# NTSB investigations, HI: 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 LAX06CA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA150.md): Cessna 172S · Honolulu, HI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 28, 2006 · N790SP · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's misjudged flare resulting in a hard landing and a porpoise pilot induced oscillation.
- [NTSB LAX05CA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA314.md): Robinson R22 Beta · Kamuela, HI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 23, 2005 · N82001 · Substantial damage
  > The student's misjudged landing flare, and the instructor's inadequate supervision and delayed remedial action. A factor in the accident was the high density altitude.
- [NTSB LAX04CA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA321.md): Robinson R22 Beta · Kona, HI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 18, 2004 · N22XM · Substantial damage
  > the CFI's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed and main rotor rpm, and his improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing. A factor in the accident was the CFI's diverted attention.
- [NTSB LAX04CA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA290.md): Cessna 172S · Honolulu, HI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 13, 2004 · N3554Y · Substantial damage
  > the student pilot's misjudged flare, which resulted in a hard landing. Also causal was the student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing and pilot induced porpoise and failure to maintain directional control on the landing roll, which resulted in…
- [NTSB LAX04CA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA136.md): Cessna 177A · Honolulu, HI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 16, 2004 · N30599 · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's misjudged landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and porpoising down the runway.
- [NTSB LAX03CA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03CA227.md): Robinson R22 Beta · Waimea, HI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 7, 2003 · N8318A · Substantial damage
  > The certified flight instructor (CFI) delayed remedial action in response to the excessive descent rate initiated by the student during the practice autorotation. Also causal, was the CFI's inadequate supervision of the student during the flight. A possible…
- [NTSB LAX03LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA170.md): Cessna 172S · Kapolei, HI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 29, 2003 · N5329L · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's misjudged landing flare, and improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in the collapse of the nose landing gear and structural damage to the airplane.
- [NTSB LAX01FA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA127.md): Agusta A109A · Hanapepe, Kauai, HI · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 22, 2001 · N293G · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's misjudged flare during an autorotation, which resulted in a hard landing. A contributing factor was the check airman's failure to demonstrate a stuck pedal maneuver prior to assigning the procedure to the pilot.
- [NTSB LAX01LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA008.md): Cessna 172H · Hilo, HI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 7, 2000 · N3715R · Substantial damage
  > An inadvertent pilot-induced porpoise resulting from the pilot's improper landing flare and inadequate power management.
- [NTSB LAX00FA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00FA229.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 · Lihue, Kauai, HI · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 15, 2000 · N649HA · Substantial damage
  > The first officer's delayed and misjudged landing flare resulting in a tail strike and hard landing. Contributing factors were his relative inexperience flying the type of airplane, and the captain's and the first officer's failure to adhere to required…
- [NTSB LAX00LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA192.md): Lockheed L1011-385-1 · Maui, HI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 9, 2000 · N192AT · Substantial damage
  > The captain's failure to maintain the proper wind-adjusted Vref airspeed, by a margin which varied from 7 to 20 knots too slow, during the final 10 seconds of the approach prior to touchdown.
- [NTSB LAX99LA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA232.md): Schweizer SGS-2-33A · Wailua, HI · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 28, 1999 · N17902 · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the pilot to adequately compensate for the existing gusty wind conditions and his improper recovery from a bounced landing.
- [NTSB LAX95LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA039.md): Robinson R-22B · Honolulu, HI · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 22, 1994 · N31MK · Substantial damage
  > the student pilot's improper use of the collective and throttle controls and his failure to maintain adequate main rotor rpm during a practice autorotation.
- [NTSB LAX92LA326](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA326.md): Hughes 369D · Honolulu, HI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 31, 1992 · N64MK · Substantial damage
  > The student's improper use of the flight controls during an attempted recovery from an over rotation during the flare, and, the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight.
- [NTSB LAX92LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA116.md): Beech D-18H · Lanai, HI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 14, 1992 · N33AP · Substantial damage
  > Failure of the pilot to compensate for an encounter with a windshear phenomena. Contributing to the accident was the lack of a low level windshear warning system or a system for the collection and dissemination of weather advisories.
- [NTSB LAX91LA405](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA405.md): Bell 47G2 · Keaau, HI · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 14, 1991 · N6708D · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's landing hard. A contributing factor in this accident was the aircraft emitting a vibration from an unknown source.
- [NTSB LAX91LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA152.md): Hughes 269C · Honolulu, HI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 30, 1991 · N8656F · Destroyed
  > The instructor's improperly planned approach. A factor was the pilot's failure to observe performance data for the helicopter.
- [NTSB LAX84LA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA307.md): De Havilland DHC 6-300 · Tau, Manu'A, HI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 12, 1984 · N28SP · Substantial damage
  > According to the pilot, upon arrival in the vicinity of the arpt it was determined that the windsock indicated southeasterly winds at 15 to 20 KTS. This, plus light to moderate turbulence encountered in the traffic pattern led the crew to fly a slightly…
- [NTSB LAX84LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA182.md): Cessna 172M · Barbers Point, HI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 16, 1984 · N5160R · Substantial damage
  > The acft was observed to land nose first, collapsing the nosewheel and sustaining subst damage. Investigation revealed that the acft was stalled from an altitude of 20 to 30 ft AGL.

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'HI' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND 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&state=HI

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