# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-32RT-300: In flight collision with terrain/water

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 IAD03FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03FA019.md): Piper PA-32RT-300 · Bastian, VA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 27, 2002 · N31554 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate altitude above terrain. Factors in the accident were the dark night conditions and the low cloud ceiling.
- [NTSB NYC01LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA120.md): Piper PA-32RT-300 · Ithaca, NY · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 12, 2001 · N36127 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to follow the published instrument approach procedure.
- [NTSB MIA01FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01FA107.md): Piper PA-32RT-300 · Concord, NC · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 30, 2001 · N42Y · Destroyed
  > An in-flight collision with terrain for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB ATL99FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99FA048.md): Piper PA-32RT-300 · Cartersville, GA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 16, 1999 · N21724 · Destroyed
  > In flight collision with terrain for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB MIA94FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94FA067.md): Piper PA-32RT-300 · Sugarloaf Key, FL · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 6, 1994 · N626CN · Destroyed
  > Was the failure of the pilot-in-command to perform a visual lookout and maintain his altitude. Contributing to the accident was the dark night, over water, visual descent.
- [NTSB NYC88LA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA217.md): Piper PA-32RT-300 · Wellsboro, PA · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 14, 1988 · N979LA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot attempting a takeoff in an over grossed aiarcraft in high density altitude and flew off the end of the runway into high grass.
- [NTSB CHI82DA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA256.md): Piper PA-32RT · Mackinac, MI · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jul 17, 1982 · N31844 · Substantial damage
  > Aircraft landed wheels up. No malfunction of the landing gear system could be found.

## 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" = 230))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7103215&occurrence=230

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