# NTSB investigations: Aerotek PITTS S-2A: 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 LAX85LA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA342.md): Pitts S-2A · Van Nuys, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 3, 1985 · N88M · Substantial damage
  > After practicing acrobatics the plt returned to the arpt for the purpose of practicing landings. He made the first one successfully, but flared out high on the second landing. The acft bounced 'hard' on the rwy twice, & the plt elected to go around. After…
- [NTSB NYC82FNC07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FNC07.md): Aerotek-Pitts S-2A · Warren, VT · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Apr 23, 1982 · N388N · Substantial damage
  > The pilot reported that before landing, he noticed heavy wind shear while on downwind and base. Reportedly, he encountered a severe sink after turning from base to final approach. He added full power, but was unable to stop the descent before contacting the…

## 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.aircraft_model_code IN ('0110201')
    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?model=0110201&occurrence=200

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