# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-34-200T: 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 NYC07CA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA213.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Wilmington, DE · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 3, 2007 · N251AS · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing. A factor to the accident was the wind gust. - [NTSB CHI03LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA085.md): Piper PA-34-200T · West Chicago, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 19, 2003 · N930DE · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper flare resulting in a hard landing. - [NTSB MIA00LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA261.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Meridianville, AL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 1, 2000 · N223S · Substantial damage > the pilot in command's improper recovery from a bounced landing which resulted in hard landing on the nose landing gear and collapse of the nose landing gear. - [NTSB NYC99LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA195.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Chatham, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 10, 1999 · N31743 · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing. - [NTSB ATL99LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA058.md): Piper PA-34-200T · St.Petersburg, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 20, 1999 · N5423F · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper landing flare that resulted in a hard landing. - [NTSB FTW98LA369](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA369.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Blanding, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 13, 1998 · N6935C · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadequate landing flare, causing components of the nose wheel landing gear to fracture. - [NTSB FTW97LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA214.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Santa Teresa, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 30, 1997 · N36275 · Substantial damage > the pilot-in-command's (PIC's) inadequate supervision of the flight by allowing the pilot-rated passenger to attempt a go-around (aborted landing) without maitaining minimum control speed (VMC), which resulted in loss of aircraft control. Factors relating to… - [NTSB MIA97LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA131.md): Piper PA-34-200 · Stuart, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 9, 1997 · N2HS · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a crosswind landing. Factors were the crosswind and his improper level off. - [NTSB MIA95LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA112.md): Piper PA-34 · Boynton Beach, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 23, 1995 · N4546L · Substantial damage > The failure of the pilot-in-command to obtain the proper touchdown point and his failure to flare properly. - [NTSB BFO95LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO95LA035.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Middle River, MD · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 19, 1995 · N79TH · Substantial damage > the pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in the nosegear collapsing. The pilot's improper landing flare was a factor in the accident. - [NTSB NYC94LA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA136.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Lumberton, NJ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 25, 1994 · N40996 · Destroyed > The pilot's (1) improper recovery from a bounced landing and (2) failure to maintain directional control during an aborted landing. A factor is the pilot's improper landing flare. - [NTSB ATL92LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92LA123.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Winnsboro, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 13, 1992 · N2106E · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper level off and his improper recovery from a bounced landing. - [NTSB FTW91LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA097.md): Piper PA-34-200T · New Orleans, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 14, 1991 · N44447 · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. A factor was: the pilot's lack of total experience in model. - [NTSB SEA90LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90LA188.md): Piper PA34-200T · Jackson, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 13, 1990 · N3981F · Substantial damage > The pilot misjudged the landing flare and landed hard. - [NTSB CHI89LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA060.md): Piper PA-34-200T · West Chicago, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 12, 1989 · N3045M · Substantial damage > Improper flare by the pilot. The crosswind (quartering headwind) was considered to be a factor. - [NTSB ATL88LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA214.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Andrews, NC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 25, 1988 · N59039 · Substantial damage > The pilot failed to establish a proper apch profile and experienced a hard landing. The hard landing caused the main landing gear to collapse, and the airplane veered off of the left side of the runway. A witness located near the runway confirmed that the… - [NTSB LAX88LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA138.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Columbia, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 27, 1988 · N47766 · Substantial damage > At the end of a cross country flt, on touchdown, the acft began to bounce. The pilot was unable to stop the acft before it ran off the end of the rwy, where it came to rest after the left main gear collapsed. A witness said that the acft landed half way down… - [NTSB CHI87DEV01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87DEV01.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Bloomington, IL · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Nov 8, 1986 · N8156C · Substantial damage > According to the plt, the acft bounced upon touchdown. She attempted to reflare the acft, however, it bounced again and a go-around was performed. The acft was then landed without further incident. Following the landing it was determined the acft had received… - [NTSB LAX85LA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA327.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Avalon, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 22, 1985 · N2193Z · Substantial damage > The plt and a gnd witness reptd the acft touched down, main wheel first, in a smooth, soft manner. Upon touch down the nose gear collapsed. The acft slid for 200 ft before coming to rest. Examination of the nose gear assembly disclosed the gear actuator rod… - [NTSB LAX85LA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA312.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Saline Valley, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 6, 1985 · N29461 · Substantial damage > During a pleasure flight the plt observed a slight lt eng fuel pressure fluctuation. Previously, a similar fluctuation to the rt eng revealed the presence of a leaking fuel line. Fearing fire because of a suspected fuel leak to the lt eng, the plt elected to… - [NTSB ATL85IA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85IA153.md): Piper PA-34-200T · White Sulphur, WV · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · May 4, 1985 · N2618M · Minor damage > During VFR ldg apch, pilot noted a vehicle on the left edge of the rwy. The apch was contd and as the ldg flare was started, the pilot and one of his passengers stated that the vehicle started across the rwy in front of them. The pilot pulled the yoke back to… - [NTSB ATL83LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA196.md): Piper PA-34-200T · Augusta, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 24, 1983 · N66AH · Substantial damage > The acft landed hard, boundced several times and collapsed the nose gear. An ATC specialist on duty said he observed theacft bounce and each time it bounced it seemed to bounce higher. On the fourth bounce the nose gear collapsed. The acft skidded 200 feet 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 ('7103406') 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=7103406&occurrence=200 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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