# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-34-200T, 1983 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 NYC84FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA042.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Bennington, VT · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 29, 1983 · N2958R · Destroyed > The acft crashed into mountainous terrain at about the 1,800 ft level approximately 2 mi south of the arpt. The acft had been cleared for the vor-a approach. The missed approach point is the 6 DME point from the cambridge VOR on the 159 deg radial. Mda is… - [NTSB FTW84LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA056.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Houston, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 11, 1983 · N31856 · 3 aircraft · Substantial damage > See FTW84LA056A - [NTSB NYC83LA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA213.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Rangeley, ME · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 15, 1983 · N39934 · Substantial damage > The pilot stated that a downdraft was encountered on the approach and in adding power to counteract, the airspeed increased over the threshold as the downdraft subsided. The acft floated 1/3 down the 2700 ft rwy and the remaining 1800FT was insufficient to… - [NTSB LAX83LA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA294.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Mesa, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 21, 1983 · N3ZT · Substantial damage > The left main landing gear collapsed during landing. The pilot had difficulty getting all the landing gear warning lights to function properly in the pattern. After 1 recycle the gear indicated down but on rollout the left gear collapsed. The pilot feathered… - [NTSB ATL83IA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83IA208.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Muscle Shoals, AL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · May 26, 1983 · N6935C · Minor damage > The right main landing gear strut failed on landing roll. The cause for the failure was not determined, the owner would not make the strut available for testing. - [NTSB ATL83LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA196.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Augusta, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 24, 1983 · N66AH · Substantial damage > The acft landed hard, boundced several times and collapsed the nose gear. An ATC specialist on duty said he observed theacft bounce and each time it bounced it seemed to bounce higher. On the fourth bounce the nose gear collapsed. The acft skidded 200 feet on… - [NTSB MKC83FA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83FA098.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Stover, MO · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 1, 1983 · N1091X · Destroyed > The acft crashed into a wooded area in a high speed descent on a dark and stormy night. The pilot had telephoned the st. louis fss on 04/30/83 and requested Kansas city weather. The weather briefer advised the pilot that the area was in a tornado watch. The… - [NTSB ATL83FA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FA145.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Roanoke, VA · Accident · 5 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 27, 1983 · N5885V · Destroyed > The acft was on a x-country from buffalo, NY to new port richey, FL. The plt made an en route stop at painsville, OH, then proceeded toward greensboro, NC. While en route, he elected to land at Roanoke, VA because his fuel would be low if he continued to… - [NTSB ANC83IA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83IA058.md): Piper PA34-200T · Palmer, AK · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 19, 1983 · N47895 · Minor damage > During touch go landing the student pilot placed the landinggear handle in the up polition while still on the ground, and immediately placed it in the down position. The gear collapsed. The instructor stated that the student appeared to be fatigued. - [NTSB ATL83LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA118.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Ahoskie, NC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 23, 1983 · N6075H · Substantial damage > The acft was struck by lightning while cruising at 9000 ft MSL. At that time, the plt observed a blue flash off the nose & heard a loud boom. All radios and navigational & electrical equipment became inop. The plt circled down thru a hole in the clouds &… - [NTSB SEA83FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83FA054.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Seattle, WA · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 5, 1983 · N2859M · Substantial damage > The aircraft collided with another parked aircraft while taxiing to takeoff. The time was dawn and the taxiway lights were on. The taxiing pilot allowed his aircraft to stray and collided with a parked PA-34. Both aircraft were damaged substantially. 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1983 AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7103406')) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7103406&year=1983 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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