# NTSB investigations: Piper AEROSTAR 602P: 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 BFO92FA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92FA125.md): Piper PA-60-602P · Georgetown, DE · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 5, 1992 · N3647T · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, while circling to land, resulting in an inadvertent stall. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's excessive maneuvering of the airplane and his insufficient altitude for recovery from the stall.
- [NTSB CHI84LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA102.md): Piper Aerostar 602P · Bellaire, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 3, 1984 · N6895D · Substantial damage
  > During the flare round out, 100 ft from the rwy at 10 ft AGL the acft stalled at 100 KIAS. Aprx 1/8 inch of ice was present on the airfoils. Moderate rhime ice was reported in the clouds along the route of flight. The plt did not activate the de-ice boots…
- [NTSB DEN83FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83FA044.md): Piper Aerostar 602P · Almy, WY · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 6, 1983 · N6893L · Destroyed
  > Before departing, the plt obtained a wx briefing & was advised of a SIGMET which forecasted severe turbulence below 18,000 ft, strong up/downdrafts, strong surface winds & wind shear near mountains & in passes. He took off with full fuel tanks & aprx 400 lbs…
- [NTSB FTW82FRA16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRA16.md): Piper PA-60-602P · Brenham, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Feb 11, 1982 · N6894L · Substantial damage
  > Aircraft during entire roll and initial climb after takeoff had an unusually nose high attitude. Aircraft climbed to about 200 feet AGL then appeared to stall and fall off on left wing. Investigation did not reveal any reason for the unusual attitude.

## 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 ('7106014')
    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=7106014&occurrence=250

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