# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-24-180: Loss of control - in flight

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 FTW97LA325](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA325.md): Piper PA-24-180 · Marietta, OK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 23, 1997 · N177MM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to follow procedures/directives for takeoff. Factors were the runway's rough/uneven condition and the hilly terrain on the departure end of the runway.
- [NTSB LAX94FA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94FA193.md): Piper PA-24-180 · Nogales, AZ · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 17, 1994 · N6331P · Destroyed
  > a failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall.
- [NTSB CHI91LA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA248.md): Piper PA-24-180 · Joliet, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 3, 1991 · N5715P · Substantial damage
  > A proper climb rate was not attained which resulted in a mush/stall by the pilot. Factors related to the accident were performance data mis-judged due to lack of familiarity with the aircraft, and over confidence in aircraft's ability.

## 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 ('7102403')
    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" = 250))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102403&occurrence=250

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