# NTSB investigations: Piper AEROSTAR 601, TX

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 FTW89LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA118.md): Piper PA-601B · Cleveland, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 26, 1989 · N601MF · Substantial damage
  > A loss of engine power, due to fuel starvation because the plt misjudged his fuel supply and distribution of fuel per tanks, and as a result mismanaged the supply remaining.
- [NTSB FTW89FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89FA012.md): Piper 601B · Houston, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 2, 1988 · N60819 · Destroyed
  > Pilot's decision to fly the approach visually with outside reference to the lights and inadvertently descending below the decision height off the proper glide path.
- [NTSB FTW85LA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA213.md): Piper PA-601 · Balmorhea, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 5, 1985 · N8083J · Destroyed
  > The acft was involved in illegal activity when it was intentionally landed in an open pasture. During the landing, the acft veered left and struck a 30 inch high concrete culvert. The gear collapsed on contact with the culvert. Unknown personnel subsequently…

## 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" = 'TX' 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 ('7106010'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7106010&state=TX

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