# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-28R-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 IAD04CA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04CA038.md): Piper PA-28R-180 · Eliot, ME · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 17, 2004 · N4631J · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed above stall which resulted in a hard landing and collapse of the landing gear. Also causal was the flight instructor's inadequate supervision.
- [NTSB LAX00LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA204.md): Piper PA-28R-180 · Tonopah, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 24, 2000 · N3700T · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to attain the proper rotation airspeed during initial takeoff and his improper aborted takeoff procedures.
- [NTSB BFO92LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92LA146.md): Piper PA-28R-180 · Middle Bass, OH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 17, 1992 · N7427J · Substantial damage
  > Inadequate flare which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB ATL88LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA019.md): Piper PA-28R-180 · Lexington, KY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 14, 1987 · N4639J · Substantial damage
  > During a dual instructional flight the student leveled the acft abv the rwy during the landing flare. The CFI told the FAA inspector that he was verbally coaching the student and did not assume the flt controls. The acft landed hard and the student applied…
- [NTSB ATL84FIA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FIA02.md): Piper PA-28R-180 · Manassas, VA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Dec 6, 1983 · N3859T · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that during a night landing, the right main gear failed & the acft went off the right side of the rwy. An FAA investigator reported that the acft had touched down hard during the landing.

## 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 ('7102809')
    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=7102809&occurrence=200

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