# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-28-235: 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 IAD99LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99LA053.md): Piper PA-28-235 · Zanesville, OH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 18, 1999 · N235TL · Substantial damage
  > The pilot not maintaining a proper descent rate and an inadequate flare.
- [NTSB LAX94LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA108.md): Piper PA-28-235 · Lovelock, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 29, 1994 · N8760W · Substantial damage
  > That the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while on final approach which resulted in an inadvertent stall during the flare.
- [NTSB CHI93LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93LA088.md): Piper PA-28-235 · Lafayette, IN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 6, 1993 · N8784W · Substantial damage
  > The pilot-in-command's decision to initiate flight into known icing conditions which resulted in an accummulation of airframe ice. The icing conditions and the pilot's disregard of the weather advisory were factors.
- [NTSB DEN89FA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89FA192.md): Piper PA-28-235 · Bullfrog, UT · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 12, 1989 · N9084W · Destroyed
  > Improper flare by the pilot, his failure to maintain runway alignment, and the improper remedial action which resulted in a loss of control. The high density altitude and objects (runway light and smudge pot) were considered to be contributing factors.
- [NTSB NYC87LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA159.md): Piper PA-28-235 · Toms River, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 16, 1987 · N9443W · Substantial damage
  > The flight was involved in short field landing practice. On the third landing, the pilot allowed the aircraft to stall above the runway surface and then touch down hard, damaging the outboard sections of the wings.
- [NTSB FTW84LA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA260.md): Piper PA-28-235 · Odessa, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 31, 1984 · N16461 · Substantial damage
  > During the takeoff ground roll the plt noticed the inop airspeed indicator but continued the takeoff. The acft bounced during the long fast landing and traveled off the right side of the rwy. The plt corrected back to the left and the acft touchdown hard off…
- [NTSB MKC82DA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA144.md): Piper PA-28-235 · Springfield, MO · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 10, 1982 · N7904C · Substantial damage
  > After passing over an imaginary obstacle during a short field landing, the student flared high without adding sufficientpower causing the acft to increase the descent rate. The CFI took control but was too late resulting in a hard 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 ('7102810')
    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=7102810&occurrence=200

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