# NTSB investigations, PR: 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 ERA26LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA176.md): Icon A5 · Levittown, PR · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Apr 15, 2026 · N558BA · Substantial damage
  > An oil line separation at a barbed fitting in an experimental airplane, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to oil starvation.
- [NTSB DCA25LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA184.md): Airbus A321-271NX · San Juan, PR · Incident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report · Apr 16, 2025 · N607FR
  > On April 15, 2025, about 2140, Atlantic daylight time (ADT), Frontier Airlines, flight 3506, an Airbus A321-271NX, N607FR, sustained nose wheel and engine damage during an attempted landing at the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU), San Juan, Puerto…
- [NTSB ERA22LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA123.md): Britten-Norman BN-2A-9 · Culebra, PR · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Feb 15, 2022 · N821RR · Substantial damage
  > The flight crew’s failure to arrest the descent rate during the non-standard approach, which resulted in a hard landing and failure of the right-wing structure. Contributing was the flight instructor’s selection of a challenging approach for initial training.
- [NTSB ERA20CA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA073.md): Beech Hawker 900XP · San Juan, PR · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 3, 2020 · N805D · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain a proper descent rate during landing, which resulted in a hard landing short of the runway.
- [NTSB ERA18LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA183.md): Bell 206 · Rio Grande, PR · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 30, 2018 · N10CV · Substantial damage
  > A total loss of engine power due to oil exhaustion, which resulted in an uncontrolled descent and hard landing.
- [NTSB ERA17CA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17CA056.md): Bell OH 58A · Ponce, PR · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 25, 2016 · N161PD · Substantial damage
  > The helicopter flight instructor's inadequate demonstration of a simulated engine failure, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB ERA15LA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA280.md): MD Helicopter 369FF · Vega Baja, PR · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jul 24, 2015 · N5842Z · Substantial damage
  > A total loss of engine power due to insufficient lubrication to the engine's No. 2 bearing, which resulted in the failure of the bearing and a subsequent forced landing.
- [NTSB ERA12TA515](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12TA515.md): Bell 206B · San Juan, PR · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 18, 2012 · N118EC · Substantial damage
  > The crew’s inadequate preflight inspection and failure to monitor the fuel state during flight, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## 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" = 'PR' 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=PR

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