# NTSB investigations, 2018: Landing area overshoot

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 GAA19CA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA050.md): Piper PA28 · East Moriches, NY · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 20, 2018 · N8275V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s delayed initiation of a go-around and his subsequent use of the improper go-around procedure, which resulted in a landing area overshoot.
- [NTSB ERA18LA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA257.md): Cessna 172 · Winter Haven, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Sep 24, 2018 · N6950A · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s improper pitch attitude control during the initial climb, which resulted in a loss of airspeed, and his subsequent decision to conduct a 180° turn following the perceived anomaly, which resulted in a runway overrun.
- [NTSB ERA18TA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18TA236.md): Cessna 182 · Hanson, MA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 27, 2018 · N3115R · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point, which resulted in a runway overrun. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to land with a quartering tailwind.
- [NTSB CEN18LA346](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA346.md): Cessna 172 · Shreveport, LA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 22, 2018 · N4275Q · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's overshoot of the runway, which resulted from her misperception of an engine issue due to her failure to maintain proper pitch control during initial climb.
- [NTSB WPR18LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA203.md): Piper PA32 · Avalon, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jul 25, 2018 · N4747H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's delayed decision to conduct a go-around following an unstable landing approach and long landing.
- [NTSB GAA18CA561](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA561.md): Apollo Fox · Chateaugay, NY · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 19, 2018 · N791YE · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from trees during a go-around.
- [NTSB GAA18CA405](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA405.md): Aviat A-1C · Dixie, ID · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 6, 2018 · N891DC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain an adequate approach in gusting tailwind conditions, which resulted in a runway overshoot.
- [NTSB GAA18CA384](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA384.md): Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41 · Chelan, WA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 27, 2018 · N1266C · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper approach, which resulted in the airplane landing long and a subsequent runway overrun.
- [NTSB WPR18LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA173.md): Piper PA 28-140 · Hartford, CT · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jun 16, 2018 · N1782J · Substantial damage
  > A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons because postaccident examination of the engine and fuel system did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation, which led to the pilot’s forced landing and subsequent runway overshoot and…
- [NTSB GAA18CA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA280.md): Cessna 172 · Nooksack, WA · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 14, 2018 · N4144L · Destroyed
  > The pilot’s improper approach in tailwind conditions, which resulted in long landing and subsequent runway overrun.
- [NTSB CEN18LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA172.md): Wittman D R/Wittman D M RV 6 · Borger, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 11, 2018 · N833DW · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during landing and during the subsequent aborted landing attempt in crosswind conditions.
- [NTSB GAA18CA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA271.md): Cessna P210 · Grass Valley, CA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 9, 2018 · N210BG · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a long landing and a runway excursion.
- [NTSB GAA18CA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA260.md): Cessna 182 · Clarksville, TN · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 6, 2018 · N5419E · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s decision to land with a tailwind in variable crosswind and downdraft and updraft conditions on a wet runway, which resulted in a runway overrun.
- [NTSB ERA18LA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA136.md): Cessna 402 · Barre Plains, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 26, 2018 · N87266 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper decision to land with a tailwind, which resulted in a touchdown with insufficient runway remaining to stop the airplane.

## 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") = 2018
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '380' 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/380/sequence?year=2018

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