# Prop/jet/rotor blast/suction

- Type: NTSB defining event
- NTSB code: 082
- CICTT category: Ground Handling
- Defining event in: 39 cases
- In the sequence of: 44 cases
- Fatal cases: 1
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/082/cases.md
- Cases with it anywhere in the sequence: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/082/sequence.md
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/082

## Cases per year (defining / in the sequence)

- 2008: 1 / 1
- 2009: 2 / 2
- 2010: 2 / 3
- 2011: 1 / 1
- 2014: 0 / 1
- 2015: 4 / 5
- 2016: 3 / 4
- 2017: 1 / 1
- 2018: 1 / 1
- 2019: 3 / 3
- 2021: 3 / 3
- 2022: 4 / 5
- 2023: 6 / 6
- 2024: 1 / 1
- 2025: 3 / 3
- 2026: 4 / 4

## Phase of flight

- Taxi: 15 cases
- Taxi-to runway: 9 cases
- Taxi-from runway: 5 cases
- Standing-engine(s) operating: 5 cases
- Landing: 2 cases
- Taxi-into takeoff position: 2 cases
- Takeoff: 1 cases
- Pushback/towing: 1 cases

## In the probable cause of these cases

- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 9 cases
- [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 7 cases
- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 3 cases
- [Understanding/comprehension](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041515) (Personnel issues): 3 cases
- [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 3 cases
- [Monitoring other aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021540) (Personnel issues): 3 cases
- [Wake turbulence](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03032025) (Environmental issues): 2 cases
- [Turbulence, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03032000) (Environmental issues): 2 cases
- [Conditions/weather/phenomena, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03030000) (Environmental issues): 2 cases
- [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022040) (Environmental issues): 2 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s): 2 cases
- [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 2 cases
- [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172): 2 cases
- [Robinson Helicopter R44 II](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii): 1 cases
- [Robinson Helicopter R22 MARINER](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-mariner): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150): 1 cases
- [Airbus A321-271NX](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a321-271nx): 1 cases
- [Airbus Industrie A319-131](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a319-131): 1 cases
- [Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR](https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-s-a-erj-170-200-lr): 1 cases
- [Cessna 414](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414): 1 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB DCA26WA367](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA367), Sep 19, 2026: Airbus A321-271NX (N2086J), Guayaquil, Ecuador, incident
- [NTSB DCA26LA329](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26LA329), Jul 19, 2026: Boeing 777 (HL7783), Boston, MA, investigation ongoing
- [NTSB DCA26LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26LA164), Mar 24, 2026: Boeing 737-8 (N17316), Dulles, VA, no damage. Probable cause: The tug drivers improper positioning of the airplane during pushback, which resulted in the airplane’s jet blast impacting an active gate area during taxi and the subsequent injury to a maintenance…
- [NTSB WPR26LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA122), Mar 6, 2026: Cessna 182M (N71518), Flagstaff, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s decision to conduct an engine run at takeoff power in front of an active taxiway, and their failure to notify ATC, which resulted in the accident pilot’s loss of control…
- [NTSB GAA26WA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA032), Nov 24, 2025: Pilatus PC24 (PS-ECB), Lago Sul, Brazil, no damage
- [NTSB DCA25LA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA268), Jul 19, 2025: Airbus Industrie A319-131 (N822UA), Santa Barbara, CA, no damage. Probable cause: The ramp worker’s premature entry into the jet blast hazard area of an operating engine due to his failure to maintain situational awareness and his misinterpretation of the marshaller’s hand signals.
- [NTSB CEN25LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA122), Mar 14, 2025: Cessna 208B (N9471B), Dallas, TX, substantial damage, investigation ongoing
- [NTSB CEN24LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA117), Feb 20, 2024: Cessna 172 (N6762A), San Marcos, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient clearance from a large multi-engine airplane during taxi operations.
- [NTSB ERA24LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA062), Dec 8, 2023: Cessna 172M (N955PT), Miami, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The business jet flight crew’s failure to appropriately position their airplane to mitigate the impact of their extended duration, high-power engine run, and their failure to adequately communicate…
- [NTSB DCA23WA460](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA460), Sep 18, 2023: Boeing 787 (VN-A819), Melbourne, Australia, incident, no damage

NTSB has coded findings and defining events since 2008; earlier cases used its older occurrence and cause codes and aren't counted.

Findings: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings.md. Defining events: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events.md. Phases of flight: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases.md. Every investigation, filtered by finding, event, phase, state, year or model: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb.md (for example ?state=MI&fatal=1).

NTSB's definitions: Accident and incident, 49 CFR 830.2 (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-VIII/part-830/subpart-A/section-830.2), CICTT occurrence categories (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/OccurrenceCategoryDefinitions.pdf), CICTT phases of flight (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/PhaseofFlightDefinitions.pdf), and NTSB coding manual, before 2008 (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). NTSB publishes no definitions for its findings, only their names.

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