# NTSB investigations: Cessna A152: 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 IAD98LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA008.md): Cessna 152 · Lincoln Park, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 26, 1997 · N4950A · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's improper flare during touchdown, which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent encounter with terrain.
- [NTSB ATL96LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96LA124.md): Cessna 152 · Waycross, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 24, 1996 · N4982A · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's improper flare and recovery from a bounced landing.
- [NTSB LAX83LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA203.md): Cessna A152 · Chino, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 23, 1983 · N761SD · Destroyed
  > The student plt was on a local solo flt to practice touch & go landings. After making an apch to rwy 26, the acft landed hard on the main gear & bounced. After the 3rd bounce, the nose gear collapsed & a fire erupted. The plt exited the acft without…
- [NTSB NYC82DA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA131.md): Cessna A-152 · Millville, NJ · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Jun 25, 1982 · N7395L · Substantial damage
  > On a cross-country instructional flight the student pilot made a hard landing and the gear collapsed.

## 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 ('2071836')
    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=2071836&occurrence=200

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