# NTSB investigations: Cessna 150: 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 SEA98LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA129.md): Cessna 150 · Oregon City, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 7, 1998 · N6417T · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper flare.
- [NTSB NYC92LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92LA146.md): Cessna 150 · Farmington, MD · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 6, 1992 · N5633E · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper level off which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing was an inadeuate recovery from a bounced landing, and the pilot's lack of total flight experience.
- [NTSB FTW89LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA153.md): Cessna 150C · Jonesboro, LA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 26, 1989 · N7872Z · Destroyed
  > The pilot's improper flare, improper recovery from a bounced landing, and failure to maintain directional control, which resulted in a porpoise off the side of the runway. The tree was a related factor.
- [NTSB LAX86LA345](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA345.md): Cessna 150 · Modesto, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 10, 1986 · N112LN · Substantial damage
  > At the end of one leg of a solo cross-country flight the student pilot experienced a hard landing which resulted in a porpoise on the rwy. The pilot did not realize the severity of the initial bounce and tried to re-flare the aircraft without adding power.…

## 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 ('2071802')
    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=2071802&occurrence=200

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