# Collision during takeoff/land - Type: NTSB defining event - NTSB code: 490 - CICTT category: Collision During Takeoff/Land - Defining event in: 808 cases - In the sequence of: 1,309 cases - Fatal cases: 127 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/cases.md - Cases with it anywhere in the sequence: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490 ## Cases per year (defining / in the sequence) - 2008: 64 / 73 - 2009: 67 / 85 - 2010: 41 / 56 - 2011: 41 / 61 - 2012: 38 / 63 - 2013: 27 / 42 - 2014: 26 / 44 - 2015: 32 / 63 - 2016: 32 / 61 - 2017: 38 / 52 - 2018: 42 / 67 - 2019: 50 / 76 - 2020: 51 / 106 - 2021: 40 / 109 - 2022: 59 / 96 - 2023: 53 / 83 - 2024: 45 / 77 - 2025: 28 / 49 - 2026: 34 / 46 ## Phase of flight - Takeoff: 260 cases - Landing: 135 cases - Initial climb: 100 cases - Approach-VFR pattern final: 70 cases - Landing-landing roll: 57 cases - Approach-VFR go-around: 49 cases - Landing-aborted after touchdown: 37 cases - Approach: 34 cases - Landing-flare/touchdown: 28 cases - Takeoff-rejected takeoff: 25 cases ## In the probable cause of these cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 204 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 171 cases - [Altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012) (Aircraft): 92 cases - [Monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545) (Personnel issues): 91 cases - [Descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040) (Aircraft): 83 cases - [Tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020) (Environmental issues): 66 cases - [Climb rate](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062035) (Aircraft): 53 cases - [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 53 cases - [Delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025) (Personnel issues): 46 cases - [Wire](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022032) (Environmental issues): 37 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140): 19 cases - [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150): 17 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R44 II](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii): 9 cases - [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 9 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R44](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44): 8 cases - [Piper PA-12](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12): 8 cases - [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180): 7 cases - [Piper J3C-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65): 7 cases - [Mooney M20J](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j): 7 cases - [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g): 7 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB CEN27LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN27LA021), Oct 18, 2026: Piper J3C-65 (N88218), Boonville, IN, 1 fatal, investigation ongoing - [NTSB WPR27LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR27LA004), Oct 3, 2026: Head Balloons AX8-88B (N4502A), Albuquerque, NM, substantial damage, investigation ongoing - [NTSB CEN27LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN27LA002), Oct 3, 2026: Post Thorp T-18 (N763LG), Brazil, IN, substantial damage, investigation ongoing - [NTSB WPR27LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR27LA009), Oct 1, 2026: Cessna 172N (N75513), Knights Landing, CA, investigation ongoing - [NTSB ERA26LA362](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA362), Sep 22, 2026: Piper PA-28-140 (N3713K), Canon, GA, substantial damage, investigation ongoing - [NTSB WPR26LA361](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA361), Sep 21, 2026: Cessna U206G (N1797R), Stony River, AK, substantial damage, investigation ongoing - [NTSB WPR26LA353](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA353), Sep 20, 2026: Cessna 182P (N7337N), Warren, ID, substantial damage, investigation ongoing - [NTSB WPR26LA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA349), Sep 19, 2026: Cameron Balloons US A-400 (N65573), Angwin, CA, substantial damage, investigation ongoing - [NTSB ANC26FA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC26FA091), Aug 26, 2026: Piper PA-24-260 (N9485P), Seldovia, AK, substantial damage, 4 fatal, investigation ongoing - [NTSB WPR26LA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA307), Aug 14, 2026: Cirrus Design SF50 (N71KD), Driggs, ID, 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/). 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