# Maximum crosswind component

- Type: NTSB finding subsection
- Path: [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01) › [Aircraft oper/perf/capability](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0106) › [Aircraft capability](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010610) › Maximum crosswind component
- NTSB code: 01061015
- Cases: 21
- In the probable cause: 19
- Fatal cases: 3
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061015/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061015/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061015

## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all)

- 2008: 2 / 2
- 2009: 0 / 1
- 2011: 1 / 1
- 2012: 2 / 2
- 2013: 2 / 2
- 2014: 1 / 1
- 2015: 2 / 2
- 2016: 1 / 1
- 2017: 2 / 2
- 2018: 1 / 1
- 2019: 2 / 2
- 2020: 1 / 1
- 2021: 1 / 1
- 2022: 1 / 1
- 2023: 0 / 1

## Defining events in these cases

- [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 13 cases
- [Windshear or thunderstorm](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/390): 2 cases
- [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 2 cases
- [Nav system malfunction/failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/335): 1 cases
- [Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300): 1 cases
- [Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241): 1 cases
- [Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092): 1 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s): 2 cases
- [Piper PA 46-350P](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-31-350](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-28R-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250): 1 cases
- [Lancair LC41-550FG](https://openairdocs.org/model/lancair-lc41-550fg): 1 cases
- [Cessna T210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m): 1 cases
- [Cessna 172L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l): 1 cases
- [Cessna 172H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h): 1 cases
- [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045) (Environmental issues): 13 cases
- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 12 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 11 cases
- [Crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040) (Environmental issues): 9 cases
- [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 9 cases
- [Sign/marker](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022015) (Environmental issues): 2 cases
- [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 2 cases
- [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 2 cases
- [Variable wind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034025) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Thunderstorm](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03033010) (Environmental issues): 1 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB ANC23LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC23LA037), May 20, 2023: Piper PA-18-150 (N4231Z), Hunter Creek, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of directional control during takeoff roll in gusting wind conditions.
- [NTSB CEN23LA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA286), Oct 12, 2022: Honda HA-420 (N704JT), Holland, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with gusty wind which exceeded the maximum crosswind of the airplane.
- [NTSB CEN21FA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21FA207), May 2, 2021: Cessna T210M (N1215M), Oxford, IA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of directional control during landing in gusting crosswind conditions that exceeded the airplane’s capability and his decision to attempt to takeoff from a field, which resulted in…
- [NTSB ERA21LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA092), Dec 22, 2020: Cessna 172S (N505LP), Culpeper, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to land the airplane in crosswind conditions that exceeded the airplane’s maximum demonstrated crosswind velocity.
- [NTSB DCA19CA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19CA170), Jun 21, 2019: Boeing CV2 (N243XT), Beeville, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A higher than expected and accounted for crosswind which initiated a lateral deviation, and resulted in the aircraft reaching the limits of the geo-fence area triggering a contingency forced landing.
- [NTSB GAA19CA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA192), Mar 31, 2019: Cessna 172 (N902RA), Stephenville, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing, and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control in gusting crosswind conditions that exceeded the airplane’s…
- [NTSB GAA18CA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA135), Feb 17, 2018: Cessna 172 (N13453), Broomfield, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll in gusting wind conditions.
- [NTSB GAA17CA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA174), Mar 5, 2017: Lancair Columbia 400 (N2516K), Henderson, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper decision to land the airplane with a gusting crosswind, which resulted in a loss of airplane control.
- [NTSB GAA17CA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA123), Jan 24, 2017: Piper PA 28R (N4792T), Wichita, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing in gusting crosswind conditions.
- [NTSB GAA17CA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA105), Dec 29, 2016: Piper PA 46 (N301BK), Nashville, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of directional control during the aborted landing in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in a runway excursion.

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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