# NTSB investigations, 2021: Landing area undershoot

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 ERA22LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA035.md): Piper PA46 · Immokalee, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Oct 26, 2021 · N305JD · Substantial damage
  > The flight instructor’s delayed remedial action which resulted in the airplane impacting terrain short of the runway.
- [NTSB CEN21LA469](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA469.md): Meuer SA900 V-STAR · Kokomo, IN · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 30, 2021 · N675MM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate speed and altitude during final approach, which resulted in an off field landing short of the runway and a subsequent nose over.
- [NTSB ERA21LA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA240.md): Cessna 120 · Warwick, NY · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 5, 2021 · N1899N · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to attain a proper touchdown point, which resulted in the airplane contacting the ground short of the runway.
- [NTSB ERA21LA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA210.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Friendly, MD · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 28, 2021 · N32592 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to attain a proper touchdown point on landing, which resulted in a collision with the runway lip.
- [NTSB ANC21LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC21LA027.md): Beech A36 · Port Alsworth, AK · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 20, 2021 · N1820L · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's misidentification of the airport’s active runway, which resulted in an off runway landing and a collision with a snow berm. Contributing to the accident was the runway’s lack of identifying markings.
- [NTSB CEN21LA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA189.md): Beech P35 · Poplar Grove, IL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jan 12, 2021 · N436T · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's distraction and his failure to maintain a proper glidepath on the approach, which resulted in him landing short of the runway and impacting a snowbank.

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 2021
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '370' 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/370/sequence?year=2021

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