# NTSB investigations: Volkswagen CONVERSION: 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 DFW05CA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA005.md): Murray DA5B · Odessa, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 13, 2004 · N1002W · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. A contributing factor was the unsuitable terrain for landing.
- [NTSB NYC99LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA142.md): Morrow RV-6 · Bradford, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 12, 1999 · N173AB · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing, and subsequent collapse of the nose gear.
- [NTSB FTW99LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA053.md): Dennis Pointer KR-2 · Denton, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 16, 1998 · N202DP · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's loss of control as result of his improper recovery from a bounced landing.
- [NTSB ATL98LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA044.md): Charles Holmes Kitfox XL · Homestead, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 14, 1998 · N9272V · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's improper touchdown flare during landing.
- [NTSB LAX96LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA033.md): Russell KR-2 · Adelanto, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 29, 1995 · N14MR · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's misjudgement of the height above touchdown and his premature flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB SEA94LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA94LA027.md): Springer Christina Minicoupe · Spokane, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 7, 1993 · N71GS · Substantial damage
  > The pilot in command's failure to maintain a proper descent rate.
- [NTSB DEN88LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA166.md): Krall Dragonfly · Mitchell, SD · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 25, 1988 · N42JK · Substantial damage
  > Drg the 1st attempt to land, the acft bounced several times, then the plt made a go-around. On the 2nd attempt, the acft bounced again & began to porpoise. A witness heard the eng RPM increase to 'what sounded like full power.' The acft lifted off, but…
- [NTSB CHI88DEC04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88DEC04.md): Perkins Dragonfly · Fowlerville, MI · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jul 2, 1988 · N192AP · Substantial damage
  > The pilot failed to maintain positive control of his homebuilt aircraft by taking appropriate actions for recovery from the bounced landing. The aircraft contacted the ground abruptly on the third bounce and the upper wing spar failed. The pilot's lack of…
- [NTSB FTW85LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA046.md): Reed Bandit 1 · Amarillo, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 11, 1984 · N51957 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The homebuilt acft, N52957, was observed to land hard, collapse the landing gear & slide into N3376V holding short of the rwy at an intersecting taxiway.
- [NTSB CHI83LA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA311.md): Viking Dragonfly · Flying Cloud, MN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 9, 1983 · N59BC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot was initiating a high speed taxi run when the acft became airborne for 500-1000 ft. when a landing was attempted the aircraft bounced.

## 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 ('63501')
    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=63501&occurrence=200

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