# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-34-220T: 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 DFW05FA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05FA178.md): Piper PA-34-220T · Norman, OK · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 6, 2005 · N902J · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin. A contributing factor was the pilot's attempted aborted landing following a hard landing and propeller strike.
- [NTSB NYC04CA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA110.md): Piper PA-34-220T · Willoughby, OH · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 21, 2004 · N497MA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing. A factor in this accident was the gusty wind conditions associated with thunderstorm activity.
- [NTSB CHI03LA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA279.md): Piper PA-34-220T · Port Huron, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 16, 2003 · N5359J · Substantial damage
  > The pilot misjudging the flare during landing, and his inadequate remedial action resulting in the inadvertent porpoise of the airplane.
- [NTSB IAD99LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99LA064.md): Piper PA-34-220T · Nantucket, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 2, 1999 · N6915Z · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing which resulted in a hard landing and the fracture and collapse of the right main landing gear.
- [NTSB CHI93LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93LA006.md): Piper PA-34-220T · Madison, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 8, 1992 · N228R · Substantial damage
  > Was the pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions which resulted in an improper flare. A factor related was the gusty wind condition.
- [NTSB MIA89LA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89LA254.md): Piper PA-34-220T · Fort Myers, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 17, 1989 · N8371H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing. Darkness was a related factor.
- [NTSB NYC89LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA118.md): Piper PA-34-220T · W.Mifflin, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 15, 1989 · N8468H · Substantial damage
  > The improper level off of the aircraft by the pilot which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent gear collapse.
- [NTSB DEN89LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA100.md): Piper PA-34-220T · Cheyenne, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 5, 1989 · N83864 · Substantial damage
  > Failure of the pilot-in-command to properly recover from a bounced landing.
- [NTSB MIA89LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89LA104.md): Piper PA-34-220T · St Augustine, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 12, 1989 · N8417H · Substantial damage
  > Inadvertently retraction of the landing gear, and failure of the instructor pilot (CFI) to note that the gear had been retracted. A factor related to the accident was: improper flare by the student pilot.
- [NTSB DEN84LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA160.md): Piper PA-34-220T · Englewood, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 22, 1984 · N42984 · Substantial damage
  > According to the plt, the acft touched down during a landing, then became airborne again in unfavorable wind conditions. He reported that the plane then slammed back onto the rwy & was damaged.

## 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 ('7103420', '7103223')
    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=7103420&occurrence=200

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