# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-31-310: 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 ANC95FA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC95FA086.md): Piper PA-31 · Valdez, AK · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 25, 1995 · N62851 · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to follow the published IFR (missed approach) procedure and assure adequate altitude/clearance from mountainous terrain.
- [NTSB ANC94FA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC94FA087.md): Piper PA-31-310 · Mccarthy, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 18, 1994 · N6CC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadvertent use of the parking brake during the takeoff and not aborting the takeoff. A factor in the accident was the pilot's improper use of the airplane checklist.
- [NTSB ANC93LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93LA048.md): Piper PA-31 · Mekoryuk, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 25, 1993 · N9102Y · Substantial damage
  > Pilot-in-command initiated VFR flight into IMC conditions. A factor in this accident was the whiteout weather conditions.
- [NTSB NYC84MA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84MA102.md): Piper PA-31 · Cumberland, MD · Accident · 3 fatal · Major investigation · Final report · Mar 5, 1984 · N6629L · Destroyed
  > Approx 16 min prior to the accident the plt was cleared for the localizer DME approach. The acft collided with the mountainous terrain on a hdg of about 220 degrees at approx 8.5 DME on a bearing of 051 degrees from the arpt. As indicated on the loc/dme rwy…
- [NTSB MIA82FLD15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82FLD15.md): Piper PA-31 · Ft. Pierce, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Feb 7, 1982 · N747CE · Destroyed
  > The aircraft crashed at night near a private strip in marginal weather conditions. The gear was found in the up position, the right engine was broken off, the nose section was crushed back to the windshield, and both propellers were bent and twisted. About…

## 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 ('7103102')
    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=7103102&occurrence=230

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