# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-34-200T: 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 CHI06FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06FA094.md): Piper PA34-200T · Branson, MO · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 20, 2006 · N21RR · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin while maneuvering to return to the departure airport for landing after declaring an emergency for unspecified reasons. Additional factors were the low cloud…
- [NTSB NYC06FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06FA078.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Old Bridge, NJ · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 13, 2006 · N8446F · Destroyed
  > The pilot's improper decision to conduct visual approach and landing in instrument meteorological conditions, and his failure to maintain adequate clearance from trees and terrain during the go-around. Factors in the accident were the low cloud ceiling and…
- [NTSB SEA06FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06FA039.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Burlington, WA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 7, 2006 · N36107 · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain the published minimum descent altitude and not adhering to the published missed approach procedures, which resulted in an in-flight collision with trees and terrain. Factors contributing to the accident were low ceilings and…
- [NTSB IAD02FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02FA043.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Oxford, CT · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 13, 2002 · N82284 · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to follow the published instrument approach procedure. Factors were the night and low ceiling conditions.
- [NTSB NYC97FA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97FA173.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Hancock, MA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 29, 1997 · N40AB · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate terrain clearance and the proper altitude. Contributing was mountainous terrain.
- [NTSB DEN90FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90FA058.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Pueblo, CO · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 21, 1990 · N1666H · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain a proper glide path and sufficient altitude to clear obstacles.
- [NTSB ATL87FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87FA100.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Georgetown, DE · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 28, 1987 · N2221E · Destroyed
  > The plt was cleared for approach with instructions to close flt plan upon landing. Aprx thirty min later approach control called the fss and asked if the plt had been in contact. The reply was negative. No further action was taken by approach control.…
- [NTSB ATL86FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FA007.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Charleston, SC · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 18, 1985 · N1944H · Destroyed
  > The aircraft was observed on radar as it approached the joint civil - military airport. It passed over near the center of the airport at about 200 feet AGL. There was no reported communication with the aircraft. Several sighting placed the aircraft under at…
- [NTSB MKC84LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA230.md): Mooney M20C · Hannibal, MO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 25, 1984 · N7702M · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > N7702M experienced an electrical failure en route & diverted to Hannibal. Plt stated he circled the arpt, saw no traffic& decided to land to the south. N38455 had just landed to the north and was on the rwy when the plt saw N7702M attempting to land in the…

## 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 ('7103406')
    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=7103406&occurrence=220

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