# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-28-181, 1983 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 CHI84LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA070.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Hebron, OH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 31, 1983 · N4506W · Substantial damage > The plt reported that when he landed on an ice covered rwy, he delayed using brakes. When he did use the brakes, he was unable to decelerate sufficiently. He elected not to attempt a go-around, since there were tall trees near the end of the rwy. The acft… - [NTSB LAX84LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA124.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Shoshone, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 30, 1983 · N2534U · Substantial damage > The acft landed long and in attempting a go-around crashed off the rwy on the arpt. The plt said she made her approach to rwy 34 at Shoshone CA and touched down slightly beyond the middle of the 2380 ft rwy in no wind conditions. She then attempted a… - [NTSB ATL84LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA070.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Waverly, KY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 21, 1983 · N2767M · Substantial damage > About 8 mi from his destination the plt encountered freezing rain. He decided to retrieve a flashlight from his briefcase in the back seat to use in checking for ice on the wings & in consulting his charts. While leaning over the back seat, the plt lost his… - [NTSB LAX84LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA098.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Livermore, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 17, 1983 · N4513K · Destroyed > During arrival in IFR conditions, the plt was vectored for an ILS rwy 25 apch. At about 0909 PST, he was cleared for the apch & instructed to maintain 3000 ft until intercepting the localizer. A short time later, the controller instructed the plt to contact… - [NTSB LAX84LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA074.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Redding, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 26, 1983 · N3204Q · Substantial damage > The plt reported that when he tried to start the acft, the starter would not 'turn the eng.' Thinking that the oil had congealed, he exited the acft & 'pulled the prop.' At that time, the eng started & the plane began to move. The plt jumped on the right wing… - [NTSB ATL84LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA047.md): Piper PA28-181 · Bessemer, AL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 8, 1983 · N83816 · Substantial damage > The acft collided with a station wagon while taxiing for takeoff during a purchaser demonstration flt. The prospective buyers were a husband and wife and the wife was occupying the left front seat with the CFI in the right seat. The CFI stated, that while… - [NTSB NYC84LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA021.md): Piper PA-28-181 · New Milford, CT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 4, 1983 · N2222R · Destroyed > The pilot reported that as he was starting the engine, fire broke out. He attempted to put out the fire with on-board extinguishers, but failed. The acft was destroyed by fire. - [NTSB NYC84LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA018.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Prospectville, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 1, 1983 · N39955 · Substantial damage > The pilot said that as he turned final he was too high and to the right of the rwy so he slipped the acft to the left to line up. The left fuel tank, which he was using was very low on fuel. The aprch was too high so he decided to go around. As the acft was… - [NTSB CHI84FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84FA022.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Dodgeville, WI · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 16, 1983 · N8419G · Destroyed > Momentarily after lifting off, the plt heard a pronounced decrease in eng noise & noted that the tachometer indication had dropped to 1950 RPM. He elected to abort, but was unable to stop on the remaining rwy. After departing the rwy, the acft hit an object &… - [NTSB NYC84FHM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FHM01.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Poughkeepsie, NY · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Oct 11, 1983 · N30460 · Destroyed > The acft collided with trees during a forced landing after the engine quit. The plt had let down through clouds during a descent for a vor-dme approach. The acft broke out of the clouds at 2500 ft, seeing the arpt the plt cancelled IFR. After getting rwy… - [NTSB CHI83LA400](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA400.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Blair, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 28, 1983 · N3576R · Substantial damage > The acft collided with a fence during an aborted takeoff. The student was on a solo training flt when the accident occurred. This was the first takeoff of the flt. The field was soft and the pilot decided to abort the takeoff during the ground roll. He was… - [NTSB DEN83FTK04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83FTK04.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Box Elder, SD · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Aug 21, 1983 · N8422U · Destroyed > Before reaching his destination, the plt contacted apch control & reported that he was about 40 mi away & was low on fuel. About 10 min later, the acft ran out of fuel. The plt stated that he 'could possibly make ellsworth' but the controller told him that… - [NTSB LAX83FA390](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA390.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Santa Rosa, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 17, 1983 · N5698V · Destroyed > The non-instrument rated plt & a passenger took off from the arpt at dawn before the control tower was in operation. The takeoff was at 0549 PDT in IMC conditions. Shortly after taking off, the acft crashed. One witness stated that he heard the acft takeoff… - [NTSB FTW83FA373](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83FA373.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Ville Platte, LA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 12, 1983 · N21537 · Destroyed > Prior to takeoff the plt had received a wx briefing & was advised that VFR flt was not recommended. He was given convective SIGMET 13C which called for thunderstorms with tops above 45,000 ft throughout his route of flt. About 25 minafter takeoff four… - [NTSB NYC83FA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA203.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Fishers Island, NY · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 6, 1983 · N6877J · Destroyed > The plt had called his home base & was told that fog was beginning to move shoreward & that the intended destination, (waterford, CT) would not remain VFR for long. The plts of N6877J & another acft chose to depart immediately. Before arriving, fog had moved… - [NTSB ATL83LA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA307.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Rutherfordton, NC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 28, 1983 · N2135F · Substantial damage > During the landing roll, the plt noted that the right brake was ineffective. She requested that the plt in the copilot's seat attempt to regain control, but the copilot confirmed the same problem while using her brakes. Since the rwy was relatively short, the… - [NTSB LAX83FA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA276.md): Piper PA-28-181 · El Cajon, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 8, 1983 · N8318T · Destroyed > The plt was first wx briefed at 0916 for a flt to catalina island & on to san jose. VFR flt was not recommended. Subsequently the plt called fss four more times, the final call at 1402 during which he requested & received the wx for montgomery & gillespie… - [NTSB LAX83LA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA263.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Molokai, HI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 31, 1983 · N31914 · Substantial damage > The pilot had just been checked out in a C-172 which he had been flying the past 3 days. He then switched acft and this flt was in a PA-28. The C-172 tank selector has a both tanks position and the PA-28 does not. The tank selector was on left tank when the… - [NTSB CHI83LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA192.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Minneapolis, MN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 26, 1983 · N82717 · Substantial damage > After takeoff, the plt elected to practice touch-and-go landings. After about 5 landings, the eng lost power while the plt was turning on a base leg for rwy 17 at about 400 ft AGL. He tried to restart the eng. However, the left wing hit the tops of trees &… - [NTSB LAX83FUJ13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FUJ13.md): Piper PA-28R-180 · Flagstaff, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Apr 16, 1983 · N4579J · Substantial damage > The plt reported he had a problem with the spark plugs loading up before he departed sacramento, CA on a x-country & ther magneto (mag) had been overhauled before he departed. He stated the eng ran well 'except for brief plug load (one cyl)cleared by leaning… - [NTSB CHI83LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA168.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Harrison, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 16, 1983 · N8578C · Substantial damage > The pilot stated that he executed a go-around on the first landing attempt because of a strong crosswind and high airspeed. On the second approach, he executed a go-around from the flare because of a 'strong updraft'. The pilot statedthat during the… - [NTSB NYC83LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA090.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Jamaica, NY · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 11, 1983 · N2819A · Substantial damage > The aircraft made a hard landing after an ILS approach to runway 31L at jfk international airport. The acft broke out ofthe clouds at 600 feet. As descent continued 2 notches of flaps were applied and flare was begun at 20 feet AGL. About 10 ft. above the… - [NTSB NYC83FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA088.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Hawthorne, NY · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 10, 1983 · N8302T · Substantial damage > The flt departed cleveland at 1539. The flt enroute was conducted at 6,000 ft. about 45 mi w of destination the fuel gages indicated 5 gals of fuel in each of the two tanks. At about 5 mi w of the arpt the eng quit. The plt made a forcedlanding on the… - [NTSB DEN83FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83FA072.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Evanston, WY · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 6, 1983 · N8406F · Substantial damage > When en route, the acft collided with power lines where they crossed over a highway about 39 ft AGL. Two witnesses near this location reported that the acft was flying low & was following the highway on a westerly heading when the acft struck the wires. The… ## 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") = 1983 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&year=1983 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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