# Major NTSB investigations: 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 DCA04MA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA04MA082.md): Boeing MD-11 · Memphis, TN · Accident · No injuries · Major investigation · Final report · Sep 19, 2004 · N601FE · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's over-rotation during a go-around maneuver initiated because of a bounced landing. The go-around maneuver was initiated at a low speed and high pitch angle, and after reverse thrust was selected, contrary to Boeing and FedEx training guidance.
- [NTSB DCA04MA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA04MA045.md): ATR 72 · San Juan, PR · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 1 · Major · Final report · May 9, 2004 · N438AT · Destroyed
  > the captain's failure to execute proper techniques to recover from the bounced landings and his subsequent failure to execute a go-around.
- [NTSB DCA04MA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA04MA011.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-10-10F · Memphis, TN · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Dec 18, 2003 · N364FE · Destroyed
  > 1) the first officer's failure to properly apply crosswind landing techniques to align the airplane with the runway centerline and to properly arrest the airplane's descent rate (flare) before the airplane touched down; and 2) the captain's failure to…
- [NTSB DCA97MA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA97MA055.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-11 · Newark, NJ · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Jul 31, 1997 · N611FE · Destroyed
  > The captain's overcontrol of the airplane during the landing and his failure to execute a go-around from a destabilized flare. Contributing to the accident was the captain's concern with touching down early to ensure adequate stopping distance.
- [NTSB CHI94MA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94MA290.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-11F · Chicago, IL · Accident · No injuries · Major investigation · Final report · Aug 19, 1994 · IDUPO · Substantial damage
  > The first officer's improper flare and improper use of flight controls during the landing flare/touchdown.
- [NTSB CHI93MA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93MA061.md): Saab-Scania 340A · Hibbing, MN · Accident · No injuries · Major investigation · Final report · Jan 3, 1993 · N342PX · Substantial damage
  > The first officer's failure to maintain a proper descent rate during the landing, and the captain's inadequate supervision by not taking timely action to ensure a safe landing. Factors which contributed to the accident were: the company's failure to provide…

## 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.board_report_url IS NOT NULL OR c."investigationClass" = 'Class 1' OR c."caseType" = 'Major - Launch')
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT o.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE 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?major=1&occurrence=200

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