# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-31-325: 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 ANC90FA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90FA161.md): Piper PA-31-325 · Kaltag, AK · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 3, 1990 · N59783 · Destroyed
  > Failure of the pilot to maintain adequate altitude after becoming distracted with an engine problem. Factors related to the accident were: loss of power in the #2 engine for an unknown reason and the low overcast condition.
- [NTSB CHI89LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA024.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Indianapolis, IN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 14, 1988 · N6292 · Substantial damage
  > The plt rprtd that immediately after rotation & drg the initial climb, the rgt eng began to backfire & run rough. When the eng contd to run rough in spite of attempts to smooth it out, the plt elected to abort the takeoff. At that time, the acft was at about…
- [NTSB NYC88LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA121.md): Piper PA-31-325 · West Seneca, NY · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 8, 1988 · N59845 · Destroyed
  > Loss of power due to fuel starvation. Contributing factor was adversed weather conditions.

## 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 ('7103105')
    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=7103105&occurrence=350

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