# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-31-325, CA

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 LAX92LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA194.md): Piper PA-31-325 · Independence, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 2, 1992 · N59781 · Destroyed
  > Fuel starvation due to 1) the pilots inadequate preflight planning preparation, 2) the pilot's fuel system management, and 3) his operation of the aircraft with known deficiencies in the aircraft electrical system. Factors in the accident were: 1) the…
- [NTSB LAX88FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA148.md): Piper PA-31-325 · Orinda, CA · Accident · 5 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 4, 1988 · N6ET · Destroyed
  > Before the acdnt, witnesses observed the acft circling in a valley beneath a low cloud layer & below the surrounding hilltops. They estimated the ceiling was 400' obscured. Two witnesses said the acft entered clouds before it crashed. A 3rd witness, who was a…
- [NTSB LAX78FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA051.md): Piper PA-31 · Los Angeles, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · May 30, 1978 · N59839 · Destroyed

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'CA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7103105'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7103105&state=CA

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