# NTSB investigations: Aerostar International RXS-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 IAD01LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01LA080.md): Aerostar International RXS-8 · Flemington, NJ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 16, 2001 · N7106F · No damage
  > pilot's continued flight into known adverse weather conditions, which resulted in a hard landing. A factor was the downdrafts.
- [NTSB DEN00LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA015.md): Aerostar RXS-8 · Artesia, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 6, 1999 · N9105Z · No damage
  > The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions.
- [NTSB DEN99LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA010.md): Aerostar RXS8 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 10, 1998 · N9105Z · No damage
  > The high wind condition and the pilot's subsequent intentional hard touchdown. A factor was the small landing area that was available to the pilot.

## 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 ('7487009')
    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=7487009&occurrence=200

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