# Crosswind

- 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) › Crosswind
- NTSB code: 03034040
- Cases: 1014
- In the probable cause: 480
- Fatal cases: 21
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040

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

- 2008: 76 / 96
- 2009: 44 / 69
- 2010: 33 / 59
- 2011: 15 / 55
- 2012: 15 / 53
- 2013: 13 / 34
- 2014: 8 / 42
- 2015: 18 / 41
- 2016: 11 / 71
- 2017: 8 / 70
- 2018: 16 / 85
- 2019: 37 / 62
- 2020: 38 / 49
- 2021: 13 / 37
- 2022: 16 / 30
- 2023: 24 / 38
- 2024: 30 / 48
- 2025: 45 / 53
- 2026: 20 / 22

## Defining events in these cases

- [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 622 cases
- [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 176 cases
- [Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092): 52 cases
- [Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090): 36 cases
- [Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300): 29 cases
- [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 14 cases
- [Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241): 12 cases
- [Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094): 11 cases
- [Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096): 9 cases
- [Dragged wing/rotor/float/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093): 9 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n): 19 cases
- [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 19 cases
- [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f): 18 cases
- [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s): 18 cases
- [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180): 14 cases
- [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150): 13 cases
- [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b): 13 cases
- [Cessna 170A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a): 12 cases
- [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152): 12 cases
- [Cessna 172R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r): 11 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 821 cases
- [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 650 cases
- [Gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045) (Environmental issues): 314 cases
- [Crosswind correction](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062030) (Aircraft): 116 cases
- [Landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041) (Aircraft): 60 cases
- [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 50 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 47 cases
- [Delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025) (Personnel issues): 46 cases
- [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 41 cases
- [Tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020) (Environmental issues): 38 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB ERA26LA339](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA339), Aug 6, 2026: Cessna 680 (N96HE), Statesville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing in a strong gusting crosswind.
- [NTSB WPR26LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA278), Jul 23, 2026: Neuberg Bill Glastar (N345PR), Wills Point, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing with a right crosswind, which resulted in the airplane’s impact with terrain.
- [NTSB WPR26LA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA267), Jul 18, 2026: Rans S7 (N6133M), Kemmerer, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to perform a take-off in high-density-altitude, gusting-crosswind conditions, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall, hard landing and subsequent nose-over.
- [NTSB WPR26LA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA259), Jul 7, 2026: Vans RV8 (N425GB), Monte Vista, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff in gusty crosswind conditions.
- [NTSB WPR26LA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA239), Jun 27, 2026: Cessna 170A (N1607D), El Cajon, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing with a right crosswind,.
- [NTSB WPR26LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA238), Jun 27, 2026: Cessna A185F (N151PB), Angel Fire, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of directional control during landing with a crosswind.
- [NTSB WPR26LA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA231), Jun 6, 2026: Rans S-7 Courier (N4186J), Wessington Springs, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing and subsequent go-around with a gusty right crosswind.
- [NTSB WPR26LA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA200), May 21, 2026: Maule M-7-260C (N261MM), Kanab, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with gusting crosswind conditions.
- [NTSB WPR26LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA195), May 18, 2026: Cessna 180 (N2479C), Arco, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with a right crosswind.
- [NTSB WPR26LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA192), May 16, 2026: Cirrus Design SR22T (N252LM), Vernal, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control during the landing flare with a gusting crosswind.

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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