# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-28-235, 2003

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 FTW04LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA027.md): Piper PA-28-235 · Sweetwater, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 21, 2003 · N56318 · Substantial damage
  > the loss of engine power due to a failure of the crankshaft bolt. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
- [NTSB LAX04LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA021.md): Piper PA-28-235 · Mesa, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 20, 2003 · N9338W · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Also causal, was the pilot's inadequate preflight and failure to secure the right side of the engine cowling prior to departure.
- [NTSB CHI03FA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03FA219.md): Piper PA-28-235 · Jackson, MN · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 21, 2003 · N33774 · Destroyed
  > The pilot's intentional flight into terrain as an act of suicide.
- [NTSB NYC03LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA060.md): Piper PA-28-235 · Westerly, RI · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 1, 2003 · N8547N · Substantial damage
  > The pilot-in-command's delayed remedial action when the airplane flew below the glidepath, and a total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## 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") = 2003
  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=2003

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