# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-31-350: In flight encounter with weather 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 ANC04LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA059.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Goodnews, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 23, 2004 · N4105D · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadequate weather evaluation which resulted in an in-flight encounter with severe turbulence, and his exceedence of the design stress limits resulting in overstress of the wings. A factor contributing to the accident was the presence of… - [NTSB ANC04LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA018.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Koyukuk, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 2, 2004 · N45008 · Substantial damage > The pilot's continued flight into adverse weather conditions, and his failure to maintain clearance from terrain, which resulted in an in-flight collision with terrain. Factors associated with the accident were fog and whiteout weather conditions. - [NTSB ANC01LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA027.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Deadhorse, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 22, 2000 · N63MB · Substantial damage > The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Factors associated with the accident were clouds, fog, dusk light conditions, and the pilot's self-induced pressure to complete the flight prior to nightfall. - [NTSB ATL00FA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00FA081.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Lumber City, GA · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 15, 2000 · N801MW · Destroyed > Pilot's failure to follow instrument procedures and descended below approach minimums and collided with trees. A factor was low clouds. - [NTSB ANC99LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA014.md): Piper PA-31 · Point Lay, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 3, 1998 · N3542H · Substantial damage > Failure of the pilot to maintain a proper glidepath. Factors associated with this accident were the airport not having a VASI system installed, and the lack of visual perception for the pilot. - [NTSB CHI95FA285](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95FA285.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Ardoch, ND · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 18, 1995 · N85115 · Destroyed > the pilot-in-command's continuing flight into adverse weather. Factors were the pilot-in-command's failure to obtain a weather observation and the adverse weather. - [NTSB BFO94LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94LA102.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Oxford, CT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 17, 1994 · N4093U · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadvertent encounter with fog during landing. - [NTSB ATL94FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94FA076.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Elizabethton, TN · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 7, 1994 · N64LB · Destroyed > The pilot's attempted VFR flight into IMC conditions, and his failure to maintain a proper altitude over mountainous terrain. Factors were the clouds and obscuration at the accident site. - [NTSB ANC92LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92LA058.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Kotzebue, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 4, 1992 · N3555C · Substantial damage > Pilot factor in that the proper glidepath and altitude was not maintained. Factors to the accident were: inattentiveness and snow. - [NTSB MKC90LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC90LA108.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Dubuque, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 16, 1990 · N111AY · Substantial damage > Weather evaluation misjudged resulting in uncontrolled descent by the pilot in command and aircraft control not maintained by the pilot in command. - [NTSB MKC90FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC90FA082.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Bois D'Arc, MO · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 14, 1990 · N6KG · Destroyed > Inadvertent flight by the pilot into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his spatial disorientation, which resulted in loss of aircraft control. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's inadequate weather evaluation, darkness, low… - [NTSB ANC90FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90FA034.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Cold Bay, AK · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 17, 1990 · N27328 · Destroyed > Continued VFR flight by the pilot into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his failure to maintain adequate altitude (or clearance) from mountainous terrain. The adverse weather and terrain conditions were related factors. - [NTSB DEN89LA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA224.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Monument Valley, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 8, 1989 · N3554P · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for windshear. - [NTSB ANC85FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85FA041.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Savoonga, AK · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 27, 1985 · N4112D · Substantial damage > The plt reported that during arrival, he overflew the arpt & made a right turn while watching the village. As he maneuvered, he encountered white-out conditions, turned too FAR & subsequently collided with rising terrain. The wx over the general area prior to… - [NTSB ATL85FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85FA039.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Petros, TN · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 2, 1984 · N27948 · Destroyed > The flt departed ft. lauderdale, FL, on 8-2-84 at aprx 0815 EDT for cincinnati, OH. The acft wreckage was found on 11-17-84 on an up slope of big fodder stack mountain. The acft had contacted a 25 ft tall tree located 200 ft west of the main wreckage. The… - [NTSB SEA82DA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA017.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Spokane, WA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jan 13, 1982 · N36PB · Substantial damage > After arriving in the Spokane area, a full ILS was commenced. It was terminated about 200 ft above the decision height with a missed approach. The aircraft was vectored for a second ILS. During the last 400 ft of this approach, about 3/4 to one inch of mixed… ## 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 ('7103110', '7103125') 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" = 240)) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7103110&occurrence=240 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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