# Microburst - 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) › Microburst - NTSB code: 03034050 - Cases: 10 - In the probable cause: 7 - Fatal cases: 4 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034050/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034050/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034050 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 1 / 1 - 2011: 0 / 1 - 2012: 0 / 1 - 2014: 1 / 1 - 2015: 1 / 1 - 2020: 1 / 1 - 2022: 2 / 3 - 2025: 1 / 1 ## Defining events in these cases - [Windshear or thunderstorm](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/390): 5 cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 4 cases - [Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Alexander Schleicher ASW 27-18](https://openairdocs.org/model/alexander-schleicher-asw-27-18): 1 cases - [Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42 NG](https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-42-ng): 1 cases - [Cessna R182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182): 1 cases - [Cessna 180J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180j): 1 cases - [Cessna 172R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r): 1 cases - [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152): 1 cases - [Lyons Robert NAVAJO HKS](https://openairdocs.org/model/lyons-robert-navajo-hks): 1 cases - [Schmidt Donald L GS1 GLASTAR](https://openairdocs.org/model/schmidt-donald-l-gs1-glastar): 1 cases - [Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 2000](https://openairdocs.org/model/aircraft-mfg-development-ch-2000): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 5 cases - [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 3 cases - [Thunderstorm](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03033010) (Environmental issues): 2 cases - [Weather planning](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061020) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Climb capability](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061010) (Aircraft): 2 cases - [Crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040) (Environmental issues): 1 cases - [Downdraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034035) (Environmental issues): 1 cases - [Ground support/equipment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017070) (Environmental issues): 1 cases - [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 1 cases - [Altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012) (Aircraft): 1 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB WPR25LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA235), Aug 1, 2025: Cessna 180J (N52175), Kamiah, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control following an encounter with a microburst during takeoff. - [NTSB WPR22LA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA342), Sep 7, 2022: Cessna 152 (N48918), Salt Lake City, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s encounter with a microburst during initial climb that resulted in a loss of altitude and subsequent collision with a tree. - [NTSB ERA22LA395](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA395), Sep 1, 2022: Diamond Aircraft Industries DA 42 (N43RG), Orlando, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The flight crew’s insufficient evaluation of the deteriorating weather conditions in the area, which resulted in an encounter with a microburst. - [NTSB WPR22LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA251), Jul 14, 2022: Cessna 208B (N877FE), Salt Lake City, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inability to maintain control of the airplane when it encountered a microburst during a landing attempt and a go-around near known thunderstorm activity. Contributing to the accident was… - [NTSB WPR20LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA216), Jul 11, 2020: Schleicher ASW27 (N167TM), Ely, NV, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of glider control while maneuvering near a mountain ridge in downdrafts and dry microbursts at an altitude that precluded recovery. - [NTSB CEN15CA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA218), May 2, 2015: Schmidt Donald L GS1 Glastar (N993S), Moriarty, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent encounter with a microburst while maneuvering near mountainous terrain, which resulted in a off airport landing and impact with terrain. - [NTSB ERA14CA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA184), Apr 7, 2014: Cessna 172R (N2630B), Daytona Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent encounter with a microburst during taxi from landing that resulted in the aircraft being turned over inverted and receiving substantial damage. - [NTSB WPR12FA378](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12FA378), Aug 30, 2012: Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 2000 (N651AM), Nephi, UT, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to maintain airplane control due to an encounter with a microburst/downdraft that exceeded the climb performance capabilities of the airplane. - [NTSB CEN11FA428](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11FA428), Jun 29, 2011: Cessna R182 (N2344C), Thornton, CO, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent encounter with a microburst while operating at a low altitude, which resulted in a loss of control from which the pilot could not recover. Contributing to the accident was the… - [NTSB SEA08CA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA172), Aug 7, 2008: Lyons Navajo HKS (N1762C), Waterville, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering. Contributing to the accident was a microburst condition. 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.