# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-31-310, 1982

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 MIA83FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83FA017.md): Piper PA-31 · Missing Acft (Atlantic Ocean) · Accident · 8 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 20, 1982 · N777AA · Destroyed
  > The flt departed anguilla at 0803 ast. At 0805 the plt radioed st. maarten & filed a VFR flt plan to st. thomas. The flt plan showed a direct route of flt at 4,500 ft MSL with a time enroute of 45 min. The flt failed to arrive at the destination. Search…
- [NTSB ATL83FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FA003.md): Piper PA-31-310 · Dyersburg, TN · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 4, 1982 · N1ET · Substantial damage
  > At 30 mi north of the destination, the inboard side of the right eng cowl popped loose & began vibrating severely, the plt was concerned that the cowling would break loose & strike the vert of horiz stabilizer so he feathered the r eng. Atthis point, the arpt…
- [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.
- [NTSB NYC82FA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FA134.md): Piper PA-31 · Bennington, VT · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 28, 1982 · N620WF · Substantial damage
  > While on approach to land, the pilot noticed the aircraft's gear warning lights were out and the circuit breakers were tripped. The pilot advised operations and started a fly-by when he noticed a fire in the left engine. The pilot feathered the left engine…
- [NTSB CHI82DA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA050.md): Piper PA-31-310 · East Saint Loui, IL · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Feb 16, 1982 · N7511L · Substantial damage
  > The aircrew did not key the approach lights on during the first ILS approach at night. Therefore, a missed approach was made. On the second approach, the lead-in lights were visible from over one mile. However, the visibility was much worse at touchdown,…
- [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…
- [NTSB FTW82FRG21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRG21.md): Piper PA-31 · Port Mansfield, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Jan 17, 1982 · N9181Y · Destroyed
  > The aircraft crashed and burned about 1/2 mile from the approach end of runway 12. A witness reported that "the plane just fell" while the pilot was making a sharp turn. An estimated 1500 lbs of marijuana was on board.
- [NTSB DCA82AA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA82AA009.md): Piper PA-31 · Ithaca, NY · Accident · 2 fatal · Final report · Jan 5, 1982 · N546BA · Destroyed
  > The acft was on a scheduled commuter flt from utica, NY to Washington, DC with a stop at Ithaca, NY. The en route portion of the flt from utica to Ithaca was normal. At 0735 EST, the acft was at 6000 ft MSL when apch control informed the aircrew to expect an…

## 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") = 1982
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7103102'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7103102&year=1982

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