# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-28-235, 1987

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 FTW87FA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87FA225.md): Piper PA-28-235 · Houston, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 27, 1987 · N9296W · Destroyed
  > Plt executed an emergency landing into trees after he experienced an inflight fire and eng failure shortly after t/o. the lndg in the trees was executed after the plt decided that he could not make it to a clear area. Investigation revealed that the fire had…
- [NTSB NYC87FA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87FA244.md): Piper PA-28-235 · Altoona, PA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 6, 1987 · N8692W · Destroyed
  > The aircraft departed cleveland, oh at approx 0915 hours on an unauthorized flt to atlantic city, NJ. The plt was not authorized to operate the aircraft or conduct the flt due to his license having been revoked in 1977 for repeatedly violating FARS. Near…
- [NTSB ATL87LA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA231.md): Piper PA-28-235 · Knoxville, TN · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 14, 1987 · N8661W · Substantial damage
  > The plt rprtd that drg takeoff, the acft clbd normally for about 100 to 150 ft, then the eng lost pwr w/o warning. He switched fuel tanks & tried to restart the eng, but was unable. The acft was lndd & sank in a river, short of an open fld. When the acft was…
- [NTSB NYC87LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA159.md): Piper PA-28-235 · Toms River, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 16, 1987 · N9443W · Substantial damage
  > The flight was involved in short field landing practice. On the third landing, the pilot allowed the aircraft to stall above the runway surface and then touch down hard, damaging the outboard sections of the wings.
- [NTSB LAX87LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA163.md): Piper PA-28-235 · San Luis Obispo, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 27, 1987 · N9306W · Substantial damage
  > After take-off, the pilot was flying a downwind departure when the engine quit. The pilot was unable to return to the runway and collided with the terrain a half mile from the airport. Inspection of the engine at the time of the accident found that the main…
- [NTSB CHI87LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA082.md): Piper PA-28-235 · Oshkosh, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 12, 1987 · N9451W · Substantial damage
  > According to the plt, at aprx 1800 feet 'the engine abruptly quit with no runon or sputter' following takeoff from rwy 18 at Oshkosh, WI. The plt stated that he banked the acft back to the airport, but the aileron controls became jammed or 'frozen'. According…
- [NTSB NYC87LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA073.md): Piper PA-28-235 · Shelburne, VT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 1, 1987 · N8820W · Substantial damage
  > Pilot misjudged height of snowbank at the approach end of the runway and allowed the aircraft to descend too low. The main gear collided with the snowbank causing 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1987
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7102810'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102810&year=1987

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