# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-32-301: Loss of control - in flight

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 ANC07FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07FA007.md): Piper PA-32-301 · Port Heiden, AK · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 14, 2006 · N8361Q · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during cruise flight, which resulted in an uncontrolled descent, and an in-flight collision with snow-covered terrain. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's spatial disorientation, and dark night…
- [NTSB CHI98FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98FA070.md): Piper PA-32-301 · Hampshire, IL · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 23, 1997 · N2586Y · Destroyed
  > the pilot's intentional flight into known icing conditions, and the accumulation of ice on the leading edges of the airplane's empennage and wings leading to the inadvertent stall/mush. A factor contributing to this accident was the icing conditions.
- [NTSB ANC92LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92LA052.md): Piper PA-32-301 · Sleetmute, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 24, 1992 · N84547 · Substantial damage
  > The airplane stalled when the pilot failed to maintain flying speed.
- [NTSB NYC92FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92FA059.md): Piper PA-32-301 · Heath, OH · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 14, 1992 · N4380T · Destroyed
  > An inadvertent stall with insufficient altitude for recovery. An additional cause was the pilot's self induced pressure to complete the fight in known adverse weather, and to deviate from the published instrument approach procedure. Factors related to the…
- [NTSB ANC91LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC91LA015.md): Piper PA-32 · Kongikank, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 11, 1990 · N8225J · Substantial damage
  > The pilot in command's failure to maintain airspeed during approach resulting in an inadverrtent stall annd uncontrolled descent into the ground.
- [NTSB ANC90FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90FA039.md): Piper PA-32-301 · Almautlak, AK · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 16, 1990 · N8290T · Destroyed
  > The pilot's loss of control of the airplane because of spatial disorientation. The weather conditions prevailing at the time were factors relating to the accident.
- [NTSB ATL88FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88FA044.md): Piper PA-32R-301 · Commercial Pt, OH · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 24, 1987 · N8046X · Destroyed
  > The acft crashed on a wheat field during a night instrument training flt. The plt had declared a vacuum system failure about 40 minutes after take-off but he declined ATC assistance for a no-gyro approach to columbus. Two minutes after the radio call radar…
- [NTSB FTW82DA366](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA366.md): Piper PA32-301 · Raton, NM · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Sep 6, 1982 · N8200M · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that the airport regulations were such that he had to make a downwind takeoff on runway 17. The wind was from 350 degrees at 10 knots. He stated that just after liftoff, the aircraft stalled. Forward elevator was applied to break the stall…

## 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 ('7103207')
    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" = 250))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7103207&occurrence=250

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