# NTSB investigations, MS: 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.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CEN25LA408](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA408.md): Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206L-3 · Picayune, MS · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report · Aug 22, 2025 · N17TL · Substantial damage
  > On August 22, 2025, about 1130 central daylight time, a Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206L-3 helicopter, N17TL, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Picayune, Mississippi. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The helicopter…
- [NTSB CEN22LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA056.md): Cessna 172 · Madison, MS · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Nov 8, 2021 · N5321A · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control following a bounced landing.
- [NTSB CEN21LA470](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA470.md): Socata TBM 700 · Magee, MS · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 5, 2021 · N700DQ · Substantial damage
  > The pilot exceeded the airplane’s critical angle of attack during the landing approach resulting in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent hard landing.
- [NTSB ERA12CA404](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA404.md): Cessna 172K · Tupelo, MS · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 15, 2012 · N78794 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.
- [NTSB ERA12CA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA128.md): Mitsubishi MU-2B-20 · Picayune, MS · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 29, 2011 · N800BY · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's excessive rate of descent during the landing flare/touchdown, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB ERA09CA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA265.md): Cessna 172E · Como, MS · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 25, 2009 · N5683T · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.
- [NTSB ERA09CA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA243.md): Cessna 150 · Madison, MS · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 15, 2009 · N3334J · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper flare and subsequent loss of directional control.
- [NTSB NYC08CA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA122.md): Beech B-55 · Brookhaven, MS · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 28, 2008 · N4265S · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing during the first attempt, and subsequent collapse of the nose landing gear during the second landing attempt. Contributing to the accident was the wind gusts.
- [NTSB DFW08CA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA063.md): Cessna 177 · Picayune, MS · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 28, 2008 · N2905X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's misjudgement of the landing flare resulting in a hard landing.

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'MS' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT e.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE e."isDefiningEvent" AND e."tier2Number" = '092')
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/cases?state=MS

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