# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-25: Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction

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 CHI93DCD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93DCD02.md): Piper PA-25 · Essex, IA · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · May 21, 1993 · N6453Z · Destroyed
  > Fatigue failure of the forward spar fuselage attachment assembly for the right wing. A factor related to the accident was: the lack of a directed inspection procedure that could have been provided with the issuance of an airworthiness directive.
- [NTSB LAX83LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA278.md): Piper PA-25 · New River, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 10, 1983 · N6073Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that he refueled his aircraft and secured the gas cap after which he made four fifteen minutes aero tow flights. During the fifth aero tow, as the aircraft was climbing, the pilot heard an object strike the wind shield and he saw that the gas…

## 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 ('7102502')
    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" = 130))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102502&occurrence=130

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