# Aircraft control - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02) › [Task performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0206) › [Use of equip/info](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020630) › Aircraft control - NTSB code: 02063040 - Cases: 9308 - In the probable cause: 9116 - Fatal cases: 1795 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 342 / 350 - 2009: 584 / 587 - 2010: 379 / 385 - 2011: 455 / 459 - 2012: 557 / 561 - 2013: 459 / 461 - 2014: 560 / 566 - 2015: 545 / 550 - 2016: 633 / 640 - 2017: 632 / 636 - 2018: 624 / 629 - 2019: 593 / 595 - 2020: 467 / 483 - 2021: 468 / 499 - 2022: 468 / 490 - 2023: 428 / 465 - 2024: 425 / 440 - 2025: 329 / 341 - 2026: 168 / 171 ## Defining events in these cases - [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 2,890 cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 2,277 cases - [Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092): 759 cases - [Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241): 658 cases - [Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090): 466 cases - [Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300): 238 cases - [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 212 cases - [Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096): 191 cases - [Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220): 109 cases - [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 106 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s): 206 cases - [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150): 160 cases - [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n): 150 cases - [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 123 cases - [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152): 115 cases - [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140): 103 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R44 II](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii): 99 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta): 96 cases - [Cirrus Design SR22](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22): 94 cases - [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b): 91 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 3,113 cases - [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 1,223 cases - [Landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041) (Aircraft): 1,012 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 1,004 cases - [Gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045) (Environmental issues): 949 cases - [Angle of attack](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042) (Aircraft): 887 cases - [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 856 cases - [Crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040) (Environmental issues): 821 cases - [Descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040) (Aircraft): 418 cases - [Delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025) (Personnel issues): 412 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB ERA26LA359](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA359), Sep 30, 2026: Cessna 182P (N1QP), Mount Pleasant, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion. - [NTSB CEN26LA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA315), Sep 10, 2026: Progressive Aerodyne Searey (N80515), DeQuincy, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff after encountering a wind gust. Contributing to the accident was nearby convective activity. - [NTSB ERA26LA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA336), Sep 9, 2026: Piper PA-32-300 (N4056W), West Kingston, RI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to bring the airplane to a stop on the available runway, which resulted in a runway excursion. - [NTSB ERA26LA334](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA334), Sep 9, 2026: North American Harvard III (N407EZ), Sanatoga, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane while landing in a crosswind. - [NTSB ERA26LA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA327), Sep 3, 2026: Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta (N276SH), McMinnville, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s delayed remedial action during a practice autorotation, which resulted in a hard landing. - [NTSB CEN26LA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA304), Sep 1, 2026: Piper PA-28-161 (N47899), Hudson Oaks, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of directional control during the rejected takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to abort the takeoff after the… - [NTSB CEN26LA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA307), Aug 29, 2026: Cessna Claassen 305A(0-1A) (N41362), Midland, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting wind conditions. - [NTSB ERA26LA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA315), Aug 25, 2026: Piper PA-22-150 (N6157D), Rural Retreat, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. - [NTSB ERA26LA313](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA313), Aug 24, 2026: Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta (N979SH), Milton, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to maintain control of the helicopter during a low hover over a grass area, which resulted in left skid contact with the ground and a dynamic rollover to the left. - [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 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). 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