# NTSB investigations, NE: 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 CHI05CA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA232.md): Let Blanik L-13 · Blair, NE · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 6, 2005 · N9295Z · Substantial damage > The low airspeed by the pilot and the inadequate supervision by the certified flight instructor. - [NTSB CHI04CA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA093.md): Beech F33A · Wahoo, NE · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 21, 2004 · N3077H · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper recovery from the bounced landing resulting in the collapse of the nose landing gear. A factor was the pilot's misjudged landing flare. - [NTSB CHI00LA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA217.md): Cessna 182S · Millard, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 22, 2000 · N7278S · Substantial damage > the improper recovery from the bounced landing and the porpoise encountered by the pilot. Factors were the misjudged flare by the pilot and the runway light. - [NTSB CHI00LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA197.md): Cessna 152 · Lincoln, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 2, 2000 · N6432M · Substantial damage > the misjudged flare and the inadequate recovery from the bounced landing performed by the student pilot. - [NTSB CHI99LA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA304.md): Cessna 152 · Omaha, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 18, 1999 · N869NE · Substantial damage > the student pilot's improper use of elevator control during the landing roll. - [NTSB CHI99LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA148.md): Cessna 172 · Blair, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 29, 1999 · N5336R · Substantial damage > The pilot's misjudged landing flare. - [NTSB CHI99LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA035.md): Cessna 150 · Alliance, NE · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 23, 1998 · N22269 · Destroyed > Was the late flare and stall by the student pilot and improper remedial actions by the student pilot. - [NTSB CHI99LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA030.md): Cessna 172C · Falls City, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 14, 1998 · N1806Y · Substantial damage > the flight instructor (on the ground)'s conducting inadequate initial training of the student pilot. Factors were the student pilot's misjudging the flare and his lack of total experience in the type of operation. - [NTSB CHI98LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA084.md): Cessna 208B · Grand Island, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 20, 1998 · N738FX · Substantial damage > ice build-up on the airplane's wings and empennage which led to an inadvertent stall and hard landing. Factors contributing to this accident were the pilot's inadvertent flight into icing conditions, and the icing conditions. - [NTSB CHI95LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA089.md): Cessna T310R · Grand Island, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 15, 1995 · N4092C · Substantial damage > the pilot's failure to deploy the deicing boots during the approach and the failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing. A factor related to the accident was the existing icing conditions. - [NTSB CHI92LA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA293.md): Cameron O-77 · North Omaha, NE · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 27, 1992 · N9539G · No damage > The pilot's abrupt touchdown during a balloon landing. A related factor is the unsuitable terrain selected. - [NTSB CHI92LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA135.md): Piper PA-32-260 · Sidney, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 26, 1992 · N3811W · Substantial damage > Was an inadvertent stall/mush during landing by the pilot. A factor related to the accident was lack of recent total experience. - [NTSB CHI91LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA119.md): Cessna 182P · Loup City, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 21, 1991 · N91376 · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper landing/touchdown. A related factor was the pilot's lack of total flight experience. - [NTSB CHI91LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA034.md): Cessna 401 · Grand Island, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 27, 1990 · N10QP · Substantial damage > Flight into known adverse weather conditions and flare misjudged. Factors related to the accident were: icing conditions resulting in reduced aircraft controllability and restricted visual outlook. - [NTSB DEN90LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA090.md): Cessna 172 · Ogallala, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 7, 1990 · N64739 · Substantial damage > The misjudged landing flare. A factor was the pilot's lack of experience. - [NTSB MKC88LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA078.md): Piper PA-25 · Red Cloud, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 16, 1988 · N7071Z · Substantial damage > After a first time familiarization flt, the pilot returned to the base field for ldg. During the landing attempt, the aircraft bounced, and on recovery, the pilot pitched the nose up too high. The aircraft stalled and then struck the runway damaging the… - [NTSB MKC86LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA092.md): Cessna 172P · Omaha, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 12, 1986 · N63177 · Substantial damage > The plt stated he was attempting a night landing but after repeated trys he requested assistance on the radio. The plt further stated that the inoperative landing light compounded the trouble and he made a hard three point landing. Subsequent inspection of… - [NTSB MKC85FCJ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85FCJ01.md): Robinson R22 · Gladstone, NE · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · May 20, 1985 · N8386B · Destroyed > The acft made a hard off arpt landing in an unlighted farm field on a dark night. The acft'dropped in' from about 50 ft AGL in a vertical descent. After ground contact the acft rolled over to the right. No mechanical malfunctions were noted during the… - [NTSB MKC85LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA010.md): Aspen Quickie 2 · Grand Island, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 29, 1984 · N39202 · Substantial damage > The plt stated that he was practicing landings & had less than three hours total time in the Q2. He said he flared high & bounced three times. During the third bounce the front wing, to which the main landing gear is attached, broke & the acft ran off the… - [NTSB MKC84LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA167.md): Cessna 172P · Fremont, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 8, 1984 · N97163 · Substantial damage > The pilot selected a downwind rwy for landing. Touchdown was nose gear first, followed by a porpoise and a go-around. On the second approach to the same runway, touchdown was again nose first and the aircraft porpoised twice before landing was completed. The… - [NTSB MKC84LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA099.md): Cessna 182J · Minden, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 14, 1984 · N2832F · Substantial damage > The plt had returned from dropping skydivers & was landing on rwy 29 at sunset. He reported that during the flare to land, he was temporarily blinded by the sun. The acft landed hard & bounced back into the air. It then settled, veered off the rwy, hit piles… - [NTSB MKC84LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA022.md): Piper PA-32RT-3 · Millard, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 16, 1983 · N8229A · Substantial damage > During arrival from vfr-on-top, the plt was given radar vectors for the NDB apch. The plt stated that he was in the clouds during the apch for only about 5 to 8 min. He reported that aprx 1/2 mi out on final apch, the nose became progressively heavy and the… - [NTSB MKC83LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA168.md): Beech A100 · Valley, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 1, 1983 · N17CP · Substantial damage > While landing at night, the acft touched down hard, then swerved off the left side of the rwy. An exam of the acft revealed that the left landing gear down plate, pn 99810022, had failed. An exam of the plate revealed that it had failed from overload. - [NTSB MKC83LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA070.md): Cessna 140 · Scottsbluff, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 20, 1983 · N1798V · Substantial damage > The aircraft made a hard landing while landing at Scottsbluff NE during a pleasure flight. The aircraft was landing on runway 30 with the wind from 350 degrees at 8 KTS. A witness said the aircraft bounced 2 times before groundlooping off the left side of the… ## 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" = 'NE' 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=NE --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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