# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-34-200: Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction

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 LAX03FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03FA065.md): Piper PA-34-200 · Westlake Villag, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 11, 2003 · N56484 · Destroyed
  > a fatigue crack in the propeller hub due to the inadequate design location of the grease fitting and the chamfering process.
- [NTSB IAD99LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99LA003.md): Piper PA-34 · Teteboro, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 4, 1998 · N1025U · Substantial damage
  > the collapse of the landing gear due to a bent gear locking mechanism for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB ATL97LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA101.md): Piper PA-34-200 · Fajardo, PR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 6, 1997 · N4515T · Substantial damage
  > a malfunction (jamming) of the elevator flight control system for undetermined reason(s).
- [NTSB LAX92LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA187.md): Piper PA-34-200 · Van Nuys, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 25, 1992 · N55296 · Substantial damage
  > The inadequate inspection of the airplane's brakes system by maintenance personnel and the maintenance personnel not replacing brake linings that were worn beyond their service limits. The runway lights and fence that were in the airplane's ground path after…
- [NTSB ATL88LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA039.md): Piper PA-34-200 · Murfreesboro, TN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 14, 1987 · N41298 · Substantial damage
  > The rt wheel brake failed while the airplane was taxiing on a parallel taxiway. The failure occurred near the end of the taxiway, just as the plt was about to turn the airplane onto the rwy. The plt subsequently attempted to turn the airplane using…
- [NTSB FTW87LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA131.md): Piper PA-34-200 · Grand Prairie, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 27, 1987 · N41788 · Substantial damage
  > During landing roll the right main landing gear tire failed causing a loss of directional control. The acft departed the right side of the rwy, and the right main landing gear collapsed.

## 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 ('7103405')
    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" = 130))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7103405&occurrence=130

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