# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-36-300: 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 CHI01LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA214.md): Piper PA-36-300 · Langdon, ND · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 14, 2001 · N9900P · Substantial damage
  > the pilot stalled the airplane while manuevering to avoid the power lines. A factor was the power lines.
- [NTSB FTW96LA353](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA353.md): Piper PA-36-300 · Hale Center, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 20, 1996 · N57831 · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's inadequate preflight planning/preparation and failure to obtain and/or maintain adequate airspeed after takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/mush. The overweight condition of the airplane and high density altitude were related factors.
- [NTSB CHI94LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA126.md): Piper PA-36-300 · Beloit, KS · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 1, 1994 · N3735E · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed during the initial takeoff climb.
- [NTSB CHI90DCQ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90DCQ01.md): Piper PA 36-300 · Mingo, KS · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Aug 31, 1990 · N2329Y · Substantial damage
  > Inadequate airspeed resulting in a stall/mush being encountered by the PIC. Contributing factors were a tailwind and a load jettison not performed.
- [NTSB MKC87LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA155.md): Piper PA-36-300 · Swea City, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 3, 1987 · N2338Y · Substantial damage
  > The acft was engaged in ag spray operations near Swea City, Iowa. The PIC stated that he was making a procedure turn after a swath run. The PIC further stated that the acft stalled in the turn and the acft descended into the fld he had been spraying. The PIC…
- [NTSB SEA86LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA146.md): Piper PA-36-300 · Moore, ID · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 13, 1986 · N3742E · Destroyed
  > During an aerial application turn a rapid rate of descent developed. The pilot released the chemical load at about 100 feet AGL and the aircraft continued to descend to the ground even though the pilot leveled the wings and initially lowered the nose. The…
- [NTSB MIA85FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85FA038.md): Piper PA-36-300 · Fellsmere, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 17, 1984 · N3704E · Destroyed
  > Plt was completing downwind turn when acft began to settle. Plt failed to use full power or jettison the chemical load. As airspeed fell below minimum steady state control spd, acft mushed into grnd.
- [NTSB FTW84LA365](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA365.md): Piper PA-36-300 · Lorenzo, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 23, 1984 · N2397Y · Substantial damage
  > After completion of a swath run the acft turned right and then left before it descended to the ground in a left bank and nose down attitude. Plt stated that the acft would not recover from the left turn when full right stick travel was applied. The acft was…

## 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 ('7103612')
    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=7103612&occurrence=250

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