# Landing flare

- Type: NTSB finding subsection
- Path: [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01) › [Aircraft oper/perf/capability](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0106) › [Performance/control parameters](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010620) › Landing flare
- NTSB code: 01062041
- Cases: 1287
- In the probable cause: 1236
- Fatal cases: 19
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041

## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all)

- 2008: 95 / 98
- 2009: 82 / 86
- 2010: 67 / 71
- 2011: 67 / 67
- 2012: 87 / 88
- 2013: 56 / 58
- 2014: 75 / 77
- 2015: 41 / 43
- 2016: 63 / 65
- 2017: 91 / 94
- 2018: 93 / 94
- 2019: 74 / 74
- 2020: 64 / 66
- 2021: 60 / 66
- 2022: 72 / 78
- 2023: 42 / 46
- 2024: 43 / 47
- 2025: 36 / 41
- 2026: 28 / 28

## Defining events in these cases

- [Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092): 617 cases
- [Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090): 303 cases
- [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 138 cases
- [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 77 cases
- [Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241): 19 cases
- [Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094): 18 cases
- [Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300): 15 cases
- [Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380): 13 cases
- [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 11 cases
- [Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096): 11 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s): 99 cases
- [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152): 46 cases
- [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p): 38 cases
- [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n): 38 cases
- [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 37 cases
- [Cessna 172R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r): 37 cases
- [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p): 14 cases
- [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q): 14 cases
- [Piper PA-28R-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200): 11 cases
- [Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1](https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da20-c1): 11 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 1,012 cases
- [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 193 cases
- [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 141 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 129 cases
- [Delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025) (Personnel issues): 94 cases
- [Gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045) (Environmental issues): 90 cases
- [Crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040) (Environmental issues): 60 cases
- [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 46 cases
- [Descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040) (Aircraft): 36 cases
- [Lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030) (Personnel issues): 35 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB ERA26LA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA327), Sep 3, 2026: Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta (N276SH), McMinnville, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s delayed remedial action during a practice autorotation, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB ERA26LA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA281), Jul 18, 2026: Cessna 172N (N3462E), Mooresville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing.
- [NTSB WPR26LA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA265), Jul 17, 2026: Vans RV-7A (N987CW), Covington, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper pitch control during landing, which resulted in a bounced landing, nose landing gear collapse, and nose over.
- [NTSB ERA26LA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA267), Jul 9, 2026: Stits Playmate (N21JB), Green Cove Springs, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB WPR26LA273](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA273), Jul 7, 2026: Schweizer SGS 2-33A (N2793H), Boulder, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare which resulted in a stall and a hard bounced landing.
- [NTSB WPR26LA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA250), Jul 7, 2026: Aeronca 7AC (N1097E), Buffalo, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper flare and subsequent failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the aborted landing.
- [NTSB CEN26LA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA246), Jul 7, 2026: Rotec Engineering Rally 3 (UNREG), Hooker, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to an engine seizure for undetermined reasons because the wreckage was disposed of before it could be examined.
- [NTSB CEN26LA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA232), Jun 23, 2026: Rocky Mountain Kitplanes S-6S (N164GR), Marvel, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial blockage of the pitot static system that precluded the airspeed indicator from displaying the correct airspeed which led to the faster landing speed and bounced landing.
- [NTSB CEN26LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA229), Jun 16, 2026: Cessna 152 (N191FS), Carbondale, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s delayed remedial action during the student pilot’s miscalculated landing flare which resulted in a hard landing and the nose landing gear collapsing.
- [NTSB ERA26LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA238), Jun 9, 2026: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P-MENTOR (N410UV), Pompano Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing, and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action.

NTSB has coded findings and defining events since 2008; earlier cases used its older occurrence and cause codes and aren't counted.

Findings: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings.md. Defining events: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events.md. Phases of flight: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases.md. Every investigation, filtered by finding, event, phase, state, year or model: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb.md (for example ?state=MI&fatal=1).

NTSB's definitions: Accident and incident, 49 CFR 830.2 (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-VIII/part-830/subpart-A/section-830.2), CICTT occurrence categories (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/OccurrenceCategoryDefinitions.pdf), CICTT phases of flight (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/PhaseofFlightDefinitions.pdf), and NTSB coding manual, before 2008 (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). NTSB publishes no definitions for its findings, only their names.

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