# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-28R-200: Loss of control - in flight 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 LAX08FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA001.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Cedar City, UT · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 27, 2007 · N3971X · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while in cruise flight due to spatial disorientation. Contributing to the accident were the dark conditions. - [NTSB DFW07CA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA147.md): Piper PA28R-200 · Lubbock, TX · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 30, 2007 · N41585 · Substantial damage > The inadvertent stall and subsequent hard landing as result of the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed and his delayed relinquishing of the airplane's controls when requested by the flight instructor. - [NTSB NYC06CA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA210.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · West Milford, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 23, 2006 · N4583T · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions, which resulted in a hard landing. A factor was the wind. - [NTSB CHI05FA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05FA081.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · West Lafayette, IN · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 26, 2005 · N999SK · Destroyed > The pilot's inadvertent flight into instrument conditions and his not maintaining control of the complex airplane during initial climb. Factors in the accident were the low ceiling, the early dawn condition, and the pilots intentional unauthorized use of the… - [NTSB MIA04LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA084.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Everglades City, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 16, 2004 · N33840 · Substantial damage > The failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed during climb after takeoff resulting in an inadvertent stall, uncontrolled descent, and impact in a wooded area. - [NTSB NYC03LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA108.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Gaithersburg, MD · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 15, 2003 · N1514X · Substantial damage > The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed, resulting in an inadvertent stall. - [NTSB SEA02LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA016.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Puyallup, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 10, 2001 · N9466K · Substantial damage > The pilots' failure to maintain aircraft control on short final, resulting in a touchdown off of the prepared landing surface. A factor was grassy terrain encountered on the landing rollout. - [NTSB LAX01FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA036.md): Piper PA28-200 · Teec Nos Pos, AZ · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 5, 2000 · N3032R · Destroyed > In-flight loss of control resulting in airframe structural failure. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadvertant visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions. - [NTSB CHI00LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA157.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Flushing, MI · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 10, 2000 · N2379T · Substantial damage > altitude/clearance from the trees not being obtained/maintained by the pilot during the initial climb after takeoff. Factors to the accident were the inadequate preflight planning/preparation by the pilot, including takeoff performance data not being… - [NTSB NYC00LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA098.md): Piper PA28R-200 · Lehighton, PA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 26, 2000 · N55820 · Destroyed > The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind. A factor in this accident was the gusty crosswind condition. - [NTSB MIA00LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA081.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Fayette, AL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 4, 2000 · N8924T · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain directional and altitude control of the airplane during a ago-around maneuver, resulting in collision with a fence and utility pole. - [NTSB CHI98LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA181.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Sikesville, MO · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 31, 1998 · N9324N · Substantial damage > the deer which ran in front of the airplane during the landing flare. Factors associated with the accident were the inadequate airspeed which resulted in the pilot not being able to maintain directional control of the airplane as he attempted to avoid deer,… - [NTSB LAX95LA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA337.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Parker Dam, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 17, 1995 · N41544 · Substantial damage > the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during a go-around. - [NTSB NYC94LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA180.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Oakland, MD · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 20, 1994 · N2815T · Destroyed > the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and preparation in which the pilot attempted a high density altitude takeoff, up-slope, with the airplane over the maximum allowable gross weight, utilizing a rolling takeoff technique with an improper flap setting.… - [NTSB FTW94LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94LA157.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · San Antonio, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 15, 1994 · N56971 · Destroyed > The pilot continued flight into known adverse weather. The thunderstorm activity was a factor. - [NTSB MIA94FA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94FA098.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Sarasota, FL · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 21, 1994 · N55999 · Destroyed > Failure of the pilot(s) to maintain control of the airplane due to spatial disorientation. Factors related to the accident were: A malfunction that resulted in a loss of normal radio transmission, and the pilot(s) lack of recent experience in this make and… - [NTSB NYC94FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94FA033.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · New Haven, CT · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 4, 1993 · N1488X · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a night approach in adverse weather conditions. Factors which contributed to the accident were the weather conditions and dark night. In addition, the radar controller's vectoring of the pilot to… - [NTSB NYC93LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93LA002.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Akron, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 2, 1992 · N9242K · Substantial damage > The failure of the pilot to compensate for adverse winds and wind shear. A factor related to the accident was the adverse wind conditions. - [NTSB SEA92LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92LA127.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · W. Yellowstone, MT · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 15, 1992 · N2839R · Substantial damage > A stall/mush encountered due to poor pre-flight planning/preparation. Factors to the accident were: high density altitude and gross weight exceeded. - [NTSB LAX92FA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92FA172.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Placerville, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 13, 1992 · N2968R · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane and his improper use of the flight controls which endured airframe loads that exceeded the aircraft's design stress limits. Factors which contributed to the accident related to the pilot's encounter with… - [NTSB CHI91FA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91FA091.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Dutchtown, MO · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 6, 1991 · N3966X · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane in instrument meteorological conditions and the pilot exceeding the design stress limits of the airplane during the loss of control. Contributing factors were the existing weather conditions. - [NTSB SEA90FA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90FA074.md): Piper PA28R-200 · Prairie City, OR · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 2, 1990 · N2947R · Destroyed > Uncontrolled spiralling descent that the pilot did not adequately recover from. The pilots lack of total experience in this type of operation and the dark night condition are a factor. - [NTSB MIA90FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90FA014.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Athens, TN · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 18, 1989 · N5005S · Destroyed > Loss of control of the airplane in instrument flight conditions due to spatial disorientation, which resulted in an inadvertent descending spiral. Lack of total experience in the type of operation (actual instrument conditions) was considered to be a… - [NTSB CHI89FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89FA040.md): Piper PA-28-200 · Carmel, IN · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 2, 1989 · N2CL · Destroyed > The pilot's poor understanding of the weather forecast, his failure to utilize the pitot heat in icing conditions and the exceeding of the stress limits of the aircraft. - [NTSB DEN88LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA149.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Cheyenne, WY · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 8, 1988 · N4329F · Substantial damage > The flight originated in omaha, NE. Three passengers and the commercial plt embarked on a fishing trip into Wyoming. The pilot departed Cheyenne after having several problems with the engine and correcting the problem by proper leaning. He said he took off… - [NTSB CHI88FA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88FA145.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Detroit Lakes, MN · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 29, 1988 · N44140 · Substantial damage - [NTSB DEN86LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA065.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Sterling, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 16, 1986 · N33535 · Substantial damage > According to the plt, during the checkride for his commercial plt certificate, the flt examiner gave him a simulated electrical failure & turned the landing lights off. The plt stated that during the night landing flare, he lost visual reference with the rwy… - [NTSB DEN85LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA152.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Los Almos, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 9, 1985 · N8651C · Substantial damage > The plt was making an apch to rwy 27 at the los alamos muni arpt in gusty x-wind conditions. The arpt was located atop a mesa & rwy 27 had a 1.5% uphill rwy gradient. The plt said he selected 2 notches (25 deg) of flaps. The winds were reported to be from 210… - [NTSB NYC84LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA115.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Mount Holly, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 23, 1984 · N41724 · Substantial damage > According to the plt, a windshear was encountered during the final approach at approximately 100 ft AGL. The acft descended rapidly and bounced at the approach end of the rwy, ascended approximately 30 ft into the air, landed again striking the left wing on… - [NTSB LAX84FA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FA138.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Tracy, CA · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 12, 1984 · N5054T · Destroyed > The flight departed under instrument meteorological conditions, with visibility restricted to one quarter mile by fog. The ceiling was obscured. After departure witnesses heard the aircraft make what appeared to be a left turn. Next they heard the engine… - [NTSB FTW83FA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83FA253.md): Piper PA28R200 · Decatur, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 30, 1983 · N41761 · Destroyed > After landing due to poor wx the pilot obtained a wx briefing during which he was told of a long line of thunderstorms 150 miles wide covering the area in which he was located. The pilot departed & then attempted to land at an airport 15 miles away in gusty… ## 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 ('7102811') 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" = 250)) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102811&occurrence=250 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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