NTSB investigations: Cessna R172K

13 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Cessna R172K, where the first occurrence was “Hard landing”. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

19822026
NTSB investigations: Cessna R172K per year, 1982–2026: 13 cases
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19841
19881
19891
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duckdb -csv -c "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.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072431')
      AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o.\"occurrenceNumber\" = 1 AND o.\"occurrenceCode\" = 200))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB LAX04CA219Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna R172K · Hawthorne, CAthe pilot's misjudged flare and failure to maintain adequate airspeed, resulting in a stall and hard landing. Factors in the accident were the night conditions and the pilot's lack of familiarity in the make and model of airplane.May 21, 2004 · N758ND · Substantial damageNTSB SEA02LA179Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna R172K · Salmon, IDFailure to maintain airspeed while on approach which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and hard landing.Sep 21, 2002 · N1071V · Substantial damageNTSB DEN02LA087Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna R172K · Monticello, UTthe student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing factors include the porpoise and subsequent bounced landing and the student pilot's lack of total experience.Aug 4, 2002 · N758AR · Substantial damageNTSB ATL01LA096Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna R172K · Valdosta, GAThe flight instructor's improper flare of the airplane, which resulted in a hard landing. Factors were the dual student's failure to relinquish control of the airplane and the dual student's interference on the flight controls.Aug 27, 2001 · N758BW · Substantial damageNTSB ATL01LA086Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna R172-K · Culebras Island, PRPilots improper flare which resulted in a hard landing.Jun 2, 2001 · N1278V · Substantial damageNTSB IAD00LA007Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172XP · Phillipi, WVThe pilot's improper flare that resulted in a hard landing.Nov 21, 1999 · N758LR · Substantial damageNTSB FTW96LA256Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna R172K · Watkins, COan improper flare by the pilot, which resulted in a hard landing.Jun 14, 1996 · N3814V · Substantial damageNTSB NYC89LA192Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna R172K · Griswold, CTImproper flare by the pilot, and his failure to attain adequated airspeed for an aborted landing (go-around), which resulted in a loss of aircraft control.Aug 5, 1989 · N758QB · Substantial damageNTSB CHI88LA121Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna R172K · Aurora, ILThe pilot said that on final apch, 'a rapid descent took place.' The aircraft touched down on the rwy and bounced. The pilot said he added pwr and lowered the nose, but the nose gear and propeller hit the rwy. The acft bounced again and sustained substantial…May 29, 1988 · N736AF · Substantial damageNTSB DEN84LA254Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna R172K · Los Alamos, NMThe pilot stated that he attempted a landing on rwy 27. The wind was reported to be from 090 degrees at 8 KTS. The plt stated that he touched down on the rwy and the acft skipped to the left. He applied power to go-around but determined that the airspeed was…Aug 7, 1984 · N758AQ · Substantial damageNTSB LAX83LA225Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna R172K · Huntington Bch, CAAfter returning from a sight-seeing flt to catalina island, the plt made an apch to rwy 19. The apch was high, so he went around. He landed on the 2nd apch, but the acft bounced, so he went around again. On the 3rd apch, he used 30 deg of flaps & had an…May 7, 1983 · N1133V · Substantial damageNTSB ATL83LA114Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172K · Scottsboro, ALThe acft was damaged in a hard landing. The plt did not believe the acft was substantially damaged and has disagreed with filing an accident report. Examination of the acft by a mechinic showed a partially collapsed nose gear buckled firewall and deformed…Feb 21, 1983 · N758NT · Substantial damageNTSB MIA82DA119Accident · No injuriesFinal reportCessna 172K · Geneva, FLThe pilot stated that while on short final a gust of wind raised the right wing of the aircraft. Upon making a correction some airspeed was lost and the nose was lowered. During landing the nose gear collapsed and the aircraft turned over.May 7, 1982 · N1355V · Substantial damage