# Wind sock - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Environmental issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03) › [Physical environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0302) › [Object/animal/substance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/030220) › Wind sock - NTSB code: 03022030 - Cases: 12 - In the probable cause: 3 - Fatal cases: 0 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022030/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022030/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022030 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 0 / 1 - 2009: 0 / 1 - 2013: 0 / 3 - 2016: 0 / 1 - 2018: 0 / 3 - 2019: 2 / 2 - 2024: 1 / 1 ## Defining events in these cases - [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 5 cases - [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 2 cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 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 - [Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30): 1 cases - [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150): 1 cases - [Piper PA-12](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12): 1 cases - [Cessna 206H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206h): 1 cases - [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s): 1 cases - [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n): 1 cases - [Cessna 172H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h): 1 cases - [Cessna 172G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g): 1 cases - [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172): 1 cases - [Bell 407](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-407): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 7 cases - [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 7 cases - [Gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045) (Environmental issues): 2 cases - [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 2 cases - [Tailwind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015) (Environmental issues): 1 cases - [Wall/barricade](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022027) (Environmental issues): 1 cases - [Ground vehicle](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022025) (Environmental issues): 1 cases - [Sign/marker](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022015) (Environmental issues): 1 cases - [Pole](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022010) (Environmental issues): 1 cases - [Runway/landing area condition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017035) (Environmental issues): 1 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB WPR25LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA068), Dec 22, 2024: Remos Remos G-3/600 (N191DY), Brawley, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s lack of remedial action to the student pilot’s inadequate landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and a loss of directional control. - [NTSB GAA19CA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA178), Mar 23, 2019: Piper PA 12 (N2733M), Mecosta, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in impact with a windsock pole. - [NTSB GAA19CA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA122), Jan 19, 2019: Cessna 172 (N734AY), Miami, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to control the airplane's speed and direction during the approach, which resulted in landing long, a runway excursion, and impact with a windsock. - [NTSB CEN18LA382](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA382), Sep 19, 2018: Cessna 206 (N247F), Sugar Land, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fatigue failure of the No. 1 cylinder intake valve, which resulted in the loss of engine power. - [NTSB GAA18CA367](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA367), Jun 15, 2018: Piper PA 18 (N3764Z), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting tailwind conditions. - [NTSB GAA18CA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA146), Feb 28, 2018: Cessna 172 (N1118F), Gatesvile, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during initial climb in a gusty condition. - [NTSB GAA16CA415](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA415), Jul 30, 2016: Cessna 172 (N1688C), Kissimmee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff. - [NTSB WPR13CA371](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA371), Aug 14, 2013: Cessna 172H (N8160L), Metaline Falls, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a windsock pole while taxiing. - [NTSB WPR13CA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA164), Mar 23, 2013: Piper PA-30 (N7497Y), Fullerton, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to maintain airplane control during takeoff and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action. - [NTSB WPR13LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA135), Feb 25, 2013: Summit II (N8028X), Quartzsite, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The noncertificated pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control after encountering shifting wind, which resulted in collision with a windsock. 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.