NTSB investigations: Piper PA-22-108

5 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Piper PA-22-108, where the first occurrence was “Loss of engine power”. 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

19872026
NTSB investigations: Piper PA-22-108 per year, 1987–2026: 5 cases
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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 ('7102204')
      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\" = 350))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB ATL04LA187Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-22-108 · Inverness, FLThe improper installation of the carburetor which resulted in a loss of engine power and subsequent collision with trees during an emergency landing.Sep 16, 2004 · N4647Z · Substantial damageNTSB CHI03LA100Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-22-108 · Rose Hill, KSThe loss of engine power due to the failure of the left magneto and the pilot's failure to identify the malfunctioning magneto. A factor to the accident was the soft terrain condition encountered during the forced landing.Apr 9, 2003 · N4860Z · Substantial damageNTSB NYC02LA021Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-22-108 · Roanoke, VAThe failure of the pilot ensure the proper position of the fuel selector which resulted in fuel starvation. Factors were the improper placement of the fuel selector valve tank index, and the improper in-flight decision of the pilot to change tanks in…Nov 3, 2001 · N5207Z · Substantial damageNTSB BFO91LA037Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-22-108 · Clinton, MDThe lost of engine power for undetermined reasons.Mar 28, 1991 · N5335Z · Substantial damageNTSB NYC88LA026Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-22-108 · Argyle, NYThe flight was returning to cheney farm field for landing when the pilot came in too high and fast. He added power, banked left and started a go around. At this time the engine backfired and started missing. During the emergency landing in a pasture the…Nov 1, 1987 · N5502Z · Substantial damage