# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-28-161, WY

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 DEN03LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA139.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Crowheart, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 6, 2003 · N2973T · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight planning (attempting to exceed aircraft's published certificated performance), the pilot not obtaining sufficient altitude to clear the terrain (not possible), and the pilot's inadequate in flight planning/decision making.…
- [NTSB DEN89LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA171.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Alpine, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 15, 1989 · N21170 · Substantial damage
  > Pilot's decision to land at an unlighted airport at night. The aircraft landed long and overran the runway.
- [NTSB DEN81FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA061.md): Piper PA-28 · 40 Mi S Casper, WY · Accident · 3 fatal · Closed · Aug 23, 1981 · N8415N · Destroyed

## 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" = 'WY' 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=WY

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