# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-28-180: 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 NYC04CA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA091.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Norwood, MA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 24, 2004 · N6535J · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot failure to recover from a bounced landing. A factor in this accident was the student pilot's lack of solo flight experience.
- [NTSB LAX04LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA151.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Reno, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 6, 2004 · N6367J · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's premature flare and failure to maintain adequate airspeed resulted in an inadvertent stall and a hard landing, which collapsed the landing gear.
- [NTSB FTW02LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA075.md): Piper PA-28 · Berryville, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 28, 2002 · N32194 · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing. A contributing factor was the sunglare.
- [NTSB LAX02LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA046.md): Piper PA-28-180 · La Verne, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 11, 2001 · N7844W · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control following his misjudged landing flare and hard touchdown.
- [NTSB FTW01LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA165.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Bridgeport, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 16, 2001 · N8454W · Substantial damage
  > the non-certificated pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB NYC99LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA070.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Myerstown, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 27, 1999 · N8923J · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB LAX99LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA055.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Big Bear, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 18, 1998 · N5413S · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's misjudged landing flare, which lead to an inadvertent stall/mush 10 feet above the ground.
- [NTSB LAX98LA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA307.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Merced, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 26, 1998 · N9085J · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper flare and his failure to adequately compensate for the existing crosswind conditions and maintain airplane control during landing.
- [NTSB MIA95LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA111.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Fort Myers, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 18, 1995 · N7054W · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain a proper rate of descent on approach for landing, resulting in a hard landing.
- [NTSB NYC93LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93LA053.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Oxford, CT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 20, 1992 · N5135L · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper level off which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing were wind gusts and the pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions.
- [NTSB NYC91LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA116.md): Piper 180 · Andes, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 6, 1991 · N9006J · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during a landing with unfavorable winds.
- [NTSB CHI89LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA192.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Lebanon, OH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 24, 1989 · N55357 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot allowed his final approach airspeed to get too slow, he delayed in initiating remedial action, then attempted an aborted landing with inadequate airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall. The pilot's lack total experience was considered a…
- [NTSB ATL87LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA076.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Hampton, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 23, 1987 · N7681W · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that a gusting x-wind existed during the approach to land. When he reduced pwr for touchdown, the acft pitched nose down, began a rapid sink and landed hard. The plt noted that he had the yoke full back but was unable to arrest the sink rate.…
- [NTSB LAX86LA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA341.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Mesa, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 18, 1986 · N9560J · Substantial damage
  > At the end of the first leg of a solo cross-country flight the plt experienced a hard landing and the acft porpoised. On the second bounce the plt added power. The acft then bounced a third time collapsing the nose gear.
- [NTSB ATL85LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA235.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Burnsdie, KY · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 3, 1985 · N4884L · Substantial damage
  > The acft bounced during touchdown on a grass airstrip and veered off the left side of the rwy. Before proper alignment was gained the left wing struck a parked acft and both acft incurred substantial damage.
- [NTSB DEN85LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA162.md): Piper PA-28-180N · Delta, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 13, 1985 · N4760L · Substantial damage
  > The acft was flown by a student plt and his instructor on a local tng flt. During landing the sutdent plt did not flair the acft in time, hit hard and bounced. The instructor took control, made a soft landing followed by the main landing gear collapsing. The…
- [NTSB CHI85LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA123.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Ephriam, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 25, 1985 · N15652 · Substantial damage
  > The aircraft began drifting to the right during the landing flare. As the aircraft touched down the right wheel entered an area of slush. The aircraft then slid off the runway to the right into a snowbank, damaging the landing gear and left wing tip. The…
- [NTSB MIA84LA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA239.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Gainesville, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 25, 1984 · N9146J · Substantial damage
  > The nose gear tire blew out on landing. Directional control was lost and the acft traveled off the left side of the rwy.
- [NTSB CHI84LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA178.md): Piper PA-28-180 · La Porte, IN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 6, 1984 · N7575W · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that he initiated the landing flare 'too late,' and the acft landed hard. There was subst damage to theto the landing gear and left wing.
- [NTSB ANC83LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA082.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Kenai, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 20, 1983 · N7488W · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that on a short final approach he encountered a windshear. The pilot only had 5 hours in this type acftand had little experience landing at the location of the accident. This field has no facilities except a windsock. It isbordered by trees…
- [NTSB MKC82DA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA064.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Estherville, IA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Apr 29, 1982 · N2134R · Substantial damage
  > The pilot had not flown for over 90 days and was flying for practice and to become current. During landing, the aircraft bounced back in the air about 20 to 30 feet and then came down hard on the nose gear. The nose gear failed and the plane slid to a stop on…

## 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 ('7102808')
    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=7102808&occurrence=200

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