# Runway excursion - Type: NTSB defining event - NTSB code: 300 - CICTT category: Runway Excursion - Defining event in: 795 cases - In the sequence of: 3,643 cases - Fatal cases: 27 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/cases.md - Cases with it anywhere in the sequence: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300 ## Cases per year (defining / in the sequence) - 2008: 31 / 161 - 2009: 41 / 239 - 2010: 52 / 230 - 2011: 43 / 230 - 2012: 51 / 227 - 2013: 41 / 160 - 2014: 30 / 166 - 2015: 37 / 211 - 2016: 55 / 258 - 2017: 43 / 237 - 2018: 54 / 261 - 2019: 29 / 198 - 2020: 42 / 173 - 2021: 43 / 156 - 2022: 55 / 156 - 2023: 34 / 152 - 2024: 48 / 191 - 2025: 31 / 132 - 2026: 35 / 105 ## Phase of flight - Landing-landing roll: 416 cases - Takeoff-rejected takeoff: 123 cases - Takeoff: 106 cases - Landing: 105 cases - Landing-flare/touchdown: 22 cases - Landing-aborted after touchdown: 19 cases - Unknown: 3 cases - After landing: 1 cases ## In the probable cause of these cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 236 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 175 cases - [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 139 cases - [Descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040) (Aircraft): 72 cases - [Delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025) (Personnel issues): 62 cases - [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 56 cases - [Surface speed/braking](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045) (Aircraft): 44 cases - [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 38 cases - [Tailwind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015) (Environmental issues): 36 cases - [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 32 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 16 cases - [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s): 15 cases - [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n): 14 cases - [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140): 8 cases - [Cirrus Design SR22](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22): 8 cases - [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36): 8 cases - [Piper PA-28-181](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181): 7 cases - [Piper PA-28-161](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161): 7 cases - [Piper PA-32-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300): 5 cases - [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150): 5 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB WPR27LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR27LA022), Oct 21, 2026: Honda HA-420 (N751BP), Alpine, WY, investigation ongoing - [NTSB CEN27LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN27LA020), Oct 18, 2026: Cessna 182Q (N68EP), Gun Barrel City, TX, substantial damage, investigation ongoing - [NTSB CEN27LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN27LA010), Oct 8, 2026: Mooney M20F (N9068V), Anderson, IN, investigation ongoing - [NTSB CEN26LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA331), Sep 30, 2026: Cessna 525 (HI1127), Snyder, TX, investigation ongoing - [NTSB DCA26WA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA363), Sep 17, 2026: Boeing 737 (9S-AAI), Kindu, Congo - Kinshasa - [NTSB DCA26WA362](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA362), Sep 10, 2026: Boeing 737 (Nxxxx), Tiouilit, Mauritania, incident - [NTSB ERA26LA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA336), Sep 9, 2026: Piper PA-32-300 (N4056W), West Kingston, RI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to bring the airplane to a stop on the available runway, which resulted in a runway excursion. - [NTSB DCA26MA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26MA352), Sep 6, 2026: Boeing 767 (N1997A), Miami, FL, substantial damage, 5 fatal, investigation ongoing - [NTSB ERA26LA356](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA356), Sep 5, 2026: Cessna 172G (N3966L), Shelby, NC, substantial damage, investigation ongoing - [NTSB ERA26LA343](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA343), Sep 4, 2026: Cirrus Design SR20 (N187PH), California, MD, substantial damage, investigation ongoing 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.