# NTSB investigations: Continental IO-360 series: Hard landing

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 DFW08CA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA021.md): Cessna 172 · Stillwater, OK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 26, 2007 · N5181A · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.
- [NTSB DFW06LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA060.md): Cessna 175 · Lindsay, OK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 26, 2006 · N6612E · Substantial damage
  > The hard landing was the result of the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while misjudging the altitude above the runway. Contributing factors were the inadequate quality of the manufacturer's engine-support bracket and the prevailing night…
- [NTSB NYC05CA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA132.md): Cessna R172E · Patuxent River, MD · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 10, 2005 · N7880N · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, resulting in a hard landing.
- [NTSB MIA05CA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05CA092.md): Cessna 337 B · Ocala, FL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 13, 2005 · N463DA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper landing flare during an aborted takeoff, which resulted in a hard landing and damage to the airplane.
- [NTSB SEA02LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA179.md): Cessna R172K · Salmon, ID · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 21, 2002 · N1071V · Substantial damage
  > Failure to maintain airspeed while on approach which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and hard landing.
- [NTSB DEN02LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA087.md): Cessna R172K · Monticello, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 4, 2002 · N758AR · Substantial damage
  > the student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing factors include the porpoise and subsequent bounced landing and the student pilot's lack of total experience.
- [NTSB ATL01LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA096.md): Cessna R172K · Valdosta, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 27, 2001 · N758BW · Substantial damage
  > The flight instructor's improper flare of the airplane, which resulted in a hard landing. Factors were the dual student's failure to relinquish control of the airplane and the dual student's interference on the flight controls.
- [NTSB ATL01LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA086.md): Cessna R172-K · Culebras Island, PR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 2, 2001 · N1278V · Substantial damage
  > Pilots improper flare which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB IAD00LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA007.md): Cessna 172XP · Phillipi, WV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 21, 1999 · N758LR · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper flare that resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB CHI99LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA002.md): Cessna C-336 · Sheboygan, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 4, 1998 · N3884U · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing.
- [NTSB CHI96LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA042.md): Cessna T337G · Pontiac, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 26, 1995 · N6CX · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's improper level-off and improper recovery from a bounced landing.
- [NTSB ATL95LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL95LA082.md): Cessna 337G · Savannah, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 11, 1995 · N38E · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper flare and his improper use of the flight controls during landing which resulted in collapse of the nose gear.
- [NTSB CHI93LA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93LA258.md): Maule M4 · Tomahawk, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 16, 1993 · N9810M · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.
- [NTSB SEA89LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA89LA142.md): Cessna 172E · Yerington, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 30, 1989 · N14454 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during a landing go-around in high density altitude conditions.
- [NTSB CHI88LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA121.md): Cessna R172K · Aurora, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 29, 1988 · N736AF · Substantial damage
  > The pilot said that on final apch, 'a rapid descent took place.' The aircraft touched down on the rwy and bounced. The pilot said he added pwr and lowered the nose, but the nose gear and propeller hit the rwy. The acft bounced again and sustained substantial…
- [NTSB DEN84LA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA254.md): Cessna R172K · Los Alamos, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 7, 1984 · N758AQ · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that he attempted a landing on rwy 27. The wind was reported to be from 090 degrees at 8 KTS. The plt stated that he touched down on the rwy and the acft skipped to the left. He applied power to go-around but determined that the airspeed was…
- [NTSB NYC84FHD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FHD02.md): Cessna 337 · Coatsville, PA · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · May 20, 1984 · N213DL · Destroyed
  > After touchdown about 2,000 ft down the 4,600 x 100 ft rwy the acft bounced back into the air. Witnesses observed the acft rt wing drop causing it to veer to the rt toward a line of parked acft. 900 ft from initial touchdown the acft impacted rt wing first in…
- [NTSB FTW82DA326](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA326.md): Cessna 337D · Gladewater, TX · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 13, 1982 · N86435 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot made a night landing, nose high and dragged the rear propeller. In attempting a go-around, he dragged a wing and decided to abort. During the aborted go-around, he ran off the end of the runway and damaged the aircraft on rough, brushy terrain. The…
- [NTSB MIA82DA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA119.md): Cessna 172K · Geneva, FL · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 7, 1982 · N1355V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that while on short final a gust of wind raised the right wing of the aircraft. Upon making a correction some airspeed was lost and the nose was lowered. During landing the nose gear collapsed and the aircraft turned over.

## 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 c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('17025', '17045')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 200))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=17025&occurrence=200

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