# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-24-250, 2000

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 DEN01FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA021.md): Piper PA-24-250 · Antimony, UT · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 8, 2000 · N8245P · Destroyed
  > the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering. Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to obtain a preflight weather briefing, his VFR flight into IMC, lack of instrument certification, spatial disorientation, low ceiling, and snow.
- [NTSB CHI01LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA012.md): Piper PA-24-250 · Manhattan, KS · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 14, 2000 · N6107P · Destroyed
  > the inadequate soft field takeoff procedure by the pilot and his failure to abort the takeoff. Factors were the high grass on the runway, the pilots disregard for the runway conditions, his lack of total experience in the aircraft, the trees, and the pilots…
- [NTSB SEA01WA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01WA005.md): Piper PA 24-250 · Kelowna, Canada · Accident · 3 fatal · Foreign investigation · Oct 13, 2000 · N6917P · Substantial damage
- [NTSB NYC00FA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00FA245.md): Piper PA-24-250 · Lexington, VA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 30, 2000 · N6411P · Destroyed
  > The pilot's attempted VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions that resulted in spatial disorientation. A factor in this accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight planning.
- [NTSB IAD00FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00FA067.md): Piper PA-24-250 · Bluffton, OH · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 30, 2000 · N5271P · Substantial damage
  > Pilot's improper fuel calculations, which resulted in fuel exhaustion. Also causal, was his abrupt maneuver during the forced landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall.
- [NTSB MIA00LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA218.md): Piper PA-24-250 · Immokalee, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 16, 2000 · N980AC · Substantial damage
  > The inadequate supervision of the pilot rated student by the CFI for her failure to note that the fuel selector was positioned to an empty fuel tank. Also, failure of the CFI to attain the proper rate of descent at touchdown resulting in a hard landing.…
- [NTSB FTW00LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA081.md): Piper PA-24-250 · College Station, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 13, 2000 · N7878P · Substantial damage
  > The loss of engine power due to fuel system contamination. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

## 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") = 2000
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7102404'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102404&year=2000

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