# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-25: In flight collision with terrain/water

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 DEN99LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA152.md): Piper PA-25 · Salida, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 21, 1999 · N6249Z · Substantial damage
  > An inadvertent stall during an aborted landing. A factor was the pilot's selection of the wrong runway for landing.
- [NTSB CHI91DCJ07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91DCJ07.md): Piper PA-25-150 · Stapleton, NE · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 23, 1991 · N6070Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's disregard for aircraft performance data. Related factors are the pilot's poor weather evaluation, and delayed remedial action.
- [NTSB CHI90DEV02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90DEV02.md): Piper PA-25-150 · Sullivan, IL · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Mar 17, 1990 · N6340Z · Destroyed
  > The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain adequate terrain clearance during a turn at low altitude, resulting in ground collision. Contributing to the severity of the pilot's injury was his failure to use the installed shoulder harness.
- [NTSB DEN85LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA166.md): Piper PA-25 · Leonard, ND · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 15, 1985 · N4733Y · Substantial damage
  > During an aerial spray operation, the plt returned to a field with his 2nd chemical load. As he descended over trees to begin a swath run, he began a flare, but the acft continued descending & impacted the ground. The right landing gear was torn off & the…

## 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" = 230))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102502&occurrence=230

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