# NTSB investigations: Cessna 180: 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 DEN07CA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07CA121.md): Cessna 180 · Marble, CO · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 14, 2007 · N3196D · Substantial damage > The pilot misjudging his altitude and his failure to maintain control of the airplane, resulting in a hard landing. Factors contributing to the accident were the excessive descent rate, and the pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. - [NTSB CHI99LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA251.md): Cessna 180 · Frankfort, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 24, 1999 · N9330C · Substantial damage > the inadequate flare and the go-around not performed by the pilot. - [NTSB SEA98LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA061.md): Cessna 180 · Redmond, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 9, 1998 · N2933C · Substantial damage > The passenger-pilot's excessive rate of descent during touchdown. Factors include the pilot-in-command's inadequate recovery from a hard/bounced landing, the passenger-pilot's failure to execute a go-around after taking control of the aircraft, and gusty… - [NTSB LAX92LA394](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA394.md): Cessna 180 · Avalon, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 20, 1992 · N3288D · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper landing flare which resulted in a hard landing and a collapse of the left main landing gear. - [NTSB FTW90LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA066.md): Cessna 180 · Portland, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 10, 1990 · N3110C · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions, which resulted in a failure to attain a flare during the landing. The unfavorable wind conditon was a related factor. - [NTSB SEA89LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA89LA060.md): Cessna 180 · Tacoma, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 30, 1989 · N2936C · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from the bounced landing. Contributing factors were the pilot's low total flight time and his inexperience in the Cessna 180 airplane. - [NTSB LAX85LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA020.md): Cessna 180 · El Monte, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 2, 1984 · N4902A · Substantial damage > A low time pvt plt flared the acft which touched down hard and bounced. On the second touchdown, the acft entered a ground loop to the right. Application of right brake and rudder did not correct the situation. The left wing and nose went down & the acft went… - [NTSB SEA83LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA144.md): Cessna 180 · Salmon, ID · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 6, 1983 · N7640A · Substantial damage > The pilot said he encountered a high sink rate during the approach. Directional control was lost after the pilot failed to arrest the sink rate and made a hard landing. The acft left the runway and collided with a fence before coming to rest. - [NTSB LAX83LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA202.md): Cessna 180 · Long Beach, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 17, 1983 · N2473C · Substantial damage > According to an on-duty, air traffic controller, the plt was practicing takeoffs & landings. After completing several landings, the plt made an apch to rwy 16R. During the landing, the acft reportedly pitched downward, and after touchdown became airborne… - [NTSB LAX82DA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA277.md): Cessna 180 · Goodyear, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jul 25, 1982 · N2223C · Substantial damage > The left main landing gear of the aircraft broke off during a touch and go landing and the aircraft was damaged further on a subsequent landing. The weather was VMC and no flight plan was filed. The landing gear bolts failed in overload and showed no evidence… - [NTSB FTW82FRG23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRG23.md): Cessna 180 · San Antonio, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Jul 10, 1982 · N2861A · Substantial damage > The pilot stated that during the touchdown the aircraft bounced and made a second touchdown approximately 200 feet beyond the first. Corrective action was attempted but the left wing contacted the ground and the aircraft nosed over. The wind was reported to… ## 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 ('2072602') 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=2072602&occurrence=200 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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