NTSB investigations: Piper PA-14

6 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Piper PA-14, where the first occurrence was “Loss of control - in flight”. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

19852026
NTSB investigations: Piper PA-14 per year, 1985–2026: 6 cases
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Query with SQL
duckdb -csv -c "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 ('7101402')
      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"

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NTSB SEA05FA181Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-14 · Challis, IDThe pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control and the subsequent inadvertent stall/spin to the ground. A contributing factor was the pilot's diverted attention while spotting/locating Rocky Mountain Bighorn sheep.Aug 27, 2005 · N5104H · DestroyedNTSB ANC92LA158Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-14 · Skwentna, AKPilot misjudged performance capability for tailwind condition considering aircraft load and terrain. Factors related to the accident were: terrain, takeoff airspeed not attained, aircraft performance, pilot overconfidence in aircraft and personal ability.Sep 5, 1992 · N5106H · Substantial damageNTSB ANC92LA015Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-14 · Anchorage, AKThe pilot's loss of control during final approach when his attention was diverted to trying to operate the vernier throttle. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of familiarity with the aircraft and his failure to maintain directional control of…Nov 8, 1991 · N4285H · Substantial damageNTSB ANC90LA130Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-14 · Merrill Pass, AKThe pilot-in-command's failure to maintain flying speed.Aug 3, 1990 · N5110H · Substantial damageNTSB ANC87LA124Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-14 · King Salmon, AKAfter climbing 150 feet, the airplane passed a hill and at that point the airspeed deteriorated and the pilot stalled and lost directional control of the airplane.Aug 16, 1987 · N5118H · Substantial damageNTSB SEA85FA100Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-14 · Bliss, IDThe acft was observed by witnesses to climb out at a steep angle & slow airspeed after the 3rd touch & go before performing a wingover like maneuver & crashing in the x-wind turn. The pax reported the plt executing a steep left turn before the acft began a…Apr 28, 1985 · N5122H · Destroyed