# Gusts

- 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) › Gusts
- NTSB code: 03034045
- Cases: 1201
- In the probable cause: 572
- Fatal cases: 72
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045

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

- 2008: 95 / 109
- 2009: 30 / 62
- 2010: 16 / 53
- 2011: 13 / 56
- 2012: 23 / 62
- 2013: 15 / 56
- 2014: 21 / 89
- 2015: 19 / 43
- 2016: 32 / 94
- 2017: 19 / 98
- 2018: 22 / 82
- 2019: 40 / 60
- 2020: 38 / 48
- 2021: 29 / 54
- 2022: 28 / 56
- 2023: 32 / 50
- 2024: 54 / 67
- 2025: 25 / 37
- 2026: 21 / 25

## Defining events in these cases

- [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 511 cases
- [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 289 cases
- [Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092): 103 cases
- [Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090): 51 cases
- [Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241): 34 cases
- [Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490): 29 cases
- [Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300): 28 cases
- [Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096): 21 cases
- [Loss of lift](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/500): 12 cases
- [Windshear or thunderstorm](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/390): 12 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150): 34 cases
- [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n): 28 cases
- [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 26 cases
- [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s): 21 cases
- [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180): 17 cases
- [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f): 14 cases
- [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152): 14 cases
- [Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-beta): 13 cases
- [Cirrus Design SR22](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22): 13 cases
- [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b): 13 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 949 cases
- [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 539 cases
- [Crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040) (Environmental issues): 314 cases
- [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 113 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 107 cases
- [Landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041) (Aircraft): 90 cases
- [Tailwind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015) (Environmental issues): 73 cases
- [Crosswind correction](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062030) (Aircraft): 69 cases
- [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 65 cases
- [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 52 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB CEN26LA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA315), Sep 10, 2026: Progressive Aerodyne Searey (N80515), DeQuincy, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff after encountering a wind gust. Contributing to the accident was nearby convective activity.
- [NTSB CEN26LA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA307), Aug 29, 2026: Cessna Claassen 305A(0-1A) (N41362), Midland, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting wind conditions.
- [NTSB CEN26LA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA300), Aug 21, 2026: Cessna T206H (N464PM), Marble, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the final approach in variable and gusting wind conditions. Contributing to the accident were localized wind effects associated with…
- [NTSB CEN26LA297](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA297), Aug 17, 2026: Aeroprakt Manufacturing SP Zoo A22LS (N22FC), Searcy, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to maintain airplane control during landing in gusting wind conditions.
- [NTSB WPR26LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA261), Jul 14, 2026: Kitfox S7 STI (N323SF), Greenwater, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, in variable wind conditions.
- [NTSB ERA26LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA272), Jul 10, 2026: Cessna 170B (N1838C), Hartwell, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to compensate for the gusty and variable wind conditions, which resulted in a loss of control and collision with trees during takeoff.
- [NTSB ERA26LA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA259), Jul 6, 2026: Maule M-5-235C (N9103E), Hickman, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper glide path, which resulted in a runway undershoot.
- [NTSB WPR26LA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA248), Jul 3, 2026: Dean J Irvin KFA Safari XL (N927MD), Saratoga, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in gusting wind conditions.
- [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 CEN26LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA214), May 28, 2026: Cessna 182 (N2056X), Dickinson, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during landing in gusting wind conditions which resulted in a hard landing.

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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