to the accident was inadequate maintenance of the airplane which failed to repair the landing gear warning throttle position switch.
- [NTSB LAX87FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87FA088.md): Piper PA-24-180 · Oceano, CA · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 17, 1987 · N5982P · Substantial damage
  > Shortly after takeoff, the surviving pax (s/p) noticed the acft began losing alt. She heard the plt comment about a 'clicking noise in the left wing' which she also heard & said sounded like metal clicking together. Ground witnesses noticed a change in eng…
- [NTSB LAX85FA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FA137.md): Piper PA-24-250 · Corona, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 9, 1985 · N8898 · Destroyed
  > After refueling, the acft took off & lost pwr at 150 ft to 200 ft AGL. The acft struck trees while in a steepening left bank & crashed in an open field adjacent to the arpt. No contaminants or water were found either in the acft's fuel system or in the fuel…
- [NTSB LAX80FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA020.md): Piper PA-24 · Alturas, CA · Accident · 3 fatal · Closed · Nov 24, 1979 · N5664P · Destroyed
- [NTSB OAK78DVG44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVG44.md): Piper PA-24 · Bangor, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · May 29, 1978 · N23BM · Substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX78DUQ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DUQ03.md): Piper PA-24 · Burbank, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Oct 9, 1977 · N5169P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB OAK77FVM05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77FVM05.md): Piper PA-24 · San Carlos, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Dec 31, 1976 · N6642P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB OAK76DVM13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVM13.md): Piper PA-24 · San Luis Obspo, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Nov 10, 1975 · N7479P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB OAK75FVM13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75FVM13.md): Piper PA-24 · Fort Ord, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Nov 8, 1974 · N5169P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB OAK74FVG66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVG66.md): Piper PA-24 · Davis, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · Jun 10, 1974 · N6714P · Destroyed
- [NTSB LAX74FUM33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUM33.md): Piper PA-24 · Santee, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · May 20, 1974 · N8059P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX74DUM26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74DUM26.md): Piper PA-24 · Calexico, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · May 4, 1974 · N5035P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB OAK74DVA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74DVA23.md): Piper PA-24 · Mnache Mdws, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 22, 1973 · N5131P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX73AL033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73AL033.md): Piper PA-24 · Avalon, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · Jan 14, 1973 · N5334P · Destroyed
- [NTSB LAX73FUG09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73FUG09.md): Piper PA-24 · Redlands, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Aug 5, 1972 · N5902P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB OAK72DVA39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK72DVA39.md): Piper PA-24 · Porterville, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Dec 19, 1971 · N6564P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB OAK72DVA20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK72DVA20.md): Piper PA-24 · Modesto, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 6, 1971 · N7479P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX71FUM39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX71FUM39.md): Piper PA-24 · Glamis, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · May 12, 1971 · N964CC · Destroyed
- [NTSB LAX71DUG74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX71DUG74.md): Piper PA-24 · Needles, CA · Incident · No injuries · Closed · Apr 23, 1971 · N6231P · Minor damage
- [NTSB LAX71FUQ77](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX71FUQ77.md): Piper PA-24 · Palmdale, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · Apr 16, 1971 · N7398P · Destroyed
- [NTSB OAK71DVG35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK71DVG35.md): Piper PA-24 · Winters, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Oct 24, 1970 · N5075P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX70F0143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX70F0143.md): Piper PA-24 · Newport Beach, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 1, 1969 · N5077P · Destroyed
- [NTSB LAX70D0011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX70D0011.md): Piper PA-24 · Santa Susana, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jun 1, 1969 · N5932P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX68F0326](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68F0326.md): Piper PA-24 · Hawthorne, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Mar 1, 1968 · N7398P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX68D0207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68D0207.md): Piper PA-24 · Carlsbad, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Nov 22, 1967 · N6836P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX68D0141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68D0141.md): Piper PA-24 · Ojai, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Aug 27, 1967 · N7364P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB OAK68D0179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK68D0179.md): Piper PA-24 · Fort Bragg, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Aug 7, 1967 · N6611P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB OAK67F0202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK67F0202.md): Piper PA-24 · Sacramento, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Dec 29, 1966 · N6627P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX66F0309](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66F0309.md): Piper PA-24 · Van Nuys, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Apr 9, 1966 · N5888P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB OAK66F0240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK66F0240.md): Piper PA-24 · Lone Pine, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Apr 3, 1966 · N5326P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX66F0266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66F0266.md): Piper PA-24 · Santa Paula, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Feb 26, 1966 · N5003P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX66D0122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66D0122.md): Piper PA-24 · Fullerton, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 11, 1965 · N5982P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX66F0066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66F0066-175994.md): Piper PA-24 · Bakersfield, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 1, 1965 · N7072P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB OAK65F0015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK65F0015.md): Piper PA-24 · Oakland, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Feb 9, 1965 · N7642P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB UNK65X0224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0224.md): Piper PA24 · Garberville, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Oct 10, 1964 · N6060P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB UNK64X3636](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3636.md): Piper PA24 · Los Angeles, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Aug 28, 1964 · N9191E · Substantial damage
- [NTSB UNK64X1431](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1431.md): Piper PA24 · Oakland, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Apr 24, 1964 · N6326P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX94LA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA336.md): Piper PA24-180 · Bridgeport, CA · Accident · 4 fatal · Limited investigation · Closed · Jul 20, 1962 · N5069P · Destroyed
  > In-flight collision with terrain for unknown reason(s).

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'CA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7102402'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

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

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