# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-32-260, 2012

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 CEN12LA339](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA339.md): Piper PA-32-260 · Applegate, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 12, 2012 · N4727S · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s decision to attempt to take off from an unimproved field, which resulted in a collapsed nose landing gear.
- [NTSB ERA12LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA180.md): Piper PA-32-260 · Amory, MS · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 14, 2012 · N3688W · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight and in-flight planning and decision-making, including his inadequate weather evaluation and his delayed diversion to a closer airport, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## 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") = 2012
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7103206'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7103206&year=2012

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