# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-31-350, 1997

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 MIA98WA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98WA041.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Walker Cay, Bahamas · Accident · Minor injuries · Foreign investigation · Dec 4, 1997 · N116PM · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW97LA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA267.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Denver, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 15, 1997 · N800SA · Substantial damage
  > inadequate visual lookout by the bus driver. Factors relating to the accident were: darkness and bright background lighting.
- [NTSB FTW97LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA206.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Greeley, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 28, 1997 · N491SC · Substantial damage
  > unlatching of the left outboard engine cowling latches for undetermined reason(s), which allowed the left engine cowling to separate inflight and strike the vertical stabilizer.
- [NTSB ATL97LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA078.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Sparta, TN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 20, 1997 · N4105Q · Substantial damage
  > A fire in the left engine started by a leak in the fuel pump.
- [NTSB MIA97LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA155.md): Piper PA31-350 · St Thomas · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 3, 1997 · N4088G · Substantial damage
  > failure of the pilot to follow emergency procedures for loss of power in the right engine, by failing to shutdown the right engine and feather the right propeller. This resulted in the aircraft being unable to maintain altitude and a subsequent ditching in…
- [NTSB ANC97LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC97LA069.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Selawik, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 26, 1997 · N59985 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear. A factor associated with the accident was the pilot's diverted attention while in the landing pattern.
- [NTSB LAX97LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA154.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean) · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 10, 1997 · N27659 · Destroyed
  > The loss of engine power in one engine for undetermined reasons. A factor in the accident was the aircraft's diminished single engine performance during the early portion of the overweight ferry flight.
- [NTSB ANC97LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC97LA041.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Nome, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 27, 1997 · N4105D · Substantial damage
  > a fuel leak from an engine driven fuel pump which initiated an engine fire, and the fuel pump manufacturer's inadequate quality control of the fuel pump.
- [NTSB ANC97IA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC97IA035.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Kotzebue, AK · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 15, 1997 · N3542H · Minor damage
  > the jammed main landing gear which was caused by a binding main landing gear door with a broken hinge. The fractured, inadequate main landing gear door hinge was also causal.

## 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") = 1997
  AND 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'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7103110&year=1997

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