# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-28R-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 MIA06LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06LA015.md): Piper PA-28R-180 · Opa-Locka, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 6, 2005 · N4652J · Substantial damage > The failure of the pilot-in-command/CFI to maintain control of the airplane and his inattentiveness to the altitude while troubleshooting the landing gear system resulting in the in-flight collision with terrain. - [NTSB IAD02FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02FA024.md): Piper PA-28R-180 · Milford, CT · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 30, 2001 · N7427J · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to follow the published IFR approach procedure, which resulted in a premature descent and subsequent impact with water. A factor was the night, overwater visual conditions. - [NTSB IAD01FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01FA053.md): Piper PA-28R-180 · Afton, VA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 30, 2001 · N7680J · Destroyed > The pilot's loss of consciousness due to a medical condition, which resulted in his failure to maintain control of the airplane and subsequent impact with rising terrain. - [NTSB CHI01FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01FA043.md): Piper PA-28R-180 · Danville, IL · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 27, 2000 · N4541J · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance during the instrument approach. Factors were the low ceilings, the pilot's failure to maintain proper alignment and glidepath during the approach, his lack of recent instrument experience, and his failure to… - [NTSB IAD97LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA120.md): Piper PA-28R-180 · Danbury, CT · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 18, 1997 · N3102R · Destroyed > The pilot's improper planning/decision to not use actual occupant weights and compute takeoff data, which resulted in an overweight takeoff towards rising terrain. - [NTSB LAX95LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA060.md): Piper PA-28R-180 · Searchlight, NV · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 24, 1994 · N3836T · Destroyed > the pilot's intentional continued flight into instrument meteorological conditions in mountainous terrain. - [NTSB LAX95FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95FA044.md): Piper PA-28R-180 · Groveland, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 6, 1994 · N4510J · Destroyed > the failure of the pilot to maintain adequate terrain clearance during a nighttime descent into the airport over an unlighted mountainous area. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's distraction by attempting to make several cellular telephone calls… - [NTSB LAX94FA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94FA125.md): Piper PA-28R-180 · Lake Tahoe, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 13, 1994 · N3775T · Destroyed > The pilot's impairment of judgment and performance due to drugs, which led to his failure to follow the recommended departure procedure, and his failure to maintain sufficient altitude/clearance from rising mountainous terrain. Factors related to the accident… - [NTSB SEA91FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91FA026.md): Piper PA-28R-180 · Salt Lake City, UT · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 30, 1990 · N4678J · Destroyed > The pilot's intentional buzzing of uninhabited island in the great Salt lake and his misjudging the timing of a pull-up maneuver to clear rising terrain of a ridgeline. - [NTSB LAX90LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90LA014.md): Piper PA-28R-180 · Bishop, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 28, 1989 · N7594J · Substantial damage > The pilot's neglect in failure to ensure adequate clearance was available to pass the parked refueling vehicle. The refueling vehicle parking position on an active taxiway was a factor in the accident. - [NTSB CHI84FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84FA073.md): Piper PA-28R-180 · Traverse City, MI · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 1, 1984 · N3776T · Destroyed > Prior to the flt, the plt made a phone call to a relative who lived near the southeast side of long lake & said he would 'pass over in about 10 min.' After he took off, the acft was observed in a low pass over the southeast corner of the lake. The acft then… - [NTSB CHI83LA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA190.md): Piper PA-28R · Havana, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 26, 1983 · N7670J · Destroyed > The aircraft collided with the ground during an attempted go around when the pilot stated that he did not see but two ofthe landing gear lights on. The approach was to runway 9 in a crosswind from 170 degrees at 18 KTS with gusts to 24 KTS the pilot described… - [NTSB LAX82FUQ10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUQ10.md): Piper PA-28R-180 · Captinteria, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Mar 8, 1982 · N7497J · Destroyed > The pilot reported that he had some head congestion and had experienced ear discomfort on the first leg of the flight. He elected to fly the second leg of the flight in a canyon that he thought would allow passage through the mountains at low altitude.… ## 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 ('7102809') 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=7102809&occurrence=230 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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