# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-28-181, IA

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 CEN13LA570](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA570.md): Piper PA 28-181 · Algona, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 30, 2013 · N31688 · Substantial damage
  > Fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's failure to ensure he had sufficient fuel on board to complete the planned flight. Contributing to the accident was the incomplete information provided by the airport's AWOS.
- [NTSB CHI90LA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA275.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Amana, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 27, 1990 · N21489 · Substantial damage
  > Proper touchdown point not attained and go-around delayed by the pilot in command. Contributing factors were ATC communications inadequate and wet, grass runway with a tailwind environment plus a fence.
- [NTSB MKC85FA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85FA217.md): Piper PA-28-181 · What Cheer, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 16, 1985 · N8262U · Substantial damage
  > The acft was observed flying through the top of a tree, then through a four strand high voltage pwr line. Final impact was relatively flat in a soy-bean field. The plt later stated that he had become disoriented in flt and hallucinated that he was in a Piper…
- [NTSB MKC85LA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA208.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Oxford, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 7, 1985 · N9557K · Substantial damage
  > The eng quit abruptly while the acft was cruising at 3,500 feet. The acft collided with standing corn during the night forced landing. After the acdt the fuel selector was found on the lt fuel tank, the lt tank was empty and the rt fuel tank was full. The plt…
- [NTSB MKC85LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA170.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Leon, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 27, 1985 · N8089C · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that when he was on final apch to land, the acft encountered a downdraft & its rate of descent increased. He applied power to correct the situation, but the left main gear hit a fence post aprx 10 ft short of the rwy & failed. Subsequently,…
- [NTSB MKC85LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA122.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Des Moines, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 7, 1985 · N3502M · Substantial damage
  > During a full stop landing the plt applied brakes to arrest the landing roll and upon application of the brakes, the acft veered slowly to the left without slowing down. The check plt applied his brakes to assist the plt, but without any effect. The acft…
- [NTSB MKC82FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82FA008.md): Piper PA-28 · Le Mars, IA · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · Nov 26, 1981 · N2138B · Destroyed
- [NTSB MKC81DCD32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCD32.md): Piper PA-28 · Orange City, IA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Aug 8, 1981 · N6004H · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC81FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FA028.md): Piper PA-28 · Dixon, IA · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · Apr 8, 1981 · N47970 · Destroyed
- [NTSB MKC81FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FA027.md): Piper PA-28 · Creston, IA · Accident · 2 fatal · Closed · Apr 8, 1981 · N2250W · Destroyed
- [NTSB MKC80FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FA019.md): Piper PA-28 · Clare, IA · Accident · 4 fatal · Closed · Jan 25, 1980 · N9421C · Destroyed
- [NTSB UNK80X0102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK80X0102.md): Piper PA-28 · Melvin, IA · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · Nov 11, 1979 · N2181D · Destroyed
- [NTSB MKC79DCD32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DCD32.md): Piper PA-28 · Davenport, IA · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Aug 17, 1979 · N4360F · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC78DCD53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78DCD53.md): Piper PA-28 · South English, IA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Aug 31, 1978 · N3252Q · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC75FCD18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75FCD18.md): Piper PA-28 · Fort Dodge, IA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Oct 1, 1974 · N5322L · Substantial damage

## 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" = 'IA' 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 ('7102807', '7102832'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102807&state=IA

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