# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-34-220T: Loss of control - on ground/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 LAX07LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07LA225.md): Piper PA-34-220T · Battle Mountain, NV · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 22, 2007 · N275JM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control.
- [NTSB LAX04CA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA217.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Livermore, CA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 20, 2004 · N5361R · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain directional control.
- [NTSB CHI01LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA078.md): Piper PA-34-220T · Charlevoix, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 2, 2001 · N4123K · Substantial damage
  > The pilot failed to maintain directional control of the airplane due to inadequate compensation for the wind conditions. Factors associated with the accident were the gusty crosswind, the icy runway, and the snow bank.
- [NTSB CHI00LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA053.md): Piper PA-34-220T · Alexandria, MN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 23, 1999 · N8417A · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate inflight decision to continue flight into icing conditions. An additional cause was the directional control not maintained by the pilot. Contributing factors were the viewable area of the aircraft's heated windshield panel, in-flight…
- [NTSB ATL84LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA085.md): Piper PA-34-220T · Beckley, WV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 18, 1984 · N8461H · Substantial damage
  > During the takeoff roll the acft traveled about 2400 ft before starting a drift to the left. It covered another 425 ft prior to colliding with a snow bank shearing off the nose gear & collapsing both main landing gear. The rwy was covered with about 4 inches…

## 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 ('7103420', '7103223')
    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" = 260))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7103420&occurrence=260

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