# NTSB investigations: 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. Page 49 of 62 · 3,083 cases ## Cases, newest first - [NTSB NYC85LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA255.md): Cessna 152 · Dansville, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 29, 1985 · N6135P · Destroyed > Cessna 152,N6135P,on flight plan batavia, new york, landed hard at Dansville county airport and collapsed the nose gear. The aircraft was destroyed by fire, the pilot and one passenger were unjured. - [NTSB CHI85LA387](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA387.md): Cessna 150 · Hastings, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 28, 1985 · N3025S · Substantial damage > The pilot was competing in a spot landing contest. The aircraft was reportedly observed about 4 to 5 feet AGL and slow just before it contacted the grass runway. The nosegear failed, dug into the ground, resulting in a nose over. - [NTSB SEA85LA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA222.md): Cessna 180 · Klamath Falls, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 22, 1985 · N8062V · Substantial damage > The plt lost directional control of the acft following a bounced landing. The acft veered off the right side of the rwy where it contacted an area of tall grass and nosed over. - [NTSB MKC85LA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA222.md): Cessna 172I · Cameron, MO · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 21, 1985 · N46175 · Substantial damage > The pilot stated that he was aware of the IFR conditions enroute but was not expecting them so soon. When he was within four minutes of his landing airport, the weather turned very bad but he decided to continue. Visibility was so bad that he had to turn to… - [NTSB CHI85LA381](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA381.md): Cessna 182Q · West Lafayette, IN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 17, 1985 · N97855 · Substantial damage > The plt reported the acft bounced twice on touchdown. The final touchdown was hard and the nose wheel separated. The nose gear strut dug into sod resulting in substantial damage to the acft. - [NTSB ANC85LAA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LAA04.md): Piper PA-22-160 · Fairbanks, AK · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Sep 16, 1985 · N8525D · Substantial damage > The left wing tip contacted the rwy and the left horizontal stabilizer contacted a sign following a loss on control during lanidng. The plt reported being aware of the right quartering x-wind but the acft bounced during the initial touchdown. The left wing… - [NTSB ATL85LA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA274.md): Cessna 150G · Dalton, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 11, 1985 · N2906J · Substantial damage > During arrival, the student plt elected to land on a taxiway since the rwy was closed for constuction. He stated that he made a normal pattern, but was a little high on final apch. He reported that he flared about 20 ft above the taxiway, then the acft landed… - [NTSB LAX85LA388](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA388.md): Cessna 152 · Modesto, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 10, 1985 · N5477B · Substantial damage > The student plt reptd the final approach angle was too shallow. He added power and as the acft arrived over the threshold he reduced the power. The acft landed hard and bounced. When the acft became airborne the plt added power to execute a go-around. The… - [NTSB CHI85LA371](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA371.md): Cessna 172P · Ann Arbor, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 7, 1985 · N54452 · Substantial damage > The right main tire blew and the left main landing gear was damaged during a hard landing. Aprx 1 foot of the lower half of the firewall was wrinkled. - [NTSB ATL85LMG07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LMG07.md): Cessna 172N · Anderson, SC · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Sep 7, 1985 · N737LH · Substantial damage > The plt reported that the acft encountered a gust of wind as he was landing & the nose went up. Subsequently, the acft landed hard & was damaged. - [NTSB NYC85LA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA232.md): Cessna 152A · Post Mills, VT · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 4, 1985 · N4976A · Substantial damage > After reviewing air maneuvers, a normal apch was made to land on rwy 22. The acft landed on all 3 wheels & bounced into the air, then it went to the left of the rwy. While the plt was turning right to avoid trees & to recover from the bounced landing, the… - [NTSB LAX85LA395](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA395.md): Piccard AX6 · Pilot Hill, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 2, 1985 · N2484Z · No damage > During inflation of the balloon prior to flt, the plt said he noticed a 5 kt gust of wind. Plt then sent a small balloon aloft to test the wind and said it 'showed a slowing of the wind' at 60 to 80 ft AGL & acceptable flt conditions. After launch the wind… - [NTSB DEN85LQA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LQA05.md): Cessna 150M · Santa Fe, NM · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 30, 1985 · N63258 · Substantial damage > The plt experienced a hard landing while on a solo x-country flt. The plt reported the flt had been delayed until mid-afternoon because of mechanical problems at by that time the winds had picked up. The student plt also reported having little dual experience… - [NTSB ATL85LA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA262.md): Cessna 404 · Huntington, WV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 28, 1985 · N255CS · Substantial damage > Several men who were in a building at the airport reported that they could hear the aircraft on the approach and then a loud noise. They could not see the runway or the aircraft due to the fog. They got in the fire and rescue vehicles and had a hard time… - [NTSB MKC85LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA194.md): Cessna 182RG · Mountain Home, AR · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 27, 1985 · N756AU · Substantial damage > The acft hard landed on a soft sod rwy separating the nose wheel from the nose gear strut. The acft bounced back into the air and descended with the nose strut digging into the runway. The acft flipped inverted sustaining substantial damage. The plt stated… - [NTSB FTW85LA334](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA334.md): Cessna 172B · Ada, OK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 24, 1985 · N8301X · Substantial damage > The student plt, who had been executing touch and go landings, stated that the acft bounced on touchdown and began porpoising. The student over-corrected and the acft subsequently impacted the runway in a nose low attitude damaging the prop, nose gear and the… - [NTSB SEA85LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA201.md): Cessna 182P · Snohomish, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 23, 1985 · N7380S · Substantial damage > The acft nosed down during the landing flare. Rwy contact was hard on the main landing gear. The acft bounced and the plt added pwr and re-flared the acft. - [NTSB NYC85FHD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FHD03.md): Cessna 172 M · Lumberton, NJ · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Aug 22, 1985 · N13480 · Substantial damage > The plt landed hard after a long and fast approach to a night landing at a strange and his total night experience was about 5 hours of dual. When the acft bounced during the landing the plt decided to try a go-around. During the attempt the acft stalled nose… - [NTSB MKC85LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA195.md): Beech 95-B55 · Wichita, KS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 19, 1985 · N386T · Substantial damage > The plt stated he touched down with what appeared to be a soft landing but the acft started to porpoise. A go-around was performed and another landing accomplished without incident, however, the acft was substantially damaged during the first landing. - [NTSB MKC85LA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA185.md): Balloon Works Firefly 7 · Shawnee, KS · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 11, 1985 · N40468 · No damage > The commercial Balloon plt was giving a ride to three paying passengers. Plt stated that during the landing apch higher than normal winds were present so he briefed the passengers to lean against the side of the basket. He stated that he pulled the deflation… - [NTSB MKC85LA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA186.md): Cessna 172 · Hays, KS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 10, 1985 · N98251 · Substantial damage > The student plt, who was taking his pvt plt chk ride with an faa-designated examiner, reduced power prematurly on final approach for landing at Hays. The acft dropped, striking the ground in a level attitude, which jammed the nose gear upwards, distorting and… - [NTSB LAX85LXQ02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LXQ02.md): Ronald C. Render Long EZ · Lee Vining, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Aug 9, 1985 · N325OK · Substantial damage > During arrival, the acft was aligned slightly right of the rwy centerline while landing with a left x-wind component. The plt stated that the acft landed on the dirt apron, rolled to the right & he could not lift the downwind wing. Subsequently, the right… - [NTSB FTW85LA319](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA319.md): Cessna R182 · Lubbock, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 9, 1985 · N7304T · Substantial damage > The plt made a hard landing at the town and country arpt at Lubbock, TX, and a collapse of the nose gear resulted. - [NTSB NYC85LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA203.md): Cessna 152 · Allentown, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 6, 1985 · N757PX · Substantial damage > The acft touched down hard and bounced while landing at Allentown, PA. The plt stated that upon making the landing, the controls felt like the acft's nose wheel had gone flat. As he attempted to pull the nose up, the acft ballooned and came down to the side… - [NTSB FTW85LA328](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA328.md): Piper J4A · Duncan, OK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 5, 1985 · N30986 · Substantial damage > The plt was practicing short fld landings when the accident occurred. He stated the acft ballooned and he advanced the throttle but the eng failed to respond immediately. The acft stalled at 2 ft above the ground according to the plt. Hardcontact with the… - [NTSB LAX85LA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA342.md): Pitts S-2A · Van Nuys, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 3, 1985 · N88M · Substantial damage > After practicing acrobatics the plt returned to the arpt for the purpose of practicing landings. He made the first one successfully, but flared out high on the second landing. The acft bounced 'hard' on the rwy twice, & the plt elected to go around. After… - [NTSB CHI85LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA331.md): Cessna 150K · Romeo, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 3, 1985 · N5783G · Substantial damage > The acft nosed over after contacting a ditch during a landing roll. The student plt, on his second solo flt, was practicing touch & go landings when the accident occurred. He stated he rushed on final apch because other acft were lined up waiting to takeoff.… - [NTSB CHI85LA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA330.md): Mooney M20J · Lansing, IL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 3, 1985 · N57275 · Substantial damage > One of the pilot's eyes became irritated. He attempted to scratch it on short final. A hard landing resulted. The aircraft became airborne & the pilot added power. His glasses became dislodged. At this time the pilot was attempting to regain control as the… - [NTSB ATL85LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA235.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Burnsdie, KY · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 3, 1985 · N4884L · Substantial damage > The acft bounced during touchdown on a grass airstrip and veered off the left side of the rwy. Before proper alignment was gained the left wing struck a parked acft and both acft incurred substantial damage. - [NTSB LAX85LA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA337.md): Cessna 172 M · Island Mountain, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 2, 1985 · N64033 · Substantial damage > Upon arriving over the uncharted, 2000-foot-long dirt airstrip, the plt placed the acft into landing configuration & attempted to land. The acft touched down hard, bounced 3 times, 'floated,' overran the runway's end, went into a ditch & nosed over. The plt… - [NTSB ANC85LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LA144.md): Cessna C-182K · Port Alsworth, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 2, 1985 · N3121Q · Substantial damage > The pilot-in-command stated that he misjudged his height above the runway's surface after making his approach from over the water. He flared 10 to 15 foot above the ground. Upon touchdown he lost control of the airplane and it left the runway's surface and… - [NTSB CHI85LA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA327.md): Howard DGA-15P · Fond Du Lac, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 27, 1985 · N5604V · Substantial damage > The plt had accurued aprx 12 hrs of flying time on the day of the accident. During the final landing the acft touched down at the rwy mid-point and bounced. The acft then struck a rwy light and veered off the rwy paved surface into soft sod. The plt attempted… - [NTSB BFO85LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO85LA063.md): Bellanca 8GCBC · Woodbine, MD · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 27, 1985 · N7657S · Substantial damage > The acft nosed over during a hard landing at Woodbine airport, Woodbine, Maryland, while on a check ride. - [NTSB CHI85LA375](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA375.md): Cessna 172P II · Detroit, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 25, 1985 · N6508K · Substantial damage > The pilot was on a VFR VASI approach to the ATC controlled arpt 5091 ft runway. During ld round out the pilot said it feld like the acft was 'pushed' down onthe runway. The acft bounced and then ld on the nose wheel. The pilot said a helicopter was in a hover… - [NTSB NYC85LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA192.md): Cessna P206D · Limerick, ME · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 23, 1985 · N8789Z · Substantial damage > During the short field approach, as the aircraft passed over the tree line, the sink rate suddenly increased. The pilot applied power and increased the pitch but the aircraft touching down hard and bounced. A second touch down was made and as the nosewheel… - [NTSB BFO85LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO85LA060.md): Cessna 152 · Charlottesville, VA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 23, 1985 · N89432 · Substantial damage > The student plt entered a left base for rwy 03, and according to a witness, made a hard landing on the main gear. After touchdown, the nose gear collapsed and the acft slid approximately 80 feet down the rwy. - [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 ATL85LA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA222.md): Burkhart Grob G-109B · Williamson, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 21, 1985 · N5829T · Substantial damage > The plt of the powered glider reported that during an apch to land, the acft encountered a downdraft & landed hard. The landing gear was damaged as well as the prop, eng cowling & oil cooler. - [NTSB LAX85LA334](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA334.md): Mooney M20A · Compton, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 20, 1985 · N8141E · Substantial damage > The student plt had a total of 36 flight hrs which included 9.4 hrs in the monney acft. He had been authorized by his CFI, who flew with him the preceding day, to practice landing. On the student's first attempted ldg, he touched down hard & began porpoising.… - [NTSB SEA85LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA174.md): Bell 47G-3B-1 · Lebanon, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 19, 1985 · N9417A · Substantial damage > The plt stated he performed 4 circling approaches over a sand bar and on the 5th approcah, rotor RPM decayed. Unable to regain the RPM, a hard landing resulted during which the main rotor blades severed the tailrotor. - [NTSB NYC85LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA175.md): Grumman AA-1C · Farmingdale, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 17, 1985 · N333FY · Substantial damage > The plt was performing a series of touch and go landings at republic arpt when the accident occurred. During the final landing, a hard touch down was made which resulted in a porpoised landing. - [NTSB ATL85LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA218.md): Cessna 177 · Stanton, KY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 17, 1985 · N3150T · Substantial damage > The pilot reported that during takeoff, he believed that the flight controls were not responding to control inputs. Moments after lift-off, he aborted the takeoff. The airplane continued off the departure end of the runway, where the nose gear and engine… - [NTSB LAX85LA317](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA317.md): Robinson R-22A · Piru, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 14, 1985 · N85594 · Substantial damage > The flight instructor instructed the 25-hour student plt to perform an autorotation with a pwr recovery at 20 ft AGL. The instructor became aware too late that the student was 'dead locked' on the controls and he was unable to recover prior to touchdown. A… - [NTSB ATL85LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA212.md): Cessna 182C · Lugoff, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 14, 1985 · N8472T · Substantial damage > The plt transported a load of skydivers to alt & was returning to the airstrip. During arrival, he decided to practice a simulated eng out landing. While on an apch with full flaps, the plt elected to slip the acft. As he was transitioning from a side slip to… - [NTSB CHI85LA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA287.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Stoughton, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 13, 1985 · N47677 · Substantial damage > Upon landing following a normal 70 knot final approach the aircraft initially touched down one-third of the way down the 2500 ft grass runway. A bounce carried the aircraft to a point halfway down the runway where the aircraft landed in a full stall. The… - [NTSB ATL85LA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA215.md): Beech 95-B55 · Owensboro, KY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 13, 1985 · N3001S · Substantial damage > The plt had a single eng land rating & was preparing for a multi-eng check ride. While practicing a touch-&-go landing, the acft bounced. The plt applied power, made a go-around & landed without further incident. However, during a post-flt exam, substantial… - [NTSB FTW85FA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FA282.md): Aerospatiale AS-350D · Matagorda Islng, LA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 11, 1985 · N3594N · No damage > The acft touched down hard during an attempted autorotation to an abandoned air base. Initial touchdown occurred on the stinger and the acft yawed to the left of rwy heading 30 to 40 degrees. The next touchdown was on the skids and the acft yawed further to… - [NTSB CHI85LA273](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA273.md): Cessna 152 · Almont, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 10, 1985 · N66944 · Substantial damage > The student plt stated that during touchdown the acft bounced back into the air. On the second touchdown, the acft swerved to the left and departed the rwy. It then rolled until the left wing struck a small tree, causing substantial damage to that wing. The… - [NTSB ANC85LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LA122.md): Taylorcraft DF-65 · Eklutna, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 10, 1985 · N47757 · Substantial damage > Acft landed hard, collapsing both main landing gear after making a steep apch to a short area on a gravel road. Plt was landing to drain some acft fuel out in order to get better climb performance for a mountain sightseeing flight. - [NTSB FTW85LA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA279.md): Cessna 150L · Killeen, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 7, 1985 · N5321Q · Substantial damage > The student pilot failed to properly flare the aircraft and touched down hard on the nose gear. This caused the aircraft to start porpoising from which recovery was not made. Aircraft continued to bounce until the nose gear collapsed. It then slid to a stop,… Next page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb.md?occurrence=200&page=50 ## 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 o.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE 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?occurrence=200&page=49 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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