# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-24-260: In flight encounter with weather

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 IAD05LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA137.md): Piper PA-24-260 · Tiffin, OH · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 18, 2005 · N9311P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's decision to takeoff in weather below the published takeoff minimums, which resulted in spatial disorientation and the airplane's collision with trees and terrain. Factors in the accident were the instrument meteorological conditions, and the…
- [NTSB FTW02FA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02FA192.md): Piper PA-24-260 · Gorman, TX · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 30, 2002 · N8681P · Destroyed
  > The pilot's loss of control and the exceedence of the design limits of the airplane which resulted in an in-flight break-up. A factor was inadvertent VFR flight into IMC.
- [NTSB LAX96FA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96FA275.md): Piper PA-24-260 · Tennant, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 17, 1996 · N9324P · Destroyed
  > the pilot's continued flight into known adverse weather conditions.
- [NTSB FTW95FA402](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95FA402.md): Piper PA-24B-260 · Westcliffe, CO · Accident · 5 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 25, 1995 · N9121P · Destroyed
  > VFR flight by the pilot into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his failure to maintain sufficient altitude or clearance from mountainous terrain. Factors relating to the accident were: the light conditions at dusk, the adverse weather…
- [NTSB LAX89FA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89FA106.md): Piper PA-24-260 · Julian, CA · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 12, 1989 · N9240P · Destroyed
  > The pilot's poor judgement of intentionally flying into an area of known forecast icing conditions which resulted in a loss of control and an inflight breakup of the aircraft. Contributing factors were the pilot's overconfidence in his personal ability by…
- [NTSB DEN86LA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA224.md): Piper PA-24-260 · Monument Valley, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 8, 1986 · N8544P · Substantial damage
  > The plt was on an approach for landing when the acft began to settle. He said that increasing power did not seem to have an effect. Subsequently, the acft landed hard, collapsing the nose gear. The plt believed that he had encountered wind shear during the…
- [NTSB MKC85FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85FA089.md): Piper PA-24-260 · Wakeeney, KS · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 26, 1985 · N8852P · Destroyed
  > On a x-country flt from dodge city, KS, to hill city, KS, the plt encountered IFR wx conditions around Wakeeney, KS. The IFR conditions were not forecast for his area of flt. A 2000 CST observation at hill city, KS, was indicating IFR conditions existing aprx…
- [NTSB ATL84FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FA064.md): Piper PA-24-260B · Mcdonald, TN · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 13, 1983 · N8981P · Destroyed
  > The plt received 2 wx briefings before takeoff & was provided flt precautions of IMC to continue beyond 0900 EST. Also, he was advised that the mountains would be occasionally obscured & icing could be expected to the west below 6000 ft. during both…
- [NTSB MIA84FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA036.md): Piper PA-24-260 · Kathleen, FL · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 28, 1983 · N9094P · Destroyed
  > The acft impacted in a swampy area in a fast dive which separated about 6 ft of the left wing. The acft was being vectored on radar when it suddenly began to steer erratically and go off the radar scope. The plt had radioed that he 'must have gone over some…
- [NTSB FTW82FRG26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRG26.md): Piper PA-24-260 · Kingsville, TX · Accident · 2 fatal · Final report · Mar 18, 1982 · N8988P · Destroyed
  > On 3/17/82 a wx briefer advised the pilot all of Texas would be under instrument meteorological conditons on the morningof 3/18/82. There was no record of a flt plan filed by the pilot of N8988P and the departure time from Kingsville could not be determined.…

## 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 ('7102406')
    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" = 240))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102406&occurrence=240

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