NTSB investigations, SC

508 cases where the phase of flight was Landing.

Cases per year

19642026
NTSB investigations, SC per year, 1964–2026: 508 cases
196418
196511
196626
196719
196821
196912
197019
197114
197220
197317
19748
197514
197611
19777
197813
19793
19803
19816
198217
198312
198415
198512
19867
198714
198810
19897
19903
19912
19927
19935
19946
19953
19963
19974
19985
19997
20004
20012
20024
20032
20042
20055
20064
20073
20085
20099
20101
20117
20129
20131
20143
20151
20166
20174
201811
201910
20201
20216
20226
20236
20244
20258
20263

Latest cases

Query with SQL
duckdb -csv -c "WITH phase_names(main, name) AS (VALUES (100, 'Prior to flight'), (150, 'Standing'), (200, 'Pushback/towing'), (250, 'Taxi'), (300, 'Takeoff'), (350, 'Initial climb'), (400, 'Enroute'), (450, 'Maneuvering'), (500, 'Approach'), (550, 'Landing'), (600, 'Emergency descent'), (650, 'Uncontrolled descent'), (700, 'Post-impact'), (750, 'After landing'), (800, 'Other'), (990, 'Unknown')),
    crosswalk(code, main, name) AS (VALUES (500, 150, 'Standing'), (501, 150, 'Standing - pre-flight'), (502, 150, 'Standing - starting engine(s)'), (503, 150, 'Standing - engine(s) operating'), (504, 150, 'Standing - engine(s) not operating'), (505, 150, 'Standing - idling rotors'), (510, 250, 'Taxi'), (511, 200, 'Taxi - pushback/tow'), (512, 250, 'Taxi - to takeoff'), (513, 250, 'Taxi - from landing'), (514, 250, 'Taxi - aerial'), (520, 300, 'Takeoff'), (521, 300, 'Takeoff - roll/run'), (522, 350, 'Takeoff - initial climb'), (523, 300, 'Takeoff - aborted'), (530, 400, 'Climb'), (531, 400, 'Climb - to cruise'), (540, 400, 'Cruise'), (541, 400, 'Cruise - normal'), (542, 400, 'Maneuvering - holding (IFR)'), (550, 400, 'Descent'), (551, 400, 'Descent - normal'), (552, 600, 'Descent - emergency'), (553, 650, 'Descent - uncontrolled'), (560, 500, 'Approach'), (561, 500, 'Approach - VFR pattern - downwind'), (562, 500, 'Approach - VFR pattern - base turn'), (563, 500, 'Approach - VFR pattern - base leg/base to final'), (564, 500, 'Approach - VFR pattern - final approach'), (565, 500, 'Go-around (VFR)'), (566, 500, 'Approach - IAF to FAF/outer marker (IFR)'), (567, 500, 'Approach - FAF/outer marker to threshold (IFR)'), (568, 500, 'Circling (IFR)'), (569, 500, 'Missed approach (IFR)'), (570, 550, 'Landing'), (571, 550, 'Landing - flare/touchdown'), (572, 550, 'Landing - roll'), (573, 550, 'Landing - aborted'), (574, 550, 'Emergency landing'), (575, 550, 'Emergency landing after takeoff'), (576, 600, 'Emergency descent/landing'), (580, 450, 'Maneuvering'), (581, 450, 'Maneuvering - aerial application'), (582, 450, 'Maneuvering - turn to reverse direction'), (583, 450, 'Maneuvering - turn to landing area (emergency)'), (590, 450, 'Hover'), (591, 450, 'Hover - in ground effect'), (592, 450, 'Hover - out of ground effect'), (600, 800, 'Other'), (610, 990, 'Unknown')),
    current_codes AS (
      SELECT e.case_mkey, TRY_CAST(e.\"tier1Number\" AS INTEGER) AS code,
        row_number() OVER (PARTITION BY e.case_mkey ORDER BY coalesce(e.\"isDefiningEvent\", false) DESC, e.position) AS n
      FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e
      WHERE e.aircrafts_position = 1 AND e.\"tier1Number\" GLOB '[1-9][0-9]*'
        AND (e.\"isDefiningEvent\" OR e.case_mkey IN (SELECT \"mKey\" FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' WHERE \"isPre1982\"))
    ),
    phases AS (
      SELECT case_mkey, 'current' AS scheme, code, CASE WHEN code >= 990 THEN 990 ELSE code // 50 * 50 END AS main
      FROM current_codes WHERE n = 1
      UNION ALL
      SELECT o.case_mkey, 'older', o.\"phaseOfFlightCode\", w.main
      FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o JOIN crosswalk w ON w.code = o.\"phaseOfFlightCode\"
      WHERE o.aircrafts_position = 1 AND o.\"occurrenceNumber\" = 1 AND o.case_mkey NOT IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM current_codes)
    ),
    case_phases AS (
      SELECT p.*, c.\"eventDate\", c.\"highestInjuryLevel\" = 'Fatal' AS fatal, a.aircraft_model_code
      FROM phases p JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c ON c.\"mKey\" = p.case_mkey
      LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = p.case_mkey AND a.position = 1
      WHERE c.\"eventDate\" >= DATE '1962-01-01' AND p.main IN (SELECT main FROM phase_names)
    )
  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\" = 'SC' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA'
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM case_phases WHERE main = 550)
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.

NTSB ERA26LA359Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 182P · Mount Pleasant, SCThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.Sep 30, 2026 · N1QP · Substantial damageNTSB ERA26LA154Accident · Minor injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBeech V35 · Saluda, SCThe pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during an aborted landing, which resulted in a runway excursion, collision with a fence, and a hard landing .Mar 21, 2026 · N15VM · Substantial damageNTSB ERA26LA104Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 150L · Gantt, SCThe student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing, and a nose landing gear collapse.Jan 28, 2026 · N67WJ · Substantial damageNTSB ERA25LA337Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportLarocca Roch B Eracer MK II · Mount Pleasant, SCThe failure of the nose gear actuator bolt during the landing roll, which resulted in the collapse of the nose landing gear and subsequent runway excursion.Sep 5, 2025 · N382RB · Substantial damageNTSB ERA25LA298Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPaschal JR Roy E Velocity XL RG · Columbia, SCA landing gear collapse during landing.Aug 12, 2025 · N7778M · Substantial damageNTSB ERA25LA252Accident · Minor injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 150 · Pelzer, SCThe pilot’s failure to maintain proper airspeed while landing on a short, down-sloping turf runway, which resulted in a noseover.Jun 29, 2025 · N150TP · Substantial damageNTSB ERA25LA374Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportFlying Cloud AL18 · Ridgeland, SCThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.Jun 7, 2025 · N859SS · Substantial damageNTSB ERA25LA153Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-30 · Anderson, SCThe pilots’ overcorrection during the landing roll which resulted in a loss of directional control and runway excursion. Contributing was the flight instructor’s inability to correct the pilot’s actions because due to brakes only being installed on the…Mar 21, 2025 · N8339Y · Substantial damageNTSB ERA25LA165Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedPreliminary reportCessna S550 · Hilton Head Island, SCOn March 19, 2025, about 1445 eastern daylight time, a Cessna S550 airplane, N627HS, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. The airline transport pilot and passenger were not injured. The…Mar 19, 2025 · N627HS · Substantial damageNTSB ERA25LA136Accident · Minor injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCirrus Design SR22 · North Myrtle Beach, SCThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while attempting to land in a gusty crosswind, which resulted in a runway excursion.Mar 6, 2025 · N744SM · Substantial damageNTSB ERA25LA112Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 172 · Rock Hill, SCThe student pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during an aborded crosswind landing.Feb 9, 2025 · N84048 · Substantial damageNTSB ERA25LA094Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBeech 58 · Florence, SCThe pilot’s failure to follow the emergency procedures and extend the landing gear manually after the landing gear did not initially extend normally.Dec 27, 2024 · N458K · Substantial damageNTSB ERA24LA337Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-32R-301T · North Myrtle Beach, SCThe pilot’s failure to use the emergency landing gear extension system, resulting in a gear-up landing. Contributing to the accident was an alternator belt failure.Jul 30, 2024 · N5343C · Substantial damageNTSB ERA24LA218Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportMooney M20K · Conway, SCThe pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.May 3, 2024 · N3777 · Substantial damageNTSB ERA24LA193Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBeech E-55 · Greenville, SCThe pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.Apr 24, 2024 · N333HE · Substantial damageNTSB ERA24LA044Accident · Minor injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportAero Commander 112 · Saluda, SCThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during an aborted landing in crosswind conditions. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s inadequate remedial action.Nov 19, 2023 · N1143J · Substantial damageNTSB ERA23LA391Accident · Minor injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBalloon Works Firefly 7 · Anderson, SCThe pilot’s failure to avoid trees during the descent for landing, resulting in substantial damage to the balloon.Sep 3, 2023 · N192HH · Substantial damageNTSB ERA23LA289Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportHughes 269A · Anderson, SCThe mechanics’ improper torquing of the main rotor blade dampers, which resulted in a ground resonance event during landing.Jun 27, 2023 · N90270 · Substantial damageNTSB ERA23FA235Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · FieldFinal reportHonda HA-420 · Summerville, SCThe pilot’s improper calculation of the airplane’s landing approach speed and required landing distance, which resulted in the airplane touching down fast with inadequate runway available, and a subsequent runway excursion.May 18, 2023 · N255HJ · Substantial damageNTSB ERA23LA160Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportMaule M-7-235C · Abbeville, SCA loss of directional control during landing, which resulted in a ground loop and substantial damage to the airplane. The pilot flying could not be determined since both pilots claimed that the other was at the controls during the landing. The flight…Mar 20, 2023 · N79VE · Substantial damageNTSB ERA23LA168Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportWeiss Theodore T RV-8 · Ridgeland, SCThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.Jan 8, 2023 · N61TW · Substantial damageNTSB ERA23LA052Accident · Minor injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-24-250 · Columbia, SCThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the crosswind landing.Oct 28, 2022 · N5153P · Substantial damageNTSB ERA23LA039Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCirrus SR22 · Kingstree, SCThe airplane’s impact with two deer during the landing roll.Oct 15, 2022 · C-GITL · Substantial damageNTSB ERA22LA337Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBell 206B · Pelion, SCThe pilot’s improper landing flare during a practice autorotation.Jun 18, 2022 · N515TV · Substantial damageNTSB ERA22LA214Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportNorth American SNJ-6 · Greenwood, SCThe loss of directional control due to a fractured tailwheel steering linkage assembly.May 1, 2022 · N451WA · Substantial damageNTSB ERA22LA202Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA32 · Fountain Inn, SCThe pilot’s failure to obtain the proper touchdown point during landing, which resulted in a runway overrun and collision with a fence.Apr 25, 2022 · N9583C · Substantial damageNTSB ERA22LA201Accident · Minor injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 172 · Union, SCThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with terrain.Apr 23, 2022 · N737UY · Substantial damageNTSB ERA22LA032Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportNorth American AT-6D · Pickens, SCThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing, resulting in a runway excursion and collision with rocky terrain.Oct 24, 2021 · N3771M · Substantial damageNTSB ERA22LA025Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPipistrel Apis-Bee · Columbia, SCThe pilot’s failure to maintain control of the glider during the landing approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent impact with the runway.Oct 21, 2021 · N812DS · Substantial damageNTSB ERA22LA005Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 210 · Columbia, SCA failure of the landing gear hydraulic power pack for reasons that could not be determined.Oct 5, 2021 · N6318B · Substantial damageNTSB ERA21LA316Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportSocata TBM-700 C2 · Mount Pleasant, SCThe pilot’s decision to continue an unstable approach, which resulted in a runway excursion.Jul 27, 2021 · N48UM · Substantial damageNTSB ERA21LA208Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportIsrael Aerospace Industries Gulfstream G150 · Ridgeland, SCThe flight crew’s continuation of an unstable approach and the failure of the ground air brakes to deploy upon touchdown, both of which resulted in the runway overrun. Contributing was the crew’s motivation and response to external pressures to complete the…May 5, 2021 · N22ST · Substantial damageNTSB ERA21LA180Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 172S · Orangeburg, SCThe student pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing.Apr 6, 2021 · N22467 · Substantial damageNTSB ERA20CA249Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · Data collectionFinal reportCessna 172 · Pickens, SCThe student pilot's improper landing flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing.Jul 11, 2020 · N737WA · Substantial damageNTSB GAA20CA059Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportErcoupe 415 · Greer, SCThe pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing, loss of directional control, and impact with a fence.Nov 3, 2019 · N87173 · Substantial damageNTSB ERA20LA006Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportHonda HA-420 · Charleston, SCGround personnel’s use of an improper towbar adapter lug, which prevented the nose landing gear from extending.Oct 7, 2019 · N166HJ · Substantial damageNTSB GAA19CA477Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 172 · Greer, SCThe pilot's improper decision to continue a steep and fast approach to landing, which resulted in a runway overrun and collision with a drainage culvert.Jun 29, 2019 · N724BC · Substantial damageNTSB ERA19TA216Accident · No injuriesClass 3Final reportCessna 180 · Pickens, SCMaintenance personnel’s improper installation of the right main landing gear brake assembly, which resulted in the loss of control during landing.Jun 29, 2019 · N75077 · Substantial damageNTSB CEN19TA180Accident · Serious injuriesClass 3Final reportElmwood Christavia · Lancaster, SCThe pilot's distraction, which resulted in his failure to maintain adequate altitude and airspeed and a subsequent impact with terrain.Jun 22, 2019 · N222PN · Substantial damageNTSB GAA19CA294Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportRatheon A36 · Hilton Head, SCThe pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to complete the before landing checklist.May 28, 2019 · N998LS · Substantial damageNTSB GAA19CA296Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 182 · Orangeburg, SCThe pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing.May 19, 2019 · N2462Q · Substantial damageNTSB GAA19CA194Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 172 · Clemson, SCThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll and his exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack when it inadvertently became airborne, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.Apr 2, 2019 · N54222 · Substantial damageNTSB GAA19CA152Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 185 · Ridgeland, SCThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with a ditch.Feb 25, 2019 · N10044 · Substantial damageNTSB GAA19CA144Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportMooney M20J · Ridgeland, SCThe flight instructor's failure to retract the flaps during an attempted go-around and his failure to maintain the runway heading, which resulted in a collision with terrain left of the runway.Feb 22, 2019 · N201AZ · Substantial damageNTSB GAA19CA083Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportSmith AEROSTAR601 · Rock Hill, SCThe pilot's improper decision to fly with an air cast boot on his foot, which led him to rely on the passenger to apply brakes and rudder, which was performed improperly and led to a loss of directional control.Nov 28, 2018 · N909CA · Substantial damageNTSB GAA19CA094Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCirrus SR22 · Greenville, SCThe pilot's improper landing flare with a gusting, right quartering headwind, which resulted in a hard landing.Nov 23, 2018 · N82SN · Substantial damageNTSB GAA19CA035Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCirrus SR20 · Greenville, SCThe pilot's improper decision to land with a quartering tailwind and his improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing, loss of directional control, runway excursion, and impact with a pole.Oct 23, 2018 · N782JR · Substantial damageNTSB ERA18FA264Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportDassault Falcon 50 · Greenville, SCThe operator's decision to allow a flight in an airplane with known, unresolved maintenance discrepancies, and the flight crew's failure to properly configure the airplane in a way that would have allowed the emergency or parking brake systems to stop the…Sep 27, 2018 · N114TD · Substantial damageNTSB GAA18CA467Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBeech 58 · Greenville, SCThe pilot failure to attain the proper touchdown point on a wet runway, which resulted in insufficient runway remaining to safely stop the airplane.Aug 3, 2018 · N59PR · Substantial damageNTSB GAA18CA451Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportVans RV 6 · Pickens, SCThe pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing.Jul 28, 2018 · N24CM · Substantial damage