# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-24, 1978

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 LAX79FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA022.md): Piper PA-24 · Springerville, AZ · Accident · 4 fatal · Closed · Dec 20, 1978 · N5734P · Destroyed
- [NTSB FTW79DQG10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DQG10.md): Piper PA-24 · Levelland, TX · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Dec 5, 1978 · N5407P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC79DTK04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DTK04.md): Piper PA-24 · Vermillion, SD · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Dec 4, 1978 · N5585P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB IAD79FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA020.md): Piper PA-24 · Marlinton, WV · Accident · 3 fatal · Closed · Nov 23, 1978 · N5022P · Destroyed
- [NTSB CHI78FEC54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEC54.md): Piper PA-24 · Flint, MI · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 16, 1978 · N2SV · Substantial damage
- [NTSB NYC78FFJ25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FFJ25.md): Piper PA-24 · Rochester, NY · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jun 22, 1978 · N7204P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB OAK78DVG44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVG44.md): Piper PA-24 · Bangor, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · May 29, 1978 · N23BM · Substantial damage

## 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") = 1978
  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&year=1978

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