# Runway/landing area condition - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Environmental issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03) › [Operating environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0301) › [Airport facilities/design](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/030170) › Runway/landing area condition - NTSB code: 03017035 - Cases: 61 - In the probable cause: 35 - Fatal cases: 3 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017035/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017035/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017035 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 11 / 20 - 2010: 2 / 3 - 2011: 2 / 3 - 2012: 0 / 2 - 2013: 4 / 4 - 2014: 1 / 4 - 2015: 3 / 4 - 2016: 2 / 4 - 2017: 1 / 2 - 2018: 1 / 1 - 2019: 0 / 1 - 2020: 1 / 1 - 2021: 0 / 3 - 2022: 2 / 2 - 2023: 2 / 2 - 2024: 0 / 1 - 2025: 2 / 3 - 2026: 1 / 1 ## Defining events in these cases - [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 17 cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 6 cases - [Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096): 6 cases - [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 5 cases - [Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300): 4 cases - [Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470): 2 cases - [Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380): 2 cases - [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 2 cases - [Dynamic rollover](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/231): 2 cases - [Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094): 2 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 3 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta): 2 cases - [Piper PA-28-151](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151): 2 cases - [Cessna T210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m): 2 cases - [Air Tractor AT-502B](https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b): 2 cases - [PZL Warszawa-Okecie PZL-104 WILGA 35](https://openairdocs.org/model/pzl-warszawa-okecie-pzl-104-wilga-35): 1 cases - [Luscombe 8A](https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a): 1 cases - [Scottish BULLDOG 120](https://openairdocs.org/model/scottish-bulldog-120): 1 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R44 II](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii): 1 cases - [Robinson Helicopter R44](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 19 cases - [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 16 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 11 cases - [Tailwind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015) (Environmental issues): 8 cases - [High density altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03031020) (Environmental issues): 6 cases - [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 6 cases - [Tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020) (Environmental issues): 5 cases - [Soft surface](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023020) (Environmental issues): 4 cases - [Wet surface](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023010) (Environmental issues): 4 cases - [Runway/landing area length](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017037) (Environmental issues): 4 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB ANC26LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC26LA031), Apr 23, 2026: Piper PA-28-151 (N44690), Lapeer, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to maintain airplane control during a takeoff attempt, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall, runway excursion, and on ground collision with an object. Contributing… - [NTSB CEN25LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA331), Aug 20, 2025: Elmwood Christavia (N383JA), South Saint Paul, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to land the airplane on a non-approved landing surface. - [NTSB ERA25LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA251), Jun 27, 2025: Piper PA-22-135 (N3228B), Elberta, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Pilot’s decision to take off from a wet and unmaintained field that was unsuitable for airplane operations, resulting in a loss of control and subsequent nose over. Contributing was the pilot’s… - [NTSB ANC25LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA029), Mar 29, 2025: Cessna 172N (N733KV), Manley Hot Springs, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll on a snow and ice-covered runway, which resulted in a runway excursion and subsequent nose over. - [NTSB ERA25LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA064), Nov 20, 2024: AMS Flight D O O Carat A (N17GF), Centralhatchee, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s failure to comply with the engine manufacturer’s guidance, which resulted in improper valvetrain clearances, unseating of the intake valve keepers, and a total loss of engine… - [NTSB ERA24FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA050), Nov 27, 2023: Piper PA32R (N4187Q), Attalla, AL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The undetected wear of both pawl retaining rivets of the left magneto impulse coupling and fatigue failure of one pawl retaining rivet, which led to cascading fractures of the second pawl retaining… - [NTSB ERA23LA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA215), Apr 24, 2023: Air Tractor AT-402A (N623LA), Good Hope, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to land on a runway where there was insufficient clearance from obstructions (wheat crop) to operate safely. - [NTSB CEN22LA310](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA310), Jul 10, 2022: Air Tractor AT-502B (N205SK), Wyoming, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing. - [NTSB CEN22LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA126), Feb 18, 2022: Embraer Executive EMB-500 (N68NH), Detroit, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to land on the contaminated runway with previous reports of unfavorable braking action. - [NTSB WPR21LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA292), Jul 24, 2021: Cessna 180K (N8884), Mt. Hood, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power while in cruise flight for reasons that could not be determined based on available evidence. Contributing to the accident was the presentation of an abandoned airport… 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.