NTSB investigations: Piper PA-18-150, KS

9 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Piper PA-18-150. 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.

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Cases per year

19652026

NTSB investigations: Piper PA-18-150, KS per year, 1965–2026: 9 cases
1965	2
1969	1
1970	1
1971	1
1974	1
1975	1
1979	1
1981	1

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Query with 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" = 'KS' 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 ('7101828', '7104221', '7102835')) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC

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\" = 'KS' 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 ('7101828', '7104221', '7102835'))
  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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'KS' 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 ('7101828', '7104221', '7102835'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC

Run 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 MKC81DCQ10Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Manhattan, KSJan 24, 1981 · N2334H · Destroyed NTSB MKC79DCQ32Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Great Bend, KSJun 23, 1979 · N74990 · Substantial damage NTSB MIA76FCQ09Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-18 · Tribune, KSAug 12, 1975 · N4348Z · Destroyed NTSB MKC74DCQ36Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Park, KSMay 3, 1974 · N14303 · Destroyed NTSB MKC72FCQ15Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Johnson, KSJul 29, 1971 · N4328Z · Substantial damage NTSB MKC71DCQ08Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Scott City, KSJul 31, 1970 · N4063Z · Substantial damage NTSB MKC70F0089Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Gove, KSJul 13, 1969 · N4174Z · Destroyed NTSB MKC66A0001Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-18 · Goodland, KSJul 3, 1965 · N3588Z · Destroyed NTSB MKC65A0079Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-18 · Modoc, KSJun 26, 1965 · N4055Z · Destroyed