# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-25-260: In flight encounter with weather

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 NYC94LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA146.md): Piper PA-25-260 · Crown Point, NY · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 2, 1994 · N4887Y · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate terrain clearance. Other related factors are cloud conditions and the pilot's failure to maintain flight in visual meteorological conditions.
- [NTSB MKC86LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA163.md): Piper PA-25-260 · Hershey, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 30, 1986 · N9641P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated he was spraying insecticides on corn and encountered a wind shear that pulled the airplane down into the corn. He was unable to recover and the airplane hit the ground.
- [NTSB SEA86LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA159.md): Piper PA-25-260 · Rexburg, ID · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 1, 1986 · N9621P · Destroyed
  > During an aerial application turn the aircraft encountered a severe downdraft. Although the pilot lowered the nose of the aircraft, leveled the wings, added full power and dumped his chemical load, he was unable to climb. The aircraft then struck the ground…

## 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 ('7102508')
    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" = 240))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102508&occurrence=240

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