# Runway/landing area length - 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 length - NTSB code: 03017037 - Cases: 34 - In the probable cause: 21 - Fatal cases: 1 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017037/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017037/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017037 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 11 / 13 - 2009: 0 / 2 - 2010: 4 / 5 - 2012: 2 / 3 - 2013: 0 / 1 - 2014: 1 / 2 - 2015: 2 / 2 - 2017: 0 / 1 - 2022: 0 / 2 - 2023: 1 / 1 - 2024: 0 / 1 - 2025: 0 / 1 ## Defining events in these cases - [Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300): 8 cases - [Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380): 6 cases - [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 4 cases - [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 3 cases - [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 3 cases - [Landing area undershoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370): 2 cases - [Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092): 2 cases - [Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470): 1 cases - [Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342): 1 cases - [Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 2 cases - [Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8E](https://openairdocs.org/model/silvaire-luscombe-8e): 1 cases - [Raytheon A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-a36): 1 cases - [Piper PA-32-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260): 1 cases - [Piper PA-28-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-150): 1 cases - [Piper PA-22-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150): 1 cases - [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150): 1 cases - [Mooney M20J](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j): 1 cases - [Maule M-5-235C](https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-235c): 1 cases - [Grumman American Avn. AA-5A](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020) (Environmental issues): 9 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 9 cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 8 cases - [Descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040) (Aircraft): 7 cases - [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 7 cases - [Lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030) (Personnel issues): 5 cases - [Runway/landing area condition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017035) (Environmental issues): 4 cases - [Airport facilities/design, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017000) (Environmental issues): 4 cases - [Landing distance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061030) (Aircraft): 4 cases - [Wet surface](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023010) (Environmental issues): 3 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB CEN25LA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA267), Jul 15, 2025: Air Tractor AT-402B (N647RA), Wyoming, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to attain a positive climb rate due to airplane’s improper takeoff configuration. - [NTSB CEN24LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA180), May 10, 2024: Cessna 182 (N37TJ), Davis, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain proper airspeed on approach which resulted in an extended touchdown, bounced landing, and runway overrun. - [NTSB WPR24LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA011), Oct 8, 2023: Cameron Balloons US A-105 (N105BM), Albuquerque, NM, no damage. Probable cause: A hard landing to a short field, due to windy conditions and a lack of suitable alternate landing areas, which resulted in a passenger sustaining a broken ankle. - [NTSB CEN22LA411](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA411), Aug 24, 2022: Cessna T210L (N2317G), Atoka, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to land the airplane within the desired touchdown zone, which resulted in a long landing and collision with a fence. - [NTSB CEN22LA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA293), Jun 17, 2022: Cessna 172G (N2975U), Bynum, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot was not able to stop the airplane on the remaining runway after an aborted takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion and the airplane impacting a fence. - [NTSB WPR17LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA096), May 2, 2017: Piper PA 32-260 (N3457W), Mukilteo, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper maintenance of the carburetor, which resulted in a stuck float and a partial loss of engine power during takeoff. - [NTSB CEN15LA418](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA418), Sep 21, 2015: Cessna 421B (N813CA), Platteville, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of right engine power for undetermined reasons with insufficient runway remaining for the aborted takeoff. - [NTSB ERA15CA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA152), Mar 10, 2015: Cessna 182L (N42667), Waycross, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to use any airport guidance while taxiing, which resulted in geographic disorientation and a takeoff attempt from an inadequate length and unsuitable surface. - [NTSB ANC14CA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA037), Jun 4, 2014: Cessna 170B (N3442D), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane's encounter with a tailwind during takeoff from a short, narrow airstrip, which resulted in a loss of lift and collision with brush and small trees. - [NTSB CEN14CA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA330), May 19, 2014: Silvaire Luscombe 8E (N2649K), Douglass, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive use of wheel brakes during landing, which resulted in a nose-over. Contributing to the accident were high winds and a short, downhill sloped runway. 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.