# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-24-260, 1986

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 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.…
- [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 FTW86LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA122.md): Piper PA-24-260 · San Antonio, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 7, 1986 · N9165P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot was cleared to land on runway 12L when he encountered wind gusts on touchdown causing the aircraft to veer off the runway into a grassy area.
- [NTSB MIA86LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA159.md): Piper PA-24-260 · Tallahassee, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 15, 1986 · N9491P · Substantial damage
  > While in the traffic pattern the acft's electrical system failed due to internal failure of the alternator. The plt failed to extend the landing gear by the emergency gear extension handle and a gear up landing resulted.

## 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") = 1986
  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=1986

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