# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-24-260, 1984

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 CHI85LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA078.md): Piper PA-24-260 · Ypsilanti, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 26, 1984 · N8921P · Substantial damage
  > The acft collided with a fence & two parked cars during a forced landing while on a personal flt. The plt reported that after a 40 to 50 min ground delay he made a normal climb to 5000 ft MSL where he trimmed the acft & leaned the mixture to 75 percent power.…
- [NTSB LAX85LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA016.md): Piper PA-24-260 · Sonoma, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 13, 1984 · N9493P · Substantial damage
  > Plt made inadvertant gear up landing. Plt stated he forgot to lower the gear when his attention was diverted to the cabin door which came open in-flight.
- [NTSB DEN84LA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA296.md): Piper PA-24-260 · Carrington, ND · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 20, 1984 · N8579P · Substantial damage
  > According to the plt, the landing gear were extended on base leg but he did not recall seeing the green light indicating a down and locked configuration. As the acft touched down some resistance was felt by the plt as all 3 gear collapsed and the acft settled…
- [NTSB FTW84LA410](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA410.md): Piper PA-24 · Kerrville, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 9, 1984 · N9128P · Substantial damage
  > Plt stated that after failing to get a 'gear down' light, he cycled gear with no success in obtaining a light and received no response to call on UNICOM frequency for visual check from ground. Plt stated he elected to land anyway and that nose gear collapsed…
- [NTSB NYC84LA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA300.md): Piper PA-24-260C · Montauk, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 1, 1984 · N9485P · Substantial damage
  > According to the plt, after clearing sand dunes short of the rwy power was reduced for landing. The acft decelerated and descended, landing hard on the rwy. As the co-plt initiated an abort, the acft veered off the rwy to the right and collided with a tree.…
- [NTSB MIA84LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA214.md): Piper PA-24-260 · Espanola, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 27, 1984 · N56JG · Substantial damage
  > The acft without flt plan and no flt history was found abandoned in a field with 14 bales of marijuana located in and around the wreckage. No owner or plt has been located. Customs agents tracking the acft lost contact in a thunderstorm between daytona and…
- [NTSB CHI84LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA154.md): Piper PA-24-260 · Kenosha, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 15, 1984 · N8667P · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated he mistook the ATIS reported winds of 020 deg at 21 KTS as 210 deg at 20 KTS. After executing the VOR rwy 14 apch, he continued to land on rwy 14. There was standing water on the rwy. While landing with a tail wind, the acft hydroplaned & ran…
- [NTSB DEN84LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA091.md): Piper PA-24-260 · Crested Butte, CO · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 12, 1984 · N8984P · Substantial damage
  > The acft was damaged during a forced landing on snow covered terrain after the engine failed during climb. An investigaiton revealed that the acft had 50 weight oil in it and the temperature was about 15 degrees f. the engine had been, pre-heated from the top…

## 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") = 1984
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7102406'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102406&year=1984

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