NTSB investigations: Piper PA-18, ME

13 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Piper PA-18. 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

19642026
NTSB investigations: Piper PA-18, ME per year, 1964–2026: 13 cases
19641
19701
19711
19742
19762
19791
19802
19831
19851
20021

Latest cases

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.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'ME' 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 ('7101802'))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB NYC03LA018Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Turner, METhe pilot's misjudgment of distance which resulted in an overrun.Nov 9, 2002 · N223T · Substantial damageNTSB NYC85LA218Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-95 · Millinocket, METhe plt reported that he was departing from south twin lake in winds that were from 270 deg at 12 gusting 20 KTS. After the acft lifted off the water, he started a slight turn. He stated that at about that time, a gust of wind simultaneously lifted the nose &…Aug 21, 1985 · N3287Z · Substantial damageNTSB NYC84LA040Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Great Pond, METhe plt stated that he was going hunting in a bog with a stream running thru the area. Reportedly, he was making a low pass to check for rocks in the stream before landing when a deer jumped up beside the float plane. He stated that he was watching to see…Nov 24, 1983 · N1473C · Substantial damageNTSB NYC80FA048Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Patten, MEJun 25, 1980 · N1933A · DestroyedNTSB NYC80FA021Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper PA-18 · East Machias, MEJan 22, 1980 · N3580Z · DestroyedNTSB NYC79DNC38Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Spruce Head, MEJul 23, 1979 · N3194Z · Substantial damageNTSB NYC77FNC13Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Millinocket, MEDec 16, 1976 · N1340A · DestroyedNTSB NYC77FNC09Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Bangor, MENov 10, 1976 · N1617A · Substantial damageNTSB NYC75AN056Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Patten, MENov 3, 1974 · N3696Z · Substantial damageNTSB NYC74DNC44Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Winslow, MEMay 19, 1974 · N1473C · Substantial damageNTSB NYC72FNC04Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-18S · Auburn, MEJul 15, 1971 · N2993Z · Substantial damageNTSB NYC71DFG06Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Sebago Lake, MESep 5, 1970 · N7501K · DestroyedNTSB UNK65X0442Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-18S · Kokadjo, MEOct 25, 1964 · N8057C · Substantial damage