# NTSB investigations: Cessna 150K: 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 MIA03CA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03CA041.md): Cessna 150K · Everglades City, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 11, 2003 · N5629G · Substantial damage
  > The instructor's failure to maintain airspeed during climb after lift off from an aborted landing, resulting in the airplane stalling, entering a spin, and crashing into water at the departure end of the runway. Contributing to the accident was the…
- [NTSB LAX99LA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA239.md): Cessna 150K · Hesperia, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 26, 1999 · N6171G · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's misjudged landing flare point and failure to maintain an adequate airspeed margin, resulting in a stall and hard landing.
- [NTSB MIA95LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA096.md): Cessna 150K · Hattiesburg, MS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 18, 1995 · N6055G · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the pilot-in-command to perform a recovery from a bounced landing, resulting in a hard landing and subsequent collapsing of the nose gear.
- [NTSB CHI92LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA157.md): Cessna 150 · South Bend, IN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 22, 1992 · N6349G · Substantial damage
  > Improper aircraft control by the pilot.
- [NTSB MIA89LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89LA197.md): Cessna 150 · Deland, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 12, 1989 · N5814G · Substantial damage
  > Improper flare by the pilot and his improper recovery from a bounced landing.
- [NTSB CHI88LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA194.md): Cessna 150K · Detroit, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 7, 1988 · N5796G · Substantial damage
  > Hard landing made by the student pilot resulting in a nose gear failure due to overload forces and the aircraft flipping over on its back.
- [NTSB SEA88LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA091.md): Cessna 150K · Yamhill, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 11, 1988 · N6251G · Substantial damage
  > On short final for landing onto a 2100 foot airstrip at about 12 feet AGL, the aircraft encountered adverse winds and struck the ground in a three point attitude breaking off the nose gear. The aircraft then nosed over inverted striking a barbed wire fence.…
- [NTSB CHI85LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA331.md): Cessna 150K · Romeo, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 3, 1985 · N5783G · Substantial damage
  > The acft nosed over after contacting a ditch during a landing roll. The student plt, on his second solo flt, was practicing touch & go landings when the accident occurred. He stated he rushed on final apch because other acft were lined up waiting to takeoff.…
- [NTSB MIA83LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA162.md): Cessna 150K · Boynton Bch., FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 5, 1983 · N5917G · Substantial damage
  > The acft was involved in a hard landing, collapsing the nose gear, followed by a nose over. The pilot stated he added power which made the nose collapse a little slower. The acft nosed over about 400 feet from touchdown.

## 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 ('2071822')
    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=2071822&occurrence=200

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