NTSB investigations: Piper PA-34-200T, 1983

11 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Piper PA-34-200T. 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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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\") = 1983
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  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB NYC84FA042Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-34-200T · Bennington, VTThe acft crashed into mountainous terrain at about the 1,800 ft level approximately 2 mi south of the arpt. The acft had been cleared for the vor-a approach. The missed approach point is the 6 DME point from the cambridge VOR on the 159 deg radial. Mda is…Nov 29, 1983 · N2958R · DestroyedNTSB FTW84LA056Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-34-200T · Houston, TXSee FTW84LA056ANov 11, 1983 · N31856 · 3 aircraft · Substantial damageNTSB NYC83LA213Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-34-200T · Rangeley, METhe pilot stated that a downdraft was encountered on the approach and in adding power to counteract, the airspeed increased over the threshold as the downdraft subsided. The acft floated 1/3 down the 2700 ft rwy and the remaining 1800FT was insufficient to…Aug 15, 1983 · N39934 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX83LA294Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-34-200T · Mesa, AZThe left main landing gear collapsed during landing. The pilot had difficulty getting all the landing gear warning lights to function properly in the pattern. After 1 recycle the gear indicated down but on rollout the left gear collapsed. The pilot feathered…Jun 21, 1983 · N3ZT · Substantial damageNTSB ATL83IA208Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportPiper PA-34-200T · Muscle Shoals, ALThe right main landing gear strut failed on landing roll. The cause for the failure was not determined, the owner would not make the strut available for testing.May 26, 1983 · N6935C · Minor damageNTSB ATL83LA196Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-34-200T · Augusta, GAThe acft landed hard, boundced several times and collapsed the nose gear. An ATC specialist on duty said he observed theacft bounce and each time it bounced it seemed to bounce higher. On the fourth bounce the nose gear collapsed. The acft skidded 200 feet on…May 24, 1983 · N66AH · Substantial damageNTSB MKC83FA098Accident · 4 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-34-200T · Stover, MOThe acft crashed into a wooded area in a high speed descent on a dark and stormy night. The pilot had telephoned the st. louis fss on 04/30/83 and requested Kansas city weather. The weather briefer advised the pilot that the area was in a tornado watch. The…May 1, 1983 · N1091X · DestroyedNTSB ATL83FA145Accident · 5 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-34-200T · Roanoke, VAThe acft was on a x-country from buffalo, NY to new port richey, FL. The plt made an en route stop at painsville, OH, then proceeded toward greensboro, NC. While en route, he elected to land at Roanoke, VA because his fuel would be low if he continued to…Mar 27, 1983 · N5885V · DestroyedNTSB ANC83IA058Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportPiper PA34-200T · Palmer, AKDuring touch go landing the student pilot placed the landinggear handle in the up polition while still on the ground, and immediately placed it in the down position. The gear collapsed. The instructor stated that the student appeared to be fatigued.Mar 19, 1983 · N47895 · Minor damageNTSB ATL83LA118Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-34-200T · Ahoskie, NCThe acft was struck by lightning while cruising at 9000 ft MSL. At that time, the plt observed a blue flash off the nose & heard a loud boom. All radios and navigational & electrical equipment became inop. The plt circled down thru a hole in the clouds &…Feb 23, 1983 · N6075H · Substantial damageNTSB SEA83FA054Accident · No injuriesField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-34-200T · Seattle, WAThe aircraft collided with another parked aircraft while taxiing to takeoff. The time was dawn and the taxiway lights were on. The taxiing pilot allowed his aircraft to stray and collided with a parked PA-34. Both aircraft were damaged substantially. The…Feb 5, 1983 · N2859M · Substantial damage