NTSB investigations: Piper PA-23-160, 1979

9 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Piper PA-23-160. 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.

Defining event

Finding

Phase of flight

Aircraft model

Cases per year

19642026

NTSB investigations: Piper PA-23-160, 1979 per year, 1964–2026: 273 cases
1964	18
1965	20
1966	21
1967	22
1968	17
1969	17
1970	10
1971	10
1972	7
1973	5
1974	8
1975	7
1976	8
1977	6
1978	8
1979	9
1980	4
1981	5
1982	2
1983	1
1985	2
1986	1
1987	3
1988	2
1989	4
1990	2
1991	3
1992	3
1993	5
1994	6
1995	4
1997	1
1998	4
1999	1
2000	5
2001	2
2002	1
2004	4
2005	3
2006	3
2007	1
2008	1
2009	1
2013	1
2014	1
2017	1
2023	1
2024	1
2025	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 year(c."eventDate") = 1979 AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7102304')) 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 year(c.\"eventDate\") = 1979
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7102304'))
  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 year(c."eventDate") = 1979
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7102304'))
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 IAD80FA016Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-23 · Knoxville, TNDec 14, 1979 · N3242P · Destroyed NTSB NYC80FNE03|NYC80FNE04Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172M · Stratford, CTNov 19, 1979 · N13660 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage NTSB CHI79FET24Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-23 · Hobart, INJul 14, 1979 · N4402P · Substantial damage NTSB MIA79FKG53Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-23 · Sapelo Island, GAJul 9, 1979 · N4026P · Substantial damage NTSB MIA79FKG51Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-23 · Griffin, GAJun 24, 1979 · N4406P · Substantial damage NTSB DEN79FTE51Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-23 · Elbert, COJun 23, 1979 · N4128P · Substantial damage NTSB LAX79FUG44Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-23 · Riverside, CAJun 3, 1979 · N3407P · Substantial damage NTSB CHI79FEP38Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-23 · Park Falls, WIApr 22, 1979 · N4073P · Destroyed NTSB MIA79FA046Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-23 · Pascagoula, MSFeb 4, 1979 · N3362P · Destroyed