NTSB investigations, 2022

494 cases where the phase of flight was Landing.

Cases per year

19622026
NTSB investigations, 2022 per year, 1962–2026: 53,702 cases
196222
196319
19642,152
19652,293
19662,496
19672,731
19681,964
19691,749
19701,680
19711,626
19721,480
19731,368
19741,387
19751,285
19761,307
19771,222
19781,325
19791,135
19801,123
19811,048
1982939
1983885
1984853
1985739
1986661
1987699
1988605
1989584
1990556
1991503
1992534
1993524
1994516
1995481
1996529
1997508
1998545
1999563
2000517
2001497
2002516
2003515
2004522
2005543
2006470
2007536
2008538
2009474
2010512
2011519
2012500
2013420
2014412
2015422
2016527
2017490
2018518
2019463
2020420
2021455
2022494
2023477
2024477
2025451
2026381

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 year(c.\"eventDate\") = 2022
    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 GAA23WA047Incident · No injuriesClass 3 · ForeignCessna 750 · Rionegro, ColombiaDec 29, 2022 · N156VP · No damageNTSB WPR23LA081Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportEmbraer Executive EMB-505 · Hawthorne, CAA runway overrun due to the pilot’s failure to stop the airplane as a result of diminished braking action due to a water contaminated runway surface.Dec 28, 2022 · N16DF · Substantial damageNTSB GAA23WA084Accident · 1 fatalClass 5 · ForeignSocata TB21 · Saint-Pons, FranceDec 28, 2022 · N229GC · DestroyedNTSB ERA23LA098Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 182P · Ethel, WVThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.Dec 28, 2022 · N8217M · Substantial damageNTSB WPR23LA076Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 210N · Morgan, UTFailure of the brake system O-rings on the left landing gear trunnion, which allowed the hydraulic fluid to drain from the left brake system, resulting in a runway excursion and impact with a fence.Dec 26, 2022 · N210CU · Substantial damageNTSB WPR23LA075Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportAmerican Champion 8GCBC · Payson, AZThe pilot’s loss of directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion.Dec 26, 2022 · N749PJ · Substantial damageNTSB ERA23LA095Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBellanca 7ECA · Hampton, NHThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while landing in crosswind conditions, which resulted in a runway excursion.Dec 26, 2022 · N2895Z · Substantial damageNTSB CEN23LA070Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportTaylorcraft BF · Navasota, TXThe student pilot failed to maintain directional control during landing.Dec 26, 2022 · N26625 · Substantial damageNTSB GAA23WA094Accident · No injuriesClass 5 · ForeignMooney M20R · Vélez-Málaga, SpainDec 20, 2022 · N78VE · Substantial damageNTSB CEN23LA091Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 150G · Pocahantas, IAThe pilot’s landing flare which resulted in a bounced landing and the nose landing gear collapsing. Contributing to the accident was the airplane's encounter with adverse weather conditions which led to structural icing that affected flight characteristics…Dec 20, 2022 · N2930J · Substantial damageNTSB WPR23LA071Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA28 · San Manual, AZThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing which, resulted in a runway excursion.Dec 18, 2022 · N4144P · Substantial damageNTSB WPR23LA070Accident · Minor injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportVans RV6 · Afton, WYThe pilot’s failure to maintain control during landing on a contaminated runway.Dec 18, 2022 · N78HJ · Substantial damageNTSB ERA23LA091Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCessna R172K · Brooksville, FLA hard landing that fractured the nose landing gear assembly, resulting in a loss of directional control and a nose-over.Dec 16, 2022 · N5405V · Substantial damageNTSB ERA23LA154Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 310R · Lexington, KYA main landing gear collapse due to a landing gear actuator overtravel for reasons that could not be determined.Dec 15, 2022 · N3844C · Substantial damageNTSB ERA23LA090Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCirrus Design SR22 · San Juan, PRThe pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent runway excursion.Dec 14, 2022 · N416PC · Substantial damageNTSB WPR23LA065Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA42 · Lewistown, MTThe pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the out of service visual glideslope indicator and snow obscuring the runway markings.Dec 13, 2022 · C-GZPU · Substantial damageNTSB WPR23LA068Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportEurocopter EC120B · Rancho Cordova, CAThe pilot receiving instruction’s loss of helicopter control during landing with a crosswind, and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action.Dec 11, 2022 · N255SD · Substantial damageNTSB WPR23LA062Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 172N · Socorro, NMThe pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard bounced landing and loss of control in gusting wind.Dec 10, 2022 · N422B · Substantial damageNTSB ERA23LA088Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 305 · Alabaster, ALFailure of the tailwheel locking mechanism, which resulted in a loss of control during landing and a runway excursion.Dec 10, 2022 · N5301G · Substantial damageNTSB WPR23LA064Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportArado-Flugzeugwerke FW190 A-5 · Casa Grande, AZThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.Dec 9, 2022 · N190DK · Substantial damageNTSB WPR23LA063Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportHughes 369D · La Sal, UTThe pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from terrain during a toe-in landing to sloping terrain which resulted in a loss of helicopter control.Dec 8, 2022 · N458HW · Substantial damageNTSB ANC23LA017Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-22-150 · Wasilla, AKThe pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing site, which resulted in a nose over after the main landing gear wheels broke through deep snow on the snow-covered runway.Dec 8, 2022 · N3861P · Substantial damageNTSB WPR23LA059Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBell 206-L4 · Ft Worth, TXThe pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident, was the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision.Dec 7, 2022 · N2036F · Substantial damageNTSB ERA23LA080Accident · Minor injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportJames R Dernovsek Kitfox · Woodsfield, OHThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.Dec 5, 2022 · N257ED · Substantial damageNTSB DCA23WA474OccurrenceClass 5 · ForeignBoeing 737 · Dortmund, GermanyDec 5, 2022 · EI-DLV · No damageNTSB DCA23WA091AccidentClass 5 · ForeignBoeing 737 · Dortmund, GermanyDec 5, 2022 · EI-DLV · Substantial damageNTSB CEN23LA061Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportOrlican S R O M-8 Eagle · St. Louis, MOThe pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed/angle-of-attack during the landing approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and hard landing.Dec 5, 2022 · N602TG · Substantial damageNTSB ERA23LA081Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportLearjet 35 · Guantanamo Bay, CubaThe flight crew’s continuation of an unstable approach which resulted in abnormal runway contact during the landing flare and touchdown.Dec 2, 2022 · N979RF · Substantial damageNTSB CEN23LA056Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportLearjet 45 · Batesville, ARThe crew’s failure to execute a go-around during the unstable approach and long landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.Nov 30, 2022 · N988MC · Substantial damageNTSB WPR23LA052Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportRutan Long-EZ · Mountain Green, UTThe pilot’s flight into a valley with rising terrain that the airplane was incapable of out-climbing.Nov 27, 2022 · N379W · Substantial damageNTSB CEN23LA124Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 210 · Waco, TXThe nose landing gear retract arm separation for reasons that could not be determined.Nov 27, 2022 · N9468T · Substantial damageNTSB CEN23LA055Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCirrus Design SR22T · Guthrie, OKThe airplane’s collision with a deer on the runway during landing.Nov 27, 2022 · N99JT · Substantial damageNTSB ANC23LA014Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-28-140 · Anchorage, AKThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.Nov 27, 2022 · N5626U · Substantial damageNTSB DCA23WA099Incident · No injuriesClass 5 · ForeignBoeing 737-800 · Bangkok, ThailandNov 26, 2022 · HS-DBO · No damageNTSB DCA23WA075Incident · No injuriesClass 5 · ForeignBoeing 737 · Breslau, CanadaNov 25, 2022 · C-FFLC · No damageNTSB ERA23LA074Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportTextron 172 · Newnan, GAThe flight instructor’s inadequate remedial action during a simulated engine failure and low approach, which resulted in a collision with a runway light.Nov 22, 2022 · N407MD · Substantial damageNTSB GAA23WA040Accident · No injuriesClass 5 · ForeignCessna P206D · La Familia, BelizeNov 21, 2022 · N8725Z · No damageNTSB WPR23LA041Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 172M · Las Vegas, NVThe student helicopter pilot’s failure to follow the tower controller’s landing instructions, which resulted in a midair collision.Nov 18, 2022 · N88E · 2 aircraft · Substantial damageNTSB ERA23LA062Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA32 · Perry, GAThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during touchdown in a crosswind, which resulted in a runway excursion.Nov 14, 2022 · N81PW · Substantial damageNTSB WPR23LA029Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 152 · San Jose, CAThe student pilots unstabilized approach and improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard bounced landing.Nov 13, 2022 · N5171B · Substantial damageNTSB ERA23LA110Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 310J · Fulton, NYThe pilots failure to slow the airplane down prior to turning off the runway, which resulted in damage to the airplane’s fuselage structure in the vicinity of the nose landing gear.Nov 13, 2022 · N3048L · Substantial damageNTSB DCA23WA062Occurrence · No injuriesClass 5 · ForeignDouglas DC3 · Balikpapan, IndonesiaNov 13, 2022 · C-FTGX · Minor damageNTSB CEN23LA033Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportLuscombe 8E · Bridgeport, TXThe pilot’s loss of control due to a wind gust during landing.Nov 9, 2022 · N1855K · Substantial damageNTSB DCA23WA051IncidentClass 5 · ForeignBoeing 737 · Amman, JordanNov 6, 2022 · JY-JAD · Minor damageNTSB CEN23LA026Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-28-181 · Mesquite, TXThe student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while taking off from a touch and go landing.Nov 5, 2022 · N787TF · Substantial damageNTSB WPR23LA028Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportEclipse Aerospace EA500 · Mesa, AZMaintenance personnel’s failure to properly align the right brake wheel speed transducer, which rendered the right wheel brake ineffective during landing, and the pilot’s subsequent failure to follow the correct procedures to restore braking action during the…Nov 4, 2022 · N150NE · Substantial damageNTSB CEN23LA029Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportMaule M7-235B · Topeka, KSThe pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during landing with strong gusty surface winds.Nov 2, 2022 · N190Y · Substantial damageNTSB CEN23LA024Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 170A · Hardin, TXThe pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from the powerlines while landing.Nov 2, 2022 · N9244A · Substantial damageNTSB DCA23WA042Incident · No injuriesClass 5 · ForeignBoeing 737 · Kitchener, CanadaOct 30, 2022 · C-FLWJ · No damageNTSB WPR23LA093Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportVans RV10 · Reno, NVThe pilot’s improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing.Oct 28, 2022 · N673PH · Substantial damage