# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-28-151, 1985

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 LAX86FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86FA042.md): Piper PA 28-151 · Lebec, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 18, 1985 · N43602 · Destroyed
  > After receiving a preflight wx briefing that forecast strong headwinds, over mountainous terrain, severe turbulence and pireps of severe turbulence on the proposed flt route. The instructor plt and his student instrument plt took off for a night IFR training…
- [NTSB LAX86FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86FA007.md): Piper PA-28-151 · Payson, AZ · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 8, 1985 · N44207 · Destroyed
  > The passenger had a 10:00 medical appointment at the destination arot on the day of the accident. The non-instrument rated, recently certificated pvt plt, requested and received a weather briefing for a proposed VFR flt at 7500 ft MSL from mesa to holbrook,…
- [NTSB NYC85FNA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FNA03.md): Piper PA-28-151 · Newburyport, MA · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Aug 18, 1985 · N8371C · Substantial damage
  > The pilot attempted a landing at night with an inoperative landing light and no runway lights. After circling the airport 3 or 4 times he attempted a landing. The aircraft received substantial damage and the pilot received serious injuries. The passenger…
- [NTSB NYC85LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA167.md): Piper PA28-151 · Chatham, MA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 13, 1985 · N5405F · Substantial damage
  > During the final approach to runway 24, the aircraft was too high and fast. The pilot decided to land on the runway instead of going around. According to the pilot, the aircraft landed too FAR down the runway and went over the end.
- [NTSB CHI85FA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FA253.md): Piper PA-28-151 · Reedsburg, WI · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 26, 1985 · N32461 · Destroyed
  > No known witnesses observed the plt preflt the acft or takeoff. He departed in the evening while the arpt was not attended. At aprx 2012 CDT, his son observed & recognized the acft. At that time, the son was at his own home about 1/2 mi from the plt's home.…

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1985
  AND 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'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102805&year=1985

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