# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-24, 1987

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 CHI88LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA031.md): Piper PA-24-180 · Danville, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 28, 1987 · N5611P · Substantial damage
  > Earlier in the day, the acft was flown from Danville to rochelle, IL. While on a return flt without refueling, the eng began losing power, so the plt moved the fuel selector to the rgt tank (which indcd 1/4 full) & power was restored. However, about 2 min…
- [NTSB MIA87LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA119.md): Piper PA-24 · Gainesville, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 26, 1987 · N6143P · Substantial damage
  > The non instument rated private pilot filed an instrument flight plan for a 5 hour flight. The flight lasted 5 hours and 26 minutes when the pilot radioed controllers that he had run out of fuel and the engine failed. The aircraft crashed at the destination…
- [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…

## 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") = 1987
  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=1987

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