# Crosswind correction

- 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) › Crosswind correction
- NTSB code: 01062030
- Cases: 184
- In the probable cause: 176
- Fatal cases: 3
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062030/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062030/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062030

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

- 2008: 69 / 70
- 2009: 17 / 17
- 2010: 8 / 9
- 2011: 1 / 1
- 2012: 11 / 11
- 2013: 4 / 4
- 2014: 4 / 4
- 2015: 8 / 10
- 2016: 11 / 11
- 2017: 12 / 13
- 2018: 7 / 7
- 2019: 7 / 8
- 2020: 1 / 2
- 2021: 4 / 4
- 2022: 3 / 3
- 2023: 2 / 3
- 2024: 4 / 4
- 2025: 1 / 1
- 2026: 2 / 2

## Defining events in these cases

- [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 82 cases
- [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 45 cases
- [Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092): 15 cases
- [Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300): 7 cases
- [Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096): 6 cases
- [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 4 cases
- [Windshear or thunderstorm](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/390): 4 cases
- [Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090): 4 cases
- [Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470): 3 cases
- [Dragged wing/rotor/float/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093): 3 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180): 4 cases
- [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 4 cases
- [Cessna 170A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a): 4 cases
- [Beech C23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23): 4 cases
- [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180): 3 cases
- [Piper PA-22-135](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135): 3 cases
- [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150): 3 cases
- [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s): 3 cases
- [Piper PA 46-350P](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p): 2 cases
- [Piper PA-32-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260): 2 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040) (Environmental issues): 116 cases
- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 108 cases
- [Gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045) (Environmental issues): 69 cases
- [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 56 cases
- [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 17 cases
- [Tailwind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015) (Environmental issues): 15 cases
- [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 12 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 11 cases
- [Delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025) (Personnel issues): 11 cases
- [Tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020) (Environmental issues): 8 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB CEN26LA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA300), Aug 21, 2026: Cessna T206H (N464PM), Marble, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the final approach in variable and gusting wind conditions. Contributing to the accident were localized wind effects associated with…
- [NTSB WPR26LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA194), May 13, 2026: Autogyro Cavalon (N40CT), Palo Alto, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, in gusting crosswind conditions.
- [NTSB WPR25LA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA270), Aug 27, 2025: Cessna 170A (N1755D), Everett, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing in crosswind conditions.
- [NTSB WPR24FA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA290), Aug 31, 2024: Aero Commander 200D (N2912T), Novato, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to abort takeoff or compensate for gusty crosswind conditions during takeoff, which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent runway excursion.
- [NTSB CEN24LA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA262), Jul 12, 2024: Skystar Kitfox (N1078P), Hackney, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in a gusting wind condition.
- [NTSB CEN24LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA142), Mar 30, 2024: Cessna 182F (N3322U), Ben Wheeler, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control while landing in a gusting wind.
- [NTSB CEN24LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA134), Mar 12, 2024: Cessna T182T (N1103H), Lapeer, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control while landing in a gusting crosswind condition.
- [NTSB ANC23LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC23LA043), Jun 18, 2023: Buck/Crawford/Crawford Christavia MK-1 (N5075T), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The instructor pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during takeoff, which resulted in a wing impacting a runway light.
- [NTSB CEN23LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA238), Jun 12, 2023: Mooney M10 (N9523V), Gassville, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during takeoff with a quartering tailwind.
- [NTSB CEN23LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA168), May 1, 2023: Cessna 182D (N8713X), Batesville, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control while landing with a left gusting crosswind. Contributing to the accident was the partial loss of engine power during the go-around.

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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