# Wind, general

- Type: NTSB finding subsection
- Path: [Environmental issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03) › [Conditions/weather/phenomena](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0303) › [Wind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/030340) › Wind, general
- NTSB code: 03034000
- Cases: 110
- In the probable cause: 61
- Fatal cases: 10
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034000/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034000/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034000

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

- 2008: 6 / 10
- 2009: 9 / 16
- 2010: 1 / 8
- 2011: 2 / 11
- 2012: 6 / 11
- 2013: 3 / 4
- 2014: 3 / 4
- 2015: 4 / 5
- 2016: 8 / 10
- 2017: 1 / 5
- 2018: 1 / 4
- 2019: 3 / 4
- 2020: 2 / 2
- 2021: 2 / 2
- 2022: 2 / 3
- 2023: 5 / 7
- 2024: 0 / 1
- 2025: 2 / 2
- 2026: 1 / 1

## Defining events in these cases

- [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 28 cases
- [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 23 cases
- [Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092): 15 cases
- [Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192): 7 cases
- [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 6 cases
- [Loss of lift](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/500): 4 cases
- [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 3 cases
- [Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300): 3 cases
- [Loss of tail rotor effectiveness](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/242): 3 cases
- [Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220): 3 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Robinson Helicopter R44 II](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii): 2 cases
- [Aerostar International RX 8](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-rx-8): 2 cases
- [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150): 2 cases
- [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p): 2 cases
- [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a): 2 cases
- [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180): 2 cases
- [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n): 2 cases
- [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 2 cases
- [Cessna 170A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a): 2 cases
- [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l): 2 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 59 cases
- [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 23 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 17 cases
- [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 12 cases
- [Fuel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010) (Aircraft): 9 cases
- [Descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040) (Aircraft): 8 cases
- [Altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012) (Aircraft): 8 cases
- [Fuel planning](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061030) (Personnel issues): 7 cases
- [Tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020) (Environmental issues): 6 cases
- [Landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041) (Aircraft): 6 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB CEN26LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA154), Mar 29, 2026: Enstrom F-28F (N942MA), Oelwein, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the hover taxi with a quartering tailwind.
- [NTSB WPR26LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA039), Nov 9, 2025: Arbc Inc DBA Lindstrand 77A (N614LB), Rio Rancho, NM, no damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent hard landing in high wind conditions resulting in serious injury of one of the pilots.
- [NTSB CEN25LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA073), Jan 8, 2025: Robinson Helicopter R44 II (N430JM), Buras, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control during a hover taxi with a quartering tailwind.
- [NTSB CEN24LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA139), Mar 21, 2024: Aerostar International S53A (N5236R), Rochester, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from power lines while landing in a field.
- [NTSB WPR24LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA006), Oct 3, 2023: Ultramagic N-300 (N27MU), Phoenix, AZ, no damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB ERA23LA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA354), Aug 18, 2023: Piper PA-32-300 (N405WB), Fishers Island, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined. Contributing was the pilot’s misjudgment of airspeed and altitude during the forced landing.
- [NTSB CEN23LA339](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA339), Jul 31, 2023: Cessna 150F (N6837F), Sherman, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and nose over.
- [NTSB CEN23LA305](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA305), Jul 14, 2023: Adams Balloon AB (N895FA), Lafayette, CO, no damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent hard landing in high wind conditions resulting in serious injury of two passengers. Contributing to the accident was the increase in prevailing winds prior to the forecast.
- [NTSB WPR23LA367](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA367), May 27, 2023: Cessna 180 (N180MK), Minden, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with a quartering headwind.
- [NTSB WPR23LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA132), Mar 17, 2023: Fay David Velocity Elite (N2214W), Bullhead City, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper landing during crosswind conditions and the flight instructor’s failure to take remedial action, which resulted in a loss of control.

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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