# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-24-260: 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 CHI07FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07FA041.md): Piper PA-24-260 · Bucyrus, OH · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 18, 2006 · N9073P · Destroyed
  > The inadvertent stall the pilot encountered during cruise flight while inadvertently entering an area of icing and his exceeding the design limits of the airplane during the subsequent descent. Factors were the reported icing weather present aloft, the…
- [NTSB FTW00FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00FA035.md): Piper PA-24-260 · New Orleans, LA · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 20, 1999 · N8825P · Destroyed
  > the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control which resulted in a stall/spin. A contributing factor was the dusk light condition.
- [NTSB SEA97FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97FA044.md): Piper PA-24-260 · Winston, MT · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 7, 1997 · N9080P · Destroyed
  > Pilot incapacitation due to hypoxia. Failure of the pilot to use available oxygen is a factor.
- [NTSB FTW94LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94LA117.md): Piper PA-24-260 · Roswell, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 1, 1994 · N8961P · Substantial damage
  > The loss of control due to clear air turbulence.
- [NTSB NYC93LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93LA178.md): Piper PA-24-260 · Factoryville, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 29, 1993 · N9249P · Destroyed
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight preparation by failing to properly set the stabilator trim tab.
- [NTSB SEA92FA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92FA147.md): Piper PA-24-260 · Woods Cross, UT · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 9, 1992 · N9323P · Destroyed
  > Pilot factor in that he failed to attain and maintain sufficient flying speed. Factors to the accident were: cylinder over temperature, improper use of the mixture and procedures/directives were not followed.
- [NTSB FTW88FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88FA085.md): Piper PA-24-260 · Henrietta, TX · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 1, 1988 · N8553P · Destroyed
  > The plt was given a pre-flt wx briefing by a fss briefer. He rcvd a full & thorough briefing, except the briefer did not have an opnl wx radar set available. The plt was adzd of a line of thunderstorms (tstms) to the southwest, moving east at 20 KTS. He was…
- [NTSB NYC86FA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA214.md): Piper PA-24-260 · Ft. Dix, NJ · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 22, 1986 · N8734P · Destroyed
  > The acft was headed sw on victor sixteen inbound to coyle VOR when the plt reported the loss of gyro instruments. The acft was at 6000 ft and in 'solid IFR weather.' The plt elected not to declare emergency and land when asked if he wanted to do so by 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 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" = 250))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102406&occurrence=250

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