# NTSB investigations: Piper PA 46-350P: 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 LAX07FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07FA059.md): Piper PA-46-350P · Concord, CA · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 21, 2006 · N1AM · Destroyed > Failure of the pilot to follow the prescribed instrument approach procedures and to maintain an adequate airspeed while maneuvering in the airport environment that led to a stall. - [NTSB CHI07LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA035.md): Piper PA 46-350P · Atlanta, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 3, 2006 · N46PT · Substantial damage > The exceedance of airplane design stress limits when the pilot did not maintain aircraft control after his attention was diverted to the right side attitude indicator during cruise flight. An additional cause was the aural detection for the autopilot… - [NTSB DEN06CA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06CA127.md): Piper PA-46T-350P · Colo. Springs, CO · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 13, 2006 · N71DH · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane, resulting in an inadvertent stall. Contributing factors in this accident were the jet blast encounter, and the pilot's failure to initiate a go-around when he felt an unsafe condition existed. - [NTSB MIA02FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02FA044.md): Piper PA-46-350P · Raleigh, NC · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 13, 2001 · N41003 · Destroyed > the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane, due to spatial disorientation, while performing a missed approach, resulting in an uncontrolled descent, and subsequent impact with a tree and a house. Factors in this accident were dark night, fog,… - [NTSB NYC01FA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01FA189.md): Piper PA-46-350 · Westfield, MA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 28, 2001 · N3DM · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering during a go-around. - [NTSB LAX01FA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA103.md): Piper PA-46-350P · Paso Robles, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 21, 2001 · N9176Z · Destroyed > The pilot/owner/operator's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the takeoff initial climb resulting in an in-flight collision with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the dark night light condition. - [NTSB DEN00LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA120.md): New Piper PA-46-350P · Spanish Fork, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 26, 2000 · N9246D · Substantial damage > Failure by the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft during initial climb following takeoff. - [NTSB LAX99LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA023.md): Piper PA-46-350P · Mammoth, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 4, 1998 · N50JG · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to ensure that the autopilot was off prior to takeoff, and, his failure to maintain pitch control during the resultant pitch trim excursion during the takeoff ground roll. - [NTSB CHI96FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA083.md): Piper PA-46-350P · Carlyle, IL · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 22, 1996 · N800CE · Destroyed > spatial disorientation of the pilot, and his failure to maintain control of the airplane, which resulted in his exceeding the design stress limits of the airframe. A factor relating to the accident was: turbulence in clouds. - [NTSB CHI95FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95FA061.md): Piper PA-46-350P · Rochester, MN · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 22, 1994 · N133MA · Destroyed > Failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane, while climbing in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) after takeoff. Factors related to the accident were: fog, low ceiling, the pilot's lack of recent instrument experience, and the excessive… - [NTSB LAX90FA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90FA084.md): Piper PA-46-350P · Bakersfield, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 6, 1990 · N8888M · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to activate the pitot heat before flying at and above the freezing level in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), followed by his improper response to erroneous airspeed indications that resulted from blockage of the pitot tube by… - [NTSB LAX90LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90LA067.md): Piper PA-46 · Van Nuys, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 8, 1990 · N9150X · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during final approach which allowed the aircraft to stall and collide with the runway. ## 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 ('7104620', '7104619', '7104627', '7104618') 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=7104620&occurrence=250 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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