# NTSB investigations, LA: 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 DFW07CA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA201.md): Ultra Magic M-56C · Bossier City, LA · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 16, 2007 · N105WB · Minor damage
  > The pilot's failure to arrest an excessive descent rate prior to ground contact, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB DFW06CA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA066.md): Robinson R44 · Rayville, LA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 4, 2006 · N744MD · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain rotor RPM, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB FTW04LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA135.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Many, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 7, 2004 · N21131 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper touchdown which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB FTW02TA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02TA007.md): Cessna A185F · Houma, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Oct 3, 2001 · N727 · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's high flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB FTW01LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA148.md): Cessna 152 · Lapace, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 20, 2001 · N1FC · Substantial damage
  > the student pilot flared the airplane high, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB FTW01LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA145.md): Cessna 172S · Baton Rouge, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 12, 2001 · N749SP · Substantial damage
  > the student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.
- [NTSB FTW01LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA070.md): Bartels Rans S-7 · Lafayette, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 25, 2001 · N777SB · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB FTW00LA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA223.md): Engineering & Research Ercoupe 415-CD · Abbeville, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 29, 2000 · N3177H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's misjudged flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing. A factor was the crosswind condition.
- [NTSB FTW99LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA082.md): Cessna 150M · Baton Rouge, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 14, 1999 · N6405K · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate approach airspeed which resulted in a excessive descent rate and hard landing and the pilot's failure to recover from a bounced landing. A factor was the pilot's lack of total experience.
- [NTSB FTW98LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA070.md): Cessna 172F · Gonzales, LA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 18, 1997 · N8426U · Substantial damage
  > The inadvertent stall resulting from the flight instructor's failure to maintain airspeed during his delayed recovery from the bounced landing. Factors were the student's failure to maintain the proper airspeed and the instructor's inadequate supervision…
- [NTSB FTW96LA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA277.md): Cessna 152 · Lake Providence, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 27, 1996 · N93526 · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in an inadvertent porpoise motion of the airplane and subsequent damage.
- [NTSB FTW95LA344](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95LA344.md): Champion 7ECA · Monroe, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 10, 1995 · N5147T · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's improper flare and the inadequate supervision by the flight instructor.
- [NTSB FTW95LA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95LA136.md): Cessna 152 · New Roads, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 11, 1995 · N89359 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper bounced landing recovery technique. Factors were his failure to execute a go-around, his improper landing flare, and the other pilot's premature taxiing onto the runway for takeoff.
- [NTSB FTW93LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93LA046.md): Cessna 152 · New Orleans, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 28, 1992 · N4948P · Substantial damage
  > Hard landing due to the pilot's inadequate flare. A factor was the blocked rudder.
- [NTSB FTW91LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA097.md): Piper PA-34-200T · New Orleans, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 14, 1991 · N44447 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. A factor was: the pilot's lack of total experience in model.
- [NTSB FTW90DRD06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90DRD06.md): Stolt Acroduster II · Alexandria, LA · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Apr 18, 1990 · N63BD · Destroyed
  > The pilot misjudged the landing flare.
- [NTSB FTW90DRD01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90DRD01.md): Long E-Z-E Long E-Z-E- · Hammond, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Dec 28, 1989 · N77NW · Destroyed
  > Inadequate aircraft handling and recovery from a bounced landing. Factors were gusty wind conditions, the pilot's failure to maintain directional control, and the pilot's lack of familiarity with the airplane.
- [NTSB FTW90LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA003.md): Aerospatiale 350D · New Iberia, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 4, 1989 · N3606Y · Substantial damage
  > The second pilot's (under instruction) misjudgement of aircraft attitude during the level off phase of the autorotation
- [NTSB FTW89LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA153.md): Cessna 150C · Jonesboro, LA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 26, 1989 · N7872Z · Destroyed
  > The pilot's improper flare, improper recovery from a bounced landing, and failure to maintain directional control, which resulted in a porpoise off the side of the runway. The tree was a related factor.
- [NTSB FTW89LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA150.md): Bell 206B · Oak Grove, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 19, 1989 · N5006N · Substantial damage
  > Pilot's improper emergency procedures and flare that led to a hard landing and roll over. Factors in the accident were the pilot's decision to initiate an autorotation following an undetermined event and failure to maintain directional control during the…
- [NTSB FTW87LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA110.md): Law OSPREY-2 · Minden, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 28, 1987 · N55889 · Substantial damage
  > Pilot stated that he flared about ten feet too high and landed hard collapsing the main gear followed by the aircraft sliding off the runway and colliding with a ditch where substantial damage occurred.
- [NTSB FTW86LRD07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LRD07.md): MBB BO-105-CBS · Lake Charles, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Feb 20, 1986 · N425EH · Substantial damage
  > The helicopter was simulating a single eng landing on an area marked to the size of an offshore helideck. The acft touched down hard enough to attract the attention of several witnesses. The crew continued with the training but later on post flt exam they…
- [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 FTW85LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA036.md): Robinson R22 · New Orleans, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 5, 1984 · N8360A · Substantial damage
  > According to the CFI there was no intention to perform 'touchdown' autorotation landings. During the third simulated power loss the CFI reported that he initiated the flare at about 55 ft AGL. As airspeed dissipated and the sink rate continued the CFI…
- [NTSB FTW84LA390](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA390.md): Fairchild M-62A (PT-19) · Melville, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 12, 1984 · N46395 · Substantial damage
  > The student plt stated that the acft touched down long and bounced. He applied power to go-around and lost directional control colliding with a fence on the left side of the rwy. The wind was clam.

## 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" = 'LA' 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=LA

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