# NTSB investigations: Hughes 269B: 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 FTW99LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA234.md): Hughes 269B · Russellville, AR · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 23, 1999 · N44KH · Substantial damage
  > The improper touchdown by the flight instructor.
- [NTSB FTW96LA375](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA375.md): Hughes 269B · Frisco, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 1, 1996 · N9558F · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper touchdown procedure.
- [NTSB ATL95LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL95LA053.md): Schweizer 269B · Addison, AL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 18, 1995 · N11XC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper use of the throttle control during a descent which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB CHI87LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA098.md): Hughes 269B · South Bend, IN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 17, 1987 · N9522F · Substantial damage
  > According to the plt, after departure from aurora municipal airport, he landed at an airfield west of elgin, Illinois and picked up the two passengers. The plt stated that he then departed for elkhart, Indiana. According to an Indiana state police aircraft…

## 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 ('4470502')
    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=4470502&occurrence=200

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