# Landing area undershoot

- Type: NTSB defining event
- NTSB code: 370
- CICTT category: Undershoot/Overshoot
- Defining event in: 133 cases
- In the sequence of: 201 cases
- Fatal cases: 3
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370/cases.md
- Cases with it anywhere in the sequence: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370/sequence.md
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370

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

- 2008: 14 / 16
- 2009: 6 / 10
- 2010: 9 / 15
- 2011: 11 / 13
- 2012: 8 / 11
- 2013: 5 / 7
- 2014: 3 / 4
- 2015: 3 / 6
- 2016: 12 / 17
- 2017: 9 / 17
- 2018: 8 / 14
- 2019: 7 / 8
- 2020: 4 / 11
- 2021: 6 / 6
- 2022: 8 / 12
- 2023: 4 / 9
- 2024: 4 / 9
- 2025: 11 / 15
- 2026: 1 / 1

## Phase of flight

- Landing: 87 cases
- Landing-flare/touchdown: 40 cases
- Landing-landing roll: 4 cases
- Autorotation: 1 cases
- Emergency descent: 1 cases

## In the probable cause of these cases

- [Descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040) (Aircraft): 90 cases
- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 49 cases
- [Delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025) (Personnel issues): 19 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 17 cases
- [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 16 cases
- [Altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012) (Aircraft): 8 cases
- [Lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030) (Personnel issues): 6 cases
- [Identification/recognition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510) (Personnel issues): 5 cases
- [Monitoring other person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535) (Personnel issues): 4 cases
- [Flat light](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036025) (Environmental issues): 3 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Piper PA-28-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235): 3 cases
- [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180): 3 cases
- [Piper PA-24-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260): 3 cases
- [Taylorcraft F19](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-f19): 2 cases
- [Schweizer SGS 2-33A](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33a): 2 cases
- [Piper PA-32R-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300): 2 cases
- [Piper PA-28-151](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151): 2 cases
- [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140): 2 cases
- [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250): 2 cases
- [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150): 2 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB ERA26LA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA259), Jul 6, 2026: Maule M-5-235C (N9103E), Hickman, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper glide path, which resulted in a runway undershoot.
- [NTSB WPR26MA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26MA063), Dec 18, 2025: Cessna 550 (N257BW), Statesville, NC, substantial damage, 7 fatal, investigation ongoing
- [NTSB DCA26WA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA031), Nov 13, 2025: Boeing 747 (ER-BAR), N'Djamena, Chad, incident, minor damage
- [NTSB ERA25LA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA363), Sep 23, 2025: Piper PA-32R-300 (N47630), White Plains, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain proper glidepath during a night visual approach, which resulted in a collision with the runway lighting system. Contributing to the outcome was the pilot’s momentary…
- [NTSB CEN25LA406](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA406), Aug 26, 2025: Ayres S2R-T34 (N393KW), Beaman, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper glidepath during landing which resulted in a landing short of the runway.
- [NTSB DCA25LA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA291), Aug 14, 2025: Airbus A319 (C-GSJB), Nashville, TN, incident, no damage, investigation ongoing
- [NTSB ERA25LA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA224), May 6, 2025: Shoemaker Ronald R Pazmany PL-2 (N289RS), Reading, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper descent rate, resulting in a hard landing short of the runway and collapse of the right main landing gear.
- [NTSB GAA25WA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA137), Apr 10, 2025: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (N1948Z), Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, substantial damage
- [NTSB DCA25WA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25WA199), Apr 10, 2025: Boeing 737-400 (HK5447), Puerto Inírida, Colombia, incident
- [NTSB CEN25LA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA136), Mar 13, 2025: Cessna 175A (N8000T), Lakeview, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot landed short of the runway.

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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