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

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 ERA25FA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25FA280.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Block Island, RI · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Preliminary report · Jul 30, 2025 · N961DA · Substantial damage
  > On July 30, 2025, about 1210 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-28-181, N961DA, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Block Island, Rhode Island. The pilot sustained serious injuries, one passenger received minor injuries, and one…
- [NTSB ERA10CA303](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA303.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Block Island, RI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 2, 2010 · N47661 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s loss of directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with a fence.
- [NTSB NYC04FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04FA033.md): Cessna 180 · Westerly, RI · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 16, 2003 · N34AG · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The Piper pilot's improper decision to continue a landing on an occupied runway, which resulted in an in-flight collision with the departing Cessna. Factors related to the accident were the departing Cessna pilot's inattentive radio communications, and the…
- [NTSB NYC03LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA005.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Block Island, RI · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 14, 2002 · N5675V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's misjudgment of speed and distance as a result of physical impairment due to smoke.
- [NTSB NYC96LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA165.md): Piper PA-28-181 · West Kingston, RI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 12, 1996 · N8121K · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's misjudgment of distance and speed during the approach to land, and his failure to go around while there was still sufficient runway remaining, which resulted in an overrun of the runway and collision with trees. The lack of natural lighting at…
- [NTSB NYC95LA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA185.md): Piper PA-28-181 · West Kingston, RI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 9, 1995 · N8121K · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point which resulted in insufficient runway stopping distance and a subsequent overrun of the runway, and collision with trees.
- [NTSB NYC87FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87FA061.md): Piper PA-32-260 · Westerly, RI · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 20, 1987 · N3293W · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > The Piper PA-32-260 was taking off from an uncontrolled airport and making a left downwind departure. A second aircraft, a Piper PA-28-181 was transiting the area 1 mile south of the airport an an altitude of 1500 ft AGL. The PA-28-181 saw the PA-32-260 just…

## 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" = 'RI' 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=RI

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