# NTSB investigations: Cessna 182J: 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 DEN04LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA106.md): Cessna 182J · Farmington, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 19, 2004 · N2602F · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's inadequate compensation for wind and his improper flare. Contributing factors include the wind shift, and gusty wind conditions.
- [NTSB ATL03LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA119.md): Cessna 182J · Southern Pines, NC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 16, 2003 · N3435F · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper landing flare which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB NYC01LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA049.md): Cessna 182J · College Park, MD · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 30, 2000 · N182RM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate flare, which resulted in a hard landing. A factor related to the accident was the downdraft wind conditions.
- [NTSB CHI00LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA077.md): Cessna 182J · Stanley, ND · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 18, 2000 · N3369F · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's improperly performed flare.
- [NTSB FTW96LA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA217.md): Cessna 182J · Jacksonville, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 16, 1996 · N3160F · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions. A factor was the gusting wind conditions.
- [NTSB MIA89LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89LA021.md): Cessna 182J · Okeechobee, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 29, 1988 · N2911F · Substantial damage
  > The plt rprtd that while landing at night, the acft bounced twice. Subsequently, it went off the rwy & onto a grass area. During the occurrence, the nose gear collapsed.
- [NTSB MKC84LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA099.md): Cessna 182J · Minden, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 14, 1984 · N2832F · Substantial damage
  > The plt had returned from dropping skydivers & was landing on rwy 29 at sunset. He reported that during the flare to land, he was temporarily blinded by the sun. The acft landed hard & bounced back into the air. It then settled, veered off the rwy, hit piles…
- [NTSB LAX84LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA039.md): Cessna 182 · Winnemucca, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 30, 1983 · N3451F · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that during a landing, he rounded out hi & allowed the acft to make a bounced landing. During the landing, the prop struck the rwy & the firewall & fuselage skin were damaged. After the hard landing, the plt taxied clear of the rwy & acft.

## 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 ('2072722')
    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=2072722&occurrence=200

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