# NTSB investigations, NH: 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 ERA24LA329](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA329.md): Cessna 172P · Moultonborough, NH · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 27, 2024 · N291RP · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s improper remedial response to a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [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 ERA20LA344](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA344.md): Beech B19 · Laconia, NH · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 20, 2020 · N18778 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and the nose landing gear collapsing.
- [NTSB DCA18CA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18CA252.md): Boeing 767 · Portsmouth, NH · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Jul 27, 2018 · N641GT · Substantial damage
  > an improper landing flare technique and the lack of the appropriate bounced landing recovery procedure.
- [NTSB GAA17CA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA067.md): Cessna 172 · Concord, NH · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Nov 10, 2016 · N53402 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard 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 ERA13CA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA271.md): Flight Design Ctls · Concord, NH · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 5, 2013 · N622BT · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent main landing gear collapse.
- [NTSB ERA13CA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA040.md): Aeronca 7CCM · Hampton, NH · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 24, 2012 · N4567E · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's improper landing flare and touchdown, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB ERA09CA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA337.md): Robinson Helicopter R44 II · Meredith, NH · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 25, 2009 · N47GT · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain control during landing.
- [NTSB ERA09LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA105.md): Bell 407 · Bow, NH · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 22, 2008 · N407GB · Substantial damage
  > An interruption of fuel flow for undetermined reasons, which resulted in an engine flameout.
- [NTSB MIA08CA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA193.md): Cameron Balloons Z-150 · Sandown, NH · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 12, 2008 · N151TS · Minor damage
  > The pilot’s encounter with high winds during approach. Contributing to the severity of injuries was the passengers' improper landing preparation.

## 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" = 'NH' 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=NH

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