# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-32RT-300T: 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 DEN03LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA065.md): Piper PA-32RT-300T · St. George, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 16, 2003 · N31998 · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's improper flare technique, resulting in a hard landing that caused the nose landing gear down-lock to fail and the gear to collapse. A contributing factor was the unfavorable wind.
- [NTSB LAX96LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA202.md): Piper PA-32RT-300T · Kernville, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 17, 1996 · N21312 · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's inadequate compensation for the downdraft condition and subsequent failure to maintain a proper rate of descent.
- [NTSB FTW91LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA047.md): Piper PA-32RT-300T · Leander, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 5, 1991 · N9190A · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain a proper descent rate during the final approach.
- [NTSB FTW88FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88FA060.md): Piper PA-32RT-300T · Oklahoma City, OK · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 10, 1988 · N2186K · Substantial damage
  > The airplane was equipped for IFR but not equipped to fly into icing cond. At 4000 feet MSL, the OAT was above freezing. At 3000 feet MSL the airplane was in clouds with OAT of 32 degrees f. the plt elected to attempt downwind ILS approach and landing. Plt…
- [NTSB CHI85LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA216.md): Piper PA-32T-300 · Milwaukee, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 19, 1985 · N39628 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that the approach was normal and flown at 90 KIAS. He flared high and the acft landed hard on the right main landing gear, due to the excessive rate of decent. The damage was limited to the right wing spar and ribs.
- [NTSB MKC84LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA022.md): Piper PA-32RT-3 · Millard, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 16, 1983 · N8229A · Substantial damage
  > During arrival from vfr-on-top, the plt was given radar vectors for the NDB apch. The plt stated that he was in the clouds during the apch for only about 5 to 8 min. He reported that aprx 1/2 mi out on final apch, the nose became progressively heavy and the…

## 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 ('7103216')
    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=7103216&occurrence=200

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