NTSB investigations: Piper PA-31-350, 1985

8 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Piper PA-31-350. 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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NTSB investigations: Piper PA-31-350, 1985 per year, 1974–2026: 302 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 year(c.\"eventDate\") = 1985
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7103110', '7103125'))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB MKC86LA032Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-31-350 · Topeka, KSN4NP diverted from the original destination forbes field Topeka,Kansas to billard field,b NM away, due to weather. Billard ATCT advised the flight during initial contact, before N4NP reached the ILS fof, of the runway braking action. The pilot said braking…Dec 10, 1985 · N4NP · Substantial damageNTSB SEA86LA008Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-31-350 · Panaca, NVA forced landing onto rough terrain was made due to fuel exhaustion.Oct 13, 1985 · N35533 · Substantial damageNTSB NYC85FA240Accident · Minor injuriesField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-31-350 · West Mifflin, PADuring an air taxi flight the pilot transmitted that the airplane was out of fuel and landing on a golf course. Less than one gallon of fuel was drained from the wreckage. The airplane was making an unplanned return trip to pick up passengers after a…Sep 17, 1985 · N62994 · Substantial damageNTSB BFO85FA073Accident · No injuriesField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-31-350 · Norfolk, VAThe acft experienced a complete gear collapse after contacting a rwy light and a taxiway sign during a landing roll. Theflt departed la guardia arpt 230 lbs over the 7000 pld max gross weight of the acft and at least 1 inch aft of the center of gravity limit.…Sep 4, 1985 · N27902 · Substantial damageNTSB FTW85LA250Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-31-350 · Dallas, TXThe plt filed and flt planned for an overwater route between clearwater, FL, and Dallas, TX, which was denied due to ATC restrictions. On arrival over new orleans, a planned re-fueling stop, the plt determined that he would make it to Dallas. On arrival in…Jun 9, 1985 · N7697L · Substantial damageNTSB NYC85FA125Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-31-350 · Latrobe, PADrg an IFR arrival, the acft was vectored for an NDB rwy 23 apch to the westmoreland county arpt. At the NDB final apch fix (8.1 mi from the rwy), the crew turned inbound & contd to the arpt. They contacted the tower & reported over the ILS outer marker (an…May 18, 1985 · N66892 · DestroyedNTSB ANC85FA041Accident · No injuriesField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-31-350 · Savoonga, AKThe plt reported that during arrival, he overflew the arpt & made a right turn while watching the village. As he maneuvered, he encountered white-out conditions, turned too FAR & subsequently collided with rising terrain. The wx over the general area prior to…Jan 27, 1985 · N4112D · Substantial damageNTSB MIA85LA082Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-31-350 · Key West, FLThe acft crashed into the ocean shortly after takeoff on an unautorized flt. The plt was a student plt who worked as a refueler of acft. The student plt took the unattended parked acft without permission and went for a solo flt at sometime around 0200 hrs.…Jan 17, 1985 · N70CZ · Destroyed