# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-32-301T: 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 DEN92FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN92FA085.md): Piper PA-32-301T · Kit Carson, CO · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 17, 1992 · N8175Z · Destroyed
  > The pilot becoming spatially disoriented and exceeding the design stress limits of the aircraft. Factors were: the pilot's failure to obtain a weather briefing, his attempted VFR flight into a level six thunderstorm, and his lack of instrument time.
- [NTSB DEN87FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87FA017.md): Piper PA-32-301T · Cheyenne, WY · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 7, 1986 · N8216V · Substantial damage
  > The plt and his two pax were on a VFR x-country to scottsbluff, NE, when IMC was encountered near grand junction, CO. The plt then called ATC and obtained an IFR clearance. The plt elected to land at Cheyenne, WY. Wx was reported to be 500 overcast, 1/4 mi…
- [NTSB SEA86FA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86FA098.md): Piper PA-32-301T · Fort Hall, ID · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 10, 1986 · N82238 · Destroyed
  > Radar track showed acft made normal climb on course from airport (elev 4488 ft MSL) to 9400 ft. MSL, then executed a left turn of about 90 degrees, climbing to 9700 ft MSL as shown by next-to-last radar tgt. 29 secs later, final radar tgt showed 6900 ft MSL.…
- [NTSB FTW84LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA178.md): Piper PA-32-301T · Haskell, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 27, 1984 · N8194E · Substantial damage
  > The plt received a wx briefing and said, 'today was not the day to go', but later went. En route weather encouraged him to land at an arpt with a 1600 ft rwy with winds of 30 KTS gusting to 50 KTS, according to a witness. The plt landedwith no flaps and…
- [NTSB LAX83FA424](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA424.md): Piper PA-32-301T · San Marcos, CA · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 6, 1983 · N8196J · Destroyed
  > At aprx 2209 PDT, the plt departed fresno, CA on a night, VFR, x-country flt. He cancelled his VFR flt plan at 0009 PDT & landed at ramona, CA at 0012. After landing, he called his wife to inquire about the wx at palomar, CA. She looked out the window &…

## 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 ('7103209')
    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=7103209&occurrence=240

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