NTSB investigations: Piper PA-18-150
144 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Piper PA-18-150, where the first occurrence was “Loss of control - on ground/water”. 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
| 1982 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1983 | 7 |
| 1984 | 7 |
| 1985 | 2 |
| 1986 | 4 |
| 1987 | 10 |
| 1988 | 6 |
| 1989 | 5 |
| 1990 | 8 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1992 | 3 |
| 1993 | 9 |
| 1994 | 7 |
| 1995 | 6 |
| 1996 | 5 |
| 1997 | 8 |
| 1998 | 8 |
| 1999 | 6 |
| 2000 | 4 |
| 2001 | 5 |
| 2002 | 4 |
| 2003 | 4 |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | 5 |
| 2006 | 7 |
| 2007 | 4 |
Where
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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 ('7101828', '7104221', '7102835')
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\" = 260))
ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
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 ('7101828', '7104221', '7102835')
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" = 260))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESCRun it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.
NTSB DEN07CA151Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Rawlins, WYthe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. A contributing factor to the accident was the crosswind.NTSB SEA07CA222Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · St. George, UTThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control and excessive braking during the landing roll.NTSB SEA07CA206Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Ontario, ORThe pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing and failure to maintain directional control during landing.NTSB SEA07CA153Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Hailey, IDThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff ground roll. A tailwind was a factor.NTSB ANC06CA126Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Fairbanks, AKThe pilot's excessive braking during the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of control and a nose over.NTSB DEN07CA032Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Riverton, WYthe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, resulting in a ground loop.NTSB NYC06CA217Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · White Lake, NYThe flight instructor's failure to ensure the landing gear was retracted prior to attempting a water landing.NTSB ANC06CA115Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Tok, AKThe pilot's failure to compensate for the wind conditions during the takeoff roll, which resulted in a collision with a tree. A factor contributing to the accident was a crosswind.NTSB CHI06CA228Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Waukesha, WIThe pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind and failure to maintain directional control which resulted in a groundloop. Factors included the closed runway and the crosswind condition.NTSB ANC06LA081Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Orlando, FLThe pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing roll, which resulted in a on-ground encounter with the runway, and subsequent nose over. A factor contributing to the accident was an inadvertent ground loop.NTSB LAX06CA097Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Maricopa, AZThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing rollout. A factor was the soft dirt adjacent to the runway.NTSB ANC05CA146Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Fairbanks, AKThe pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing roll, which resulted in a collision with a tree. A factor contributing to the accident was a tailwind.NTSB ANC05CA077Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Dillingham, AKThe instructor pilot's inadequate supervision, and the dual student's failure to maintain directional control. Factors associated with the accident were a crosswind, and an inadvertent ground loop.NTSB ANC05CA054Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Bethel, AKThe pilot's failure to compensate for a crosswind during an aborted landing, which resulted in a loss of directional control. A factor associated with the accident was a crosswind.NTSB LAX05CA121Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Chandler, AZthe pilot's failure to maintain directional control.NTSB CHI05CA068Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Larimore, NDThe CFI's delay in applying remedial action which resulted in a loss of directional control of the airplane. Factors associated with the accident were the student's excessive application of rudder and the snow bank which the airplane contacted.NTSB CHI04CA247Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Grant, NEDirectional control not attained and the control interference encountered by the pilot during landing roll. The ditch was a contributing factor.NTSB ANC04LA103Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Anchorage, AKThe pilot's failure to compensate for a crosswind during the landing roll, and his failure to maintain directional control which resulted in a loss of control, an encounter with a ditch, and the airplane nosing over. A factor in the accident was a crosswind.NTSB ANC04LA073Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-160 · Chugiak, AKThe pilot's excessive use of the airplane's brakes during the landing roll, which resulted in the airplane nosing over. A factor contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain directional control.NTSB ANC04LA039Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Fairbanks, AKThe student pilot's loss of directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in the airplane entering deep snow alongside the runway, and nosing over.NTSB ANC04LA023Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-160 · Naples, FLThe pilot's inadequate compensation for a crosswind condition during landing, which resulted in a loss of control and an on-ground encounter with terrain. Factors associated with the accident were a crosswind, and an inadvertent ground loop.NTSB ANC03LA100Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-160 · Glennallen, AKThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop, and collapse of the main landing gear.NTSB ANC03CA090Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Seward, AKThe pilot's inadvertent water loop/swerve during landing roll, which resulted in the airplane nosing over.NTSB LAX03TA233Accident · No injuriesFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Ely, NVThe pilot's failure to maintain proper alignment with the road and the CFI's failure to adequately supervise the second pilot's landing and his delayed remedial action.NTSB DEN03LA069Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Kemmerer, WYthe pilot's failure to maintain directional control and his inadequate compensation for wind during the landing roll which resulted in a ground loop/swerve and impact with terrain. Contributing factors include the wind gust and the ditch.NTSB ANC02LA087Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Chugiak, AKThe pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions and his failure to maintain directional control during an aborted landing, which resulted in an in-flight collision with a culvert. A factor associated with the accident was a wind gust.NTSB ANC02LA027Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Chickaloon, AKThe inadequate supervision of the student pilot by the instructor. Factors associated with the accident are the snow-covered runway and the loss of directional control by the student pilot.NTSB ANC02LA009Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Anchorage, AKThe flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight. Factors in the accident were the student's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll, icy runway conditions, and snow-covered terrain along the runway edges.NTSB LAX02LA062Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Reno, NVThe pilot failed to maintain directional control resulting in an inadvertent ground loop. A contributing factor was the tailwind.NTSB ANC01LA114Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-160 · Anchorage, AKThe pilot's inadvertent ground loop during the landing roll.NTSB FTW01LA160Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Mount Pleasant, TXthe pilot's inadvertent ground loop during the landing roll. A contributing factor was his lack of total experience in tail wheel-equipped airplanes.NTSB SEA01LA117Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Billings, MTThe pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the landing roll. A contributing factor was the gusty crosswind conditions.NTSB DEN01LA078Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Grand Junction, COFailure by the pilot to maintain directional control during takeoff roll. A factor was a crosswind.NTSB CHI01LA105Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Sidney, NEthe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing. A factor relating to this accident was the berm.NTSB ANC00LA114Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Ruby, AKThe pilot's inadvertent ground loop/swerve during the landing roll.NTSB LAX00LA309Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Scottsdale, AZFailure of the pilot to maintain directional control on the landing rollout. Also causal to the accident was his failure to retract flaps during the aborted landing attempt, which lead to a loss of lift and a hard landing followed by a ground loop.NTSB ANC00LA078Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Kotzebue, AKThe failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during takeoff.NTSB ANC00LA051Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Seldovia, AKThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. A factor in the accident was an inadvertent ground swerve.NTSB DEN00LA014Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Bullfrog, UTThe pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft during landing roll. Factors were the pilot's lack of total experience in type of aircraft and the fence.NTSB SEA99LA132Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Big Creek, IDThe pilot-in-command's improper remedial action (continued takeoff). Contributing factors were the tree and control interference (inadvertent brake activation) by the passenger..NTSB ANC99LA094Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Teller, AKThe pilot's improper starting procedure.NTSB ANC99TA061Accident · No injuriesFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Nome, AKThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. A factor in this accident was the crosswind.NTSB SEA99LA050Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Boulder, MTThe pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control after encountering a dust-devil during landing rollout, resulting in a ground loop and collapse of the main landing gear. Factors include the dust-devil.NTSB ANC99TA026Accident · No injuriesFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Anchorage, AKThe pilot's use of excessive taxispeed. Factors associated with the accident were an icy taxi area, and the inadvertent activation of the throttle.NTSB SEA99LA004Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Billings, MTDirectional control was not maintained. Inadequate remedial action was a factor.NTSB IAD98LA108Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Oxford, CTThe pilot's inability to maintain directional control during the landing roll due to separation of the tailwheel spring assembly.NTSB FTW98LA398Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Watkins, COGusting winds which blew the aircraft inverted during taxi.NTSB ANC98LA086Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Anchorage, AKThe pilot's inadvertent activation of the brakes during the takeoff roll, and subsequent loss of control.NTSB ANC98LA077Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-160 · Anchorage, AKThe pilot's failure to correct engine/propeller torque and P factor, and the subsequent loss of directional control during the takeoff roll. Factors associated with the accident are the narrow, confined, takeoff area, and bordering high vegetation.NTSB LAX98LA174Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Sedona, AZThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout. A factor was the gusty wind.