NTSB investigations, NM
62 cases where the first occurrence was “Hard landing”.
Cases per year
| 1982 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 1983 | 1 |
| 1984 | 6 |
| 1985 | 3 |
| 1986 | 2 |
| 1988 | 2 |
| 1989 | 2 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1992 | 1 |
| 1994 | 1 |
| 1995 | 5 |
| 1996 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 |
| 1998 | 8 |
| 1999 | 1 |
| 2000 | 3 |
| 2001 | 4 |
| 2002 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 |
| 2006 | 5 |
Where
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Query with SQL
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.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'NM' 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"Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
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" = 'NM' 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
Run it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.
NTSB DEN07CA026Accident · Serious injuriesData collectionFinal reportLiberty Aerospace Liberty XL-2 · Albuquerque, NMthe student pilot's improper flare and subsequent improper recovery from a bounced landing resulting in an inadvertent loss of control.NTSB DEN06CA108Accident · Serious injuriesData collectionFinal reportFirefly Balloons Galaxy 11B · Albuquerque, NMfuel exhaustion, resulting in the pilot's inability to relight one of two burners, and resulting in a hard landing.NTSB DFW06TA127Accident · Serious injuriesFinal reportAerospatiale AS350-B3 · Santa Teresa, NMThe flight instructor's improper supervision of the flight which resulted in a hard landing.NTSB DEN06CA069Accident · Serious injuriesData collectionFinal reportAerostar International RX 8 · Albuquerque, NMthe pilot's inability to maintain a proper descent rate due to the high winds, resulting in a hard landing. A contributing factor was the high wind conditions.NTSB DEN06LA035Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech A36 · Farmington, NMthe student pilot's improper flare, resulting in a hard landing. Contributing factors were the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the pilot, and the dark night light conditions.NTSB DEN05LA065Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech A36 · Farmington, NMthe pilot's improper soft-field takeoff procedures and failure to maintain control of the aircraft. A contributing factor was the attempted aborted takeoff.NTSB DEN04LA127Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172S · Carlsbad, NMthe student pilot's inadequate flare resulting in a hard landing. A contributing factor was the tailwind conditions.NTSB DEN04LA106Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 182J · Farmington, NMthe pilot's inadequate compensation for wind and his improper flare. Contributing factors include the wind shift, and gusty wind conditions.NTSB DEN04CA103Accident · Serious injuriesData collectionFinal reportLindstrand Balloons 120A · Albuquerque, NMthe pilot's failure to maintain/obtain the proper descent rate.NTSB DEN03LA119Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportEagle Balloons C-7 · Rio Rancho, NMa hard landing for undetermined reasons. Factors relating to the accident were the unfavorable winds and landing on hilly terrain.NTSB DEN03LA100Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBurkhart Grob G102 Standard III · Moriarty, NMthe pilot's improper flare, and his failure to recover from the subsequent bounced landing. Contributing factors include the sudden wind shift and the tail wind.NTSB DEN03LA081Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAerostar International S66A-3060 · Albuquerque, NMthe pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during a high wind landing, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing factors include the high wind and the berm.NTSB FTW02LA131Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 210 · Albuquerque, NMthe pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions resulting in a hard landing. A contributing factor was the gusty winds.NTSB FTW02LA059Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCameron Balloons Z-90 · Mcintosh, NMinadvertent flight into adverse (high wind) weather conditions, which resulted in a hard landing. A contributing factor was the high wind weather condition.NTSB FTW02LA025Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCameron Balloon A-210 · Albuquerque, NMthe pilot's excessive descent rate during the landing approach, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing factors were the high wind conditions and the lack of suitable terrain for the landing.NTSB FTW02LA011Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCameron 105 · Albuquerque, NMTher pilot's delay to compensate for changing weather conditions in-flight. Contributing factors were the high winds and an inaccurate weather forcast.NTSB DEN01LA140Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMaule MT-7-235 · Las Cruces, NMThe pilot's failure to properly recover from a bounced landing. Contributing factors include his misjudgment of the flare and his lack of total experience in make and model.NTSB DEN00LA171Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportTaylorcraft 20 · Moriarty, NMThe pilot prematurely flaring the airplane, resulting in a hard landing, and causing a loss of directional control. Factors were excessive airspeed and the crosswind.NTSB DEN00LA114Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172 · Abuquerque, NMThe pilot's improper flare and his inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.NTSB DEN00LA081Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHutchins RV4 · Los Alamos, NMThe pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft after initiating a go-around following a hard bounced landing. Factors were variable shifting winds and a high-density altitude.NTSB DEN00LA015Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAerostar RXS-8 · Artesia, NMThe pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions.NTSB DEN99LA010Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAerostar RXS8 · Albuquerque, NMThe high wind condition and the pilot's subsequent intentional hard touchdown. A factor was the small landing area that was available to the pilot.NTSB DEN99LA006Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBalloon Works FIREFLY-7 · Alberquerque, NMThe passenger's failure to follow procedures/directives for a hard landing. A factor was the congested/confined landing area with power lines on both ends.NTSB DEN99LA023Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBalloon Works Firefly 8B-15 · Albuquerque, NMThe passenger not following high wind landing procedures/directives which were given to her by the pilot. A factor was the unforecasted high wind condition.NTSB DEN99LA005Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28RT-201T · Albuquerque, NMThe premature flaring of the airplane, resulting in an inadvertent stall.NTSB FTW98LA417Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172N · Gallup, NMThe pilot's inadequate landing flare. Factors were his misjudgement of altitude and his excessive airspeed.NTSB FTW98LA284Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSchempp-Hirth Ventus CM · Taos, NMThe pilot's improper flare. Contributing to the accident was the sudden wind shift which rendered the aircraft uncontrollable when the aircraft was on final approach to land.NTSB FTW98LA106Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-32RT-300 · Taos, NMthe pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing.NTSB FTW98LA102Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMartin Varieze · Artesia, NMThe pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind. Factors were the prevailing crosswind and the pilot's lack of total experience in type of aircraft.NTSB FTW97LA214Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-34-200T · Santa Teresa, NMthe pilot-in-command's (PIC's) inadequate supervision of the flight by allowing the pilot-rated passenger to attempt a go-around (aborted landing) without maitaining minimum control speed (VMC), which resulted in loss of aircraft control. Factors relating to…NTSB FTW97LA069Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAerostar RX-8 · Rio Rancho, NMThe pilot's inadvertent flight into high wind.NTSB FTW97LA068Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRaven S-60A · Rio Rancho, NMThe passenger's failure to follow recommended procedures to properly brace for a high wind landing. A factor was the windshear.NTSB FTW96LA059Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportThunder and Colt AX9-140 · Gallup, NMthe high winds and the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control.NTSB FTW96LA055Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAerostar RX8 · Rio Rancho, NMThe pilot's improper planning/decision. A factor relating to the accident was: the high wind condition.NTSB FTW96LA013Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAerostar RX 8 · Albuquerque, NMThe pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision. The variable wind condition was a related factor.NTSB FTW95LA324Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Raton, NMThe pilot's inadvertent activation of the flaps. Factors in the accident were the weather conditions and the dark night.NTSB FTW95LA121Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172N · Santa Fe, NMThe pilot's delayed landing flare and the improper bounced landing recovery.NTSB FTW95LA046Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRaven S100A · Las Vegas, NMThe pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision. A factor related to the accident was: the high wind condition.NTSB FTW93LA021Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 177B · Las Cruces, NMThe pilot's delayed landing flare and the improper bounced landing recovery. A factor was the dark night.NTSB DEN91LA081Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 182P · Santa Fe, NMThe pilot misjudged the flare during landing.NTSB DEN89LA145Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRaven S77A · Rio Rancho, NMA hard landing due to the pilots failure to accurately evaluate the weather conditions along with a delay in making a precautionary landing. Factors contributing to the accident were high winds and wind shear along with rough/uneven terrain.NTSB DEN89LA052Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech 19 · Santa Fe, NMThe pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing.NTSB DEN89LA004Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRaven Rally II · Rio Rancho, NMThe commercial balloon plt and one pax were participating in a balloon fiesta. The acft took off from albuquerque, on a local flight in calm winds. At altitude, the balloon encountered south winds that carried the balloon to Rio Rancho, where a landing was…NTSB DEN88LA081Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRaven S55A · Los Lunas, NMNTSB DEN86LA257Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech V35 · Albuquerque, NMThe plt landed hard at the abq municipal arpt. The plt said he had runaway trim causing loss of control. The pax felt the plt lost control due to temporary physical incapacitation. Exam of the flt control system revealed no evidence of a flt control system…NTSB DEN86LA081Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Alameda, NMThe student plt stated that during the landing, the aircraft bounced twice before it's nose gear collapsed. The student pilot said the aircraft nosed over onto its back following the nose gear collapse.NTSB DEN85LQA05Accident · No injuriesFinal reportCessna 150M · Santa Fe, NMThe plt experienced a hard landing while on a solo x-country flt. The plt reported the flt had been delayed until mid-afternoon because of mechanical problems at by that time the winds had picked up. The student plt also reported having little dual experience…NTSB DEN85LQA02Accident · No injuriesFinal reportCessna 152 · Santa Teresa, NMThe helcopter plt was on a solo instructional flt in the Cessna 152 airplane. He had only 9 hrs flt time in fixed wing acft. While on a touch-&-go landing, the acft bounced as it touched down. It then bounced 2 more times with each bounce becoming…NTSB DEN85LA080Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 337 · Belen, NMThe acft landed gear up during a practice of touch and go landings. The private plt changed his choice of rwys during the approach. In a post accident interview he stated that he raised the lndg gear & forgot to re-extend it after wstablishing a new approach…NTSB DEN85LA003Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-140 · Silver City, NMThe plt stated after the accident that he was attempting to land on rwy 33. He continued to state that immediately prior to the landing flare, a 'terrific downdraft' forced the acft down on the rwy. The acft landed hard and the plt attempted a go-around. He…