# Runway incursion veh/AC/person

- Type: NTSB defining event
- NTSB code: 320
- CICTT category: Runway Incursion
- Defining event in: 95 cases
- In the sequence of: 104 cases
- Fatal cases: 5
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/320/cases.md
- Cases with it anywhere in the sequence: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/320/sequence.md
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/320

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

- 2008: 6 / 8
- 2009: 7 / 7
- 2010: 1 / 1
- 2011: 4 / 4
- 2012: 4 / 4
- 2013: 3 / 3
- 2014: 1 / 1
- 2015: 5 / 6
- 2016: 7 / 8
- 2017: 1 / 1
- 2018: 2 / 3
- 2019: 2 / 2
- 2020: 1 / 1
- 2021: 4 / 5
- 2022: 2 / 2
- 2023: 9 / 10
- 2024: 11 / 13
- 2025: 15 / 15
- 2026: 10 / 10

## Phase of flight

- Takeoff: 34 cases
- Landing-landing roll: 15 cases
- Landing: 12 cases
- Takeoff-rejected takeoff: 11 cases
- Taxi-to runway: 11 cases
- Taxi-into takeoff position: 10 cases
- Taxi: 8 cases
- Taxi-from runway: 6 cases
- Landing-flare/touchdown: 2 cases
- Unknown: 1 cases

## In the probable cause of these cases

- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 9 cases
- [Identification/recognition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510) (Personnel issues): 6 cases
- [Lack of communication](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063510) (Personnel issues): 5 cases
- [Ground vehicle](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022025) (Environmental issues): 4 cases
- [Lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030) (Personnel issues): 4 cases
- [Incorrect action selection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041010) (Personnel issues): 4 cases
- [Monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545) (Personnel issues): 4 cases
- [Expectation/assumption](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041525) (Personnel issues): 3 cases
- [Forgotten action/omission](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035) (Personnel issues): 3 cases
- [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 3 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Embraer EMB-145LR](https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145lr): 3 cases
- [Stinson 108-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-3): 2 cases
- [Bombardier CL-600-2D24](https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2d24): 2 cases
- [Bombardier CL-600-2B19](https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2b19): 2 cases
- [Boeing 737-832](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-832): 2 cases
- [Boeing 737-800](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-800): 2 cases
- [Swearingen SA227-AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa227-ac): 1 cases
- [Schweizer G-164B](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-g-164b): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-46-310P](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-31-350](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350): 1 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB DCA27WA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA27WA012), Oct 7, 2026: Airbus A320 (VH-VGO), Townsville, Australia, incident, no damage
- [NTSB DCA26WA369](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA369), Sep 28, 2026: Boeing 737 (EI-IKJ), Aeropuerto de Lanzarote, Spain, incident
- [NTSB DCA26WA373](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA373), Sep 21, 2026: Airbus A330 (EC-NCK), Tunis, Tunisia, incident
- [NTSB DCA26WA335](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA335), Aug 15, 2026: Airbus A320 (PR-MRM), Guarulhos, Brazil, incident
- [NTSB DCA26WA332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA332), Aug 9, 2026: Boeing 737 (VH-IJO), Mascot, Australia, incident
- [NTSB DCA26WA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA260), Jul 1, 2026: Boeing 767-34AF (N314UP), Singapore, Singapore, incident, no damage
- [NTSB DCA26LA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26LA242), Jun 20, 2026: Airbus Industrie A319-114 (N328NB), Boston, MA, incident, no damage, investigation ongoing
- [NTSB DCA26WA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA220), Mar 25, 2026: Boeing 737-832 (N3734B), San Miguel de Cozumel, Mexico, occurrence, no damage
- [NTSB DCA26MA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26MA161), Mar 23, 2026: Mitsubishi CL-600 (C-GNJZ), New York, NY, substantial damage, 2 fatal, investigation ongoing
- [NTSB DCA26WA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA120), Feb 16, 2026: Boeing 737 (ZK-TXB), Melbourne Airport, 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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