# NTSB investigations: Aerostar International RX 8: 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 DEN06CA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06CA069.md): Aerostar International RX 8 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 22, 2006 · N7142S · No damage
  > the pilot's inability to maintain a proper descent rate due to the high winds, resulting in a hard landing. A contributing factor was the high wind conditions.
- [NTSB DFW05CA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA223.md): Aerostar International RX-8 · Denton, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 19, 2005 · N6339G · No damage
  > The passenger's failure to follow landing instructions, which resulted in serious injury. A contributing factor was the high wind.
- [NTSB NYC04LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA017.md): Aerostar RX-8 · Ithaca, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 25, 2003 · N3597H · Minor damage
  > The pilot's excessive descent rate during the execution of a high wind landing. A factor was the high winds.
- [NTSB DEN01LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA099.md): Aerostar RX-8 · Sterling, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 15, 2001 · N4031A · Minor damage
  > failure by the pilot to control descent rate during approach to land. A factor was a temperature inversion.
- [NTSB FTW97LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA069.md): Aerostar RX-8 · Rio Rancho, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 22, 1996 · N6310T · Minor damage
  > The pilot's inadvertent flight into high wind.
- [NTSB FTW96LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA055.md): Aerostar RX8 · Rio Rancho, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 26, 1995 · N6360U · No damage
  > The pilot's improper planning/decision. A factor relating to the accident was: the high wind condition.
- [NTSB FTW96LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA013.md): Aerostar RX 8 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 10, 1995 · N9153X · No damage
  > The pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision. The variable wind condition was a related factor.

## 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 ('7487008')
    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=7487008&occurrence=200

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