# Dragged wing/rotor/float/other

- Type: NTSB defining event
- NTSB code: 093
- CICTT category: Abnormal Runway Contact
- Defining event in: 74 cases
- In the sequence of: 319 cases
- Fatal cases: 4
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093/cases.md
- Cases with it anywhere in the sequence: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093/sequence.md
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093

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

- 2008: 4 / 12
- 2009: 3 / 21
- 2010: 5 / 17
- 2011: 5 / 21
- 2012: 4 / 20
- 2013: 3 / 23
- 2014: 7 / 21
- 2015: 3 / 11
- 2016: 2 / 18
- 2017: 4 / 37
- 2018: 1 / 16
- 2019: 0 / 3
- 2020: 1 / 9
- 2021: 5 / 13
- 2022: 6 / 11
- 2023: 4 / 9
- 2024: 7 / 27
- 2025: 5 / 18
- 2026: 5 / 12

## Phase of flight

- Takeoff: 23 cases
- Landing-flare/touchdown: 19 cases
- Landing: 12 cases
- Landing-landing roll: 11 cases
- Landing-aborted after touchdown: 2 cases
- Taxi: 2 cases
- Approach-VFR go-around: 1 cases
- Initial climb: 1 cases
- Takeoff-rejected takeoff: 1 cases
- Taxi-into takeoff position: 1 cases

## In the probable cause of these cases

- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 30 cases
- [Lateral/bank control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062023) (Aircraft): 10 cases
- [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 9 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 7 cases
- [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 4 cases
- [Landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041) (Aircraft): 4 cases
- [Altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012) (Aircraft): 4 cases
- [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 4 cases
- [Delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025) (Personnel issues): 3 cases
- [Incorrect action selection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041010) (Personnel issues): 3 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150): 3 cases
- [Maule MX-7-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mx-7-235): 2 cases
- [Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-2-mk-i-l20a): 2 cases
- [Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE LA-4-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-aeronautics-lake-la-4-200): 2 cases
- [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p): 2 cases
- [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g): 2 cases
- [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 2 cases
- [Waco UIC](https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-uic): 1 cases
- [Socata TBM 700](https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tbm-700): 1 cases
- [Stinson SR-9E](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-sr-9e): 1 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB ERA26LA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA320), Aug 27, 2026: Hawker Beechcraft 400A (N199TT), Newark, NJ, substantial damage, investigation ongoing
- [NTSB CEN26LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA233), Jun 3, 2026: Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G103 Twin Astir (N4101M), Gregory, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s improper planning during the simulated aborted launch which resulted in a touchdown on unsuitable terrain.
- [NTSB CEN26LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA153), Mar 27, 2026: Robinson Helicopter R66 (N4059A), Arlington, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from terrain during the hover taxi.
- [NTSB ERA26LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA148), Mar 13, 2026: Cessna 208 (N9612B), North Canton, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s decision to conduct a training flight in strong, gusting crosswinds, which resulted in the airplane’s right wing impacting the ground during taxi.
- [NTSB ERA26FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26FA115), Feb 15, 2026: Cessna A185 (N7574N), Everglades City, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal, investigation ongoing
- [NTSB DCA26WA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA046), Nov 23, 2025: General Atomics MQ9 (JA382A), Kitakyushu, Japan, incident, minor damage
- [NTSB CEN25LA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA254), Jul 15, 2025: Schweizer G-164B (N7501A), Russellville, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to establish and maintain the airstrip centerline during takeoff, which resulted in the airplane’s right wingtips contacting the corn that bordered the airstrip.
- [NTSB CEN25LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA177), May 14, 2025: Rolladen-Schneider LS-6B (N246GC), Hinckley, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the glider during takeoff.
- [NTSB ERA25LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA112), Feb 9, 2025: Cessna 172 (N84048), Rock Hill, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during an aborded crosswind landing.
- [NTSB ERA25LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA099), Jan 14, 2025: Socata TBM 700 (N417KG), Wilmington, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a wing strike.

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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