# NTSB investigations, WY: 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 DEN08LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA008.md): Flight Design Ctsw · Afton, WY · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 10, 2007 · N245CT · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to correct the alignment of the airplane and his improper recovery from a bounced landing, resulting in exceeding the design stress limits that caused the right main landing gear to fail. A contributing factor in this accident was the… - [NTSB DEN07LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07LA036.md): Fairchild SA227BC · Gillette, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 8, 2006 · N779BC · Substantial damage > wind shear. - [NTSB DEN05LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA064.md): Cessna 177B · Rock Springs, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 19, 2005 · N30874 · Substantial damage > the pilot's improper flare and recovery from a bounced landing. - [NTSB DEN05LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA005.md): Cessna 172N · Casper, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 7, 2004 · N73764 · Substantial damage > the student pilot's improper flare resulting in a hard landing. A factor contributing to the accident was the student pilot's improper recovery from the bounced landing. - [NTSB DEN00LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA109.md): Beech A23-24 · Wheatland, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 4, 1999 · N4789J · Substantial damage > The flight instructor's failure to maintain control of the aircraft. Factors were inadequate supervision of the student by the flight instructor and inaccurate judgment by the flight instructor in not having the aircraft examined following the event. - [NTSB DEN99LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA084.md): Enstrom 280C · Baggs, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 22, 1999 · N535H · Substantial damage > The pilot not maintaining the main rotor's RPM. Factor's were the high density altitude, and the mountainous/hilly terrain. - [NTSB FTW97LA329](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA329.md): Fairchild Heli-Porter PC6/B2-H2 · Gillette, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 26, 1997 · N354F · Substantial damage > Failure by the pilot in command to follow procedures and retrim the stabilizer for landing. - [NTSB FTW97LA318](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA318.md): Cessna 175 · Rock Springs, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 18, 1997 · N7518M · Substantial damage > The delayed landing flare by both student pilot and flight instructor, and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the student. Factors were the no flap steep approach at low airspeed. - [NTSB SEA96LA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96LA205.md): Bell 206B · Greybull, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 23, 1996 · N206FT · Substantial damage > the pilot's misjudged recovery (remedial action) from a simulated autorotation demonstration. - [NTSB SEA96LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96LA083.md): Cessna 172 · Cheyenne, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 18, 1996 · N733FF · Substantial damage > the pilot's improper flare during the landing and improper recovery from the subsequent bounced landing. A factor relating to the accident was: the pilot's failure to maintain the proper approach path during the approach for landing. - [NTSB SEA95LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA95LA059.md): Israel Aircraft Industries 1124A · Gillette, WY · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 4, 1995 · N311BR · Substantial damage > The pilot in command's failure to retract the spoilers and the consequent high sink rate on an unstabilized final approach. Factors contributing to the accident were: icing conditions, both pilots diverted attention, inadequate flight crew coordination, and… - [NTSB SEA94LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA94LA068.md): Cessna 172 · Gillette, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 27, 1994 · N21840 · Substantial damage > Was the pilot's inadequate remedial action. Factors include an inadvertent porpoise, and a lack of total experience. - [NTSB SEA93LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93LA123.md): Cessna 152 · Cheyenne, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 27, 1993 · N43LL · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing. Factors include strong crosswinds, downdrafts, and an excessive descent rate. - [NTSB SEA92LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92LA177.md): Cessna 182Q · Afton, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 29, 1992 · N4906N · Substantial damage > The premature landing flare by the pilot. - [NTSB SEA91LA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91LA256.md): Lyons Stueckle Quickie Q-2 · Cheyenne, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 28, 1991 · N82SL · Substantial damage > The premature landing flare by the pilot. - [NTSB SEA90LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90LA188.md): Piper PA34-200T · Jackson, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 13, 1990 · N3981F · Substantial damage > The pilot misjudged the landing flare and landed hard. - [NTSB DEN89LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA153.md): Stitts SA7D · Evanston, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 2, 1989 · N1113E · Substantial damage > Improper compensation by the pilot for wind conditions. Contributing factors were: high density altitude, unfavorable wind, and downdraft. - [NTSB DEN89LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA100.md): Piper PA-34-220T · Cheyenne, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 5, 1989 · N83864 · Substantial damage > Failure of the pilot-in-command to properly recover from a bounced landing. - [NTSB DEN89LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA006.md): Pilgrim Steen Skybolt · Rawlins, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 4, 1988 · N21SP · Substantial damage > The pvt plt in command and his atp-rated pax were ferrying the newly-purchased acft from FL to WA. They departed scottsbluff, NE, and were enroute to rock springs, WY, when the pax advised the plt insufficient VFR fuel reserves precluded continuing to rks.… - [NTSB DEN88LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA174.md): Cessna 172M · Gillette, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 25, 1988 · N5266J · Substantial damage > The student plt was completing his first solo x-country flt. During touchdown, the airplane bounced and began to porpoise. On the third bounce, the nose wheel fork failed. Subsequently, the acft turned 180 deg to the left & came to rest on the left side of… - [NTSB DEN84FA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84FA275.md): Cessna 182F · Rock Springs, WY · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 31, 1984 · N3110U · Destroyed > The acft was being operated on the return leg of flt from California to Wisconsin. A landing apch was made to rwy 27 at Rock Springs (elev 6747), temp was 76 degrees, wind 220 at 23 KTS. Acft was observed to bounce back into the air after touchdown and then… - [NTSB DEN83LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA037.md): Cessna TR182 · Lander, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 22, 1982 · N756CK · Substantial damage > The aircraft nose wheel collapsed during landing. The plane then turned left went off the runway and collided with a snowbank. An examination of the aircraft revealed no evidence of a mechanical malfunction or failure of the nose gear prior to touchdown. - [NTSB DEN82FTC10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FTC10.md): Quickie · Rawlins, WY · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Aug 12, 1982 · N88Q · Substantial damage > The plt returned to the arpt since he couldn't gain enough altitude to climb over surrounding terrain. He stated he also had trouble holding altitude on the downwind leg. During the landing the left wheel struck the ground & the momentum of impact put 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" = 'WY' 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=WY --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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