# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-31-310: Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical

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 CHI05CA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA181.md): Piper PA-31-310 · Lake Huron, MI · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 26, 2005 · N601RE · Substantial damage
  > The fuel exhaustion during cruise flight, the inadequate in-flight planning/decision by the pilot, and the unsuitable terrain encountered by the pilot during the forced landing.
- [NTSB MIA03LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA154.md): Piper PA-31-310 · Jupiter, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 2, 2003 · N876RD · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to adequately plan for the flight which resulted in fuel exhaustion, a forced landing, and damage to the airplane during the landing.
- [NTSB IAD01LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01LA059.md): Piper PA-31-310 · Uniontown, OH · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 22, 2001 · N35WT · Substantial damage
  > Fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's failure to perform fuel calculations. A factor was the inboard fuel tank probes not being within the manufacturer's resistance limits, which resulted in inaccurate fuel gauges.
- [NTSB ATL98FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98FA059.md): Piper PA-31-310 · Southport, NC · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 22, 1998 · N715PM · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to follow the preflight checklist, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the significance of the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft following the loss of engine…
- [NTSB MIA96LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96LA234.md): Piper PA-31-310 · Wassau Island, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 27, 1996 · N151JP · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's inadequate preflight and planning which resulted in fuel exhaustion.
- [NTSB LAX91LA343](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA343.md): Piper PA-31-310 · Byron, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 3, 1991 · N504DB · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to refuel the airplane and his misjudging the distance to the runway.
- [NTSB SEA91FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91FA025.md): Piper PA31 · Enumclaw, WA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 29, 1990 · N13UW · Destroyed
  > Fuel exhaustion due to inadequate preflight planning and preparations, and poor inflight planning and decisions. The pilot elected to fly into known adverse weather conditions, and did not calculate fuel consumption for the planned flight.
- [NTSB ATL89FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FA066.md): Piper PA-31 · Springfield, OH · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 3, 1989 · N9034Y · Destroyed
  > Fuel exhaustion precipatated by the inadequate fuel consumption calculations performed by the pilot, pressure from the company president to not carry excess fuel and improper in-flight planning/decisions by the pilot by not refueling enroute before fuel was…
- [NTSB FTW89FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89FA007.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Edinburg, TX · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 16, 1988 · N91BB · Destroyed
  > Acft experienced a double eng failure. Plt stated that immediately after the left eng failed, in climb to cruise, the acft rolled left, the stall warning activated, and the acft entered a left spiral. The rt eng failed during the two-turn spiral. Plt's…
- [NTSB CHI83IA360](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83IA360.md): Piper PA31-310 · Mount Vernon, OH · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Aug 4, 1983 · N9135Y · Minor damage
  > On final approach both engines failed. The pilot elected to land intentional gear up short of therunway. Less than 1 pint of fuel was found on board.
- [NTSB ATL82DA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA284.md): Piper PA-31 · London, KY · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Sep 23, 1982 · N30MW · Substantial damage
  > The aircraft was on a flight from palm beach, FL to London, KY. Five miles short of runway 23 at London, both engines quit and the aircraft made a forced landing. Post crash examination revealed less than one gallon of fuel on board.

## 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" = 353))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7103102&occurrence=353

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