# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-32RT-300T: 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 CHI02LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA109.md): Piper PA-32RT-300T · Valparaiso, IN · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 19, 2002 · N3034A · Substantial damage
  > The pilot not maintaining aircraft control while encountering windshear during initial climbout, resulting in a stall at a low altitude.
- [NTSB LAX89LA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA186.md): Piper PA-32RT-300T · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 24, 1989 · N39520 · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the pilot to maintain adequate clearance behind the B-737 which resulted in the inadvertent encounter with wake turbulence.
- [NTSB MIA87LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA099.md): Piper PA-32RT-300T · Tallahassee, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 6, 1987 · N39588 · Substantial damage
  > Control of the acft was lost due to a strong wind gust created by the tree line next to the rwy & the acft crashed next to the rwy. A plt who had landed just prior to that time stated that he had sustained a momentary lost of acft control during the flare due…
- [NTSB ATL86FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FA064.md): Piper PA-32RT-300T · Milwaukee, NC · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 27, 1986 · N222HD · Destroyed
  > The acft was observed to descend and level off at low alt. Witnesses indicated that it leveled off just above the trees, then rolled to the right and dove into wooded terrain. The eng was reported to be running loud and steady until impact. No preimpact part…
- [NTSB CHI85FA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FA258.md): Piper PA-32RT-300T · Merom, IN · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 28, 1985 · N39554 · Destroyed
  > The aircraft was on a visual flight from fairfield Iowa to indianapolis, IN and was about 55 mautical miles south of course when the aircraft broke up in flight. The main wreckage, empennage, and outer wing sections landed within about a quarter of a mile of…
- [NTSB ATL84FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FA093.md): Piper PA-32RT-300T · Bluefield, WV · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 9, 1984 · N22457 · Destroyed
  > The non-instrument rated plt began his takeoff during the hours of darkness, but in VMC wx. He stated that during the takeoff roll at about 65 to 75 KTS just prior to rotation, the landing light extinguished. Plt stated that 2 to 3 seconds later, he rotated &…

## 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 ('7103216')
    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=7103216&occurrence=250

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