# NTSB investigations: NONE: Hard landing

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

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## Latest cases

- [NTSB WPR26LA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA271.md): Let L-23 Super Blanik · North Plains, OR · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open · Jul 18, 2026 · N922SB · Substantial damage
- [NTSB WPR26LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA052.md): Cameron Balloons US A-225 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Nov 24, 2025 · N980VA · No damage
  > The balloon landing in increased wind, and the pilot’s inability to maintain the proper descent rate, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB WPR26LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA039.md): Arbc Inc DBA Lindstrand 77A · Rio Rancho, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Nov 9, 2025 · N614LB · No damage
  > An inadvertent hard landing in high wind conditions resulting in serious injury of one of the pilots.
- [NTSB CEN25LA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA227.md): Burkhart Grob G-103A Twin II Acro · Midlothian, TX · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 21, 2025 · N852BG · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB CEN24LA369](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA369.md): Arbc Inc DBA Lindstrand 260A · Custer, SD · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 27, 2024 · N605KD · No damage
  > The balloon landing in increased wind, which resulted in a hard landing and the serious injury of a passenger.
- [NTSB CEN24LA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA302.md): Arbc Inc DBA Lindstrand 260A · Colorado Springs, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 2, 2024 · N26464 · No damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain the proper descent rate during the balloon’s approach to landing, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB WPR24LA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA249.md): Schempp-Hirth DISCUS-2B · Nephi, UT · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 25, 2024 · N41RE · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed during a wind encounter, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB CEN24LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA093.md): Balloon Works Firefly 7-15 · Albany, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jan 13, 2024 · N2582U · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper descent rate during the landing approach in a high wind condition.
- [NTSB WPR24LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA019.md): Cameron Balloons U S A-315 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Oct 14, 2023 · N315RR · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s inability to maintain control of the balloon during landing due to unforecasted windshear and turbulent air.
- [NTSB WPR24LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA011.md): Cameron Balloons US A-105 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Oct 8, 2023 · N105BM · No damage
  > A hard landing to a short field, due to windy conditions and a lack of suitable alternate landing areas, which resulted in a passenger sustaining a broken ankle.
- [NTSB WPR24LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA006.md): Ultramagic N-300 · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Oct 3, 2023 · N27MU · No damage
  > The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB CEN23LA325](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA325.md): Ultramagic N-210 · Erie, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 14, 2023 · N1958S · No damage
  > A hard landing due to the high wind conditions which resulted in two passengers sustaining serious injuries.
- [NTSB CEN23LA305](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA305.md): Adams Balloon AB · Lafayette, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 14, 2023 · N895FA · No damage
  > An inadvertent hard landing in high wind conditions resulting in serious injury of two passengers. Contributing to the accident was the increase in prevailing winds prior to the forecast.
- [NTSB CEN23LA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA302.md): Arbc Inc DBA Lindstrand 260A · Custer, SD · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 12, 2023 · N605KD · No damage
  > The pilot’s weather encounter that resulted in a high speed landing, the balloon tipping over, and serious injury to a passenger.
- [NTSB CEN23LA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA293.md): Aerostar International RX 8 · Canandaigua, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 8, 2023 · N9184D · No damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain the proper descent rate during the balloon’s approach to landing, which resulted in a hard landing, the passenger’s leg hitting the gas tank, and serious injury.
- [NTSB WPR23LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA182.md): Schempp-Hirth DISCUS-2B · Marana, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 2, 2023 · N774JP · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard bounced landing in a dust devil.
- [NTSB WPR22LA368](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA368.md): Firefly Balloons Firefly 8B-15 · Las Cruces, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 4, 2022 · N7067F · No damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain the proper descent rate during the balloon’s approach to landing, which resulted in a hard landing and serious passenger injury.
- [NTSB WPR22LA374](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA374.md): Ica Brasov IS-28B2 · Deer Park, WA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 13, 2022 · N213SS · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper landing flare which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB CEN22LA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA363.md): Schleicher ASW-20B · Waller, TX · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 7, 2022 · N921M · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain the proper descent rate during an off-airport landing.
- [NTSB WPR22LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA010.md): Richardson Andrew P RICHARDSON-75 · Alburquerque, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Oct 5, 2021 · N518UR · No damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain the proper descent rate during the balloon’s approach to landing, which resulted in a hard landing and serious passenger injury.
- [NTSB ERA21LA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA290.md): Cameron 0-105 · Piermont, NH · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jul 15, 2021 · N2925L · Substantial damage
  > The balloon pilot’s delay in relighting the burner, which resulted in a hard landing and his ejection from the balloon.
- [NTSB ERA21LA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA248.md): Schweizer SGS 2-33A · Nellysford, VA · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 13, 2021 · N33929 · No damage
  > The student pilot's failure to maintain an appropriate glide path to the runway.
- [NTSB ERA21LA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA242.md): Let L-23 Super Blanik · Pittsfield, PA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · May 31, 2021 · N912B · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and loss of directional control.
- [NTSB WPR21LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA225.md): Lindstrand Balloons 90A · Dayton, NV · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · May 28, 2021 · N1535G · No damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the balloon due to an unexpected high surface wind and downdraft, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB CEN21LA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA210.md): Firefly Balloons 2010 Firefly 12B-010 · Pagosa Springs, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 20, 2021 · N3016R · No damage
  > The pilot’s failure to properly control the balloon during a steep approach that resulted in a hard landing and a serious passenger injury.
- [NTSB WPR21LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA158.md): Arbc Inc DBA Lindstrand 77A · Rio Rancho, NM · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jan 23, 2021 · N477LB · No damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain the proper descent rate during the balloon’s approach to landing, which resulted in a hard landing and fatal passenger injury when the passenger fell out of the basket.
- [NTSB WPR20LA333](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA333.md): Ultramagic N500 · Peoria, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 18, 2020 · N500UM · No damage
  > The balloon's encounter with unexpected windshear, which resulted in a hard landing and serious passenger injuries.
- [NTSB WPR20CA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA272.md): Aerostar International RX 8 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Aug 15, 2020 · N900FC · No damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain the proper descent rate during the balloon’s approach to a high-wind landing, which resulted in a hard landing and serious passenger injury.
- [NTSB WPR20CA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA267.md): Cameron A 315 · Jackson, WY · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Aug 3, 2020 · N12171 · Substantial damage
  > The balloon pilot’s inability to maintain the proper descent rate during the balloon’s approach to landing during un-forecasted weather, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB WPR20CA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA263.md): Lindstrand 310A · Jackson, WY · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Aug 3, 2020 · N971LB · No damage
  > The pilot’s inability to arrest the descent rate when the balloon encountered unforecasted high ground wind that resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB CEN20CA324](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA324.md): Grob G102 · Midlothian, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Jul 30, 2020 · N3981A · Substantial damage
  > The unstabilized landing approach in gusty wind conditions that resulted in a hard, bounced landing.
- [NTSB GAA20CA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA012.md): Aerostar International RX 7 · Rio Rancho, NM · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 7, 2019 · N9126K · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate descent rate during landing, which resulted in a hard landing and a postaccident fire.
- [NTSB CEN19TA328](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19TA328.md): Lindstrand 105A · Lawton, OK · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Final report · Aug 23, 2019 · N7172D · No damage
  > A hard landing, which resulted the basket tipping over and a passenger sustaining a serious injury.
- [NTSB GAA19CA484](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA484.md): Cameron A 210 · Hume, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 2, 2019 · N6533Q · No damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain a proper descent rate during landing, which resulted in a hard landing and a serious passenger injury.
- [NTSB GAA19CA399](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA399.md): Schweizer SGS233 · Blairstown, NJ · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 29, 2019 · N2894H · No damage
  > The student pilot's improper landing flare and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action, which resulted in a hard landing and the instructor sustaining a serious injury.
- [NTSB CEN19CA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19CA128.md): Ultramagic S90 · La Mesa, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 27, 2019 · N901UM · No damage
  > The pilot's improper decision to launch the balloon in known high wind conditions, and his failure to fully vent the balloon upon landing, which resulted in the balloon landing hard several times, tipping over, being pushed along uneven ground, and a serious…
- [NTSB ERA18TA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18TA267.md): Grob G103 Twin Astir · Groveland, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Final report · Sep 22, 2018 · N72EJ · Minor damage
  > The student pilot's failure to relinquish the flight controls during landing when the flight instructor told him to do so, and the instructor’s subsequent inability to properly control the glider, which led to a hard landing.
- [NTSB CEN18LA364](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA364.md): Lindstrand 77A · Brookfield, MO · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 2, 2018 · N370LB · No damage
  > The pilot's inability to maintain control of the balloon after encountering high wind conditions and windshear during the landing, which resulted in his ejection from the basket and serious injury to the passenger during the balloon’s subsequent impact with…
- [NTSB GAA18CA389](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA389.md): Schweizer SGS 1 34 · Boulder, CO · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 27, 2018 · N134BC · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s improper landing flare in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB CEN18LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA006.md): Cameron N-105 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 7, 2017 · N29922 · No damage
  > The steep approach and hard landing after the balloon encountered unexpected high wind conditions, which resulted in a serious injury to a passenger.
- [NTSB ERA17LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA029.md): Aerostar International RX8 · Mount Ulla, NC · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 22, 2016 · N9015Y · Minor damage
  > The passenger's failure to follow the pilot's instructions for properly securing herself during landing, which resulted in her serious injury when the balloon landed hard and the basket was dragged.
- [NTSB GAA16CA479](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA479.md): Schleicher ASW 27 · Benton, TN · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 4, 2016 · N27BZ · Substantial damage
  > The glider pilot's descent below the glidepath and the subsequent hard, off-airport landing.
- [NTSB ERA16LA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA284.md): Balloon Works FIREFLY8 · Northwood, NH · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 6, 2016 · N317W · No damage
  > The balloon pilot’s inadequate weather planning and improper decision to depart in reported increasing variable winds with nearby thunderstorms, which resulted in a subsequent hard landing and a serious passenger injury.
- [NTSB CEN16LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA183.md): Cameron Balloons US Z-150 · Edmond, OK · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 13, 2016 · N6952D · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to control the balloon’s descent rate during the landing approach, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB GAA16LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16LA172.md): Balloon Works FIREFLY8B · Rock Hill, SC · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 12, 2016 · N3180S · No damage
  > The pilot’s inadequate compensation for wind, which resulted in the balloon landing hard and a passenger sustaining a serious injury.
- [NTSB GAA16CA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA014.md): Kubicek BB · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 8, 2015 · N106KB · No damage
  > A hard landing which resulted in serious injury to a passenger.
- [NTSB CEN15LA434](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA434.md): Lindstrand LBL69A · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 27, 2015 · N266LB · No damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper descent rate on approach, which resulted in a hard landing and the pilot sustaining a serious injury. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s lack of recent experience flying a standard-shaped balloon.
- [NTSB CEN15LA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA314.md): Arbc 69X · Longview, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 22, 2015 · N76627 · No damage
  > The balloon’s hard landing due to a high surface wind and downdraft, which resulted in the pilot sustaining a serious leg injury.
- [NTSB GAA15LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15LA195.md): Kubicek BB100Z · Hidden Valley Lake, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 18, 2015 · N938BS · No damage
  > The balloon pilot’s deliberate hard landing to avoid power lines and trees, which resulted in serious passenger injuries.
- [NTSB ERA15CA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA226.md): Aerostar International S-60A · LaGrangeville, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 23, 2015 · N6517X · No damage
  > The pilot's decision to conduct a landing to a field in high wind conditions, which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent injury to a passenger.

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## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```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."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('00000')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE e.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND e.aircrafts_position = x.position AND e."isDefiningEvent" AND e."tier2Number" = '092'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

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