# NTSB investigations, IA: 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 CHI07CA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA300.md): Cameron Balloons O-77 · Creston, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 16, 2007 · N9539G · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadvertent flight into adverse (high wind) weather conditions, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the high wind encountered during the balloon flight and the barbed-wire fence. - [NTSB CHI07LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA037.md): Piper PA-31T1 · Waterloo, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 13, 2006 · N20DL · Substantial damage > The go-around not performed and the improper flare by the pilot during landing. - [NTSB CHI03LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA166.md): Cessna 172H · Council Bluffs, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 27, 2003 · N1730F · Substantial damage > Misjudgment of the landing flare by the pilot in command resulting in a hard landing. - [NTSB CHI02LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA089.md): Beech D35 · Ankeny, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 4, 2002 · N5985C · Substantial damage > the excessive flare by the pilot. The icing conditions were a contributing factor. - [NTSB CHI97LA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA291.md): Cessna 177B · Oxford, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 6, 1997 · N34829 · Substantial damage > the instructor pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing and his failure to maintain control of the airplane. Factors were the improper flare by the dual student and the instructor pilot's lack of familiarity with the airplane. - [NTSB CHI97LA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA250.md): Cessna 172M · Keokuk, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 6, 1997 · N13353 · Substantial damage > the pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a porpoise, failure (collapse) of the nose gear, and a subsequent nose over. - [NTSB CHI97LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA118.md): Hughes 269A · Council Bluffs, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 27, 1997 · N1040S · Substantial damage > failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control, inadequate supervision by the flight instructor (CFI), and subsequent failure of the pilot(s) to properly flare the helicopter during a hover autorotation. - [NTSB CHI95LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA220.md): Cessna 172 · Cedar Rapids, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 14, 1995 · N6368E · Substantial damage > the pilot's lack of experience in flying from the right seat. A factor was the steep final approach. - [NTSB CHI94LA309](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA309.md): Balloon Works Fire FLY 7-15 · Storm Lake, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 2, 1994 · N2597S · Substantial damage > the pilot's excessive rate of descent to landing. Factors in the accident were the gusts and downdraft. - [NTSB CHI94LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA123.md): Cessna 152 · Dubuque, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 25, 1994 · N89761 · Substantial damage > the student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. The student pilot's lack of total flight experience was a factor. - [NTSB CHI93LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93LA022.md): Cessna 172N · Ankeny, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 27, 1992 · N75823 · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper recovery for a bounced landing. - [NTSB CHI91LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA292.md): Balloon Works Firefly X-7 · Altoona, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 7, 1991 · N4055T · No damage > Weather evaluation misjudged and overconfidence in personal ability. A factor related to the accident was high winds. - [NTSB CHI90LA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA262.md): National Balloon AX-7 · Altoona, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 9, 1990 · N9006Y · No damage > The passenger's inadvertent contact with a propane tank during a bounced landing which resulted in serious injury to the passenger. - [NTSB CHI90LA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA205.md): Bell 47G-5 · Hudson, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 30, 1990 · N8140J · Substantial damage > Improper touchdown performed by the pilot in command. - [NTSB MKC89LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA084.md): Cessna 177 · Fort Dodge, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 24, 1989 · N35053 · Substantial damage > The failure of the pilot to adequately compensate for existing wind conditions, to flare properly, and to recover properly from a bounced landing. The gusty x-wind conditions contributed to the accident. - [NTSB MKC89LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA071.md): Cessna 310 · Des Moines, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 3, 1989 · N5119C · Substantial damage > The failure of the pilot to properly flare the airplane. Contributing to the accident were the weather conditions. - [NTSB MKC89LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA016.md): Hiller UH-12C · Davenport, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 26, 1988 · N57FD · Substantial damage > While demonstrating an autorotation touchdown, a tailboom strike was experienced. Damage was incurred to the tailboom, the tail rotor drive shaft, and one main rotor blade. The CFI said everthing felt normal during touchdown and believed the soft terrain… - [NTSB MKC88LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA168.md): Cessna 152 · Burlington, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 6, 1988 · N5458P · Substantial damage > Arriving at the destination apt, on a solo cross country flt, the plt said UNICOM advised a landing on rwy 18. The local fss reported the winds to be out of the northwest favoring runway 36. The plt elected to land on rnwy 18 based on the UNICOM advisory, and… - [NTSB MKC86LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA191.md): Barnes AX-7 · Creston, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 20, 1986 · N2054F · No damage > The pilot of the hot air balloon made a landing that was hard enough to break her right ankle. The pilot stated the accident possibly could have been avoided if she had been wearing hightop shoes with laces. - [NTSB MKC85LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA020.md): Piper PA-38-112 · Burlington, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 12, 1984 · N2454B · Substantial damage > According to the pilot the descent into the traffic pattern was late and the base turn performed early leaving the acft high on final. As a result, an excessive rate of descent developed on short final. The high descent rate and diminishing daylight led the… - [NTSB MKC84LA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA287.md): Raven S55A · Prairie City, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 30, 1984 · N8517L · No damage > While the hot air balloon was airborne, the surface winds increased to 13 KTS. The plt instructed both passengers to prepare for a high wind landing. Contrary to the plt's instructions, the passenger, who became injured, crouched in the bottom of the basket… - [NTSB MKC84LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA241.md): Cessna 177B · Winterset, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 8, 1984 · N35140 · Substantial damage > The plt had diverted & was making a precautionary landing due to an approaching storm. At about 50 ft over the rwy, the acft stalled & landed hard. It then bounced 3 times, damaging the nose gear, forward fuselage & right wing. - [NTSB MKC84LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA027.md): Beech BE77 · Des Moines, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 17, 1983 · N67118 · Substantial damage > The acft landed on the nose gear bounced and drifted off the right side of the rwy. During the 2nd touchdown the nose gear collapsed and the acft nosed over. The pilot was a student engaging in some solo landing practice. The pilot said he thought he was high… - [NTSB MKC83LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA228.md): Balloon Works Firefly 6 · Fort Madison, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 24, 1983 · N2023F · No damage > The Balloon was one of 25 balloons participating in an event. The plts had received a collective briefing from the Balloon master at 0630 who stated that current winds at nearby reporting facilities were 8-10 KTS. The 0600 observation at burlington, IA,… - [NTSB MKC83FA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83FA172.md): Rotec Engineering Rally 3 · Council Bluffs, IA · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 1, 1983 · N3915C · Substantial damage > Owner/pilot stated that he was giving 'flight time and ground instruction to another ultralight owner.' The instructor allowed the student to co-operate the controls and did three takeoffs and landings. On the third landing a dead stick landing was initiated.… - [NTSB MKC83LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA093.md): Cessna 182H · Keosauqua, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 25, 1983 · N2343X · Substantial damage > The right main landing gear collapsed during the landing and ran off the runway. The flight originated about 30 minutes before the accident. The pilot said he was landing on runway 24 using 30 degrees of flaps. There was a wind of 18 KTS gusting to 25 KTS… - [NTSB MKC83FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83FA073.md): Hughes TH-55A · Council Bluffs, IA · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 25, 1983 · N1040S · Substantial damage > The student, who was a rated helicopter plt, and a helicopter instructor (CFI) were on a dual instructional flt. After takeoff, the aircrew remained in a right traffic pattern for rwy 13, intending for the student to make a 180 deg autorotation to a parallel… - [NTSB MKC83LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA051.md): Balloon Works Firefly 7B · Indianola, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 2, 1983 · N1511Y · No damage > The pilot elected to make a touch and go landing in wind that was from 010 deg at 7, gusting 9 KTS. During touchdown, the basket was drifting and tilted over sideways. The passenger weithed 290 lbs and was unable to maintain his balance. When the basket… - [NTSB MKC82DA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA122.md): Beech 95-A55 · Laurens, IA · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Jul 13, 1982 · N1456G · Substantial damage > The pilot had no current medical certificate or FAA pilot license. He stated that most of the time, he had a pilot in the company, but on this day, he was unable to obtain a pilot and conducted the flight himself. He stated that during his landing approach at… - [NTSB MKC82FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82FA069.md): Starfire JRF · Adel, IA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 2, 1982 · N560A · Destroyed > The owner/pilot of the home built aircraft was practicing touch-and-go landings. While climbing after the second touch-and-go, the left wing separated and the aircraft crashed about 3/4 mile south of the airport. A witness reported that on one of the… - [NTSB MKC82DA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA065.md): Cessna 182P · Osceola, IA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Apr 30, 1982 · N58690 · Substantial damage > The pilot reported that the aircraft landed heavy on the nose during a full flap landing at night on a soft grass runway. He reported that the nosewheel traveled about 15 ft while penetrating the ground, and then the nose gear collapsed and the plane flipped… - [NTSB MKC82DA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA064.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Estherville, IA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Apr 29, 1982 · N2134R · Substantial damage > The pilot had not flown for over 90 days and was flying for practice and to become current. During landing, the aircraft bounced back in the air about 20 to 30 feet and then came down hard on the nose gear. The nose gear failed and the plane slid to a stop on… - [NTSB MKC82DA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA060.md): Piper PA-38-112 · Dubuque, IA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Apr 24, 1982 · N2586B · Substantial damage > The student pilot was on a solo cross-country flight. After arriving at Dubuque, he landed on runway 18. The student stated that the wind was from 230 degrees at 16, gusting 23 knots. He reported that during the landing, the plane was lifted off two times by… - [NTSB MKC82DA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA041.md): Piper PA-60/601P · Carroll, IA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Feb 24, 1982 · N363VA · Substantial damage > The pilot was on a flight from Kansas city, MO to sac city, IA. After making an approach at sac city, he went around, diverted, and made an NDB approach at Carroll, IA. He said that he encountered icing conditions during the approaches. At Carroll, 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'IA' 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=IA --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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