# NTSB investigations: Cessna 182A: 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 LAX04LA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA283.md): Cessna 182A · Petaluma, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 11, 2004 · N4094D · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's improper flare and inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a collapse of the nose landing gear.
- [NTSB CHI02CA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02CA214.md): Cessna 182A · Laretto, MN · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 21, 2002 · N6321B · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper flare.
- [NTSB CHI01LA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA280.md): Cessna 182A · Grosse Ile, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 12, 2001 · N4080D · Substantial damage
  > Both the CFI and the student pilot on board improperly flared the airplane and the CFI's failure to perform remedial action during the landing.
- [NTSB CHI98LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA261.md): Cessna 182A · Springbrook, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 17, 1998 · N2139G · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper attitude and excessive sink rate during landing. The terrain condition was a contributing factor in the accident.
- [NTSB ANC98LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA051.md): Cessna 182A · Palmer, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 17, 1998 · N4827D · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to abort the landing. A factor associated with the accident is the presence of a variable wind condition.
- [NTSB ATL90LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90LA103.md): Cessna 182 · Griffin, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 24, 1990 · N3773D · Substantial damage
  > Improper flare by the pilot.
- [NTSB SEA87LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA153.md): Cessna 182A · Sunnyside, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 31, 1987 · N6133B · Substantial damage
  > The plt rprtd that when he was lndg on rwy 25, the sun was just above the horizon & shining directly down the rwy. He said he misjudged the distance to the ground & lndd hard on the nose gear. Subsequently, the nose gear collapsed, the acft veered off 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 ('2072704')
    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=2072704&occurrence=200

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