# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-32-300: 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 ANC25LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA032.md): Piper PA-32-300 · Redding, CA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 8, 2025 · N32371 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain a stabilized approach and his delayed action to perform a go-around, resulting in a collision with the runway surface.
- [NTSB WPR22LA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA296.md): Piper PA-32-300 · Corona, CA · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 9, 2022 · N841AD · Substantial damage
  > The airplane’s partial loss of engine power during the landing for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence, which resulted in an off airport landing and subsequent fire.
- [NTSB ERA22LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA195.md): Piper PA-32 · Carlisle, PA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 18, 2022 · N4468X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in the airplane’s empennage impacting the runway surface during landing.
- [NTSB WPR21LA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA363.md): Piper PA-32-300 · Orcas Island, WA · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Sep 17, 2021 · N33022 · Substantial damage
  > The total loss of engine power due to the pilot’s mismanagement of the fuel system which resulted in fuel starvation.
- [NTSB ERA20LA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA290.md): Piper PA32 · Tallahassee, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 19, 2020 · N4089R · Substantial damage
  > A partial loss of engine power on takeoff due to an intermittently blocked fuel injector on the number 3 cylinder.
- [NTSB CEN18WA379](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18WA379.md): Piper PA32 · Belize City, Belize · Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Aug 29, 2018 · N3073W · Substantial damage
  > On August 29, about 1804 local time (LCL), a Piper PA32 300 airplane, N3073W, operated by Wings of Hope, had a hard landing at the Sir Barry Bowen Municipal Airport, in Belize City, Belize. The airplane originated from the San Pedro Airport.This investigation…
- [NTSB NYC08CA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA272.md): Piper PA32 · Charleston, SC · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 3, 2008 · N4376X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while landing. Contributing to the accident was the crosswind condition and a wind gust, as reported by the pilot.

## 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.aircraft_model_code IN ('7103212')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND s.aircrafts_position = x.position AND s."tier2Number" = '092' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent")))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence?model=7103212

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