# NTSB investigations, DE: 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 ERA20CA318](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA318.md): Cessna 172 · Wilmington, DE · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Sep 7, 2020 · N19813 · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard bounced landing.
- [NTSB ERA19TA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19TA005.md): Enstrom F28 · Bridgeville, DE · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Oct 7, 2018 · N5691Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's mismanagement of collective pitch control during takeoff from an area with numerous obstacles, which resulted in the helicopter entering a low rotor rpm state and a forced hard landing.
- [NTSB ERA13CA384](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA384.md): Cessna 172S · Middletown, DE · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 18, 2013 · N647SP · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing.
- [NTSB ERA09CA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA217.md): Piper PA-32R-300 · Middletown, DE · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 1, 2008 · N276 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while landing in gusty conditions.

## 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" = 'DE' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE 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?state=DE

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