# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-38-112, IA

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 CHI91LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA114.md): Piper PA-38-112 · Burlington, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 21, 1991 · N26009 · Substantial damage
  > Delayed initiation of remedial action by the flight instructor. Factors related to the accident are gusty crosswinds, inadequate compensation for wind conditions and not maintaining airspeed by the student pilot, and complacency by the instructor.
- [NTSB MKC90LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC90LA013.md): Piper PA-38-112 · Charles City, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 22, 1989 · N2366N · Substantial damage
  > The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain adequate control of the aircraft during the landing phase coupled with the cfi's inadequate supervision during the instructional flight. The cfi's lack of familiarity with the accident aircraft was a contributing…
- [NTSB MKC86LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA056.md): Piper PA-38-112 · Des Moines, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 31, 1986 · N25735 · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot stated he was on the takeoff roll for a practice flight when he lost directional control and ran off the left edge of the runway and stayed there until it impacted a taxi/intersection sign.
- [NTSB MKC85LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA083.md): Piper PA-38-112 · Mechanicsville, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 13, 1985 · N2392N · Substantial damage
  > The plt attempted a takeoff from a short, wet, soft, alfalfa field in an acft loaded with two occurants and aprx a full load of fuel. The acft collided with a fence and a tree after using the available distance in the flt attempt. Plt recommended a more…
- [NTSB MKC85LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA020.md): Piper PA-38-112 · Burlington, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 12, 1984 · N2454B · Substantial damage
  > According to the pilot the descent into the traffic pattern was late and the base turn performed early leaving the acft high on final. As a result, an excessive rate of descent developed on short final. The high descent rate and diminishing daylight led the…
- [NTSB MKC83LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA154.md): Piper PA-38-112 · Farragut, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 12, 1983 · N2446L · Substantial damage
  > The acft stalled into an OAT field just past the departure end of the rwy during takeoff. The pilot stated that he took off on a hot day (temperature 86 degrees) from a 1500 ft grass strip. The acft would not fly out of ground effect and fell into an OAT…
- [NTSB MKC82DA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA060.md): Piper PA-38-112 · Dubuque, IA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Apr 24, 1982 · N2586B · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot was on a solo cross-country flight. After arriving at Dubuque, he landed on runway 18. The student stated that the wind was from 230 degrees at 16, gusting 23 knots. He reported that during the landing, the plane was lifted off two times by…
- [NTSB MKC81DCD38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCD38.md): Piper PA-38 · Burlington, IA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 10, 1981 · N9404T · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC81DCD15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCD15.md): Piper PA-38 · Moulton, IA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Apr 15, 1981 · N2388D · Destroyed
- [NTSB MKC81FCD07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FCD07.md): Piper PA-38 · Cedar Rapids, IA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jan 23, 1981 · N2531C · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC79DCD29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DCD29.md): Piper PA-38 · Ladora, IA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jul 10, 1979 · N2313A · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC70FCD33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC70FCD33.md): Piper PA-22 · Atlantic, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · May 30, 1970 · N2549A · Substantial damage

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'IA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7103812'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7103812&state=IA

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