# NTSB investigations, NV: Undershoot

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 LAX07CA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA149.md): Burkhart Grob G102 Club Astir Iiib · Minden, NV · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 29, 2007 · N851BG · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's misjudgment of distance and altitude that resulted in an undershoot of the runway.
- [NTSB LAX04CA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA246.md): Schweizer 1-35 · Sparks, NV · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 23, 2004 · N2874H · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's misjudgment of altitude and distance resulting in an undershoot of the runway.
- [NTSB LAX01LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA030.md): Piper PA-32R-301 · Dayton Valley, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 1, 2000 · N8139A · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to attain a proper glide path during the final approach resulting in an undershoot of the runway. Factors were the lack of runway lights and night lighting condition.
- [NTSB LAX00LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA201.md): Issoire-Aviation PIK-30 · Minden, NV · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · May 21, 2000 · N30PK · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision to attempt to make it back to the runway for landing after experiencing a loss of lift and not maintaining a proper descent rate.
- [NTSB LAX00LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA058.md): O'Hara Bob Bakeng Duce · Carson City, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 26, 1999 · N8523X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's misjudged distance/altitude during final approach to landing, which led to an undershoot and subsequent collision with obstacles.
- [NTSB LAX97LA333](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA333.md): Mikoyan MiG MIG 15UTI · Fallon, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 6, 1996 · N271JM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot misjudged his altitude and airspeed. A related factor was his diverted attention.
- [NTSB LAX96LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA158.md): Let Blanik L-13 · Jean, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 6, 1996 · N65379 · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's poorly planned approach. The flight's encounter with a downdraft is a factor in this accident.
- [NTSB LAX94LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA002.md): Cessna 170 · Fallon, NV · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 2, 1993 · N4266V · Substantial damage
  > was the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate approach path to the runway and his inadequate altitude. Contributing factors were the pilot's delayed remedial action and his lack of recent experience in the airplane.
- [NTSB LAX92LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA077.md): Piper PA46-310P · Carson City, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 27, 1991 · N9GF · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the pilot to arrest an excessive sink rate resulting in not attaining the proper touch down point and landing short of the runway threshold. Contributing to the accident was an excessive runway end lip due to inadequate runway end maintenance.
- [NTSB SEA90LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90LA001.md): Piper PA-28R-180 · Las Vegas, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 1, 1989 · N3782T · Substantial damage
  > The pilot misjudged his altitude and distance to the runway, while on final approach, and failed to attain the proper touchdown point or flare the aircraft during the landing. Darkness was a related factor.
- [NTSB SEA87LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA012.md): Let L-13 · Boulder City, NV · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 12, 1986 · N2NV · Minor damage
  > The plt stated that a downdraft was encountered and an undershoot occurred while on base leg. A high sink rate developed and the plt did not take corrective action soon enough. The acft struck the ground, rolled a short distance through bushes, and across a…
- [NTSB SEA85LA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA207.md): Stolt-Adams Starduster SA101 · Yerington, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 4, 1985 · N3635G · Substantial damage
  > While attempting to land the plt allowed the acft to become too low on short final. The plt did not add pwr soon enough and an undershoot occurred.
- [NTSB SEA84LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA104.md): Cessna 182 · Gerlach, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 10, 1984 · N5663J · Substantial damage
  > The acft went off the 1500 ft rwy during a x-wind landing and nosed over. The plt said a gust of wind 'blew the plane too FAR down the runway, applied power, lost altitude, landed off the runway and the plane flipped upside down.'
- [NTSB LAX83LA460](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA460.md): Cessna 150 · Sparks, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 11, 1983 · N11491 · Substantial damage
  > The stu plt stated he encountered wind shear on short final and applied full pwr but the nose wheel struck a dirt bank at the rwy threshold. The acft bounced back into the air and came down on the rwy at which time the nose gear departed the acft as it slid…
- [NTSB LAX82DA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA158.md): Piper PA-28-161 · North Las Vegas, NV · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 4, 1982 · N29500 · Substantial damage
  > During an instructional flight the instructor was demonstrating a short field landing using the minimum length of the runway. On final the aircraft hit a dirt bank separating the right main landing gear. The instructor stated there were no markings on the…
- [NTSB LAX82DA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA087.md): Piper J3-F65 · Yerington, NV · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Feb 28, 1982 · N23209 · Substantial damage
  > During final approach for a hard dirt field the pilot reported that the bottom fell out and he hit short resulting in substantial damage to the aircraft.

## 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" = 'NV' 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" = 390)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=390&state=NV

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