# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-28-161, VA 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 ERA15LA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA315.md): Piper PA 28-161 · Bristow, VA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 16, 2015 · N82587 · Substantial damage > The student pilot’s failure to maintain altitude during approach, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain. Contributing to the accident was the student’s distraction due to other traffic in the airport traffic pattern. - [NTSB ERA13FA385](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA385.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Danville, VA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 29, 2013 · N9089N · Destroyed > The student pilot's failure to maintain control and climb the airplane during a go-around maneuver. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's failure to provide adequate oversight of the student pilot by ensuring that the cockpit was free of… - [NTSB ERA11CA423](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA423.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Quinton, VA · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 26, 2011 · N81917 · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. - [NTSB ERA09LA456](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA456.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Winchester, VA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 7, 2009 · N20977 · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and failure to ensure an adequate quantity of fuel was available for the flight. - [NTSB NYC07CA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA181.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Winchester, VA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 31, 2007 · N2893G · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadequate preflight planning. - [NTSB NYC06FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06FA029.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Leesburg, VA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 9, 2005 · N4171T · Substantial damage > The flight instructor's failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent impact with trees and terrain. - [NTSB NYC01LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA099.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Winchester, VA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 21, 2001 · N286FT · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadequate fuel management, which resulted in fuel starvation. - [NTSB IAD99LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99LA019.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Melfa, VA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 19, 1998 · N1685H · Destroyed > The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. - [NTSB BFO94LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94LA004.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Manassas, VA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 8, 1993 · N8223T · Substantial damage > The loss of total engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor in the accident was the lack of suitable terrain to enable the completion of a power-off forced landing. - [NTSB BFO89LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO89LA068.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Leesburg, VA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 13, 1989 · N4325V · Substantial damage > Improper planning/decision by the pilot which resulted in his inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his failure to maintain proper alignment, while landing at night on a road. The weather conditions, dark night, and… - [NTSB BFO87FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87FA009.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Danville, VA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 17, 1986 · N43905 · Destroyed > The aircraft was observed flying around the airport as the weather deteriorated. The pilot had elected to depart at about 2345 EST after obtaining a weather briefing 6 & 1/2 hours before. The plt had a total of about 83 hours flying time and did not have any… - [NTSB BFO86FIA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO86FIA02.md): Piper PA 28-161 · Stanley, VA · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Aug 16, 1986 · N36489 · Destroyed > The acft collided with trees and the ground during a x-country flt over mountainous terrain. The plt had crossed the 1st ridge at aprx 800 ft AGL according to the plt. The front seat passenger said later that he complained several times during the flt that… - [NTSB BFO86LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO86LA013.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Leesburg, VA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 16, 1986 · N4325V · Substantial damage > The student pilot stated that uneven braking during landing caused the aircraft to swerve off the side of the runway. He further added that he applied full power shortly thereafter due to the fact that the aircraft was heading for a ditch. The aircraft… ## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'VA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA' AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7102803', '7102834')) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102803&state=VA --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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