# NTSB investigations, RI: 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 DCA08FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA08FA018.md): Bombardier CL600-2B19 · Providence, RI · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 16, 2007 · N470ZW · Substantial damage
  > the captain’s attempt to salvage the landing from an instrument approach which exceeded stabilized approach criteria, resulting in a high sink rate, likely stall, and hard landing which exceeded the structural limitations of the airplane. Contributing to the…
- [NTSB NYC02LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA145.md): Cessna 172N · Middletown, RI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 14, 2002 · N733NQ · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper flare. A factor was the shifting wind.
- [NTSB NYC00LA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA236.md): Cessna 172K · Warwick, RI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 20, 2000 · N46549 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's delayed recovery from a bounced landing.
- [NTSB BFO93LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA066.md): Quickie 200 · N. Kingstown, RI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 2, 1993 · N687EA · Substantial damage
  > Improper flare by the pilot.
- [NTSB NYC86LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA166.md): Piper PA-38-112 · Lincoln, RI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 1, 1986 · N2428P · Substantial damage
  > The plt intended to practice a short field landing & extended full flaps. Initially, his apch was higher & faster than normal. However, before landing, a high sink rate developed. The acft touched down hard, the right wing dropped & the acft started to turn…
- [NTSB NYC85LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA028.md): Cessna 150G · Westerly, RI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 15, 1984 · N3210J · Substantial damage
  > While practicing a landing, the acft bounced & touched down hard on the nosewheel. The nose gear collapsed & the right wing & prop were damaged.
- [NTSB NYC85LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA024.md): Raven S-66A · Little Compton, RI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 30, 1984 · N4272Y · Substantial damage
  > Plt brushed basket against tree tops and bushes to slow the balloons forward speed. Plt pulled deflation port aprx 10 ft AGL over a mown hay field with an 8-10 mph horizontal, 100 fpm vertical speed. Basket bounced and gust of wind caught deflating envelope…
- [NTSB NYC84LA328](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA328.md): Piper PA-32-300 · Providence, RI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 5, 1984 · N15805 · Substantial damage
  > The acft landed hard. A 6120.1 plt/oper report was not filed by the plt. The plt was not injured in this accident but was fatally injured in an accident later the same month 09/84.

## 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" = 'RI' 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=RI

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