# NTSB investigations, NH: 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 IAD03CA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03CA061.md): Robinson R22 Beta · Nashua, NH · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 27, 2003 · N185MH · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to determine the wind direction, which resulted in a hard, tailwind landing.
- [NTSB NYC00LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA105.md): Robinson R-22B · Keene, NH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 27, 2000 · N2260W · Substantial damage
  > The CFI's failure to perform remedial action in a timely manner which resulted in a hard landing during the practice autorotation. A factor in this accident was the CFI's lack of total experience as a flight instructor.
- [NTSB NYC99LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA132.md): Robinson R-22B · Jaffrey, NH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 3, 1999 · N221DD · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient rotor rpm. A factor in this accident was the crosswind condition.
- [NTSB NYC96LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA138.md): Lake LA-4-200 · Wolfeboro, NH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 2, 1996 · N51DG · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing and nose over. The glassy water condition was a related factor.
- [NTSB NYC95LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA026.md): Balloon Works Firefly 7 · Nashua, NH · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 29, 1994 · N4070S · No damage
  > The pilot's improper touchdown which resulted in a rollover.
- [NTSB NYC94LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA024.md): Piper J3 · Greenland, NH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 28, 1993 · N24524 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper landing flare which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB NYC93LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93LA143.md): Balloon Works Fire FLY 7-15 · Milford, NH · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 1, 1993 · N2574M · No damage
  > Unfavorable winds during landing which resulted in a hard landing and one passenger sustaining a broken angle.
- [NTSB NYC93LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93LA004.md): Lake LA-250 · Franklin, NH · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 3, 1992 · N8549Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's misjudged touchdown on the water which resulted in a porpoised landing. Also causal to the accident was his improper recovery from the porpoise, resulting in a loss of airplane control and collision with the water. Factors related to the accident…
- [NTSB NYC88LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA086.md): Cessna 152 · Concord, NH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 18, 1988 · N6341H · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot was attempting a landing at Concord municipal airport. The aircraft touched down hard, bounced and at this time the pilot applied full throttle in an attempt to abort the landing and go around. However the aircraft veered left and struck…
- [NTSB NYC84LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA167.md): Cessna 150 · Hampton, NH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 10, 1984 · N11953 · Substantial damage
  > Pilot stated that while landing, the aircraft bounced once possibly two times. On final touch down, the nose landing gear collapsed and the aircraft nosed over onto its back.
- [NTSB NYC84LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA150.md): Cessna 152 · Laconia, NH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 28, 1984 · N5171B · Substantial damage
  > The acft ballooned during landing and came down hard on the nose gear which collapsed. The plt said a gust of wind had made the acft ascend about 20-50 ft after which it fell to the rwy. He reported the prevailing wind was variable from 270 to 290 deg a 12…
- [NTSB NYC83FU012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FU012.md): Robertson Bird · Milan, NH · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Sep 25, 1983 · UNREG · Minor damage
  > According to the plt, he had just purchased the ultralight on the previous day & had no previous training in ultralights. On his 2nd flt in the vehicle, he landed hard, the tubular structure to the right gear collapsed & the lower seat support contacted the…
- [NTSB NYC83LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA219.md): Taylorcraft BC12-D · Wakefield, NH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 20, 1983 · N96755 · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that he taxied out of a protected cove to takeoff on the main part of balch lake. After lift-off, he realized the wind was too gusty to be flying, & aborted from aprx 30 to 40 ft AGL. He saw telephone wires ahead that crossed the lake &…
- [NTSB NYC83LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA184.md): Robinson R-22 · Antrim, NH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 19, 1983 · N8354Z · Substantial damage
  > The helicopter made a steep approach, settled with power and made a hard landing. This was a dual instructional flt. Thestudents total time amounted to 4 hours, all in type. According to the CFI, while on the fourth approach on short final at 75 ft AGL, 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" = 'NH' 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=NH

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