# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-24, 1983

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 ATL84LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA048.md): Piper PA-24 · Clemson, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 23, 1983 · N7221P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot failed to lower the landing gear stating that he was distracted by an acft on the ground & diverted his attention from the landing checklist.
- [NTSB ATL84LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA030.md): Piper PA-24-180 · Montgomery, AL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 15, 1983 · N7013P · Substantial damage
  > According to the plt he had an unsafe gear indication while in the traffic pattern. He alerted the tower to the problem and made a low pass over the runway. He was informed by tower personnel that the gear looked down and normal. During the landing the plt…
- [NTSB NYC83AA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83AA208.md): Piper PA-24-180 · Pomona, NJ · Accident · 4 fatal · Final report · Aug 12, 1983 · N7554P · Destroyed
  > During his wx briefing, the plt was advised of an area of rain showers & scattered thunderstorms along his route of flt, as well as flt precautions for occasional moderate turbulence below 8000 ft which was forcast. He departed norfolk at 1500. At about 1630,…
- [NTSB DEN83FA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83FA123.md): Piper 24-180 · Horse Creek, WY · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 30, 1983 · N7079P · Destroyed
  > The acft crashed in rolling terrain minus about 6 ft of its left wing. This portion of wing was found about 339 ft east of the main wreckage. Exam revealed evidence that the outboard portion of the wing separated in an upward and aft direction indicative of…
- [NTSB CHI83LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA188.md): Piper PA-24-180 · Platteville, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 26, 1983 · N5548P · Substantial damage
  > During arrival, the plt entered the traffic pattern to land on rwy 27 in x-wind conditions. The rwy was 2200 ft long & was wet from light rain. After making 2 go-arounds, a landing was made on the 3rd apch. The plt reported that the braking was poor to nil.…
- [NTSB ATL83FA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FA117.md): Piper PA-24-180 · Hendersonville, NC · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 22, 1983 · N6313P · Destroyed
  > After reporting level at 7,000 ft in rain, the plt reported that altitude could not be maintained due to a power loss. He stated that '...we're down to about fourteen inches and we just broke out and I got the lights.' At 1849, after a discussion with ATC…

## 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") = 1983
  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=1983

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