# NTSB investigations, TN: 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 ATL05LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA078.md): Earnest Jodel D-9 · Memphis, TN · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · May 6, 2005 · N5164J · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's misjudgment of distance/altitude, and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed resulting in a stall and subsequent undershoot.
- [NTSB ATL03LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA101.md): Beech 58P · Gatlinburg, TN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 2, 2003 · N60BR · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's misjudgment of altitude and distance to the runway during final approach, and his failure to attain the proper touchdown point for landing.
- [NTSB ATL03LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA092.md): Cessna 172H · Somerville, TN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 13, 2003 · N1748F · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's misjudged approach airspeed and distance which resulted in an undershoot of the runway and collision with terrain.
- [NTSB ATL02LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA177.md): Schempp-Hirth KA8B · Tullahoma, TN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 28, 2002 · N8747 · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot misjudged the airspeed and altitude during a visual approach to land that resulted in the in-flight collision with the trees.
- [NTSB ATL99LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA080.md): Cessna 182 · Murfreesboro, TN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 2, 1999 · N6382B · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's misjudgment of altitude and distance to the runway.
- [NTSB ATL93LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93LA160.md): Cornwell KR-2 · Covington, TN · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 18, 1993 · N289DC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's misjudged obstacle clearance on final approach. Factors were, the dark night, and the pilot's defective distant vision.
- [NTSB ATL91IA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91IA094.md): Boeing 727-223 · Nashville, TN · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · May 15, 1991 · N882AA · Minor damage
  > The captain's failure to maintain a proper glide path after disconnection of the autopilot during the final approach. Factors in this accident were: the captain's failure to follow company procedures for category ii approaches, the first officer's failure to…
- [NTSB ATL87LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA219.md): Mitsubishi MU-2B-36A · Winchester, TN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 16, 1987 · N702H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated he circled over the airport to check for traffic then made a turn to base. He was too near the runway and too high for a normal approach. The pilot used full flaps and decreased power; however, the aircraft began to descend rapidly. The…
- [NTSB ATL86LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA164.md): Burkhart Grob G103 · Benton, TN · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 8, 1986 · N2135R · Substantial damage
  > The glider landed short of the rwy. The plt had observed another acft on the rwy apch end and extended his base leg. During the turn to final, he deployed the spoilers. He reported that the acft experienced a high sink rate after the turn, and that he…
- [NTSB ATL86LLT02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LLT02.md): Cessna 152 · Knoxville, TN · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Nov 10, 1985 · N49164 · Substantial damage
  > The plt was on a personal night proficiency flt. He made 2 stop & go landings without incident. On the 3rd landing, the acft touched down about 50 to 60 ft short of the rwy on upsloping terrain & the nose gear collapsed. The plt stated that he was making a…
- [NTSB ATL84LA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA254.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Nashville, TN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 10, 1984 · N66AU · Substantial damage
  > The pilot reportedly set up a high rate of descent on final approach so that he could land the aircraft near the approach end of the rwy to avoid excessive braking on the wet rwy. The pilot descended the aircraft below the glide slope provided by the VASI and…

## 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" = 'TN' 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=TN

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