# NTSB investigations, WV: 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 NYC04CA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA180.md): Cessna 182Q · Pence Springs, WV · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 24, 2004 · N24VV · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during final approach, which resulted in a hard landing and gear collapse.
- [NTSB NYC02LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA022.md): Mooney M20S · Buckhannon, WV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 31, 2001 · N1008R · Substantial damage
  > The CFI's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB IAD00LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA007.md): Cessna 172XP · Phillipi, WV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 21, 1999 · N758LR · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper flare that resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB NYC98LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA028.md): Beech 65-A90 · Wheeling, WV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 14, 1997 · N80GP · Substantial damage
  > the failure of the pilot to maintain the minimum required airspeed while operating in icing conditions which resulted in ice accumulations and an inadvertent stall while on approach. Factors were the icing conditions and the pilot's lack of experience in the…
- [NTSB IAD96LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96LA054.md): Cessna 172 · Taplin, WV · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 27, 1996 · N61546 · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's improper level off and recovery from a bounced landing.
- [NTSB BFO94LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94LA061.md): Cessna 172N · Clarksburg, WV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 7, 1994 · N739HC · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's selection of a downwind runway, and his inadequate compensation for the wind conditions. A factor was the gusting tailwind.
- [NTSB BFO91LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO91LA017.md): Rockwell 690C · Summerville, WV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 4, 1990 · N840MD · Substantial damage
  > Pilot's failure to maintain adequate aircraft control during the landing flare/touchdown. The turbulent weather was a related factor.
- [NTSB BFO88LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO88LA064.md): Hughes 369D · Clarksburg, WV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 5, 1988 · N32CT · Substantial damage
  > The student and instructor practiced several maneuvers. At the time of the accident they were doing straight-in landings. The student did one landing after a demo by the instructor. The student was doing his second landing which the instructor described as…
- [NTSB BFO87FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87FA026.md): Cessna 210M · Charleston, WV · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 5, 1987 · N1230M · Destroyed
  > The aircraft bounced after landing touchdown. Witnesses observed the aircraft assume a nose high attitude and heard some power applied to the engine as the aircraft veered to the right. It was not determined whether the pilot was attempting to abort the…
- [NTSB ATL85LA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA262.md): Cessna 404 · Huntington, WV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 28, 1985 · N255CS · Substantial damage
  > Several men who were in a building at the airport reported that they could hear the aircraft on the approach and then a loud noise. They could not see the runway or the aircraft due to the fog. They got in the fire and rescue vehicles and had a hard time…
- [NTSB ATL85IA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85IA153.md): Piper PA-34-200T · White Sulphur, WV · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · May 4, 1985 · N2618M · Minor damage
  > During VFR ldg apch, pilot noted a vehicle on the left edge of the rwy. The apch was contd and as the ldg flare was started, the pilot and one of his passengers stated that the vehicle started across the rwy in front of them. The pilot pulled the yoke back to…

## 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" = 'WV' 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=WV

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