# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-28R-201: Loss of engine power

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 NYC92LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92LA149.md): Piper PA-28R-201 · Baltimore, MD · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 8, 1992 · N6384C · Substantial damage
  > A power loss due to fuel starvation from a faulty rubber seal in the mechanical fuel pump while operating over unsuitable terrain. An additional cause was the use of inadequate standards for the production of the rubber seal.
- [NTSB ATL87LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA164.md): Piper PA-28R-201 · Unity, OH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 9, 1987 · N3965M · Substantial damage
  > The CFI reported that he reduced pwr to near idle with the throttle, to have his student practice a simulated forced ldg. The engine subsequently lost pwr completely at about 400-500 ft AGL when he attempted to add pwr back so that the student could initiate…
- [NTSB NYC86LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA051.md): Piper PA-28R-201 · Bristol, CT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 21, 1985 · N61260 · Substantial damage
  > The acft was on a return flight back to teterboro when an eng failure occurred for unknown reasons. The plt requested vectors to the nearest arpt which was robertson but he was not able to reach it. A forced landing resulted in an open fld during which the…
- [NTSB LAX82FXQ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FXQ05.md): Piper PA-28R-201 · Elko, NV · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Mar 14, 1982 · N2105M · Destroyed
  > The pilot stated that the engine quit producing power and the plane crashed in mountainous terrain. A teardown of the engine revealed no preimpact failure. The initial impact occurred with a tree at an elevation of about 7000 ft MSL. A piece of the right wing…

## 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 ('7102816', '7102833')
    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" = 350))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102816&occurrence=350

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