# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-32RT-300: In flight collision with object

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 CHI05LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA160.md): Piper PA-32RT-300 · Kansas City, MO · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 30, 2005 · N21835 · Destroyed
  > The pilot not maintaining climb airspeed leading to the airplane's impact with the fence and terrain during takeoff. Factors in the accident were the pilot's inaccurate preflight planning calculations, the fence, and the levee.
- [NTSB CHI04LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA052.md): Piper PA-32RT-300 · Fishers, IN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 2, 2004 · N21992 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot not maintaining altitude/clearance from the trees during the circling approach, his continued descent below minimum descent altitude, and the pilot not performing a missed approach. A factor was the trees the pilot impacted during the circling…
- [NTSB CHI91FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91FA031.md): Piper PA-32-RT300 · Gaylord, MI · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 22, 1990 · N9800K · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate terrain clearance. Factors which contributed to the accident were: the dark night, adverse weather conditions, and the pilot's overconfidence in continuing VFR flight into these conditions.
- [NTSB CHI84FA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84FA315.md): Piper PA-32RT-300 · Sandwich, IL · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 28, 1984 · N36219 · Destroyed
  > Pilot attempted to takeoff with 7 passengers in a six place acft. The acft was 187 lbs over gross wt and 1.54 inches out of aft c.g. the pilot tookoff downwind and collided with trees at the end of the rwy. There was a post crash fire.
- [NTSB LAX84LA303](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA303.md): Piper PA-32RT-300 · Avalon, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 20, 1984 · N30298 · Substantial damage
  > The plt flew to catalina island, then flew northwest along the north side of the island. He stated that he then made a climbing left turn over the island from about 500 ft MSL, but encountered a downdraft at 1000 ft MSL, which slowed the acft below the…
- [NTSB ATL84FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FA083.md): Piper PA-32RT-300 · Attalla, AL · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 16, 1984 · N31844 · Destroyed
  > During a VOR approach to land in IMC wx, the acft collided with a tree. The non-instrument rated plt had filed an IFR flt plan on this and other occasions even though he was not qualified. During this approach, the descent was continued past the mda of 960…
- [NTSB ATL84FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FA080.md): Piper PA-32RT-300 · Basye, VA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 12, 1984 · N36791 · Destroyed
  > After the acft landed, slush was observed to have accumulated under the wings & lower aft fuselage & was freezing. The acft was parked with the tail facing the sun, but none of the arpt personnel noticed whether the sun had melted the ice. The plt indicated…

## 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 ('7103215')
    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" = 220))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7103215&occurrence=220

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