# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-28-151: Loss of control - on ground/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 LAX05CA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA066.md): Piper PA-28-151 · Tucson, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 8, 2005 · N151MM · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing rollout.
- [NTSB NYC04LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA025.md): Piper PA-28-151 · Quantico, VA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 1, 2003 · N41977 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. A factor was the tail wind.
- [NTSB NYC02LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA080.md): Piper PA-28-151 · Belmar, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 2, 2002 · N44636 · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's failure to maintain runway alignment during landing. A factor in the accident was the winds.
- [NTSB MIA01LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA234.md): Piper PA-28-151 · Melbourne, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 30, 2001 · N5447F · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the landing rollout while landing in gusty crosswind conditions, which resulted in a ground swerve, and the aircraft exiting the runway and incurring substantial damage when it…
- [NTSB CHI99LA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA301.md): Piper PA-28-151 · Red Wing, MN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 14, 1999 · N32840 · Substantial damage
  > Directional control not being maintained by the pilot. A factor to the accident was the ditch.
- [NTSB CHI98LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA203.md): Piper PA28-151 · Jefferson, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 17, 1998 · N6771F · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's lack of total experience in this type of aircraft and his failure to maintain directional control during an aborted takeoff. A factor was the ditch.
- [NTSB NYC95LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA089.md): Piper PA-28-151 · Farmingdale, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 18, 1995 · N188AV · Substantial damage
  > the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll, which resulted in the airplane veering off the left side of the runway. A factor was the pilot's failure to abort the takeoff.
- [NTSB MIA94LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA115.md): Piper PA-28-151 · Boca Raton, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 8, 1994 · N32056 · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the dual student to maintain directional control during landing and the failure of the flight instructor to properly supervise the dual student and take corrective action in a timely manner.
- [NTSB ATL93LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93LA080.md): Piper PA-28-151 · Lafayette, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 22, 1993 · N5334F · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft.
- [NTSB NYC93LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93LA081.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Farmingdale, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 13, 1993 · N440AV · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions and failure to maintain control of the airplane. The crosswind was a related factor.
- [NTSB MKC89LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA036.md): Piper PA-28 · Lakeview, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 3, 1988 · N4344F · Substantial damage
  > During a personal cross country flight, the newly certificated private pilot said he was attempting to land on a 3200 foot grass strip with an existing gusting crosswind. He lost directional control during the landing, hit a runway light, tearing off the left…
- [NTSB NYC87LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA110.md): Piper PA-28 · Bridgeport, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 2, 1987 · N75336 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot was making a night landing to Bridgeport airport when he lost directional control of the aircraft and it veered to the left. The airplane continued to roll off the end of the runway and collided with trees.
- [NTSB CHI87LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA043.md): Piper PA28-151 · Marquette, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 6, 1986 · N41765 · Substantial damage
  > While on landing rollout the student pilot skidded off the left side of the runway and collided with a snowbank. The student stated he was holding excessive left rudder and brake pressure.
- [NTSB CHI83LA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA283.md): Piper PA28-151 · Alma, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 26, 1983 · N41341 · Substantial damage
  > The acft collided with the VASI lights during landing. The pilot was landing on rwy 27 with winds from 210 degrees at 12 KTS. He reported gusty winds but gave no estimated velocity of the gusts. He said he touched down on the right main gear with the left…
- [NTSB CHI82DA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA052.md): Piper PA-28-151 · Monee, IL · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Feb 15, 1982 · N56979 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot began his takeoff at the approach end of runway 27. He stated that the aircraft rolled straight for 700 ft, then at about 55 mph (lift-off speed), the plane veered left into a snowbank. The runway was 35 ft wide and was reported to have had frozen…

## 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 ('7102805', '7104223')
    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" = 260))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102805&occurrence=260

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