# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-31-325, 1990

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 MIA90FA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90FA145.md): Piper PA-31 · Panama City, FL · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 26, 1990 · N18PA · Destroyed
  > A loss of power on both engines during takeoff as a result of inadequate maintenance. In addition, the pilot failed to abort the takeoff.
- [NTSB DEN90FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90FA100.md): Piper PA31-325 · Cedar City, UT · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 26, 1990 · N18PP · Destroyed
  > The pilot failed to maintain a minimum safe altitude over mountainous terrain during a night VFR approach for landing.

## 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") = 1990
  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&year=1990

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