# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-28-180: In flight collision with terrain/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 CHI06FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06FA057.md): Piper PA-28-180 · La Vista, NE · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 29, 2005 · N9072J · Destroyed > The non-instrument rated pilot not maintaining aircraft control and not maintaining altitude/clearance from terrain during takeoff into instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing factors were the low ceilings, night conditions present, and the pilot's… - [NTSB LAX04CA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA238.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Anza, CA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 13, 2004 · N9009J · Substantial damage > The pilot's misjudged altitude and speed, which resulted in an undershoot and a collision with a berm. Also causal was the control interference from the passenger. - [NTSB SEA02FA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02FA180.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Yellow Pine, ID · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 25, 2002 · N7027W · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from trees. A factor was trees south of the departure end of the runway. - [NTSB FTW02FA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02FA222.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Gypsum, CO · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 1, 2002 · N6444J · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to perform remedial action and maintain clearance with the rising mountainous terrain. Contributing factors were the pilot's poor planning/decision, the rising terrain, and the high density altitude. - [NTSB FTW01FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01FA024.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Stillwater, OK · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 23, 2000 · N3988R · Destroyed > the pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance from terrain while performing an instrument approach. Contributing factors were the low ceiling, dark night light condition, the pilot's decision to fly in known adverse weather conditions, and his lack of an… - [NTSB NYC00LA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA215.md): Piper PA28-180 · Taberg, NY · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 2, 2000 · N132SF · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper decision to attempt a second takeoff from the short grass runway at maximum gross weight, which resulted in the inadvertent stall/mush. Factors in this accident were the airplane's high gross weight and the short grass surface runway. - [NTSB MIA00LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA198.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Ocracoke, NC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 3, 2000 · N5381L · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to compensate with rudder control for engine torque and 'p' factor during a go-around resulting in the aircraft drifting to the left, colliding with brush, and spinning around coming to rest in the brush. - [NTSB LAX99LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA014.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Reno, NV · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 24, 1998 · N2164T · Destroyed > The pilot's disregard for five weather briefings and his attempted flight into known adverse weather conditions. - [NTSB IAD99LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99LA006.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Pittstown, NJ · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 12, 1998 · N41662 · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point and his delay in executing a go-around. A factor in the accident was the tailwind. - [NTSB NYC98LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA087.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Warren, PA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 2, 1998 · N44181 · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point. - [NTSB FTW94LA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94LA280.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Trinidad, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 28, 1994 · N5372T · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance. - [NTSB CHI94FA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94FA113.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Chesterfield, MO · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 23, 1994 · N3365R · Destroyed > suicide by the pilot. - [NTSB ATL94FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94FA047.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Murphy, NC · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 8, 1994 · N9637J · Substantial damage > The failure of the pilot to maintain clearance from the terrain. Factors in the accident were the dark night, and the mountainous terrain. - [NTSB LAX94LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA098.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Borrego Springs, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 18, 1994 · N56811 · Destroyed > The pilot's intentional decision to abandon the airplane and allow it to fly unattended. - [NTSB BFO93LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA017.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Philipsburg, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 2, 1993 · N15141 · Substantial damage > The inadequate removal of snow from the runways by airport personnel and the procedures/directives for airport snow removal not understood. - [NTSB BFO92LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92LA123.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Windham, CT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 5, 1992 · N3751R · Destroyed > The pilot's improper IFR operation. Contributing was the pilot's instrument flight inexperience. - [NTSB FTW92LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92LA084.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Mangum, OK · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 8, 1992 · N8287W · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain proper airplane altitude. A factor was the dark night. - [NTSB BFO92FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92FA005.md): Piper PA-28-180 · West Wardsboro, VT · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 31, 1991 · N8855J · Destroyed > The pilot's flight into known adverse weather. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate flight and weather planning. - [NTSB ANC90LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA112.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Coldfoot, AK · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 5, 1990 · N6374J · Destroyed > The airplane encountered a downdraft shortly after takeoff from which the airplane could not overcome with power. Contributing to the accident was the heavily loaded airplane and the engine not developing full power due to improper maintenance. - [NTSB BFO90FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO90FA024.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Norton, VA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 9, 1990 · N40793 · Destroyed > Pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance over mountainous terrain when continuing to fly into deteriorating weather conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of instrument experience, low ceilings, fog, and mountainous terrain. - [NTSB BFO89FA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO89FA081.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Stuarts Draft, VA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 7, 1989 · N44510 · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance above the terrain after flying VFR into IMC. Contributing to the accident were the low ceiling and fog conditions and the mountainous terrain. - [NTSB MIA88FA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88FA206.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Madeira Beach, FL · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 25, 1988 · N15986 · Destroyed > Witnesses stated that the acft was flying about 20 feet above the bay when the left wing dipped into the water. The airplane cartwheeled and sank. Witnesses said the aircraft had been buzzing homes and boats all along the coast, from clearwater south to the… - [NTSB ATL88FA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88FA138.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Bowling Green, KY · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 11, 1988 · N32911 · Destroyed > Pilot called fss on wrong freq. Another pilot answered & pilot req fss freq. He then called fss, rpted eng quit. Witness heard 'eng starting' momentarily overhead, watched acft pitch over, dive to gnd & impact with no attempt to flare for lnding. Pitch trim… - [NTSB SEA88FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88FA012.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Colville, WA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 23, 1987 · N15653 · Destroyed > Although the recently certificated private pilot was not checked out by the fixed base operator for night flight and had been warned to return before sunset, he departed the airport during dark night conditions. Witnesses reported observing the aircraft climb… - [NTSB MKC85FA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85FA213.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Hoskins, NE · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 11, 1985 · N15970 · Destroyed > This accident occurred on a telephone cable patrl flt. The acft would normally fly along the route of the buried cable at 200 to 300 ft AGL. When construction activity was sighted the plt would first record the sighting on a portable tape recorder and then… - [NTSB NYC85FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FA104.md): Piper PA-28-180 · East Haddam, CT · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 10, 1985 · N55408 · Destroyed > During approach to runway 14 pilot decided to go around. Aircraft turned left about 90 degrees and collided with rising terrain.2 NM east of the runway. The rising terrain parallels runway 14. - [NTSB SEA85LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA081.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Trinidad, WA · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 30, 1985 · N772GW · Substantial damage > The pilot was operating the aircraft by flying at low altitude down the columbia river so as to avoid turbulence. During the flight a downdraft was encountered in which insufficient altitude was available to prevent the water and an unintentional ditching… - [NTSB FTW85LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA157.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Wheeler, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 19, 1985 · N7807W · Substantial damage > According to the plt, en route deteriorating wx was experienced and he elected to land at Wheeler instead of his original dest, grandfield, OK. The acft was landed slightly fast and downwind. Winds were from 210 degrees at 15 gusting to 20. At the acft neared… - [NTSB ATL84FA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FA147.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Athens, GA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 22, 1984 · N5009T · Destroyed > Before starting an apch, the plt was advised the wx was: 300 ft obscured, visibility 3/4 mi with light rain & fog. The minimums for a straight-in VOR apch to rwy 2 were 400 ft mda & 1 mi visibility; for a circling apch, the minimums were 433 ft & 1 mi. The… - [NTSB MKC84LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA044.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Manhattan, KS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 25, 1983 · N55890 · Substantial damage > The plt stated that during her arrival at Manhattan, KS, the rwy had patches of snow & was surrounded by snow covered terrain. Just prior to landing, she became aware of a snowbank at the apch end of the rwy. She took evasive action, but the right main gear… - [NTSB CHI83LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA234.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Delphi, IN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 29, 1983 · N3661R · Substantial damage > During a local flt, the plt noticed clouds that looked like smoke approaching the arpt from the west. He stated that he decided to land to keep from losing visibility. The plt stated that while approaching rwy 18 with a x-wind from 270 deg, he had to crab to… - [NTSB NYC83LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA014.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Buckingham, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 27, 1982 · N4956L · Substantial damage > Aircraft collided with a tree during one of several low passes. Pilot said he had temporary power loss. Witnesses said his passes were at high speed, high power with no sign of engine trouble. He made a seccessful landing back at departure point with damaged… ## 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 ('7102808') 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" = 230)) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102808&occurrence=230 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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