# Airspeed - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01) › [Aircraft oper/perf/capability](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0106) › [Performance/control parameters](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010620) › Airspeed - NTSB code: 01062010 - Cases: 1682 - In the probable cause: 1611 - Fatal cases: 655 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 155 / 159 - 2009: 132 / 137 - 2010: 94 / 99 - 2011: 138 / 142 - 2012: 108 / 110 - 2013: 96 / 99 - 2014: 91 / 93 - 2015: 94 / 97 - 2016: 89 / 93 - 2017: 81 / 84 - 2018: 88 / 89 - 2019: 70 / 73 - 2020: 70 / 76 - 2021: 74 / 79 - 2022: 71 / 76 - 2023: 57 / 61 - 2024: 58 / 65 - 2025: 29 / 31 - 2026: 16 / 19 ## Defining events in these cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 582 cases - [Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241): 491 cases - [Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092): 70 cases - [Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300): 59 cases - [Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342): 51 cases - [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 47 cases - [Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380): 46 cases - [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 41 cases - [Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090): 32 cases - [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 30 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150): 24 cases - [Cirrus Design SR22](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22): 24 cases - [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 24 cases - [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n): 19 cases - [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s): 16 cases - [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140): 15 cases - [Cirrus Design SR20](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20): 13 cases - [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b): 13 cases - [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250): 12 cases - [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36): 12 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 1,223 cases - [Angle of attack](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042) (Aircraft): 515 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 236 cases - [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 139 cases - [Altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012) (Aircraft): 79 cases - [Lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030) (Personnel issues): 77 cases - [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 74 cases - [Descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040) (Aircraft): 73 cases - [Not determined, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000) (Not determined): 69 cases - [Delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025) (Personnel issues): 69 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB CEN26LA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA294), Aug 15, 2026: Pipistrel Taurus Electro G2.5 (N984TP), Hempstead, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to properly stow the motor in preparation for approach and landing that resulted in a loss of airspeed and an inadvertent aerodynamic stall and spin. - [NTSB CEN26LA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA274), Jul 29, 2026: Cessna A188B (N731CQ), Algona, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control during a turn, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. - [NTSB WPR26LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA272), Jul 20, 2026: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (N76GC), Metaline Falls, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s distracted attention on approach to landing on their failure to attain a proper touchdown point and his inability to stop the landing roll on the grass runway., - [NTSB WPR26LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA252), Jul 5, 2026: Fairchild M-62A (N53953), Greenleaf, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain proper airspeed during approach and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with terrain. - [NTSB CEN26LA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA244), Jul 5, 2026: Cassutt Iiim (N45889), Odessa, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during the initial climb, which led to an aerodynamic stall and a loss of airplane control at too low of an altitude to recover.… - [NTSB WPR26LA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA222), Jun 17, 2026: Cessna 172S (N96FA), Death Valley, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed and encounter with a tailwind while landing on a rough runway, which resulted in a runway overrun and subsequent nose over. - [NTSB CEN26LA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA209), May 30, 2026: Bellanca 7GCBC (N90932), Jonesboro, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which led to the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and experiencing an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the… - [NTSB WPR26LA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA213), May 27, 2026: Moose SR 2500 (N135DS), Sonoma, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a go-around in shifting wind conditions, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall. - [NTSB CEN26LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA198), May 23, 2026: Commander 114TC (N114DP), Woodruff, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during the go-around. - [NTSB CEN26LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA195), May 22, 2026: Cub Crafters CC18-180 (N472AK), Littlefield, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive approach speed, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and nose-over. 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.