# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-31P: Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction

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 CHI92FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92FA066.md): Piper PA-31P · Mosinee, WI · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 2, 1992 · N500BH · Destroyed
  > An inflight fire with the cabin heater as the origin, and unsuitable terrain in which to make a forced landing. A factor related to the accident was the soft terrain.
- [NTSB MKC84LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA098.md): Piper PA-31P · Olathe, KS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 9, 1984 · N3TB · Substantial damage
  > At FL240, a fire broke out in the rgt eng compartment. The plt indicated that the eng turbo-charger was malfunctioning. The plt shut down the eng & asked for radar vectors to johnson county executive arpt. The fire went out at 21,000 ft & the acft landed…
- [NTSB FTW82IA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82IA209.md): Piper PA-31P-135 · Lake Charles, LA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · May 28, 1982 · N222SA · Minor damage
  > While cruising at FL200 in VMC conditions, the pilot smelled and then observed smoke coming from the windshield defrosters and under the instrument panel. He advised houston center of his situation, then turned off all electrical equipment and made an…

## 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 ('7103120', '7103144')
    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" = 130))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7103120&occurrence=130

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